Robert Keeley is a British creator of effects pedals. He modifies pre-existing pedals made by companies such as Boss Corporation

Boss Corporation

Boss is a manufacturer of effects pedals for electric guitar and bass guitar. It is a division of the Roland Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer that specializes in musical equipment and accessories...

 and as well as creating his own stomp boxes.

Pedals

His most famous guitar effect pedal modifications are the PHAT mod of the Boss BD-2 Blues Driver and the PLUS or FLEXI mods to Ibanez Tube Screamer

Ibanez Tube Screamer

The Ibanez Tube Screamer is a guitar overdrive pedal, made by Ibanez. The pedal has a characteristic mid-boosted tone popular with blues players...

. This is an example of one of Keeley's modified pedals, wherein he takes a pre-existing pedal and upgrades parts, and makes circuit changes to the electronics to change aspects of its sound. Aside from Boss, Keeley has also tweaked the Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive and several Ibanez

Ibanez

is a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki. Based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in import guitar sales in the United States and Europe, as well as the first brand of guitars to mass produce...

 pedals.

As of 2008, his most popular pedal is the Keeley Compressor which is a dynamic range compression based on older designs, but incorporating an Input Level as well as Attack Time control.

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• Wilco
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• Bill Frisell
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• The Edge
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• John Mayer
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• Pearl Jam
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• Trey Anastasio
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• Iron Mike Norton
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External links

• http://www.robertkeeley.com/ Official Website