JHS NOTAKLÖN

DoctorX

Yeah, but that’s in a video produced by JHS. Don’t you think some independent verification is needed before jumping to the whole “sounds identical” conclusion? Not saying they don’t, just that maybe it’s a little early to judge based on one video made by the dudes selling the things.

pt22

DoctorX said:

Yeah, but that’s in a video produced by JHS. Don’t you think some independent verification is needed before jumping to the whole “sounds identical” conclusion? Not saying they don’t, just that maybe it’s a little early to judge based on one video made by the dudes selling the things.

I mean, sure, but let’s not kid ourselves. The Klon circuit is well known and documented. There’s no mysticism about it. There are plenty of Klones on the market which already sounds identical to the original. Why should be we skeptical about this one? 

Would you feel the same about a fuzz face clone by another major brand or is it Josh that has you skeptical? 

DoctorX

These are the folk who made a video about how a Bad Monkey sounds the same as a Klon, so it should come as no surprise that they can make a video about how a klone can do the same. From the limited user experience reported so far it seems there may be a noise issue with these. Pretty good reason for skepticism IMO, but it’s early days so who knows.

As for the Fuzz Face thing, yes I would feel the same about other manufacturers making similar claims. An example would be when Analogman started offering “red dot NKT’s” as an option after running out of NKT275’s, with the marketing spiel that they sounded the same. I bought one. It didn’t sound nearly as good as my NKT275 one to my unsophisticated ears so I get rid.

pt22

DoctorX said:

These are the folk who made a video about how a Bad Monkey sounds the same as a Klon…

Did you agree or disagree in that video?

impmann

Ok so it’s built - and was such a lot of fun to do with my son.

It sounds fantastic! Lots of great sounds from this unit - really flexible and dynamic. Very low noise floor (very little hiss) and now it’s built it feels just as substantial as any other pedal.

I would highly recommend, especially as a fun activity to do with a child to enthuse them about electronics - no it’s not ‘proper’ electronics but for a 10 year old it’s brilliant and *fun*. It was fun for daddy too.

RandallFlagg

I cancelled my order and got a refund, can't be arsed for the wait. My Tumnus sounds like a Klon anyway. I bought a BOSS SD-1 instead

UnclePsychosis

DoctorX said:

Yeah, but that’s in a video produced by JHS. Don’t you think some independent verification is needed before jumping to the whole “sounds identical” conclusion? Not saying they don’t, just that maybe it’s a little early to judge based on one video made by the dudes selling the things.

There are approximately eight million klones out there and they all sound identical to the Klon. Its a trivial piece of analogue electronics with about 35 components. 

I'm genuinely flabbergasted that people seem to be 1) impressed that anyone has built pedals that sound the same as the original and 2) think that there's something unique about the NOTAKLON in that respect. Although the fact that both of those statements appear to be true does explain a lot of the bullshit in the pedal industry. 

DoctorX

^maybe, maybe not. But so what? The point I was making was “perhaps people should take marketing videos with a pinch of salt”. This doesn’t strike me as a particularly controversial point to make when the particular klone in question has a previously unseen assembly method compared to the “approximately eight million” other klones on the market, and the user reviews (at the time I made the post you quoted) suggested a possible issue with excessive noise.

Fingers657

I had mail earlier from JHS my NOTAKLON is on its way.

Fingers657

Estimated delivery Monday, January 29 between 9:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M

Fingers657

Great fast delivery from the US.
I just tracked mine and it’s in England and on its was to my local depot.

downbytheriver

Mine on the way with similar dates! 

Fingers657

downbytheriver said:

Mine on the way with similar dates! 

Excellent.
Are you going to build yours?

NelsonP

@Fingers657 @downbytheriver What order number have you got, approximately 

downbytheriver

Fingers657 said:

downbytheriver said:

Mine on the way with similar dates! 

Excellent.
Are you going to build yours?

Probably - is there a market for the unbuilt? 

Order number 6336

Fingers657

downbytheriver said:

Fingers657 said:

downbytheriver said:

Mine on the way with similar dates! 

Excellent.
Are you going to build yours?

Probably - is there a market for the unbuilt? 

Order number 6336

Dunno I bought it for the novelty factor just to keep boxed in my pedal collection.
My sons won’t be arriving for a month or two so I might let him build it and give me his when it arrives.

NelsonP

downbytheriver said:

Fingers657 said:

downbytheriver said:

Mine on the way with similar dates! 

Excellent.
Are you going to build yours?

Probably - is there a market for the unbuilt? 

Order number 6336

Thanks. I'm around 20k so a little while to wait!

Fingers657

My order 6134 was delivered by Ups 30 minutes ago.
It’s the only pedal I’ve had arrive in bits that’s not broken.
https://ibb.co/WVLrswg

https://ibb.co/XxdLvG6
https://ibb.co/Bw0JVzJ

downbytheriver

Mine arrived today - now I’m not sure what to do with it! I don’t need it on my board (Decibelics Golden Horse does those duties)… I think I’ll just stick it in the cupboard untouched for now. 

DDtB

Sounds like they're a bit behind schedule if order numbers 6000-6500 are just arriving.  

Forgot I'd ordered one tbh.. but mine is batch 5 so will be a nice surprise when I forget again and then it turns up!

*edit*... 

Just checked the site and saw they've updated the shipping info, which now looks like this..

BATCH 3, Orders b/t 6800-11000 (approximately), expected to ship FEBRUARY

BATCH 4, Orders b/t 11000-15000 (approximately), expected to ship MARCH

BATCH 5, Orders b/t 15000-20000 (approximately), expected to ship APRIL

BATCH 6, Orders 20000+ (approximately), expected to ship APRIL/MAY

So it's slipped a bit, but waiting is part of the fun I guess!