Keeley Oxblood Overdrive Pedal Overview
The New Voice of Rock and Roll... Clean, Distortion, Fuzz - It’s All There!
The Oxblood Overdrive is Keeley's response to the widespread overdrive pedal cloning that's been going on for several years now; they decided to build an original design - a new circuit that lets players blend from a perfectly clean sparkle, to an amp-crushing roar, and in Keeley's words, "I am confident we not only drew blood, we crafted a killer".
Offering two ways to clip and saturate the signal with overtones, the Oxblood Overdrive lets you roll off the Drive Control and get a perfectly clean sound, or dial in any amount of distortion and volume to stomp an amp into pure tonal Nirvana.
Bass response: The Phat Switch cuts bass response to give you that classic Screamer or that mythic, K-like midrange shelving. The bass response, when cut, is saturated with a hint of 2nd order harmonics. Punchy and full yet not overbearing.
Clipping: Sometimes there's just not enough gain in the world. But, not so with this pedal. The Clipping Switch gives you the ability to sing with near infinite sustain or just stand on your amp like a chief.
Tone Control: You need to be able to dial in the highs perfectly or nothing else matters, right? The highs are what make it ear candy or ice picks. The Oxblood gives you the range to do whatever you want to do.
Volume: You have to be able to put the pedal to the metal whenever you chose. Voltage doubling in our circuit gives you just that - headroom for days! No, you won’t blow tubes, but you will have them at the right temperature to make them glow with delight.
Drive: It pushes you. Compels you to play. Non-stop playing….
Midrange: Well, the 6th sign of a wonderful overdrive pedal is what’s under the hood, and here it’s masterful creation of sultry mids - the kind of mids singers or cellos are known for. Throaty and powerful. Not congested and stuffed up... Focused and brilliant.
The Keeley Oxblood Overdrive was designed by Robert Keeley and Craighton Hale with a lot of help and insight from Jack Orman. Jack Orman has been a pioneer in the modern world of effects for 20 years, and his thoughts and ideas are incorporated by nearly every boutique builder out there. Here is your chance to hear a brand new creation designed to outperform any of the clones!
