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Timeless effect pioneers

that push right into the future

It’s hard to imagine where the pedal world would be today without Robert Keeley and his immense contribution to our industry.

Since 2001, Robert (AKA the Godfather of the boutique pedal movement) has been building effects pedals out of Edmond, Oklahoma, where he quickly solidified his name with his now legendary Keeley Compressor.

Keeley Electronics is now synonymous with high-quality effects, which combined with their adventurous spirit have seen them create some of the most iconic pedals in the industry, perfectly bridging the gap between classic and modern.

From modernised and refined takes on classic drives, to an unmatched selection of studio-quality compressors, the wild selection of powerful modulation and ambience devices and all the way to their signature workstations that perfectly capture the tones of the greats, the ever-expanding Keeley selection is a true treasure chest for blues players, bassists, classic rockers and experimental tone chasers alike.

However, with the recent venture into high-powered DSP with the ECCOS Delay/Looper and the HYDRA Stereo Reverb & Tremolo, Keeley prove once again that they are one of the true pedal pioneers.

In celebration of their 20th Anniversary Keeley Electronics have released the next generation of Keeley Compression, the Keeley Compressor Mini, which harkens back to their roots in pedalboard compression.

The HALO – Andy Timmons Signature Dual Echo is much more than a one-trick pony – it is a compact true-stereo delay workstation that comes loaded with Andy Timmons’ mysterious “Halo” effect. In further collaboration with Andy Timmons, Keeley have released their flagship signature hi-fi reverb NOCTURNE – Andy Timmons Signature Reverb

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Keeley Electronics Launches Compressor Plus Germanium – 25th Anniversary Compressor

Keeley Electronics Launches Compressor Plus Germanium – 25th Anniversary Compressor

Introducing Compressor Plus Germanium – 25th Anniversary Compressor that takes the familiar foundation of the original and adds a carefully selected germanium stage to the circuit ...

Keeley Electronics Compressor Plus Germanium

25th Anniversary Compressor

25 years after Robert Keeley built his first compressor, Keeley Electronics returns to where it all began. The Compressor Plus Germanium takes the familiar foundation of the original and adds a carefully selected germanium stage to the circuit, bringing a warmer, more responsive character to a compressor that has already become a modern classic.

  • Compressor pedal with a germanium buffer and tone-shaping stage
  • Germanium transistor – used as a buffer and tone shaper, softening harsh highs and adding sustain and bloom
  • Germanium saturation – a pleasing, less harsh clip, with no added noise and no loss of headroom
  • •eeley’s super silent switching buffer – with selectable true bypass or buffered operation
  • Level, Blend, Comp and Tone controls – from a gentle squeeze to full-on squash
  • Single Coil / Humbucker voicing switch – sets the recovery speed to suit your pickups
  • 9-18 V DC operation with ultra-low current draw
  • Proprietary battle-tested enclosure
  • Hand-made in Oklahoma City, USA
  • Powered by a regular 9 V DC PSU
    • (centre -, 2,1 mm, 25 mA current draw)

A germanium transistor can be wired to amplify, and plenty of pedals use it exactly that way, but here it works as a buffer and a tone-shaping stage instead. Germanium was chosen for its uniquely musical qualities: it takes the edge off high frequencies and distorted signals, lets notes sustain and bloom with an even, more touch-sensitive response, and saturates in a way that stays warm instead of brittle. All of it arrives without the noise or the lost headroom that normally come attached to a germanium circuit, which is why this pedal can sit on a board next to anything.

The four controls are the ones players have trusted for years, and they still cover everything from invisible glue to full squash. Level balances the output, and since compression always takes something away, it’s also where you reclaim the gain you lost or push the pedal into a boost. Blend sets the mix of compressed and uncompressed signal, so you can keep the dynamics of your picking at full clean on one side or commit entirely to compression on the other. Comp raises the ratio and the sustain together as you turn it clockwise, and Tone walks the whole pedal from dark and thick to bright and open. The Single Coil / Humbucker voicing switch sets the recovery speed, which is a simple way of saying it lets the compressor breathe at the right rate for your pickups.

Flipping between true bypass and buffered operation happens at the footswitch. Hold it down for two seconds and the LED blinks twice for true bypass or three times for buffered. Keeley sets it to buffered at the factory because that’s where most boards will want it. The super-silent switching buffer does its work without a click or a pop, and with 9-18 V compatibility and an ultra-low current draw, the pedal is happy to share a power supply with anything else on your board. It all lives in the same proprietary battle-tested enclosure Keeley has been bolting to pedalboards for years.

How do you make the Keeley Compressor better without losing anything about what guitarists fell in love with in the first place? That’s not an easy question. However, twenty-five years and more than 160,000 compressors later, we think you’ll agree the Compressor Plus Germanium is the best compressor Keeley has made yet.

Keeley Tube Drive

Twin Triode Dual Overdrive

Introducing the Tube Drive, the ultimate combination of high-voltage tube warmth and Keeley’s legendary Phat Mod drive in one awesome pedal!

Most “tube” overdrive pedals run their valves at starved voltages, just enough to light the glass and claim “tube tone” on the spec sheet. However, the Keeley Electronics Tube Drive runs its 12AX7 at a genuine 168 V, so the tube does what a tube is actually meant to do: it compresses beautifully when you dig in and blooms as the notes hang, staying round and musical when you roll the volume control back. Now, combine all of that dynamic tube goodness with the iconic roar of the Phat Mod and you truly have a drive pedal for the ages!

  • Dual-channel Overdrive and Tube Preamp pedal
  • Genuine 12AX7 tube running at 168 V – for real tube warmth, compression and touch response
  • Keeley-branded 12AX7 tube – burned in, fully tested and displayed behind a custom tube shield
  • Legendary Phat Mod drive channel – from warm tube grit to uber-thick stacked overdrive
  • Switchable effect order – Drive into Tube or Tube into Drive from the footswitch
  • Selectable true bypass or silent buffered switching
  • Independent Level, Drive and Tone controls per channel
  • TRS remote input – for channel switching with an external footswitch
  • Hand-made in Oklahoma City, USA
  • Powered by a regular 9 V DC PS
    • (centre -, 2,1 mm, 485 mA current draw)

The first thing you notice is the headroom. Roll the guitar volume back and the Tube channel stays clear and musical instead of thinning out, which is the tell of real high-voltage operation. Dig in and it compresses like a pushed preamp, that soft clip that makes single notes hang just a little longer than they should. The Keeley-branded 12AX7 sits behind a custom tube shield, and the box includes the removal tool, so swapping in your favourite NOS tube doesn’t require a soldering iron.

The Drive channel carries the other half of the story: Keeley’s legendary Phat Mod, the original mod that turned a stock BD-2 into something players still hunt for. On its own it goes from warm, touch-sensitive grit to full-on stacked overdrive. Into the Tube channel it becomes a fat, well-defined wall of gain that maintains its note separation, no matter how hard you push it.

A long press on the footswitch flips the effect order, so the Phat Mod can feed the tube preamp for smooth, rounded warmth, or the tube can feed the Phat Mod for a more aggressive, cutting overdrive. The same gesture toggles between true bypass and Keeley’s renowned silent buffered switching, which you’ll appreciate the moment there’s a long cable run between your board and the amp. Each channel has its own Level, Drive and Tone controls, and the TRS remote input lets you jump channels from far across the stage if needed.

Built from start to finish in Keeley’s Oklahoma City headquarters, the Tube Drive is the pedal your whole board ends up organised around. Warm tube grit, Phat Mod roar or both stacked into one massive voice. Plug in and let that 12AX7 do its thing.

RK2000 Funk Siren Delay

Legendary Freeze-Hold Delay

The RK2000 Funk Siren is the first-ever faithful pedal recreation of the legendary 1983 DM2000 rack unit delay. Inspired by the classic delay, famously used by Trey Anastasio of Phish, the RK2000’s 12 bit architecture, unique Hold feature, and dramatic modulation offer a sonic palette that not only captures Trey’s definitive “Funk Siren” but extends beyond any single genre. Transform a single second of sound into a limitless atmospheric soundscape.

No matter if you’re looking for clean classic delays, gritty and modulated tape-style echoes, washy analogue atmospheres, a modulation wonderland that spans an incredible gamut from subtle doubling to liquid chorus, frantic flanging and all the way to deep-diving pitch vibratos or a simple yet magical sampler to kick the sound-design doors wide open, RK2000 is dead-set on delivering at the highest level imaginable.

This is a pedal destined for everyone’s pedalboard.

  • Freeze-Hold Delay Pedal
  • Pedal-sized recreation of the legendary DM2000 rack unit delay
  • Selectable modulation capable of everything from subtle warble to tape reel slams
  • Controls for Blend, Feedback, Filter, Depth, Input, Rate and Time
  • Built-in Tap Tempo Delay Switch and dedicated Hold Switch
  • Store and recall presets with the dedicated Preset switch
  • Selectable stereo delay modes: Normal and Ping-Pong
  • Selectable True or Buffered Bypass
  • Expression control input and MIDI compatible with 72 presets available
  • Stereo outputs with Wet + Dry or Wet-only operation
  • Top-mounted jacks and soft touch relay switching

NOCTURNE

Andy Timmons Signature Reverb

Developed in collaboration with Andy Timmons, the NOCTURNE from Keeley Electronics is a flagship reverb pedal that redefines ambient tones. With three reverb soundscapes shaped by just four intuitive controls, it’s designed for effortless onstage control and sonic depth for plug & play types. Advanced users will appreciate its remote switching, expression pedal support, preset storage, and full MIDI integration for maximum flexibility.

The NOCTURNE pedal gives you three new reverb modes — Nocturne, Spring, and Plate — each designed to be the guitar and amp’s perfect companion. The Plate reverb is based on Keeley’s extensive analysis and modeling of the stereo tube plate reverb that was in Austin City Limits studio since the mid-1970s. The Nocturne’s Spring reverb features their finest sounds based on both stand-alone reverb tanks and tube amplifier combos.

 

  • Signature Andy Timmons Reverb Pedal
  • Three Reverb Modes
    • Nocturne: Andy Timmons’ Halo delay algorithm reimagined as an ethereal, immersive reverb 
    • Spring: Features Keeley’s finest sounds based on both standalone reverb tanks and tube amplifier combos
    • Plate: Based on Keeley’s extensive analysis and modelling of the stereo tube plate reverb used in the Austin City Limits studio since the mid-1970s. 
  • Controls for Tone, Level, Decay and Modulation with alternate controls for High Pass Filter and Pre-delay
  • Store and recall presets with the dedicated Preset switch
  • Selectable True or Buffered Bypass
  • Selectable Trails on or off
  • Expression control input and MIDI compatible with 72 presets available
  • Stereo outputs with Wet + Dry or Wet-only operation

The simple four-knob layout of Tone, Level, Decay, and Modulation makes it easy to shape each gorgeous reverb algorithm. Each mode can be made a preset so you can store your favourite sounds. Alt features include pre-delay time control, allowing you to create slapback echo effects.

NOCTURNE offers a flexible signal path with True or Buffered Bypass, Expression Pedal control, Remote Switching, and MIDI compatibility for up to 72 presets. Whether you’re running mono or stereo, wet/dry, or full wet for parallel rigs, the NOCTURNE adapts easily to any setup. Built on Keeley’s award-winning Core architecture, every component and line of code is tuned to make this reverb feel musical and alive.

Operation is easy with the NOCTURNE – if the indicator LED is blue then it’s ‘wysiwyg’; the knobs set the tone or level of each reverb mode. If the LED is red, each reverb is a favourite or preset, where you can save the settings for each reverb mode.

Engineered for the working musician and voiced for inspiration.

HALO

Andy Timmons Dual Echo

Andy Timmons’ mysterious sounding “Halo” effect is a modulated dual echo sound that has long been kept a secret by the tone wizard himself.  Andy spent decades combining and crafting the sounds you can now get from the HALO. Notes from the HALO dance rhythmically, almost creating a reverb diffusion.  Those notes are held together with tape-style effects like modulation, saturation and compression. The results are stunning!

The pedal comes loaded with his signature delay tone and you can program your own sounds and save them as presets. Easily bounce between Side A and B on the fly, essentially giving you two delay pedals in one. In addition to Andy’s signature “Halo” sound, there are numerous other rhythmic delays including: quarter note, dotted 8th, stereo rack mount analog delay, and a vintage multi-head tape echo. Stunning stereo and pristine sound quality are further enhanced with controls for saturation, tone, and shelving filters that give you the ultimate delay pedal.

  • Stereo Dual Delay effect pedal
  • Stereo Dual Delay effect pedal
  • Andy Timmons signature “Halo” sound saved as a factory preset!
  • Functions as 2 delay pedals with up to 1500ms of available delay time with different sounds savable to sides A and B – then switchable between on-the-fly
  • 5 delay rhythms
    • Quarter Note
    • Dotted Eighth
    • Andy Timmons HALO
    • Bucket Brigade – stereo rack analog BBD delay
    • Tape Delay – vintage multi-head tape echo
  • 8 factory presets loaded with new delay and modulation sounds
  • Status light indicates when you’ve adjusted a knob from home settings
  • Soft stomp switches for tap tempo, infinite hold, preset save/recall, and more
  • Remote switching and programmable expression pedal control
  • DREAM multi-core DSP for stunning sound quality

Think of HALO as two delay pedals that work in tandem, letting you switch between your main delay (side A) and an alternative (side B). With up to 1500 ms of available delay, set sides A and B for different delay times, then simply foot switch between the two. Keeley’s Smart Stomp System allows you to press and hold either stomp switch to engage tap tempo mode. Press and hold the alternate stomp switch for infinite repeat/hold.  

Each Preset bank gives you 2 delays settings for a total of 8 user-storable effects. Use the Rhythm control to select between different echoes like HALO, Analog, Tape, Quarter and Dotted Eighth.

HALO’s Saturate control adds tape compression texture to your tone. The Tone and High Pass Filter controls your overall delay shape and mix. The Rhythm Mode selector delivers 5 delay types, including Andy’s unique “Halo” sound. Set the Time and Feedback controls low, and you can open up a world of ambient chorus and flanger effects.

Run the HALO in stereo for incredible true-stereo imaging or save your favorite combination of settings as a preset and the HALO becomes an incredibly compact multi-effect workstation!

Compressor Mini

The next generation of Keeley Compression
The next generation of compression is here! The Keeley Compressor Mini is designed to make the magic of compression simple and easy to use. Featuring Manhattan-style compression, the Compressor Mini intuitively and automatically delivers the perfect blend of dynamic and compressed guitar signal. This is how the Compressor Mini retains all the subtlety and dynamics in your playing, making it effortless to play and sound your best.
 

Main Features:

  • Mini-sized Compressor pedal
  • Offers Keeley compression in a small, simple and easy to use package
  • Increased sustain range for even more subtle Manhattan-style compression
  • Auto-blend to enhance clarity and note definition
  • New transient release time that makes hum-buckers sing and single coils pop
  • Automatic tone recovery, a treble clarifier for high compression settings
  • A built-in pre-amp for incredible guitar tone
  • Designed and built in the USA
  • Powered by a regular 9V DC PSU
            (centre -, 2,1 mm, 10 mA current draw)

An all-new transient release time is set to make both single coils or humbuckers sound lively and expressive.

The new automatic tone recovery circuit ensures crystal clear highs, even with high compression settings.

The Compressor Mini’s pre-amp tone is legendary; pushing both pedals and amplifiers to their greatest potential.

With any style of guitar, playing live or at the recording desk, the Compressor Mini is your secret weapon. Keeley have done the math for you, this is the new calculus for great tone.

Keeley Sustain and Transparency – 20 Years Worth of Toneful Compression.
Plug into the Keeley Electronics Compressor Mini, feel inspired to play and sound your best.

ECCOS

Delay and Looper

ECCOS is Keeley Electronics first venture into high-powered Digital Signal Processing and after spending almost 4 years customizing and meticulously refining their Dream DSP platform, they’ve managed to create nothing short of a delay and looper masterpiece.

Sporting up to 1.5 seconds of beautiful tape-flanged and vibrato-modulated stereo tape delays, ECCOS will create everything from classic vintage slapbacks to worlds of modulated ping-ponging dreamscapes.

But that’s not all. ECCOS can also be used as a full-blown stereo looper with creative features such as Reverse, Half-Speed and One-Shot, making this compact pedal a true performance powerhouse.

And with expression control, remote bypass, 3 presets, analog-dry-through, kill-dry and a ridiculously low power-draw at only 115mA, this pedal is sure to add immense flexibility and gorgeous sounds to any rig.

  • Studio quality delay with tape flanged modulation
  • 3 memory presets, subdivisions, trails, runaway feedback
  • Huge array of tone and time-based controls with the Alt Hold feature
  • Full-featured Looper with reverse and half-speed loop effects
  • 2 minutes of looping in mono, 60 seconds in stereo,
  • Endless layers of recording!
  • True-Bypass and Tap Tempo on-board or remotely with any style pedal-switcher
  • Expression pedal assignment over any parameter and in any direction
  • Pro Rig designed, remote control thru 1/4″ jacks for live use with pedal switcher systems
  • 100% analog dry signal, audiophile designed input to output
  • Stereo True-Bypass/Trails, switchable on the fly
  • 9 Volt DC, 115 mA low-current design
  • Made in Edmond, USA

HYDRA Stereo Reverb & Tremolo

Stereo Reverb & Tremolo

Combining both high-fidelity Reverb and Tremolo, the Keeley Electronics HYDRA Stereo Reverb & Tremolo adds space and dimension to your guitar, bass or synth. After completing the powerful, versatile and stellar ECCOS delay and looper, the Keeley Electronics team set out to craft the perfect companion pedal and with this feature-rich little blue box, they have well and truly accomplished exactly that and so much more.

Featuring gorgeous Spring, Plate and Room reverb algorithms, plus a tap-tempo enabled Harmonic, Vibrato and Sine Wave Tremolo – are all accessible at the press of a button – HYDRA will add space and dimension to any instrument.

To alter the response of this killer Tremolo/Reverb combination, the effects order can be easily changed. In addition, the HYDRA’s Alt Controls let you access in-depth parameters to shape the character of both sound engines. Plus, Hydra even offers an Infinite Reverb Trail! With expression control, remote bypass, 3 presets, analog-dry-through, kill-dry and a ridiculously low power-draw, this pedal is sure to add immense flexibility and gorgeous sounds to any rig.

 

• Stereo high-fidelity Reverb and Tremolo effect pedal
• 3 memory presets, subdivisions, trails, infinite hold reverb trail
• 3 reverb (Spring, Plate and Room) and 3 tremolo modes (Sine, Harmonic, Vibrato)
• Huge array of tone and time-based controls with the Alt Hold feature
• Bypass and Tap Tempo on-board or remotely with any style pedal-switcher
• Expression pedal assignment over any parameter and in any direction
• Pro Rig designed, remote control thru 1/4″ jacks for live use with pedal switcher systems
• 100% analog dry signal, audiophile designed input to output
• Stereo True-Bypass/Trails, switchable on the fly
• Made in Edmond, USA
• Powered by a regular 9V DC PSU
       (centre -, 2,1 mm, low ~115 mA current draw)

Drive & Distortion

refined dirt boxes

We know the world is full a good drive pedals, but you haven’t really lived until you’ve played through one of the heavenly refined Keeley drive and distortion pedals.

Hear the Tubescreamer perfected in the Red Dirt Overdrive and Red Dirt Germanium, conjure clean boost Klone saturation with Manis, bathe your tone in flawless bluesy crunch with the Super Phat Mod or Oxblood, kick things into punchy and precise high-gain with the Filaments or El Dorado, go all in on crunch with the octave fuzz Octa Psi or add divine drive tones along with powerful flexibility to your board with Keeley’s dual combo pedals such as the D&M Drive, DDR or Aria.

Your tone will soar like never before through one of these beautiful dirt devices.

Keeley Compression

the industry standard

Keeley really cut their teeth on compressors in the beginning of their pedal journey and now boast an impressive collection of industry leading devices to help level out your sound.

From the now legendary classic comp tones and sweet sustain of the Compressor+, the extreme studio-style clarity of the compact GC-2 and Bassist Limiting Amplifier to the in-depth control and precision of the Compressor Pro.

Their latest release the Compressor Mini is designed to make the magic of Manhattan-style compression simple and easy to use with a pedalboard-friendly footprint.

Your tone will always be perfectly balanced with Keeley onboard.

Modulation & Filters

add some movement

Modulation is that secret sauce you pour on your tone when you want it to stand out with authority and Keeley truly have some of the most spellbinding filters and multi-modulators out there.

From classic lush chorus and vibrato tones in the Seafoam+, lively dynamic tremolo tones in the DynaTrem, ultra-wide double tracker tones in the 30ms, super rich chorus, rotary and flanger sounds in the DynoMyRoto all the way through to the sweeping funky filter tones in the BubbleTron and Neutrino.

Whether you’re going for alien modulated landscapes, special fx or just a touch of pristine chorus for width and depth, Keeley’s impressive modulators are sure to make you feel all bubbly on the inside.

Tone Workstations

compact gigging mutli pedals

Whether you’re looking to channel the tone of the greats or make your own mark on the music landscape, then the Keeley Workstations are the perfect tools for the job.

From Gilmour’s iconic soaring lead tones and melodic modulation sounds in the Dark Side, to the reverberating walls of shoegaze sound in the Loomer or the legendary Hendrix fuzz and vibe tones in the Monterey, the sound of guitar giants is just a stomp away.

While the myriad of modulation, delay and drive sounds in the SuperMod, Delay and Tone Workstations are perfect for musicians who require unprecedented versatility and soundscaping abilities at their feet.

Your rig is simply sure to take on new creative life with the amazing Keeley Workstations at the center of it all.

Reverb & Delay

add ambience to your rig

No pedalboard is complete without a touch of ambience at the end to add life and dimension to it all and Keeley have managed to carve a true niche for themselves here, with some of the most unique reverbs and delays currently on the market.

There’s era-defining vintage studio verbs Memphis Sun, swirling and twirling ambience in the Nocturner, Vibe O Verb, Aurora, Hooke Reverb and Verb o Trem, warm tape-style delays in the Mag Echo and ECCOS and waves of epic ethereal washes in the combined delay and reverb powers of the Caverns.

Whether you’re on the hunt for classic subtle delays and reverbs or out-of-this-world texture tools, then Keeley got the goods.

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