Bass Klon

Erik S

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I built this Kliche for a friend in March of 2023. It was the 7th pedal I finished, and it was before I had worked out a way to label the controls. At some point he dropped it back off and asked me to label it and put a name plate on it. This is the guy who designed my little ES logo and I had given him the klon as a thank you.

I wasn’t that excited about pulling it apart, so it sat here in a drawer for a long time. I got my first bass last week, and in my thread about that, @BuddytheReow suggested I try out the Chuck D. Bones bass mods for the klon circuit. My friend also has a kliche mini I made for him later, and he plays some bass, so I decided his klon would get the Chuck treatment.

I’m new to bass, and I haven’t tried any other bass overdrives, but I like the sound of this a lot. I A/B’d it with a stock Kliche, and the difference is huge. The stock one cuts too much bass to really be usable.

So, big thanks to @Chuck D. Bones for putting that mod together and sharing it. Once I return this one I’ll definitely be doing another for myself.

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Looks great!

Funny enough, my 7th build was a Klon as well, just finished it!

My next project is a bass Klon, I am glad there is the low end there.
 
I built this Kliche for a friend in March of 2023. It was the 7th pedal I finished, and it was before I had worked out a way to label the controls. At some point he dropped it back off and asked me to label it and put a name plate on it. This is the guy who designed my little ES logo and I had given him the klon as a thank you.

I wasn’t that excited about pulling it apart, so it sat here in a drawer for a long time. I got my first bass last week, and in my thread about that, @BuddytheReow suggested I try out the Chuck D. Bones bass mods for the klon circuit. My friend also has a kliche mini I made for him later, and he plays some bass, so I decided his klon would get the Chuck treatment.

I’m new to bass, and I haven’t tried any other bass overdrives, but I like the sound of this a lot. I A/B’d it with a stock Kliche, and the difference is huge. The stock one cuts too much bass to really be usable.

So, big thanks to @Chuck D. Bones for putting that mod together and sharing it. Once I return this one I’ll definitely be doing another for myself.

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Cool. I still haven't gotten around to doing my first one, which will probably be the stock guitar config since that might work better for a more immediate use case. I "won" the board in an @fig giveaway a couple of years ago, but somehow doing my own designs always seems to come first.
 
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Great pedal & Report!

Right on target...



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only klon/kliche I own is a chuck mod because the lack of low end bugged my ears. tight wok good sir.
Are you using it on bass or guitar? Your post made me realize I hadn't tried it on guitar, so I just gave it a shot.

It's heavy! but I don't think it's what I'm looking for on a standard tuned guitar.
 
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