The pedal builder and his company, Keeley Electronics, have weathered enough personal and business trials to collapse less adaptable stompbox makers. But thanks to inventive designs, sharp process management, standout products like the Manis and Zoma—and perhaps a few four-leaf clovers—he's emerged as a leading name in the industry.
Producer and roots-guitar veteran Michael Dinallo pens his unabashed love letter to tremolo, with fond recollections of vintage Fender and Gibson amps, Dunlop’s TS-1, and a one-of-a-kind mystery modulator.
From Page to Eddie to Gilmour, the comparatively impractical Maestro Echoplex has nonetheless served its masters well. And for some, like our 6-stringing contributor, it still does.
We asked Barry O'Neal of Nashville’s XAct Tone Solutions for his vision of a ’board that would cover all the sonic bases for most pop, rock, and country sounds. Here’s what he created.
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