Most Expensive Overdrive: Rob Tries a Klon Centaur with Electric Violin

About a month ago I stumbled across an exciting Craigslist ad, and a few emails later I got to try out one of the rarest and most expensive pedals of all time. Here's my first impressions of an original Klon Centaur Professional Overdrive pedal, made in 1994 (the first year they were made), signed by Bill Finnegan! Timestamps below to jump around.
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Deep dive on my signature Volta violin:
• NEW ELECTRIC VIOLIN! I...
00:00 Intro, backstory, amp clean tone
01:30 Klon plugged in (bypassed)
02:24 Klon all knobs at noon
02:24 Level matching
03:47 Klon as "clean boost"
06:13 Worth 6K?
06:48 Closer Look at the Pedal
09:19 All the way up
10:38 Klon behaves like a fuzz?!
11:55 Conclusions
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[@dgoodermote]

Very funky

[@RobFlaxMusic]

Thank you!

[@PhearNoneGearGadgets]

Great demo

[@RobFlaxMusic]

Thank you!

[@glacierwookie]

Cool stuff man!

[@RobFlaxMusic]

Thank you!

[@PhilipLederer]

nice

[@RobFlaxMusic]

Thank you!

[@merthsoft]

That's a BEEFY sounding pedal! Gorgeous pedal. It'd be cool if you tested some Klones and gave your opinion on how they compare.
Love that you opened it! Thanks for giving the geeks a little treat.

[@RobFlaxMusic]

I've got a Mythos Mjolnir that I really like... but this hit different. More open, less compression, slightly different mids. But that's just me nitpicking... Both are great pedals. I just liked this one more 🙂

[@sacredgeometry]

It sounds like every other overdrive pedal and exactly like a £15 clone of its 20p circuit

[@RobFlaxMusic]

Ahh, maybe in post, yeah! A lot of the sound here is the amp... but that's kinda the point of a Klon. (I'm definitely curious to hear recs for a good cheap klone... It's a great sound, and I don't wanna spend $6k either, lol!)

[@RobFlaxMusic]

@encyclopractica Appreciate the comment, thanks. I'm assuming you're not trying to say that I'm one of those people who can barely play, right? 😜