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The morning is almost over, so it's time to wrap up this instalment of #CoffeeAndKlon.

The #PRS #Horsemeat is not a #Klon killer for me. It's not going to kick my #KTR off my board.

It's a *great* sounding #TweedTone pedal - right up there with my beloved #SHOD.

It gives me another option when I want tweed tone - and I *love* having options.

After spending the whole morning with them (and with you! thank you to everyone who has been following along today) ...

... I think I prefer the #Klon with the #SHOD for *this particular guitar*.

I wasn't expecting that.

I've spent the last two months feeling that the #Horsemeat was my new #1 pedal. Now, I'm not so sure, at least not with my Les Paul.

This photo shows how I'm currently dialling in the #Horsemeat to get me a tone that's very similar to my beloved #SHOD.

It isn't the same:

* it's thicker,
* doesn't have quite-as-prominent upper mids
* is more compressed

Stick a #Klon in front of it, and it sounds glorious.

Even though PRS have marketed the #Horsemeat as a #Klon killer, they've always been clear that it isn't based on the Klon circuit.

And that leads me onto the second - and final - part of today's #CoffeeAndKlon ...

... and the other reason I've got the #SHOD on my board for this 🙂

It's not just my ears telling you that there's a difference.

Here's a screenshot of the three takes I've recorded so far.

* Top is #Klon #KTR + #SHOD
* Middle is the SHOD on its own
* Bottom is #Horsemeat + SHOD

The Horsemeat brings a *lot* of compression to the table.

Not saying it's a bad thing, just that it's another way that the Horsemeat is different to a clean-boosting Klon.

*Why* does the #KTR bring out the best of the #SHOD though?

On its own, the #SHOD has a very soft attack - especially in the middle position of a Les Paul.

The Klon adds definition and a little bit of bite to the attack, while pushing the mids to make the overall tone sound more forward.

For comparison, I'm going to take the #KTR out of the circuit, and recording the same piece just using the #SHOD on its own.

There's a good reason why (AFAIK) the #SHOD is the tweed-tone pedal that's been in continuous production the longest. I love this pedal so much.

Definitely sounds better when boosted by the #Klon #KTR though!

Hopefully that's enough introductions / explanations 🙂

To start with, I'm running the #Klon #KTR into the #SHOD.

The KTR is setup in the classic clean-boost role:

* Gain around 8 o'clock
* Treble at 1 o'clock
* Volume round about unity or so

This is home for me. It's not my desert island tone: it's my last-day-on-earth tone.

There'll be an audio demo of this when the blog post comes out.

(I'm starting to think #LUNA has crashed while self-updating ...)

Here's what I'm starting with on the board:

* #Klon #KTR
* #PRS #Horsemeat
* #MadProfessor #SHOD

All three pedals are in separate loops on my trusty old #Gigrig G2, so they can't interfere with the overall tone when they're not in use.