WTB Klon Centaur - the original one

beed84

At the very least it’s an investment piece. Before I knew what Klons were, a forumite several years ago (either here or on Musicradar) offered an original gold one for £500. I laughed, thinking how could any pedal be worth that much money. But now ... well I needn’t say any more. 

johnmontana

@Voxman - those here who have pedals you don’t use,  raise your hand! ....and to be more specific to your question...I am using a Jan Ray which suits me better, for “Klon” sounds purposes. 

@Wazmeister, @joeyowen, @beed84, @Slimbert - cheers for making my case!

Voxman

Slimbert said:

Why can't he just buy one because he wants one?

Sure, I completely get that. But I was working on the premise that if @johnmontana ; didn't like the KTR or if he was already using something else that suited him better, then why buy an original Klon? As Mr Spock would say 'it's illogical, captain". 

But if he just "wants one" then of course it's his choice and I take the point it could be considered an investment. 

Ossyrocks

johnmontana said:

....... those here who have pedals you don’t use,  raise your hand!

Guilty M’lud.

I currently have eight amps and I’m not even currently in a band! I also have more pedals which are NOT on the board than are. I just like nice gear and enjoy owning it and just using it at home at the moment.

If you want an original Klon, then track one down, it doesn’t appear that you will lose any money!

Rob

teiscoboy

johnmontana said:

Anyone selling?

Cheers!

Hi John, are you still looking?

Blaendulais

Hes probably pissed off after the aggro he got from being called Jeff Bezos......

johnmontana

@teiscoboy, please PM with price, some details, history, photos etc. 

Cheers!

Jonnicholas

One just gone up on reverb - only 4.5K!!  I’m sure to someone somewhere that’s a bargain…

fretfinder

Jonnicholas said:

One just gone up on reverb - only 4.5K!!  I’m sure to someone somewhere that’s a bargain…

I’ve got a Klon KTR I’d sell for a little less… 

tone1

There’s one near me on Reverb (no it’s really not mine) it’s on for £5950 

https://reverb.com/item/44093598-klon-centaur-professional-overdrive-non-horsie-2000s-gold?utm_source=rev-ios-app&utm_medium=ios-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=44093598

Kristo

beed84 said:

At the very least it’s an investment piece. Before I knew what Klons were, a forumite several years ago (either here or on Musicradar) offered an original gold one for £500. I laughed, thinking how could any pedal be worth that much money. But now ... well I needn’t say any more. 

That might have been me. I sold a gold one on Music Radar for £500. Wish I still had it :-( 

guitargeek62

Kristo said:

beed84 said:

At the very least it’s an investment piece. Before I knew what Klons were, a forumite several years ago (either here or on Musicradar) offered an original gold one for £500. I laughed, thinking how could any pedal be worth that much money. But now ... well I needn’t say any more. 

That might have been me. I sold a gold one on Music Radar for £500. Wish I still had it :-( 

I remember turning one down on Intermusic.com for ~£280 as part of a trade against a guitar  

Classic

Contact Klon Siberia as he’s got one available for the right price. 

kennedydream1980

One has just appeared at Mansons guitars:

https://www.mansons.co.uk/pre-owned-klon-centaur-silver-non-horsie

Hottubes

4 and a half grand lol. That's proper crack pipe. 

Voxsupertwin

These Klon prices are causing a lot of distortion ….

gatheredinsong

I need to stick three brown knobs on my silver Passat as it's worth considerably less than that. 

Barnezy

Have to agree that these are ridiculous now. The reason to own one now isn't for the tone because as we know that can be had for c£100, but for the ownership itself. It's a collectors item. 

eventhelosers

Barnezy said:

Have to agree that these are ridiculous now. The reason to own one now isn't for the tone because as we know that can be had for c£100, but for the ownership itself. It's a collectors item. 

Absolutely this and if you can afford to spend 4k plus on a collectable overdrive pedal then you have too much money.

joeW

When I need to post a letter I use a normal stamp not a collectable expensive one.  They do the same job, but I don't see any harm in anyone having a collection of expensive things they treasure, it just has a different purpose.  I am glad that there are decent clones available that you can still gig without needing full security detail.