JHS Notaklön vs Keeley Klon Centaur-Style Overdrive
The JHS Notaklön and the Keeley Klon Centaur-Style Overdrive are both pedals sharing transparent. The JHS Notaklön leans sustaining.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.37% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Alternative Rock
- Blues
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- transparent
JHS Notaklön
JHS Pedals · pedal
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$225.28via Reverb
The JHS NotAKlon is a boutique transparent overdrive from JHS Pedals based on the celebrated Klon Centaur circuit, one of the most sought-after and influential overdrive designs in guitar pedal history. The Klon Centaur, designed by Bill Finnegan in the early 1990s, is known for its transparent clean-blend overdrive that preserves the character of the guitar and amplifier while adding harmonic richness and sustain. The NotAKlon reproduces the dual-ganged potentiometer gain control, charge pump power circuit, and buffer stage of the original Klon circuit with modern component reliability. JHS positions the NotAKlon as a practical, accessible alternative to the expensive and rare vintage Klon Centaur. It suits jazz, blues, country, indie rock, and any style where a transparent, harmonically enriching overdrive is the goal.
The Keeley Klon Centaur-Style Overdrive is Keeley's take on the celebrated Klon Centaur transparent overdrive circuit, aiming for the same warm, touch-sensitive, harmonically rich push into an amp that made the original Centaur legendary and famously hard to obtain. It delivers the classic Klon-family clean-boost-to-mild-overdrive range, preserving pick dynamics and note clarity rather than imposing a heavy drive coloration.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Country
- Indie Rock
- Jazz
- Electronic
- Rock
- sustaining