tc electronic Zeus Overdrive

Small Klon Clone

Bought this as I was interested in a Clone style pedal. It’s transparent, is capable of a clean boost but can also rip quite nicely. The fat switch is nice, specially with single coils. And even with a bridge P90 pickup, gives it a lot warmth. Lots of tones to discover, it’s always on. Only small downside is its size, it could have been a bit bigger imo. But ofcourse, that’s personal preference.

Un peu déçu

J'attend ma Gibson pour pouvoir comparer la différence de son avec un strat, un peu déçu sur une strat

Lovely and affordable

It is the best Centaur Klon clone? Probably not but for a fraction of the prices of the more famous alternative you have great sounding overdrive that gives you back a good feeling of the original saving 99% of the price... If you are on the budget this is the way to go!

Couldn't find a use for it

I have tried a few Klon pedals and didn't really like any. Now I add Zeus to the list. I prefered the Archer pedals over this, I didn't like how the Zeus buffer sounds and I don't think they picked a good frequency for the mid hump. The Archer Ikon was the most musical klon I had, but it cut too much bass. The Fat switch on the Zeus is amazing for this.

Your tone, but louder.

Clear, transparent and pristine. The overdrive it produces is cool if you got a "high headroom" tube preamp or a very clean channel, but realistically you buy a Klone for the trebly treble boost with raw volume.

Also the newer TC "matchbox" size is appreciated, the tank pedals are great but the pedalboard was mighty heavy after a while, so kudos for size reduction.

The Fat switch is ...meh? If you play strats with single coils it might be worth it but humbuckers and Fat enabled is mudtown territory, good if you like some grungey "lol my guitar is out of tune but I am still gonna hit tritones" sound but for the purposes of solo or lead tones keep it off, if you want heavier high strings get thicker ones, the Fat switch won't make them pop out.

Warm and transparent - worth waiting

Great Klon clone: robustly built with easily accessible interior for bypass/buffer option, great features with 3 knobs and a FAT switch that really makes it very versatile. The best feature is the sound: very warm and transparent. It was worth waiting, although 8 months was a real strech.