The Keeley Compressor, Editor's Pick Award from Guitar Player Magazine! AND, most recently the READERS SHOICE AWARD for Stomp BOX . . . It is a true audiophile and studio grade compressor - exotic rack mount quality in a stomp box for once!
The Keeley Compressor has an Internal Attack control, designed for bass players with high output active pick-ups or active pedal boards with buffers as well as Perfect for BASS GUITARS now!
The Keeley Compressor features an Input Sensitivity Control! This means you can use this in your studio to run keyboards, drum machines, drum mics, even master recordings and other line-level uses with the Keeley Compressor. You’ll raise your signal to a new level of Sonic-Awesomeness. Try it! You and your tone will be taken to new heights!
The Keeley Compressor effect has nothing but tone tested components and has TRUE BYPASS switching!!! Effect switching incorporates a triple pole-double throw switch! You will have clean unaffected sound when in the bypass mode AND an LED for effect indication. Metal film resistors and capacitors ensure the cleanest compressor on the market. Hand matched transistors to less than 1% tolerance ensures you get a perfectly compressed signal, no chance for unwanted distortions. For those wanting a better tone than that of Trey Anastasio from Phish or David Gilmore of Pink Floyd or the Edge of U2 this is it! Nashville/Country guys...boy, you don't know what you're missing, toss the old red Dyna Comp and stay one step better than the other guy's tone! The TOP Studio Guitar Player in Japan, Masaki Matsubara, uses a Keeley Compressor!
The sound quality of the Keeley comp is unheard of in the stomp-box arena and is only seen in the high-end, very expensive rack-mount or tube equipment.
Why does this compressor sound so good?
Careful selection of parts. The output transistors are carefully matched transistors. I use these to obtain an exact gain and sound field I heard from the Ross, yet have been able to surpass that sound quality by other careful refinements. We use only the best components in the construction. Metal Film Resistors and capacitors are used throughout the design. It also has a true bypass switching circuit. This makes sure you have absolutely no tone loss or signal reduction through my pedal in the off/bypass mode. This is a very expensive switch but is well worth the tonal difference.
Keeley compressors are completely hand built and take nearly 12 hours to complete. Every pedal is tested to ensure that there are no failures. The pedal is "semi-abused" to make sure there is nothing but bliss when you install your new compressor. I worked in the pro audio repair business for over 10 years and know what it is like to get something that should have been caught at the factory. Since each pedal is hand made there might be small differences as improvements are made. Every attempt is made to make sure your pedal looks perfect and sounds better than you imagined.
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