You might never stumble upon the Holy Grail, but you can try your luck with the next best thing – an original, gold-finish Klon Centaur, straight from Bill Finnegan himself.
The listing went live on 2 November via Finnegan’s official eBay account, klondirectsales, with bids already climbing past the $2,000 mark — and they’re showing no signs of slowing.
“Hi everyone – this Sunday, 11/02/2025, an eBay auction will begin (at 7 pm PST) for a newly-built, previously-unused gold-finish Centaur unit, the eBay account name being klondirectsales,” mythical overdrive’s creator’s announced on Instagram. “Thanks for all of your interest and support over the years.”
The listing itself provides some extra context for collectors. This particular unit carries the serial number RG 022, where “RG” stands for Reissue Gold. And according to Finnegan, “the unit has been hand-built by me, in exactly the same way as I have been hand-building Centaur units for something like thirty years now, and with the exact same components (including, specifically, the exact same NOS clipping diodes) that I have always used.”
For guitarists and collectors, a Finnegan-built Klon is the stuff of legend. The original Centaur – hand-wired and sold directly by Finnegan throughout the ‘90s and early 2000s – redefined transparent overdrive, and quickly became one of the most sought after pedals on the planet. When production stopped, used prices skyrocketed into the stratosphere, and myths surrounding the circuit only deepened.
This latest auction follows a rather turbulent year for the Centaur’s legacy. Finnegan recently found himself in a legal battle with Behringer, after the latter’s $69 Centaur Overdrive pedal hit the market in 2024. Finnegan sued Behringer’s parent company, Music Tribe, calling the unit a “blatant counterfeit” and citing “extensive actual confusion” among players who believed it was officially licensed.
The controversy only added fuel to the Klon’s mythology – second-hand listings of Behringer’s pedal even shot up to $2,000 overnight, as collectors speculated it might be pulled. The company eventually changed the pedal’s name to Centara, and later Zentara, with court documents confirming that the case has since been dismissed, with no costs incurred to either party.
Check out the listing at eBay.
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