I was surprised to see that the guys behind the Landtone klone kits (those Amazon build-your-own-klone deals) were selling finished pedals – that was who I got mine from.
There’s also this other brand, Ginean, who was apparently Harmon Group’s overseas builder for various DOD pedals, and they have dirt-cheap versions of the Gonkulator, Carcosa fuzz, and a couple of other DOD drive pedals from before the CorTek buyout. The circuit boards, control layouts, and pedal cases are identical, just with different paint jobs/branding and no DOD stamp on the back plate. Oh, and a weird bevel around the top of the pedal case. But yeah, $35 USD Gonkulator “clone.” Hard to go wrong with that, other than the fact that it’s a damn Gonkulator and its mere existence is an affront to, uh, something that doesn’t Gonk very well.
Me with guitar pedals lately, especially weird shit from Chinese builders on AliExpress. Where else was I going to find a hot pink Klon Centaur clone?
damn i wish my Chinese klon was hot pink. oh well i got it for free when i bought something else from someone.
I was surprised to see that the guys behind the Landtone klone kits (those Amazon build-your-own-klone deals) were selling finished pedals – that was who I got mine from.
There’s also this other brand, Ginean, who was apparently Harmon Group’s overseas builder for various DOD pedals, and they have dirt-cheap versions of the Gonkulator, Carcosa fuzz, and a couple of other DOD drive pedals from before the CorTek buyout. The circuit boards, control layouts, and pedal cases are identical, just with different paint jobs/branding and no DOD stamp on the back plate. Oh, and a weird bevel around the top of the pedal case. But yeah, $35 USD Gonkulator “clone.” Hard to go wrong with that, other than the fact that it’s a damn Gonkulator and its mere existence is an affront to, uh, something that doesn’t Gonk very well.
Kinda glad I’m still sticking to acoustic stuff… for now.