Keeley Compressor Plus - 4 knob with 'blend'

jamesguitar

Just came across this - looks like Keeley are replacing their 4-knob Compressor with a new version that includes a 'blend' control. Also a selector switch for 'single coil' and humbucker' voicings.

I've come close to getting the 4-knob in the past but really like having a parallel blend, so ended up with Cali76 and the JHS Pulp N Peel v4. The Keeley definitely has it's own 'thing' so I'm looking forward to trying one of these when it comes out; price looks good too, much cheaper than the 4-knob has been previously (plus the closest spec compressor is probably the Wampler Ego which is about £50 more). What do we make of it?

https://www.andertons.co.uk/p/KCOMPPLUS/compression-pedals/keeley-compressor-plus-pedal?LGWCODE=KCOMPPLUS;56375;6335&gclid=CPfL4uDJ_NQCFWIq0wodUFELjA

Update: have just seen a couple of stores listing them as currently "in stock". Has anyone here tried one yet?

noisepolluter

Zombie thread! Did you try/buy one in the end?
I have the 2 knob version which most of the time is great - sometimes though it would be good to blend in a bit of direct signal and/or boost the presence a bit, especially with humbuckers. 

fandango

noisepolluter said:

Zombie thread! Did you try/buy one in the end?
I have the 2 knob version which most of the time is great - sometimes though it would be good to blend in a bit of direct signal and/or boost the presence a bit, especially with humbuckers. 

Got the 4-knob version, and it has it's place on the pedalboard, just not all the time. I'm learning not to use for 'new' stuff/difficult fingerings, as sometimnes it's less of a help and more of a hindrance, since it masks little imperfections in finger positions.

I noticed the new version, and am sort of interested, but not that interested since I'm a minimal pedal user.

Koa

How does the Keeley compare to the JHS pulp’n’ peel v4? I’ve been using the JHS recently and find I’m really enjoying transparency and sparkle it adds