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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Need something way more than distortion? More than the Metal Zone? Bass as hard as nails, a very flexible EQ, and dark, heavy distortion are in the Keeley MT-2 Twilight Zone Mod pedal! Dial in mids and bass response to suit your style of Metal, Thrash, Grunge or Punk. There's no need to bombard you with bombastic details. This pedal is a blast of metal tone.
"This pedals rocks! Keeley's adjustments make this pedal so much better. Overall, they took what was a decent idea from Boss, the Metal Zone, and turned it into a professional grade pedal. My favorite setting is the switch center they warn about 'being so powerful you will need to make necessary adjustments on your amp to compensate in order to not blow your speakers!' Love this Keeley MT-2 Twilight Zone Mod pedal." - Matthew K.
$150.00
This Keeley BD-2 Phat Mod is a killer sounding overdrive/distortion pedal. Keeley has taken an original/new-in-the-box pedal and replaced key components, tremendously improving the performance and tones. To say this sounds better than an original Blues Driver 2 is an understatement. Huge, fat harmonics are at the ready and the picking responsiveness is incredible. This one comes with the Phat Switch Mod for a bass boost too. We're not sure if Robert originally intended for this to be used as a bass overdrive, but we've found this to be the best bass overdrive we have ever heard! Run it with the gain up high for huge harmonics or with the gain all the way down to get the SVT in a box sound! Robert also replaced the LED with a blue LED so you'll always know its a Keeley BD-2 Phat Mod!
$199.00
An improvement on the award-winning 2-knob version, this Keeley Compressor (4-Knob) gives you the same superb, transparent compression that has made Keeley famous. This version adds input wave and attack controls on the outside, instead of inside the pedal. Easily Keeley's most popular - the sound of this Keeley Compressor (4-Knob) is all you, only better.
$249.00
"At last the Keeley Phaser is here! I was so pumped when I saw these arrive, and I have to tell you...believe the hype. This phaser sounds amazing and is extremely versatile. I was able to pull up David Gilmour-ish tones, reminiscent of a vintage Phase 45, which was known as a tamer version of the Phase 90. Subtle enough to keep the parts you're playing in tact and not the complete focus of the riff, which is very cool. But, if you want full-on swirl, it's in there. And boy, it sounds like a million bucks. The tap tempo feature is super cool too! Having the option of timing the phase effect with your riff allowed me to get almost talk-box sweeping sounds! I bet I spent a good 10 minutes with this pedal and I could still spend another 30 finding other cool non-traditional uses in songs utilizing the tap feature. This is a pedal that Tom Morello AND Eddie would equally enjoy." - Brian S., MSM Gearhead
This is another killer pedal from Robert Keeley. This one let's you to swirl with deep rich phasing or rock out to some cutting, aggressive phasing. You can speed the effect up, slow it down with a brake-like function, and tap in a phase rate/tempo. This Keeley Phaser is one his best yet.
$249.00
This Keeley DS-1 Ultra Mod is Steve Vai's favorite pedal and it's easy to see why. It's the ultimate 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 on a high quality tube amp. We've found the differences between this and the standard Seeing Eye Mod to best be heard through say, a boutique amp like a Dr. Z MAZ 38 or a Bogner, a little more open and refined. Check out the difference for yourself and see why this Keeley DS-1 Ultra Mod takes the Boss DS-1 to a whole new level in this great video.
$139.00
This Keeley Looper is an incredibly small true-bypass looper box from Keeley Electronics! This little wonder is only 1 inch wide and 3 inches long, fits 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 LEDs let you know if the loop is active or not. The Blue LED indicates your signal is passing through the vintage effect, the Red LED indicates true-bypass. The Keeley Looper, don't leave home without it!
$85.00
Robert has become famous for his magic on this pedal. We have A/B'd this Keeley TS9 Mod Plus with many other clones, and the real deal, and his is flat out the smoothest, quietest, best sounding, and most responsive TS on the market. He starts with a new Ibanez TS9 and utilizes better caps and resistors, then changes the op-amp chip to a Texas Instruments 4558 for the best tone. This is what the great, vintage 808's used. Coupled with Robert's upgraded circuit, and you have the best TS tone on the planet. This Keeley TS9 Mod Plus is fantastic, and so are his other creations. Check out all the killer Keeley pedals in stock here.
$209.00
The features of the Boss TR-2 have always been cool, but its reputation as a tone-sucking machine has been well documented - leave it to Keeley to make this Keeley TR-2 Tremolo Mod a real innovation. It's easily one of the best trem pedal on the market. He fixed the volume drop, bass frequency loss and the input level tone-suck - no small feat. 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. This Keeley TR-2 Tremolo Mod is [pretty much an essential.
$219.00
This Keeley Compressor (2-Knob) is 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, it's all right here in a very well made pedal. The list of satisfied professionals who use this pedal is too long to name, so if you are a serious compressor user, you need to check this out. And if you really want to squash your signal for slide purposes without killing your tone, try running this alongside a Demeter Compulator for some serious grease. This Keeley Compressor (2-Knob) has a 9v Adapter plug.
$229.00
