Keeley Octa Psi-Transfigurating Fuzz

I was eyeing up a Digitech Ricochet for a while, as I felt the need for some pitch tweaking on my pedalboard, then suddenly Keeley announced this pedal. I was looking to change out a fuzz on my board and go back to more of a Muff style, and so this seemed to kill two birds with one stone (which, apparently, is something that general society wishes for).

The pedal arrived earlier this week and I have finally gotten some time to tinker. The fuzz is fantastic - really thick and punchy, with a few different voicings. The tone knob is surprisingly useful, sculpting in and out treble and bass, rather than just getting sharper and sharper as it goes up.

The octave side tracks really well, and has more features than the knobs and switches might have you believe. There's a whole secondary set of interval voicings which you can access, which I didn't realise when I purchased - a nice plus. It's worth checking out the manual on the Keeley website if you're looking to investigate further. You can change order of fuzz into octave or octave into fuzz, you can blend voicings to different levels, you can have the octave as momentary or latching. It really is a powerful pedal.

It's rare that I buy new, preferring to scour the used market, but this felt like one to get straight away and I'm really not disappointed.

Excellente fuzz+octaver avec des fonctionnalités à la pelle.

C'est une bonne alternative au POG + Fuzz dans une seule pédale.

Je vous invite à regarder la vidéo de M. Keeley avec Sweetwater sur youtube, où il détaille les fonctionnalités...

La fuzz est un peu trop bruyante, c'est le seul reproche que je peux faire.

Lorsque l'on dépasse le potard de level au premier tiers, un gros souffle s'installe, donc il faut trouver le bon réglage.

Io come un pirla non mi sono sincerato di effettivamente “quale genere di fuzz” emulasse… praticamente 3 tipi di Big Muff, c’è un problema, io odio il Big Muff… ho risolto mettendogli in catena subito dopo un altro pedale che mi “risolve” il “mio” problema di “odio” nei confronti del Big Muff.
Il circuito digitale del pitch è superbo, e non necessita che sia acceso anche il fuzz per funzionare, io lo uso nel settaggio “momentary”.
Pedale ben fatto, i due footswitch sono sufficientemente distanti tra loro tanto da poterli comandare senza rischiare di inciampare l’uno nell’altro durante l’utilizzo, molto versatile il circuito pitch, molto valido il circuito analogico del fuzz sebbene io non ami il Big Muff.