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    • Findom_DeLuise [she/her, they/them]
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      3 months ago

      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?

      • wild_dog
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        2 months ago

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        • Findom_DeLuise [she/her, they/them]
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          3 months ago

          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.