Keeley Compressor Plus Pedal Overview
The Legendary Keeley Compressor is the most popular boutique compressor in the world, and with well over 80,000 compressors built by Keeley, they have an expert understanding of compression, limiting, and sustain.
The Keeley Compressor Plus is the first true advancement in their 2 and 4 knob compressor line. The new features are simple and straight forward; now there is a simple Release Switch that is tuned for single coils or humbuckers, so no more wondering if you have the attack or release set right - your humbuckers will have all the attack and punch that they should. The team also designed a gorgeous sounding Tone Control, which emphasizes the most sensitive harmonics that can be lost in compression, and a Blend Control, that retains the peaks in your playing and, more importantly, the proper phasing of your guitar signal. The Keeley Compressor Plus offers the same gorgeous push of frequencies and sweetening of tone that the old comps gave you, now with the flexibility to easily handle any instrument.
The Keeley Compressor Plus is also a compressor with an expander/sustainer. Not only does it act as a regular compressor, limiting the peaks in your playing, it adds more and more gain as notes fade out. Now you have sustain. Nothing worse than a note or a bend that has died before its time. The Keeley Compressor Plus adds just the right amount of sustain and expressive bloom to your notes.
This compressor isn’t just for heavy funk or chicken pickin’ anymore. The new Compressor Plus is for players wanting a smooth, subtle wash from their guitar. Remove just the right amount of peaks for an ambient layer and then blend in the right amount of treble for a nice shimmer to your guitar. Use with your favorite fuzz to create a wall of tone like you’ve only heard on records. Looping has never been easier than with this compressor. Consider it an essential tool when creating loops that sound well-balanced. Forget it all and use the Compressor Plus for the best amp boost you’ve heard. Nothing pushes an amp better than the Keeley Compressor Plus.
