Music is Win’s Tyler Larson bought that $500,000 Klon

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Well, sort of. But at least you can finally hear the first Klon Centaur ever made in action

Back in January, JHS Pedals’ Josh Scott set the internet ablaze as he listed the first-ever Klon Centaur for sale on Reverb for an astonishing $500,000.

Given Scott’s sense of humor, many of us suspected he wasn’t being entirely serious. And accordingly, the enterprising guitarist who “purchased” the pedal, Music Is Win’s Tyler Larson, has taken the whole sale in good humor.

According to a new, tongue-in-cheek video posted to the Music Is Win YouTube channel, Guitar World’s original article on the listing drove Larson to the point of F.E.K.A.S. (First Ever Klon Acquisition Syndrome), forcing him to sacrifice all his possessions – and his marriage – just to obtain the first example of Bill Finnegan’s mythical overdrive pedal.

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Yet buyer’s remorse led Larson to contact Scott, who declined the offer to buy the sought-after stompbox back, given his new status as a professional party-goer, Wall Street impresario and all-round Lothario thanks to his unexpected windfall.

All it takes to reverse the deal is a demo of the legendary drive, with Larson’s emotive blues licks and immaculate alternate picking soon reaching the Klonfather’s ear and forcing him to broker an arrangement for its safe return: a cool $1,000,000 and 50 JHS Cheese Ball pedals.

If the video’s concluding message – to be continued… – is anything to go by, we haven’t seen the last of this particular Centaur.

We eagerly await Klonfathers II and III…

Michael Astley-Brown
Michael Astley-Brown
Editor-in-Chief, GuitarWorld.com

Mike has been Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com since 2019, and an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict for far longer. He has been writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist for over 15 years, and recording and performing in original and function bands for two decades-plus. During his career, he has interviewed everyone from John Frusciante to Chris Cornell, Matt Bellamy and Billy Corgan. His writing also appears in The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar. In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock as Maebe.