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Not so. First of all the Tube Screamer came out in ‘83. I think the Klon was like 1993 or 1994.
The Klon is known for its soft buffer. The Tube Screamer is known for it compression and mids hump. Both are “prescribed” to goose the front of a semi-pushed amp, like a Deluxe Reverb on four or five, with single coil pickups. But tons of people have used them successfully at different settings and withhumbuckers.Stevie Ray Vaughan used two Tube Screamers. I believe that’s where Trey Anastasio picked that trick up. One of his is at zero drive and the other is at full, both followed by I think a Dan Armstrong compressor.
Klon is sort of king of the “transparent” (not really) drives. But Analogman KOT, Boss Blues Driver and OD-1 .. are other early days standard-bearers. They’re all classic recipes. Obviously there are several more. Nobels ODR1 etc etcNothing wrong with a guitarist wantIng what he/she knows and is comfortable with. Even if what we hear in the end isn’t so different.
Wrong! The tube screamer came out 1979 and was licensed from Maxon until 83.