tc electronic Zeus Overdrive 5-stars Reviews

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.

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!

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.