Monday, August 10, 2020

OVERDRIVE- KEELEY ELECTRONICS El Rey Dorado ...authentic JTM45 ...raw and vicious :-)

$150.00 USD
 KEELEY ELECTRONICS EL REY DORADO 
Robert Keeley took two years to nail the sound of
his own 60's JTM45 Stack. I have mentioned this before but most Marshall overdrives are based off the processed sound of recordings made be key players that used them. They sound great and I have many. I have Plexi myself and this pedal sounds like
the sound of the amp at rehearsal or a small club.
A lot of you are familiar with an OCD. Think of this as an OCD on steroids. the layout is simple with gain, tone and level. It has a toggle to add a second stage of gain ...and this gain is killer plus!!!

CONCLUSION
The perfect choice for many who love the Marshall sound but want something different. It checks all the boxes, rich detailed  tone, lots of gain, and punch!!! Even the price is reasonable! It does not have the heavy lows like a Plexi but it has more definition then one.
Check out Clapton's sound on the 'Beno 'LP it was that record and the sound 
that stared the Blues rock thing that lead to Cream and Zep and then to Metal.

UPDATE May 2021
I have used it now for 9 months. It is killer for laying perfect in a mix. 
I do not like it at all in high gainthe high gain makes a hash out of the tone. 
There is plenty of gain in low ...more than enough. It has great dynamics. 
One of my very favourite ODs.

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