New Keeley Oct/Fuzz

[greatmutah]

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I’ll probably be ordering my next Keeley from B’s also.

 

[la szum]

Cool!

I used to work at that exact Music Store when I was a young'un... and it was Cook's Music.

So cool to see that Brian has kept it up and running. Even flourishing. B's is actually one of the
Nation's top Music Retailers now.

 

[greatmutah]

That’s pretty awesome! I haven’t been to the shop itself but my wife’s got a work conference up that way in May so I was going to pop up on her last day and hit up the store.

 

[JiveTurkey]

That’s pretty awesome! I haven’t been to the shop itself but my wife’s got a work conference up that way in May so I was going to pop up on her last day and hit up the store.

Coming to visit you

 

[greatmutah]

Coming to visit you

Trust me she fully knows what I’m going up there for. She’s not dumb.

 

[la szum]

That’s pretty awesome! I haven’t been to the shop itself but my wife’s got a work conference up that way in May so I was going to pop up on her last day and hit up the store.

Cool! Let me know when---if you want---and I'll zip down that way for the day.

If you like Korean there's a killer place a few blocks south of B's.

 

[la szum]

Bah! Didn't even get to use it. Footswitch failure right out of the box.

Can see it in the dumb photo I posted. It's so obvious.

How did I not notice it until now??

 

[greatmutah]

Oh no!

 

[la szum]

I am pretty patient and forgiving when it comes to consumer goods and retailers,
but I am getting a bit impatient with B's.

No reply all day yesterday. Today I get a reply asking for more info and pics. WTF?

I literally never plugged it in. It had a busted FS out of the box. I sent them photos
and they said, "We are going to decide how to proceed, and will let you know."

Uhmmmm..... that is not the proper response.

Why can't they, "We'll get a replacement out to you ASAP, and have sent you a
return label to send the original pedal back."

The end.

But no. I get foot dragging and frustration.

 

[la szum]

Sent them another message. Shipping label showed up 5 minutes later.

Why do I have to be the one to bring it up?

Once they get it back (next week) they'll send me a replacement. Which will take
another week.

I am not going to die, but still.... come on man!

 

[greatmutah]

Sent them another message. Shipping label showed up 5 minutes later.

Why do I have to be the one to bring it up?

Once they get it back (next week) they'll send me a replacement. Which will take
another week.

I am not going to die, but still.... come on man!

That’s a bummer. You’d think they’d have been quicker to take care of the problem and not need prodding. Seems dumb.

 

[la szum]

Yup. I told them as much, too. In the nicest way possible, of course.

If they were a tad closer I would have just roadtripped it there and
back----but that would eat up an entire day---so in the mail it goes.

 

[la szum]

They turned it around in a week and it showed up yesterday. Going to check it
out this afternoon and see if I have any Doom and Gloom left in my bleak soul.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Awesome! Looking forward to your thoughts!

 

[la szum]

I think I only have 1/2 of one left, to be honest.

 

[la szum]

Running it into the Engl Power Amp Simulation the Fractal. Probably not ideal.

It's fun. It f'ing sounds great. But holy Secondary Features Batman.

They out-Strymon'd themselves on those.

It is a lot to process.

 

[Whizzinby]

Curious how you get on with it @la szum I use it all the time. The fuzz channel is thick wall of death. It booted my Op Amp off the board. I stack the detune mode with it a lot to get some movement too.

I haven’t messed too much with the secondary controls. I think I set the tilt to roll off some high end on the pitch, but that was like 10 minutes after getting it and I never bothered with a secondary feature again. Haha

 

[la szum]

Sweet.

I've had the POGs and HOGs in the past, and still have a Whammy DT. This thing
sounds a tad less artificial than all of those, and tracks better. And it doesn't take
up a 1/4 mile of Real Estate in doing so.

The Fuzzes (3 modes) all sound great---just different. They did a great job of offering
up a Scooped/Mid Empty Fuzz, a Neutral Fuzz, and a Mid Forward/Punchy Fuzz. I'm
going to be running a Bass or two through those tomorrow.

Bled knob = Useful.

Detune = Who needs Chrous??

I am going to set up a Compressor in front, and already have it patched into the Fractal
on the back end for some FX. Fun piece of kit that does a variety of unique things in a
friendly format. No wonder it made a ton of 2024 Gear Of The Year Lists.

Well done, Oklahoma!

 

[la szum]

On the build side a couple of the knobs/pots feel less than sturdy. My only beef so far.