This compact red-and-black bruiser contains every tonal tool of the trade necessary for building a wall of sound . If constant delays are not the stylistic approach of choice , this beautiful sounding stomper supplies all the other assets needed to get huge . It is the delay pedal for those who don ’ t like delay , the chorus pedal for those that hate chorus , the verb bloomer for those who can ’ t stand reverb and much more . It is all these effects , yet none of them . . . it is the automatic double tracker extraordinaire .
For me , it is hard to decide which way to run this box and which part of the signal chain in which to place it . It must be said that the Keeley 30ms if one of the few pitch modulator pedals that sounds great ( and doesn ’ t get too obvious ) in an effects loop , so often , this is where I keep it when I use it . The Abbey Verb element of the pedal also likes to sit after the preamp as one might predict .
Like I mentioned before , I love this box for its subtlety . Though capable of overt warping wobbles , ninety percent of the control ranges and settings in the 30ms are musical and usable . This is a finely tuned machine . I like the minimally filtered Slapback setting with its subtle single repeat augmented by a slight detune feeding into the gorgeously understated Abbey Verb . The Abbey Verb has a flattering pre-delay for slight separation of source and ambience , creating real studio-treated depth at the click of the switch . When dialled in correctly ( for my needs at least ) this is one of those “ is it there ?” pedals and a real handy box for adding color and movement to a static signal .
KEELEY 30MS AUTOMATIC DOUBLE TRACKER
This compact red-and-black bruiser contains every tonal tool of the trade necessary for building a wall of sound . If constant delays are not the stylistic approach of choice , this beautiful sounding stomper supplies all the other assets needed to get huge . It is the delay pedal for those who don ’ t like delay , the chorus pedal for those that hate chorus , the verb bloomer for those who can ’ t stand reverb and much more . It is all these effects , yet none of them . . . it is the automatic double tracker extraordinaire .
For me , it is hard to decide which way to run this box and which part of the signal chain in which to place it . It must be said that the Keeley 30ms if one of the few pitch modulator pedals that sounds great ( and doesn ’ t get too obvious ) in an effects loop , so often , this is where I keep it when I use it . The Abbey Verb element of the pedal also likes to sit after the preamp as one might predict .
Like I mentioned before , I love this box for its subtlety . Though capable of overt warping wobbles , ninety percent of the control ranges and settings in the 30ms are musical and usable . This is a finely tuned machine . I like the minimally filtered Slapback setting with its subtle single repeat augmented by a slight detune feeding into the gorgeously understated Abbey Verb . The Abbey Verb has a flattering pre-delay for slight separation of source and ambience , creating real studio-treated depth at the click of the switch . When dialled in correctly ( for my needs at least ) this is one of those “ is it there ?” pedals and a real handy box for adding color and movement to a static signal .