The Wampler Tumnus Deluxe gives me that unique 3-band EQ, allowing me to really shape the tone to suit both the guitar and the following overdrive pedal. Of all the klones I’ve tried over the years, it’s the most adaptable. To Answer The Question When I first got my hands on this pedal, I expected more of a Klon clone, but it’s definitely got its own thing going on. And in a good way. The Soul Food’s main advantage is cost. Brand new, it’s about half the price of a Tumnus Mini, and a lot less than half the price of a Tumnus Deluxe or a Centura. If you like it, and can’t afford any of the others, then get it. Quite often on less expensive pedals the manufacturer doesn’t include a power supply to save costs. It’s incredibly frustrating to get a pedal only to find out you have nothing to power it – especially when some of the smaller pedals don’t even run on batteries! It was a nice surprise to find that EHX also send out a power supply with the Soul Food. You can alternatively run it on a 9V battery so it’s nice to have this flexibility in such a low cost pedal.

PRS says the pedal adds harmonic midrange richness without cutting your high notes. And, well, they’re spot on. As you’d expect with a Klon-style pedal, it’s designed to be transparent, so it won’t mess with your tone. USED products: 4% of the current new selling price to increase the warranty from 3 months to 1 year. 4% for each additional year. When the switch is set to True, its upper position, bypass will be True Bypass. When the switch is set to Buffer, its lower position, bypass will be Buffered Bypass. The switch is normally set to True in the factory. Some consider it to be an amp in a box and I’d agree – you don’t need to worry about your overdrive tone with this sort of pedal. Just grab a nice clean amp and you’re good to go.

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The pedal is a great value for the price, but I would not describe it as transparent as some other people are. There was one exact setting that I liked with this but any time I tried to do anything else with it I wouldn't be satisfied - it can get very nasal to me. It colored my tone noticeably, but I did like that sound for my always on base tone. Which I why I kept it for so long - the treble control is very useful for tone shaping. But it is subpar IMHO interacting with other pedals. Using it as my 1st gain stage I was never fully happy with my 2nd stage. I'd hit the other overdrive and it'd sound like a different guitar suddenly. Watch youtube vids and determine if the Soul Food sound is right for you, but don't expect it to be terribly versatile.

It doesn’t share the small form factor of some other pedals. And it’s in an enclosure that’s larger than standard pedals. But for the extra flexibility the Horsemeat offers, it’s a worthy compromise. My personal answer is: no. I don’t care about the hype behind the Klon and I don’t feel you shouldn’t care either. Does it really matter how close the Soul Food replicates the Klon sound? This is partly down to the fact the pedal is blending your dry signal with your overdriven signal. In a way, it feels more like an amp would feel when it starts to break up. If when you watched the video, you liked what you heard, the Electro-Harmonix is for you. There is a style covered in the video which best represents the styles of playing ideal for this kind of overdrive. If you like that style of playing, then there is no reason not to get one.

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Switching to the Lead channel on the Peavey can get you all the way into 80s metal, but you'd probably be looking at a different pedal if you wanted more gain than that. with my marshall...an immediate Jimi vibe w/the strats. and superb tone on the paul. perhaps SF likes KT66s better for hummers than 5881s in the fender. its all subjective. the marshall also has adjustable gains whereas my classic fender does not. If when you watched the video earlier you enjoyed what you heard, the Soul Food is for you. The styles covered in that video best represent the styles of playing suitable for this type of overdrive. If you enjoy that style of playing then there’s no reason to not get the Soul Food.

My answer is: yes, but. Yes, it can do the clean boost thing (something I can’t say for every klone), but I’d always choose something else if I could. For me, it’s the clean boost klone of last resort. It should be clear after listening to the pedal switched on and off what is really meant by ‘transparent’. The tone isn’t dramatically changed. What you notice is an overall enhancement to the tone. Harmonics, overtones and sustain all add to your tone and give it a richer feel. You can hear that it’s quite a bright sound compared to other overdrive pedals that roll off the high frequencies. I’ve spent quite a bit of time with that setup – Les Paul into the Soul Food as an overdrive – since the pedal arrived a couple of days ago. I’ve really enjoyed noodling with that, and there’s definitely been no complaints about the tone from Kristi either. The silly money that Klon Centaur pedals fetch is just a testament to show how much value the Soul Food gives as nearly all guitarist can afford to get one. Is this pedal for you? What this DOES sound like is a nice clean low gain overdrive. Think that barely broken up bluesy sound, something like "Jenny Don't Be Hasty" by Paolo Nutini kinda sound.So here are some other overdrive pedals I would recommend considering if you don’t think the Soul Food is for you: Today, I want to talk klones, and specifically the most important klone pedal ever released: Electro-Harmonix’s Soul Food. Make yourself your favourite morning drink first. This one is going to be a #longread … with audio demos. Table of Contents Will you agree with me? Maybe. Maybe not. After all – tone is completely subjective and it’s ultimately your opinion that matters most. The fact that it’s a transparent overdrive means that you’re not going to completely change or mess up your existing setup like a less transparent pedal would. You can easily add it to your pedalboard and it will compliment your tone. Who isn’t it for?

I’ve been pleasantly surprised at just how usable it is. It certainly isn’t the piece of garbage that I was expecting it to be. At the end of the day, though, it doesn’t quite sound like a Klon. That’s both good and bad. It gives me an option that I didn’t have before (which I like). The Mosky Golden Horse is even cheaper, but I can’t recommend it because I’ve never played one. I do have other pedals from Mosky, and I’ve been very impressed with them. If you preferred the Tumnus Mini but it’s well out of your price range, give the Golden Horse a try. We’re Not Done Yet!My next choice of pedal is a little more realistic, perhaps: Wampler’s Belle. This is Brian’s take on the Nobels ODR-1 overdrive pedal. The ODR-1 is an affordable overdrive that’s been used on countless hit records over the decades. I was still happy jamming away on a solid state with the Soul Food but switching over to a valve amp did compliment the Soul Food as would be expected. Reliability/Quality When it comes to single-origin coffee, we rotate between Kristi’s favourite – Yayu Forest – and my favourite – Gajah Mountain. I definitely prefer coffee from Sumatra, but these days I can’t tolerate it all that well. With my PRS CU24 I can push the only tone knob (treble) up to get a nice scooped bluesy barely driven sound. It made people hungry for better klones. As I’ll demonstrate later, it’s not a great klone. Thanks to YouTube demos like the ones I shared above, some of us wanted that tone, and when we couldn’t get it from the Soul Food, we eagerly went looking for other klones.