For whatever reason I seem to favour a Klon style pedal as an "always on" pedal - set to work as an almost clean boost it just seems to add a nice bit of thickness and punch to the tone, and doesn't need to be switched off to clean up with the guitar. I had a Soul Food which is my only experience with Klon types, some people reckon it's not the best so I'm wonder what else does a better job for a similar price? The ones I'm looking at are the Mosky Golden Horse (dirt cheap at £16!), Tone City Bad Horse, Caline Pegasus etc. Might just take a punt on the Mosky but anything else to consider?
Can't really be arsed with building one this time round, though the Fuzz Dogs kit does get good reviews! Been looking at a higher end one but not sure if I can justify the cost of a RYRA/Idiot Box/Tumnus etc (though the idiot box one does look especially cool and sound awesome in the demo).
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I currently still have the Arc and the Archer but all are really really similar - the Golden Eagle was honestly every bit as good as any of the others, and cheaper. Don't overthink it.
What's the balance you're trying to strike, eg: I want the best sound I can get for £50, against I want the cheapest pedal possible, againt money is no object, get me a klon.
Soul food is as good as it's going to get in terms of cheap bang for buck, it's a nice pedal, it's based on the klon, it's not a klon.
The Fredric Klone/Golden Eagle is pretty much the cheapest like for like Klon you'll find - and by cheap I don't mean it's a cheap pedal, but if you want an actual klon, from my experience of trying it against my real klons, this is the best value method to get a replica of a klon, but it is £100+
There are others that also do this, but they are more expensive, and sometimes make improvements to the klon (you may / may not like) but if you want a real klon for best value possible, the Fredric is the best I've found.
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It is my first Klone, so I would be hard pushed to compare it, however it feels somewhere between a TS and clean boost, both of which I use.
Works really well at the end of my chain, either as an always on Strat pusher or as a "a bit more of everything" solo boost.
Definitely worth checking out - I am GASing on a Creme Brulee though.