COMPRESSOR- KEELEY Compressor Plus Germanium ___NEW___ impressive!

K E E L E Y Compressor PLUS GERMANIUM  O 

$190.00 USD

The standard Compressor Plus has been made for 9 years and 

is the biggest selling compressor on the planet. It is literally the 

proverbial Golden Goose. Germanium transistors certainly add 

a terrific warm sound that also adds a wonderful breadth to 

your sound. So in short why not add a choice?                                                                           

CONCLUSION __                                    

I have the silicon one and have no intention of replacing it. 

I do have a Pigtronix Philosopher's Tone that has germanium 

diodes in its preamp section? It has a killer warm vibe but 

it is not ideal stacked on on every dirt pedal. In other words 

this is a great pedal but not a replacement for the original. 

That said it is totally great choice!!!  

 

OVERDRIVE- THIMBLE WASP FX Anvil ... FET OD's are usually impressive ...is this?

$160.00 USD

TIMBLE WASP  EFFECTS

ANVIL · 

This company is old school it does not make clones. This is a FET Overdrive and although it can 'play nice' at lower gain it seems 

to love high gain to the point of gating. Odd again as it uses FET transistors not the OpAmp thing so it is voiced with in effect the 

faux tube-like transistors. The layout is Volume, Gain, Volume, 

Voice and Tone. 

      CONCLUSION ___

It is very dark even with Tone opened to all the highs. 

When pushed it is very buzzy. Disappointing?

The Sonicake Cowboy Distortion does a better job 

and at $40.00 USD I need say no more.

OVERDRIVE- FORMULA B Eighty Master v.2 ___NEW ___ 80's modded MIAB

$260.00 USD

 F O R M U L A  B   PEDALS

 Eighty   Master  

 

An 80's modded MIAB. The layout has Volume, with

Gain 1 & 2 footswitchable, then Prescence and 

active Bass, Mids and Treble. 

___ 

   CONCLUSION ___

Great sounding with good dynamics and 

touch sensitivity. A lot of control to dial in  

a sound complimentary to your rig. 

Damn impressive.

OVERDRIVE- BLAMMO ELECTRONICS Payola ....a hot-rod Tube Screamer

$155.00 USD

BLAMMO Electronics

Payola DRIVE

Yes there are at least a hundred other TS wannabes both elegant 

or raw. BLAMMO do have a good rep of making usable pedals. 

They are all about it sounding good not about replicating. 

They are straight up about it. The layout is as expected 

Volume, Gain and Tone. A button switches in a higher gain. 

     CONCLUSION __

It is an all around workhorse OD and a good booster.

As for me I am leaning towards the new $135.00 USD 

Tone City Green Tube Legend Series. A TS voiced to 

get the SRV tone.

AMP- ENGL Power Cube 200___NEW___ Pedalboard, Tube pre or Modeller amp

 ENGL ··· 

 POWERCUBE.200 

$350.00 USD

A simple Class D Power amp for pedals and Modelers. 

It is rated at 200 watts but since it is likely to be 

plugged into an 8 ohm cab it can only 

produce 130 watts. 

CONCLUSION ___

Keep in mind Class D amps are digital not tube or old school transistor solid state so they do not have any 

balz. They also have a very weak and muffled high 

end. In short no highs or lows or any balz. That said 

ENGL are experts with tube tone & they have a pre- 

amp in the unit to compensate. Its only serious and available competitor is the Seymour Duncan Power 

Stage. A noticeably muddy amp that costs $500.00.

ALTERNATIVE ___ 

Wampler have the not released the Pedalhead amp. In real world terms it is easily as loud a 50 watt 

PLEXI. It uses AI machine language that can mimic how a real tube amp responds and feels as you play. Unfortunately it needs the same chip used by those building hundreds of AI stations needing thousands of these chips. The prototypes were shown in February & the earliest pedals if arriving on time will not arrive until November. Note I said if they are not delayed. My guess is this amp will not arrive until early 2027. 

These chips are not cheap. A guestimate is the price will be $600.00 USD. To be honest I expect more. 

There are thousands of guys that need a no excuse amp that is portable, even an amp that is part 

of a fly-rig. 

I am convinced it is a 'gotta have' and have been saving since February to get one!! 

My budget for ANY gear is $100 a month so I have had to suck up the impulse to 

buy pedals except for a blowout price MIC pedal for under $30 each 

including free shipping, lol.  

KEELEY ELECTRONICS FACTORY TOUR ___ 2026

K E E L E Y  E L E C T R O N I C S

PRE/FUZZ- FARMER FACTORY FX Preamp MK3___NEW___ don't blame me if you buy

 FARM FACTORY EFFECTS 

 PREAMP 

$260.00 USD

I own a made in France Celmo Pimento Sardine overdrive. It sounds like a barely hanging together Marshall JTM 45 amp I rented in the UK that died on the road and I took in to get fixed to get me by. The tech told me it 

had been repaired many times with substitute parts that were only 

close to spec and, 😟 But he got it going, 😊 

___ I love the pedal for its mildly trashy sound. Its been on my board 

since Noah got off of the Arc, 😇. Well that is what Farm Factory in  

Douelle France make. All lovable mutts made from NOS parts. In 

this case Mullard GET113 germanium transistors. 

The Layout is simply Volume & a toggle that switches between 

a vintage or modern voice. 

CONCLUSION __ 

It is pricy and you do not need it, but if you buy it you will never 

part with it. Every time you decide it has to go you will change 

your mind, LOL.

Switch it over to YouTube & it will go into an English 'Auto-Dubbed'

FUZZ -THORPY FX EAO ___NEW ___ a Burns Buzzaround clone

$530.00 USD

Thorpy FX..EAO  FUZZ

This time we get what appears to be a once a year Ltd. Ed. Fuzz. 

This year it comes in pink. It is based on the Burns Buzzaround 

made famous by Robert Fripp on King Crimson's first Album. 

Fripp soon replaced it with a Big Muff Triangle as the Burns 

is unreliable and it cuts the level going to the amp. 

     CONCLUSION ___

This time we get like we always get. A very nice Fuzz 

at an obscene price. Worth at the very most half the 

money. Just buy the bog standard Electro Harmonix 

Triangle Muff at $115.00 USD. 

...they literally sound as good but are tighter with a balzy attack.