Modding a Joyo Sweet Baby Overdrive to Beat a Klon

I picked up the OD to see if it could really beat the tones of the almighty Klon.

So I tried different settings.

More drive? Still not getting it...

Let's check the internals

Gut Shot

Perspective

So the components appear to be low quality - ruining my Klon tone! I decided to increase warmth and grit.

At work

Almost done

PROPRIETARY GRIT MOD - PATENT PENDING

PROPRIETARY COMPLETED MOD

Perfect! All the tone of a Klon without the expense or hype!

The Best Klon Copies and Descendants

What makes a Klon a Klon?

1. Low-to-Medium Overdrive*
        *This made the Klon different, as the 80s-90s trend was big-loud-heavy overdrive
2. Transparent lower end with a "sweet spot" on breakup
3. (Magical) germanium diodes
4. Mythical figure box art (sigh)

Not willing to spend over 2.5k on a used Klon? There are hundreds of variants, and most range within 95% to 99.9999999% as good as a Klon. That 000000001% is perception anyhow.

Try the following (very very good) variants.