Review Demo - Tone Bakery Creme Brulee

Read the review: http://bit.ly/ToneBakeryCremeBrulee No matter how you feel about the Klon Centaur—whether you share the near-religious reverence of its acolytes or simply shrug your shoulders—it’s a damn fine and mighty versatile overdrive. And as with any good (or excruciatingly rare and expensive) pedal, it’s nice to have affordable alternatives. Tone Bakery’s Creme Brulee doesn’t promise anything apart from being an affordable Klon alternative. But at 99 bucks, it’s very affordable by the near-mad standards of the vintage Klon market. And it delivers much of the Klon’s transparent, near-clean-to-crunchy tones, while offering the responsiveness that spawned the great Klon craving in the first place. With gain, treble, and level controls aligned along the pedal’s length and an offset footswitch, the Creme Brulee hints unabashedly at the source of its inspiration. Alas, you won’t find out a lot about the Creme Brulee’s components by opening up the back. The upside-down printed circuit reveals even less than the black-tar goop that cloaks the innards of a real Klon. You can, however, see some of the cost saving measures that help Tone Bakery get below the $100 mark, such as board-mounted jacks. We also noticed that the unit can be a bit microphonic and susceptible to switching noise and bumps at high-gain settings, suggesting it could use a little extra shielding somewhere in the circuit. To continue reading the review, visit: http://bit.ly/ToneBakeryCremeBrulee