NPD - Behringer Centaur Overdrive

[rwillett]

This finally turned up today, I ordered it about three weeks ago from Andertons, to see what the fuss was about. I can't compare it to a Klone as I've never knowingly heard one so wouldn't have a clue.

 

 

This is the original artwork version, the new ones are called Centara and have a slightly different half-man/half horse (I don't want to get sued for calling it by any other name  )

 

https://www.behringer.com/product.html?modelCode=0709-AKP

 

A quick check on eBay shows that the loonies wanting $10,000 have gone and the range of prices is from £771.72 down to £52.72.

 

I'm happy to split the difference and sell it for £310. Nah, just joking. I'm going to plug it into and see how it sounds on a Strat and on a Jazz. It feels quite chunky and well made to be honest. If anybody has a Klone they wish to lend me to compare, feel free.

 

Thanks

Rob

[fretmeister]

Andertons own comparison video is hilarious

 

 

 

From about £50 all the way up to a real one.

 

And they all sound the same.

[rwillett]

Thanks for this.

 

Just watched it all the way through and am delighted that I've got the cheapest pedal there. However as it sounds no different to the genuine Klon I am more than happy to sell it for a genuine Klon price, seems fair to me  Or should it be that the original Klon is not worth more than £59 now?

 

I have a feeling that the original Behringer colouring and design will actually be worth a bit more in 30 years time, we see the Japanese lawsuit Les Pauls now being flogged on eBay for silly money, we already have muppets on eBay trying to sell their lawsuit Behringer Centaurs, perhaps they will be worth gazillions then. 

 

Stuff it, I'm going to plug it in, wind the strat up and the Jazz and see what it sounds like

 

Thanks

Rob

[fretmeister]

Mine arrived today as well!

 

There were some chancers on ebay trying to sell these at £20,000 - more than a real one!

 

Naturally I offered £40.

[rwillett]

There's still a fair few chancers on there now. I might do the same. 

[bnt]

I wouldn’t say that is the absolute cheapest Klone out there e.g. you can get a Mosky Golden Horse for about £30. I have the dual mode Silver Horse version which adds a nice little mid boost at low gain. 

[Jack]

Don't sleep on the Klon for bass either. I've had an MXR sugar drive and I really like the models in helix and qc. 

Edited Wednesday at 10:59 by Jack

[bnt]

That's all I use mine on. One thing that gets kind-of overlooked about Klons is that the Gain control is essentially a Blend control. It's not quite that simple electronically, but I can hear no difference between zero gain and bypassed tones.

 

If you're interested in the circuit details, there's a good analysis here. There are actually three signal paths: the distortion section, feed-forward network 1 (which sends some clean lows forward) and feed-forward network 2, which comes in more as gain is reduced, balancing the distortion stage.

[rwillett]

10 hours ago, Jack said:

Don't sleep the Klon on bass either. I've had an MXR sugar drive and I really like the models in helix and qc. 

 

Not sure what 'sleep' means here?

[KingBollock]

I got mine three weeks ago from Anderton’s, they were the only place that seemed to have them in stock. It only took two days to arrive.

 

I have to say that I love it. I had been thinking of building my own, until I saw that Anderton’s video. If the EBay prices do really sell for silly money, I might consider building my own anyway, compare the two and sell the Beringer if they’re close enough. Although, if I could get silly money for the Behringer, I could sell it and get one of the new ones. I don’t care about owning a rare pedal.

[Jack]

1 hour ago, rwillett said:

 

Not sure what 'sleep' means here?

Sorry, I meant 'sleep on', I will correct my post. 

[rwillett]

Sadly the silly money prices on eBay are coming down. However people are paying double and a bit more for the pedal. Just checked and one auction is at £132 for a pedal. 

 

If anybody wants mine for £120 just le me know. 

 

There's supply coming through as I have one, so not sure why people are that desperate for it. 

[fretmeister]

I love mine on guitar - into a very good Marshall capture on a Tonex.

Not tried it on bass yet.

 

I don't get the price increases either - the renamed one is identical and everybody knows it's a clone anyway. It's not like the pedal itself - or any of the other cheap clones - have been discontinued.

[rwillett]

30 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

I love mine on guitar - into a very good Marshall capture on a Tonex.

Not tried it on bass yet.

 

I don't get the price increases either - the renamed one is identical and everybody knows it's a clone anyway. It's not like the pedal itself - or any of the other cheap clones - have been discontinued.

 

MIne is into a 59 Bassman on a Tonex. I'm still struggling to get it to sound as good as it did with the Andertons video. Of course the fact that the guitarist is about 10,000x better than me has nothing to do with it.

Rob