Music Is Win's Tyler Larson buys the first Klon Centaur pedal ever made for $500,000

Remember the first Klon Centaur overdrive pedal ever made that JHS Effects chief Josh Scott was selling for $500,000 on Reverb.com? Well, what if we told you Music Is Win's Tyler Larson bought it, went broke as a result, played through it and then tried to ransom it back to Scott?

Just watch the video above if you don't believe us. At the very least you'll get to hear a half a million dollar effects pedal in action.

Rob is the Reviews Editor for GuitarWorld.com and MusicRadar guitars, so spends most of his waking hours (and beyond) thinking about and trying the latest gear while making sure our reviews team is giving you thorough and honest tests of it. He's worked for guitar mags and sites as a writer and editor for nearly 20 years but still winces at the thought of restringing anything with a Floyd Rose.

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