Gestern war ich mit Schüler*innen in Mexiko via Zoom verabredet. Sie lesen mein Buch „Duplik Jonas 7“.

Viele fragten ähnlich wie deutsche Schüler*innen: Wie stehen Sie zur #Gentechnologie? Hätten Sie gern einen #Klon? Gibt es eine Fortsetzung?
Schwierig war: Bei einigen war der Akzent so stark, dass ich ihre Fragen kaum verstand. Und es war nicht so einfach, in einfachem Deutsch zu antworten.

Für mich eine sehr interessante Erfahrung!

#sf #sciencefiction #LiteraturBlogKreis #buch

Interessanter Fakt für Christen: #Gott hat bekanntlich aus Adams #Rippe einen zweiten Menschen geschaffen. Genetisch also einen #Klon. Da der Klon weiblich auftrat, muss Eva eine #Transfrau sein.

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Laut #USA, #Coronavirus freigesetzt bei #Labor #Unfall in #Wuhan Quelle: #Fokus

In einem #Forschungspapier, das jetzt auf dem Preprint-Server „ #biorxiv “ veröffentlicht und noch nicht wissenschaftlich begutachtet wurde, weisen sie darauf hin, dass #Sars-#CoV-2 mit hoher #Wahrscheinlichkeit als infektiöser #Klon entstanden sein könnte, der in einem #Labor erzeugt wurde.

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 🙂

I'm not going to test the #PRS #Horsemeat as a cranked boost into a cranked amp today.

It's simply not what I use my #Klon for.

It's not my world, and I don't know enough about it to say anything really about that.

I'm sure you can find plenty of folks on YouTube who have done exactly that. Go and listen to them on that use case!

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.

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.

No matter what I try, I can't make the #PRS #Horsemeat provide the same kind of clean boost that my #Klon #KTR does.

The Horsemeat just doesn't seem to have the same kind of mid-boost that the Klon does.

To be honest, that makes sense: the Horsemeat's full name is the Horsemeat Transparent Overdrive. It's hard to be 'transparent' if a pedal brings a serious mid-boost to the table.

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.

Good morning, everyone!

This morning - as previously promised - I'm going to do my first live #CoffeeAndKlon on here.

Today, I'm going to be talking about my favourite overdrive pedal: the #PRS #Horsemeat.

PRS have marketed this as a #Klon killer. Why has it become my favourite pedal, and can it replace the Klon #KTR on my board?

This evening, I made the mistake of commenting on a recent YouTube video about #Klon and #klone pedals.

(I’ve a fairly extensive collection of these pedals, and a rig that does a good job of letting the differences shine through.)

I’d forgotten just how toxic the comment section on YouTube is. It’s been nothing but bile and abuse since I posted.

If nothing else, a timely reminder to never bother making #guitar videos myself.

@squarepeig as an overdrive pedal, I find the #Wampler Tumnus Mini to be at the very top-end of smooth-sounding #Klon #klone pedals, along with the #JRAD #ArcherIkon.

I prefer the #TumnusDeluxe over the #TumnusMini because of the extra EQ controls.

Being able to turn down the bass helps with non-Teles.

The mids control turns the #TumnusDeluxe into a useful tool for fixing tone problems at times too.

@squarepeig the #Wampler Tumnus Mini is an interesting #klon #klone.

It's a very good choice for anyone who lives on the bridge pickup of a #Telecaster in particular, because of the extra bass it produces.

I find that extra bass a bit problematic for the mighty #LesPaul, especially because I play rhythm in the middle position there.

Sadly, there seem to be no people within my observable fediverse who are talking about the #Klon 🙁

I guess I need to try and help with that on Sunday, with a live #CoffeeAndKlon thread. Don’t think I’ve done one of those yet this year? I can’t remember.

Topic will be the #PRS #Horsemeat pedal. Spoiler alert: great great pedal, but not replacing the Klon on my board.

Afterwards, I’ll repost it on the #HomeToneBlog with audio samples.

#guitar

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