This is calling for a reverse centaur decal: human lower body, horse head and torso

"a little bit of snobbery in the guitar pedal world". understatement of the year

Put a DS-1 circuit inside a real Klon, sell it to a KZfaqr, and watch them rave about the unmatched *t o n e*.

The larger enclosure allows the mojo to swell more in the box before its released through that cable. Larger case = more mojo= improved tone, especially in the mids.

I love how this channel has super serius videos like the audio audits, and then there are really cursed ones like the fender fedora video

We need a Boss Klon Metal Zone MT2 Centaur!

I can hear the exclusive tone that only “refined ears” can hear. Must be the paintjob

"There seems to be A LITTLE BIT of snobbery in the pedal world" Suuuuuuuure :p

From Steve Vai to THOU the DS-1 has been part of the foundation of heavy guitar tones for a longer than most haters have been in their human suits. "If you hate the DS-1, then you're using it wrong." - Me, the guy that wrote this post

Boutique peeps: "BOSS is corporate bullshit. I only buy vintage stuff, like this boutique overdrive made in 2017. I need something that gets the sound of 70', 80' and 90's artists". BOSS DS-1: Is literally 40+ years and used by artists of the 70's, 80's and 90's.

Everywhere is a understatement, I went to clinical examination of a triple bypass surgery and the Dr. Pulled a DS1 out of a man's chest

Definitely sounds better than any other DS-1 🤘🏻🤘🏻

The DS-1 is such an underrated pedal, especially for lower gain. Back the distortion off a bit, run it into a cleanish Fender style amp and discover how touch sensitive and expressive the DS-1 can be. Much more so than the Tube Screamer. I really love using it this way.

Dude, your videos are actually fantastic. I can see passion in everyone of them. Be it the passion for spreading information, making people aware of shitty situations, passion for just shitposting, but I love everyone of them, and it's hard no to see that you like making them. They make my day. Cheers from Brazil!

Needs the circuit coating in epoxy to add up the "mystery" 👍

The 'improvement' in tone is nothing short of miraculous! The tone casing does wonders! \m/

I've got the DS-1 40th Anniversary edition. I've managed to use it to amplify AM radio signals that are being picked up through my amp 🤣 Cool project!

"...there appears to be a bit of snobbery in the guitar pedal world..." Understatement of the year!

I think the logo for your pedal should be a centaur, but half man, half pig. Just to make fun of pedal snobs. It sounded brilliant, BTW.

I built a Klon Centaur clone for $30 and it's the most amazing pedal I've ever heard. Rich harmonics and sustain. It drive the amp nicely and has quite the volume boost too.

"I consider this an absolute win" -KDH 2021

Another excellent video KDH. Your channel is my favourite subscription, and I pounce on your uploads the instant I see a new one. Everything you do, from your reviews, to your "Audio Audits" is done so professionally and is researched so well. You can see your honesty and integrity shine through, and your guitar playing is excellent. You do yourself much credit. You're only 22 yet you conduct yourself with the wisdom of someone much older. You deserve all the success that you're DEFINITELY going to get.

The DS-1 was also favoured by Gary Moore in the early eighties, during his hard rock and metal era. He loved using it with his '63 strat, as he found it gave him a heavy tone without sacrificing the Strat's character.It's all over the Victims Of The Future album.

I remember in the mid 2000s playing in a metal band. Every show was a different amp and I couldn’t be arsed lugging around an amp. I used a wah>sd1>ds1>eq7. It was epic. Loved an sd1 in front of a ds1

knowing it's not real, and still getting the urge of "omg i gotta have that"

+ Mom, can we have a Klon Centaur? _- We already have a Klon Centaur at home_ *The Klon Centaur at home:* jokes aside this looks very amazing

If this had a centaur graphic on it or something that said "Boss Klon," it'd easily sell for 500 USD on Reverb.

This was amazing. You nailed the look of the pedal. Very well done! Keep up the great content! -Luis

A truly "transparent" attempt, all about the tone purity. Great job!

I’ve got a soft spot for the DS-1, even though it doesn’t really suit my professional tonal needs these days. I still have the same one I bought in 1995, and still use it at home. I also have the Vox Satchurator, which was essentially a DS-1 with a boost circuit developed for Satch… Fantastic pedal!

really appreciate you as one of the only skeptical gear channels on here

This is actually amazing. Love the idea. And I feel like you did an amazing job

That's amazing you just gave me the perfect idea for a few behringer pedals

Before I watched the video and based off the thumbnail alone, I searched for this pedal online. Says a lot about my snobbery haha. Great video.

DS-1 was my first ever guitar pedal, and I got lots of use and great tones from it for well over a decade. Love that little pedal. I never understood the hate it got from some people.

GREAT CHANNEL KDH keep um coming buddy !!

The DS-1 is fascinating to me. It's extremely common but it sounds so unique.

That’s awesome. I just picked up a used DOD Grunge pedal for like $30. It’s not useful for everyday distortion but it works as an alternative to line6 insane mode lol

Excellent job sir! I really enjoy your videos no matter the subject.

Always a great vid!

Guitar world did an article about your video! I saw it and laughed. Great channel man. Love your vids.

Keep going man. You are about to take off. Big. Just hang in their and keep doing what you do

Very interesting video, my men... thought provoking indeed...kudos !

This was fun! I have a channel switcher for my Marshall in Hunter green and aquarium stickers on it! DS1s are cool and yours is one of a kind!

I'll give you a fiver for it. Seriously, that is well cool. I've got an old DS-1 lying around and it's a great place to start for basic warm guitar tone. I've done synth gigs where I've had the Strat going through just the DS-1 into a Peavey Bandit with a dod of reverb and all I've needed is the volume control, it just delivers great rhythm and lead tones that sit in the mix perfectly.

KDH you're a trend setter. This is awesome.

Always a fun time here!!!

well done on so many levels

That orange layer you put on the shell really adds to the t o n e

For a moment before watching this I thought that Boss had actually done some weird collaboration with Klon - wouldn't have been that surprising after the Angry Driver, that Verumam/Ibanez tube screamer & the MT2 re-released seemingly off the back of it being a meme. I am VERY pleased to discover that it's just a project you did for lols.

You absolute legend. This is amazing.

this is so good! what a brilliant idea, great job on it! :D

That box made it sound way better. I always felt the opposite about distortions. The cheaper, the better. Home-made is the best of all. Great video and cheers from the US east coast.

Great initiative. Memories and strange looks from strangers to last a lifetime.

had klons in the early 2000's 3 to be exact and sold them back in the day. they were ok back then and ok now. its not impossible to achieve that tone without one. anyone paying that $6000 price tag for a klon is absolutely crazy! its a $300 pedal at best and always will be.

excellent vid mate well done!! love the ds 1

Got my DS-1 for $25 and it's awesome! It really depends on the guitar and amp you're using. Single coils into a Marshall sounds sweet! Single coils into a Fender - not quite as good but still nice.

Because it's not surface mount you can easily upgrade components of the same value or experiment with different component values. You can also go from ceramic to electrolytic to tantalum or to orange drop. It's fun to mod these pedals.

I love my DS 1, if i could only have one pedal it’d be that or a tuner.

Nice! I believe I would have had to put the switch in the center of the Boss rubber block for overall symmetry, but can see why you choose to square it with the corner of the box. Fun project!

It’s the box shape that makes it sound amazing, clearly.

I remember starting to play guitar in the 1990s and walking into Steve’s music in Ottawa and asking for that orange pedal that kobain used. Good times.

I absolutely loved this video

I have two Klon pedals. Both were bought for $239 at a guitar store across the street from Berklee while I was a student. At the time, there were not a lot of pedals at that price, but it sounded great. The second was purchased from the same store a few years later. Every other pedal on my board (only about four) are all Boss - TU-3, SG-1, DM-2, PN-2, and all are well over thirty years old, aside from the tuner. I don't want to sell mine because I've had it for years and couldn't afford another if I wanted one. I wouldn't pay $5000 for one, but it does sound great.

You sir, are a genius. Absolutely brilliant! I want to copy this but with a BBE Sonic Max to really get some nerds going.

looks great , sounds good, nice job!

"You've probably seen one before." Turns around and stares at my DS-1.I feel attacked.

Great Video. I got a good laugh out of it. Nice job on the conversion. 👍🏽

Looks Awesome!, also sounds great!, nice job dude

Got a “like” from me! Cool, fun little project. Kinda like how Colin from CSguitar mounted a Boss Metal Zone in a spiked out BC Rich guitar.

I thought you were going to make a DS-1 Klon to review the potential responses to the unicorn tone. Good video KDH

I have a DS-1 I got in 1983-84(I got it for Christmas from an aunt a couple months after Christmas)and I've taken care of it and sounds great.2018 I decided to buy one new for $50 at GC and see how much better my older one sounded.They sound pretty much the same If anything the new one might sound a little better.

Great content 🤘🏽

Actually the fuzzy tone you have here is gold to my ears

Badass bro, nice work.

Savage video man really good idea

And just like that the tone is amazing and it's a one of a kind pedal

Now it sounds soooooo much better :D

Great video. Very entertaining. Very funny in its presentation. You're right about those snobs, they're everywhere, aren't they?

Use a power cable extender to go from the 9v on the board to where you want to input to be and glue it in place, twill be grand!

The DS-1 was one of my first pedals, and I still have it. It's a little worse for wear but that just adds to the character and makes it mine lol

Great vid, great idea, I'm not really active anymore when it comes to modding stuff but I might be inspired by you to start experimenting again lol! I own a Mosky Silver Horse, paid like $25 for it, in the various demo and comparison vids that have seen there is barely any difference when compared to other klones or even a real Klon. If there is an audible difference, I can't hear it. But I hardly use the pedal because it doesn't impress me. What I use most is a Tone City Golden Plexi V2 combined with a Harley Benton Tube15 and a 2x12 Celestion V30 cab, it sounds awesome. I have that setup because I live in a small apartment and don't want to piss off the neighbors and I also want to keep the volume down because severe tinnitus, after spending 35 years on stage playing punk, rock and metal way too loud and thinking i was being tough for not using earplugs.

My first pedal I got for free and it was a DS1 clone called Tokai Distortion or in short TDS-1. Made in japan.

BEAUTIFUL

Time to do this to a metalzone

Great idea. Cool man!

I love the ds-1. I mod and make my own pedals and the ds-1 is great for modding. You can make them sound like pretty much anything.

You are great man!

That's a great project, man. Now I'm curious what that bridge humbucker is - I actually really liked the tone you got here.

Great vid!!

I can't lie, putting it in the new case made me want to believe it sounds better

I love everything about this.

this sounds amazing

this is exactly why i love youtube

Awesome video

I live for these kind of off the wall projects

I have the 40th anniversary model, which is black with gold. These things don't sound all that great, but the modability is insane. As I'm going to study electric engineering, I can't wait to mod mine.

Haha, I have a 1979 DS-1 long dash which came from Ireland, haha the guy said Rory Gallagher had most likely played it..yeah right I have 2x an '87, and a Taiwan Robert Keeley originally done by himself Ultra/Seeing Eye Mod, the 2010 black special edition(MIJ) , I also want to get the Waza version to finish it off. I have had a '85 and another '87 but I sold those (one had a crap mod on it which was not declared) Also I got a 1992 DS-2(because Cobain had this year of DS-2.) I never got the DS-1 with the new printplate and electronics (the versions you can't modify) I got most at a low price but I will most likely keep them, funny thing is that they do all sound different even the '87 's. They do give a killer Moore tone when used right Love the video's mate, greetings from an Irishman in the Netherlands

TBH I wish more pedals looked like this there's just something about the design language that looks super appealing.

Cool project! Some bigger knobs, but in the same form factor as the DS-1's, might look good too