Electro-Harmonix Soul Food Overdrive

About the Electro-Harmonix Soul Food Overdrive

The EHX Soul Food is an affordable take on the Klon Centaur, a 'Klone': a low-to-medium-gain overdrive and boost. Despite the transparent-overdrive reputation Klon-style pedals carry, it is a little mid-focused and does add its own colour to the tone. It is one of the cheaper entries into the Klon sound, alongside pedals like the Wampler Tumnus, Ryra and various 'archer' clones.

In one paragraph

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Listings of the Electro-Harmonix Soul Food Overdrive we watched from listing to sale typically went in 34 days (28 watched), a steady; it sells for a median of €45 over the last 90 days across 60 recorded sales, with most examples landing between €40 and €50. The closest version sold new, the Electro-Harmonix Bass Soul Food, costs €99 at Thomann (read 16 October 2026). The sale median is up 5% on the €43 of the 90 days before. There are 253 listings live right now across eBay United States, Reverb, from €37 asking, a median ask 76% over the sale median. Figures computed 19 October 2026 by Doirado from cross-platform listing data.

What owners have said elsewhere

Paraphrased from 335 discussion threads among 14 owners, 2024. No names, nothing quoted.

Owners rate the Soul Food as a strong-value Klone, and a fair few use it more than their Tube Screamer. The classic way to run it is as a clean boost with the gain low and the level up, pushing the amp or another drive; it stacks especially well into a Tube Screamer or an OCD, which is where many keep it. Worth knowing, as owners repeatedly point out, is that Klon-style pedals are not truly transparent, so the Soul Food will colour the sound with a mild mid-push. Those who have compared it to higher-end Klones such as a Wampler Tumnus, Silver Archer or Ryra often find those a step up in clarity, though at several times the price. One practical gripe: the EHX footswitch can feel stiff or stick, and the switches are on the loud side.