“A wealth of features not seen on a Klon-style circuit before”: Walrus Audio wades into uncharted waters with a fresh take on one of the world’s most cloned overdrive pedals

Walrus Audio Voyager MKII
(Image credit: Walrus Audio)

Klon clones are incredibly common in the overdrive pedal market, but Walrus Audio has now attempted to master Bill Finnegan's illustrious stompbox with an updated Voyager MKII that offers “ a wealth of features not seen on a Klon-style circuit before”.

It’s a bold statement considering how many recreations (both faithful and reimagined) there are available today. But Walrus Audio, which first launched the flagship Voyager as its first-ever pedal in 2011, is confident it can make good on such a claim.

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Phil Weller

A freelance writer with a penchant for music that gets weird, Phil is a regular contributor to Prog, Guitar World, and Total Guitar magazines and is especially keen on shining a light on unknown artists. Outside of the journalism realm, you can find him writing angular riffs in progressive metal band, Prognosis, in which he slings an 8-string Strandberg Boden Original, churning that low string through a variety of tunings. He's also a published author and is currently penning his debut novel which chucks fantasy, mythology and humanity into a great big melting pot.