The Keeley modded Vox 847 is available again after a few months of being dead.  Contrary to recent rumours the Keeley Rat is also making a big comeback from spending a few months being a nearly dead rat and we're taking orders again for this ever-popular pedal.

Following a lot of questions this week on the Rat availability , Keeley USA are starting to produce the Rat again using the new issue pedals and doing a much bigger re-work than the older ones needed in order to bring them up to the spec we're used to.  This means much higher costs to do the modification!  Our prices WILL be under review as a result but are in the short term unchanged from before.

We have George L's .155" cable available in the new PURPLE colour as well as the regular Black, Vintage Red and Blue.  Make your pedal board stand out from the rest!

Guitar Buyer issue 76 gives the Keeley AD9 a full 5/5 marks!  Read the full delays review article here: www.robertkeeley.co.uk/reviews/GB.76.delays.pdf

2 November 2007 update - The GB review of the Moonphaser can now be read online by folowing this link - http://www.moonphaser.co.uk/Reviews/GB75%20Moonphaser.pdf

I'm extremely pleased to announce that Guitar Buyer Magazine carries a fantastic review of the Moonphaser in their November 2007 edition which is on the newsagents' shelves right now.

"You will be hard pressed to find a phaser anywhere, vintage or modern, that competes with it on quality and tone." - [Guitar Buyer magazine, issue 75 November 2007]

We will be adding the 4-knob Keeley Compressor to our standard stock during September.  It won't have a web page of its own for a while so you will need to order it by phone.  Call us on 01223 841035 (+44 1223 841035 from outside the UK) or email us on sales@robertkeeley.co.uk

Our price is a very competitive £199 total, that INCLUDES delivery within the UK by Royal Mail Special Delivery (EU add £3.95, rest of world add £5.00 for fully insured signed-for service) and as always with us the price you see is the price you pay - we never tempt you with "special" prices that need VAT and/or postage adding.

I'm proud to announce the launch of the Moonphaser, the only analogue phaser pedal currently being built that gives you vintage phase-shifter sounds but without the vintage hassle! For more information please visit our new site at  www.moonphaser.co.uk

The Moonphaser is made in England by Moonphase Ltd. and is available for worldwide delivery only from us!  If you have any questions please email info@moonphaser.co.uk or call +44 (0)1223 841035

Product update!  All SD-1ge 5 star Super Overdrive pedals shipping from now on do NOT have the Burr Brown chip installed.  Instead they get two stacked TI RC4558P chips operating in parallel, which reduces the noise and improves the sound even further than the previous models.  The BB chip is no longer included with SD-1s.

If you have any questions about this or any other feature of our pedals please get in touch by email to info@robertkeeley.co.uk or phone to +44 (0)1223 841035.

All TS808-TB true bypass pedals shipping from now on will get a 1982 vintage JRC4558D chip fitted as standard.  This used to be an optional extra but we're now including it in the top model at no extra charge.

The Diago Powerstation (http://www.robertkeeley.co.uk/acc_powersupplies.htm) pack has been upgraded; all orders from today will ship with a 6-way daisy chain instead of the 5-way previously supplied. The output plugs are now right angled instead of straight which saves a little space on your board and works better with pedals that have their jack mounted on the side. The plugs are spaced 300mm apart instead of 140mm which gives you more flexibility too.

There is no change to the Powerstation kit price with the new cable at £54 UK delivered.  The daisy chain cable price (when bought separately) changes from £6 to £8 UK delivered.

We're updating our prices effective immediately: Keeley Compressor £169, DD3 Digital Delay £169, BD-2ph Blues Driver £119, DS-1ultra Distortion £99, Fuzz Head £155, TS808 Mod Plus £165, TS808-TB TS808 Mod Plus True Bypass £189, TS9 Mod Plus £135, Java Boost £169.

As always from us what's shown are all-inclusive UK DELIVERED prices, no sneaky pulling you in with partial prices then adding more £ at the end.  EU residents pay an extra £3.95 delivery per complete order, not per item.

Keeley effects will be at the LGS in The Gig Rig Effects Lab, stand 174.  Plug in and try the range of pedals through a number of vintage and boutique amps using a choice of guitars in the luxury of a big soundproof booth - no more fighting the show's massive background noise!  Keeley pedals and George L's cables will be available to buy at the show.  Have a great time!

http://www.londonguitarshow.co.uk/

Phil Hilborne has done it again with a knockout soundclip of the Keeley MT-2 Twilight Zone, listen to it here: http://www.robertkeeley.co.uk/soundclips/PHMT2TZ.mp3

In response to several questions from customers I checked into advertised pricing of Robert Keeley pedals and found some potentially confusing "special offers" out there on the web that initially appear to be rather cheap.  And they would be too - if you didn't have to add postage and VAT to them.  The fact that the headline price shown to suck you in is much lower than you'll actually pay is typically explained in tiny type somewhere and you sometimes don't even get shown your total when you checkout either so who knows what will actually be charged to your credit card?

For your convenience all our prices are your REAL TOTAL UK price - you don't need to add anything to them - the price you see on our web pages is always the DELIVERED (by Royal Mail Special Delivery, fully insured, overnight) price within the UK.  EU customers add £3.95 postage once no matter how many pedals are in the order.  Simple.

I've been asked the same things a few times now so it's time to post something on the blog:

1. When assembling George L's cables with right-angle plugs, screw the cap down until it bottoms out.  It MUST be screwed all the way down until it's metal-to-metal else you run the risk of poor contact and of it working loose over time.

2. The best tool I've found for cutting George L's cable of either .155" or .225" size is a pair of pet nail/claw clippers.  The best model of clippers I've found is made by Mikki, model 6275-154 and costs around £5.  I will be stocking these later this year.

Phil Hilborne has recorded a stunning new soundclip of the Keeley modded Vox 847 wah - you can download it here: http://www.robertkeeley.co.uk/soundclips/PHvox1.mp3 Phil's own website is here: http://www.philhilborne.com

It's been a busy week for Keeley web site and product updates!  The latest change is our adoption of a new power supply for pedalboards - the Powerstation.  This is a universal supply that can handle mains input from all the world's supplies and gives a high current (up to 3A) fully regulated 9Vdc output capable of powering an astonishing 30 pedals.  It comes complete with a 5-way daisy-chain output cable with 2.1mm barrel plugs; extra daisy-chain cables can be added to power more pedals.

The Powerstation is compact and light and accepts mains power cords for all countries in the world.  It comes complete with Velcro to attach it to your pedalboard.  Most importantly it's electrically quiet and stable so will work well with your boutique and high-gain pedals.

We've recently added the excellent GigRig Midi 8 and Pro 14 to our product line up.  TheGigRig handles all your effects loop and amp switching without you having to tap-dance on the pedals!  For full details and a great demo of the system follow the link http://www.robertkeeley.co.uk/acc_thegigrig.htm

Two excellent new soundclips of the Keeley TR-2 Tremolo mod have been recorded by Phil Hilborne and can be heard here: http://www.robertkeeley.co.uk/clips.htm#tr2

Watch this space for more new clips, coming very soon!

We are now permanently stocking George L's .155" patch cable in blue as well as the familiar black and vintage red.  Price for blue cable is the same as the other colours at £2.15 per metre.

Use the cable colours and sleeve colours to identify sends, returns, effects loops and so on or just to match your equipment.

Any questions about cables or effects or to order please call us on +44 (0)1223 841035

The Nova Wah LE is the 2006 “Light Edition” of the famous Keeley Nova Wah.  The LE version Robert has had some of the lesser-used functions of the original pedal removed to bring the price down and make it affordable.

This is a two channel fixed Wah with true bypass switching and yellow Fasel inductor.  A 3-way way bass-sweep switch gives you mellow or cutting tone; SRV, Hendrix, Clapton are all there!

The amount of gain and midrange when the pedal's on can be adjusted from unity to loud using the internal trim control.  Very handy for using the Nova Wah as a lead boost.

Blue LED for power on, dual red/green LED indicates wah channel selected.

The Nova is not an autowah!  It’s a manual, fixed wah that lets you preset your two favourite sounds and toggle between them using a footswitch without rocking around trying to find the right spot!

Price £195 including (as with all Keeley pedals from us) overnight delivery.