The Klon Centaur is likely one of the most sought-after overdrive pedals ever created. If you are fortunate sufficient to personal one, taking it out on tour – or leaving it mendacity round a venue ready to be stolen – is in all probability not the very best thought.
That’s why Jared James Nichols – who was gifted a Klon Centaur by Joe Bonamassa – takes applicable measures to make sure his prized pedal stays in his possession.
“The Klon is its own beast, there’s something slightly different in the sauce,” Jared James Nichols – a proud Klon proprietor – says within the newest subject of Guitarist.
After that incident, Nichols didn’t want to tour with a borrowed Klon, so he embarked on a quest to buy his own. After hitting the Nerdville owner up for some advice on whether a Klon he was eyeing was the real deal or not, the veteran guitarist offered to sell him one of his own.
Shortly after, one of Joe’s friends dropped off a Klon at Nichols’ doorstep – and it turns out Bonamassa wasn’t expecting any payment.
“I was about to go on the road myself, and he goes, ‘Hey, dude, listen, the money that you’d spend on a Klon will do better for you actually having your tour be a success,’” Nichols recalls in an episode of the No Cover Charge podcast. “‘The Klon is a gift from me.’ And I couldn’t believe it. What a guy. So I love you, Joe, thank you, Joe.”
In his latest Guitar World lesson, Nichols offers the lowdown on how one can use open strings and Drop D tuning to bulk up your blues fingerstyle.
For extra from the blues rock guitarist, plus new interviews with Kiki Wong and Joanne Shaw Taylor, choose up subject 531 of Guitarist from Magazines Direct.