Behringer Centaur Overdrive (aka Zentara) + ParaNAM

First things first: you will find one static NAM profile here and one parametric NAM profile in the custom section. The parametric file can be used with the NAM Parametric Plugin by DLC86 aka TheToneScientist linked below BUT you have to rename the file extension to .pnam after downloading. On to the description: This is the pedal that caused a stir. In November 2024, Behringer released a $69 copy of the Klon Centaur, one of the most mythical overdrives in guitar history. The original Klon was designed by Bill Finnegan in the 1990s and hand-built in small numbers, around 8,000 in total, and a used one now costs as much as a decent used car. Plenty of companies have made Klon clones, but most were careful to give them their own names and artwork. Behringer’s version arrived as the Centaur Overdrive, with the same gold metal enclosure, the same centaur logo, and the word “Centaur” in a matching font and color. Even the Behringer name was missing from the front, tucked away on the back instead. Klon didn’t find it funny. In May 2025, Klon LLC sued Behringer’s parent company Music Tribe, calling the pedal a “blatant counterfeit”. Behringer changed the name and artwork, first to Centara and then to Zentara, and added its own branding on the front. The lawsuit was later dismissed. That makes the original Centaur Overdrive a bit of a curiosity, and the so-called “lawsuit era” units have even appeared on resale sites at prices far above the original $69. This capture is of one of those: the version before the name change. The important question is how it sounds, and it holds up. It has the Klon’s classic recipe: a transparent, amp-like overdrive that works as a clean boost or a full overdrive, with germanium clipping diodes, an internal voltage step-up for headroom and a dual-gang gain pot that moves smoothly from clean boost to drive. In a recent Andertons video, famous guitarist and multiple-original-Klon-owner Jared James Nichols preferred the Behringer pedal over more expensive Klon clones and even over the original Klon in a blind test shootout. For $69, that’s quite the endorsement. **Controls** Gain: A dual-gang pot that blends clean boost into overdrive. It stays clean at low settings and moves into crunch as you turn it up. Treble: Adds or cuts high-frequency content. Output: Sets the output volume, with enough range to push the front end of an amp hard. The static NAM file here was captured with the settings as in the Andertons video where Jared couldn't tell the difference between the Behringer and his own Klon pedal when blindfolded (see video below).