J. Rockett Audio Designs Archer

You don't need a Klon

This pedal gives a very well-balanced distortion and pleasant tone. It's like a creamy satisfying sound that makes you want to keep playing guitar.

Precious

Small, really well built, amazing sound.

Nice Klon style pedal

I've only tried one other klon style pedal, and I prefer this Archer over it. It's solidly built and gives a nice range of tone adjustment along with a satisfying overdrive tone. I tend to play at lower volumes, looking for a nice mild breakup or bit of texture on my tone and this does the job very nicely. If you're looking for nice blues style overdrive, or a klon style of sound, then this is definitely a pedal worth checking out.

What a pedal!

Everything i hoped. I highly recommend this pedal.

Pros:

Easy and simple controls.

Perfect for bringing that mellow dirt even @ bedroom level.

Perfect clean boost also with the gain knob turned down.

One of those products that make guitar playing alot more fun.

cons:

No silicon/rubber spots you usually glue to the bottom included.

Not a biblical, end of the world scenario, but still.

sounds ok

Maybe I'm not a Klon person, I just can't get any good sounds from this pedal.

A good Klon pedal

Hi there,

I am playing mostly clean and crunchy tones and I don't use much distortions. I use this pedal in 2 scenarios, first as a always on pedal to bring some treble boost for my bison LP Standard, second as a light driven boost with a suhr S type.

I am thinking about keeping this always on with the drive to 0, and buying another one (maybe the gold one or another brand) to have the light driven boost and the treble one without having toswhich the settings.

On in all it's a nice compact metal pedal, feels very sturdy and qualittative, the controls are quiet precise but I would love to have it with a second selector embedded !

No need for an original Klon for twice the price.

This pedal is really good as the sound is not really different from the original Klon. It has a teeny bit more bass, but the tone control can manage that.

I have found no need to buy the costly Klon, as this does almost the same as the Klon and packs the same "magic".

I'm really pleased with the Archer.

Okay but not up to the hype

I found the Archer to be ok but not living up to the hype of the pedal or the buzz on you tube - I ended up selling it. I struggled to get a decent drive sound out of it and found it muddy.

My next step into this type of pedal is the RYRA Klone - and to be honest it is way better than the Archer. A bit bigger but around the same price.

The best "clean overdrive" on the market

La meilleure version de l'illustre KLON CENTAUR sur le marché, produite par JJ ROCKET AUDIO. Un must have tant comme booster que comme clean overdrive / overdrive soutenu ! Que du bonheur.

Low gain overdrive

Used with Les Paul into Hiwatt DR504. I wanted a low gain crunch to drive my Hiwatt which is a very clean amp for rythmn parts. The low gain break-up was not smooth enough for me, however the higher gain end of the pedal sounded fantastic for lead sounds. I then used it on my 1980 Marshall JMP which has a natural break-up it sounded great. The pedal Sound very open and the individual strings come though clearly. I will give it a high Rating because it is excellently built, and would Sound great with an amp that is breaking up already. I have returned it and bought a Fulltone OCD which works better on my set up.