Robert Keeley has gained a reputation as one of the best pedal modifiers out there. He can turn an ordinary, $40 pedal into a screaming machine with his electronic expertise. Keeley also makes his own stomp boxes, and they can been found on many famous pedal boards. If you have a cheap pedal that you like, but you want to like it more, seek out Robert Keeley's version and compare the two. The difference is in the tone!
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This is an incredibly small true-bypass looper box from Keeley Electronics! This little wonder is only 1 inch wide and 3 inches long. This will fit in the tightest of pedal boards and offer you a dramatic improvement in tone. Connect any effect to this unit that is "old school" and not true-bypass. In particular Vintage wahs, echos, phasers, fuzz face type pedals, etc., or even new effects that might have a weak bypass system. These elderly effects rob tone when they are off. Now You can make them truly bypassed when off with this little box. Works with or without power. When you add a DC supply to this unit the two LED let you know if the loop is active or not. BLUE LED indicates your signal is passing through the vintage effect, RED LED indicates true-bypass.
$85.00
Robert has become famous for his magic on this pedal. We have A/B'd his TS9 with many other clones and the real deal and his is flat out the best sounding, smoothest, quietest and most responsive TS on the market. Robert starts with a new Ibanez TS9 and utilizes better caps and resistors and changes the op-amp chip to the Texas Instruments 4558 chip for the best tone. This is what the best, vintage 808's used and this coupled with Robert's upgraded circuit makes for the best TS tone on the planet. Check out all the killer Keeley pedals in stock here.
$159.00
Keeley is king when it comes to modding pedals. Here he's modded a Boss DD-3 Delay pedal - you still have a stock sound at hand, but you can easily switch to an analog delay feel -but it gets even better. Keeley explains: "We transform the Direct Out of the stock BOSS DD-3 and convert it into an effects loop so that you can add any effect to Just the Repeats!!! Imagine adding slight chorus or phase to the signal so that you can simulate tape effects, warble, wobble, or any other vintage/modern effect you can dream up! You'd be hard pressed to find another delay pedal that gives you this amount of creativity." It's true, Keeley's a genius. John concurs: "It's just lush and crystal clear. The analog sound is off the chart -no crunchy artifacts on the delay. As natural a delay as you can find." Check out all the killer Keeley pedals in stock here.
$209.95
The Java Boost is a germanium based TREBLE BOOSTER, it is not a clean boost. It is designed to give you classic tones from the 60's and 70's, and that is exactly what it does. This pedal must be used with a cranked amp that is overdriven or distorting a bit already. The more the amp and pedal are cranked, the more the creamy, beautiful, sustaining distortion there will be. USED
$199.00
Improving on the award-winning Keeley Compressor, the 4-knob version has the same great sound as the original, but with input wave and attack controls on the outside, instead of inside the pedal.
$249.00
The features of the Boss TR-2 have always been cool, but its life as a tone sucking machine has been well documented. Now that Robert Keeley is done with it, it is probably the best trem pedal on the market. First off, he fixes the volume drop, bass frequency loss and the input level tone suck. By improving the components, Robert has effectively made this suitable for guitars and keys, no input overloading here on keyboards. He also adds a control for the output level, so you can get the proper amount of level boost for your particular needs. The waveform knob still works just like the original TR-2, great for fine tuning the envelope. Great amp like trem tones and sputtering on/off "machine gun" effects with no tone suck.
$145.00
This is the finest Dallas Arbiter Rangemaster clone on the market today. It actually utilizes a REAL NOS Mullard Germanium transistor (a CV-7003 in this unit) in its era correct circuit to give authentic mid 60's British style treble boosting. Those not familiar with these pedals are in for a real treat or an education depending on how it is used. By itself, into a clean amp, it sounds, well frankly...pretty weird, but in front of an AC30/JTM 45 or Bassman in the normal channel, on the verge of overdrive and you get a huge increase in treble bite, sustain and 2nd order harmonics. And due to the Germanium transistor, this unit provides a very unique attack to your tone, spongy or hard as nails depending on your attack. The effect is classic Brian May/Blues Breaker era Clapton/ Ritchie Blackmore/Tony Iommi crunch depending on the guitar or amp used. Another cool way to use this pedal in a more modern, multi-pedal set up, is to use this in front of a high quality "Tube Screamer" style pedal set at moderate overdrive. The effect is similar to an old amp cranked, BUT CAN be used in front of a clean amp at moderate volumes for authentic British gain that won't get you fired from a gig. Keeley also has two different modes of boost on top of the classic treble boost to help match better to different amps,guitars, etc. The military grade 3 way switch allows for classic treble boost (middle mode), mid boost (right) or full frequency (left). A particular favorite set up is the Java dimed on both knobs on the full frequency setting into a Tube Screamer set pretty dark and rich into a Dr. Z MAZ 18 or 38, WOW!! Its all there...Paranoid, Bohemian Rhapsody, Black Knight, Steppin' Out...
$229.99
The best Ross clone on the market, period! Very clean and has all of the traits of the classic Ross feel. If you are still searching for a Way Huge Saffron Squeeze, stop looking, its all right here in a very well made pedal. The list of satisfied professional users of this pedal is too long to name, suffice to say all serious compressor users need to check this out. And if you really want to squash your signal for slide, without killing your tone, try running this ALONG WITH a Demeter Compulator for some serious grease! This one has the 9V adaptor plug.
$219.00
Steve Vai's favorite pedal!! This is the Keeley Seeing Eye Mod with extra goodies. The toggle switch allows you to select the Seeing Eye or Ultra mode. The Ultra mode increases the fidelity in high gain modes and increases the total volume a bit to be used as a front end of a high quality tube amp. We have found the differences between this and the standard Seeing Eye Mod to best be heard through say, a high fidelity boutique amp like a Dr. Z MAZ 38 or a Bogner Metropolis 30, a little more open and a little more refined. Comes with cool new knob set as well!
$129.00
This is one of the best combination of Germanium transistors and diodes we have ever heard. The combination of the "woolly mammoth" tones from the Germanium and the smooth, buttery crunch of the diode produces a HUGE tone from this yellow guy. If your Fuzz Face clones are frustrating you due to the inconsistancy from temperature changes and are tired of altering your playing style to suit the pedal, this is your box. It actually reacts in a POSITIVE way to variations in your picking attack and will give you consistant Germanium tones from gig to gig. This one has the bass boost switch and the diode selector switch. The left switch is the bass boost when in the up mode. The right switch gives you more of the Germanium for the most distortion in the up position, and a stock tone with the silicon and germanium blend for the clipping. All modes yield satisfying results and are infinitely better and more responsive than the stock SD-1. We also had Robert install the Burr Brown chip for higher fidelity, but the TI RC4558P chip is in a little compartment for use as a backup or to allow the user to change if so desired.
$150.00
