3 Keeley Super Phat Mod Pedals (Original, Germanium and Retro)
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- Опубліковано 15 тра 2019
- I did a comparison of the Keeley Super Phat Mod and its Germanium version just over a year ago, but now I'm adding in the high gain Retro SPM to the mix. And some Douglas Adams.
Please enjoy a thoroughly in-depth shootout of the three of them.
Pedals featured in this video:
Keeley Electronics Super Phat Mod Full Range Overdrive
robertkeeley.com/Super+Phat+Mod
Keeley Electronics Germanium Super Phat Mod
robertkeeley.com/Germanium-Su...
Keeley Electronics Custom Shop Retro Super Germanium Phat Mod
robertkeeley.com/product/keel...
Gear:
Fender Classic Player Jazzmaster (both pickups)
EHX 720 Looper
Boss Katana 50W 1x12 on the Clean channel at 25W
Mic'd with a Sennheiser e609
Into GarageBand via a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
No audio post-processing
Shot on an iPhone 7
Edited in Final Cut Pro X
whenever I'm looking to compare pedals you put out a video at the right time lmao
I love to help people spend money...
this is the best pedal comparison I've ever watched!
Picked up a regular Super Phat for $85. Best BD type pedal I've ever owned! Love it, it sounds awesome here too.
It's my fave.
probably the best 3 pedal comparison ive ever seen BRAVO !
You're the only pedal guy I watch, I appreciate the text so much and the use of the looper, too.
major kudos to you sir, this is really how it's done. having a looper provide dynamic consistency and playing some actual music instead of endless solos puts everything right into context, all without the need for any talking. thank you thank you thank you!
Another cool video man. I really like how they all have a little bit of their own thing going. All of them sound good!
Thanks! I try not to make every video the same old thing...
thanks for a great comparison of three great Keeley pedals
Another awesome comparison video
Excellent comparison! Cheers!!!
Great comparison video!!!! Well done. Subscribed.
I’ve now gone through 3 super phat mods... now I gotta buy a 4th. At least this time it’s gonna be the retro! Great video man. I look forward to these on my feed!
I expected this channel to be way bigger. Glad I found you before you got big. Amazing quality!
I like to fly under the radar.
(Not deliberately...)
This really helped me decide which to get, Retro Super on the way....thanks for such a great comparison
Glad to help!
Epico comparo. Man, this is how I like my pedal demos to go.
So I hope you know I loved this video so much I bought the Germ and Retro pedals and shared with tons of folks.
I love your concept with the looper and certainly appreciate the consistency it offers.
When I shared with folks everyone loved your video in the Keeley Sound Check on fb- there were a few that said they wanted only one pedal at a time in case buffers make the germanium act differently lol.
Again love your video and I shot mine as an add on pack to yours 😎 🙏
Looking forward to hearing more of your demos!
Hey Jamie - thank you for the kind words! I know many people like to see specifically how pedals react to live play, when they’re getting their signal straight from the pickups, and so many pedals have impedance issues with loopers and so on (although sometimes I don’t think my ears are good enough to notice the difference) - so your video serves a purpose all of its own that none of mine do. And the more demos of these brilliant pedals the better! One of the reasons I use a looper is I don’t have the skill and confidence to play live consistently (plus I don’t have enough hands to twiddle the knobs and still play!) and I’m always impressed when I see someone who does it well. I’m just some guy who couldn’t find the type of video he wanted anywhere so made one of his own and, honestly, the pandemic has given me a bit of a much-needed break from feeling guilty that I’m not putting enough videos out regularly 🙂
Best of luck with your channel, take it easy, don’t pressure yourself to put stuff out just for the sake of it, make the videos you want and you like. Glad to be your latest subscriber and looking forward to whatever you put out next. 🙏
Great pedals and great books!
Love that guitar loop! ♡
Edutainment? Entercation? Great Shootout, thanks!
Great video!!!Very interesting all these pedals!!!I own the original gold super phat mod and I completely love it!!!Smooth,full,warm fat sound and plenty of usable killer gain if you need it!!!
Nice demo. I own the silver one and i dig it... in my trip band very dynamic through cutter.. I love germanium flavours so I want the retro too. Let's garage man!!
I'm in love with the Retro Super Ge version. It just suits the style of music I hear in my head. I may have to hunt one down and buy it now. 🙂
Douglas Adams and guitar, great combination!
If only it was 42 Super Phat Mods, right?
@@ThePedalBored you would need a lot of towels in that case
Got the og super phat mod because of this channel!!
Robert Keeley must now send me 7¢!
@@ThePedalBored 😂😂I got the dyno my roto from your chorus shoot out too hahaha
plain super phat mod is my dessert island distortion if I could only pick one dirt forevermore
I have the geSPM. I find it really bright. I basically have the tone at 9 or less (strat or tele into drri). I’m considering getting the regular spm. Maybe they are more similar than they are different. Great video. I’d love to try them side by side with my set up.
I love the "what am I doing now?" segments in these :)
So often I look back at what I recorded when I'm editing and think 'I've no idea why I was doing that'.
@@ThePedalBored That's part of the charm :)
Just recently found your channel, love the comparison method, I'm going try this myself. I have two Boss BD-2 on my board, one Keeley modded, I play them individually and stacked, happy as. The super retro grabbed my attention, maybe I do need just one more, thanks for your effort
Buy mine! It's on Reverb.com :)
This is the most efficient and versatile pedal review UA-cam channel (from shoegazey stuffs to blues)
Thank you!
@@ThePedalBored hey are you still doing comparison videos? The last one is over an year ago :(
We are still a locked-down family, wife working from home, children online schooling, so it’s not a great place to make demo videos for my own entertainment at the moment. But once we’re back to normal, yes!
@@ThePedalBored hope everything will pass soon. I really enjoy your videos, but family always comes first! Stay healthy and safe :) cheers from Czech Republic
Thank you!
Fkn brilliant
Bets pedal review channel on youtube!
Hey, thanks!
Cooool
Froody.
Great and helpful demo, as always! Is that riff you play improvised or taken from a certain song? I really feel like I know the lick starting at 0:52. Keep it up!
I mean, it's possible I heard it somewhere once and can't remember? But it's all out of my head, and not deliberately any particular song.
You simply can't go wrong with Douglas Adams, can you...? :o)))
Great comparison, and a great loop -- as always! Did you consider doing a shootout between different Superfuzz style pedals? :) I think that would be rad.
Sorry it took me a week to reply, and you asking twice!
@@ThePedalBored Haha, no worries, I'd actually forgotten I asked before! Didn't mean to nag. :p
crazy! :o the retro super its a reedition of the germaniu path mod or whats the difference. great demo.cheers!
Great Video. I have the GeSPM and often wondered if it was supposed to be so bright on the Flat mode. This shows the GeSPM in the video has the same qualities and tone as mine, able to be used as a great Treble boost and drive to cut through the mix in a band situation, and as a great pedal to use at home or out of band in the Phat mode.
I’m sure I’d read somewhere that it isn’t suppose to cut bass in the Flat mode though, which to me it seems to. Or is it just such a treble boost that it over powers the bass in the signal ?
Thanks.
I picked one up recently (gespm). I find it really bright overall in both modes . I wonder is that part of the pedal design across the different models here. I’m considering trying out the regular super phat mod
These comparisions are as thorough as the ones Gear Gods used to do back when UA-cam had clickable overlays ... very good. Regular Phat Mod has good tones, don't like the Germanium one, the Retro could have some niche applications.
Hey man, I just bought the germanium one and trust me this does not do it justice! It sounds amazing into my vox! I only use it on the phat setting tbh but I love it. Moral of the story, videos are good but trying things in person is the only way to be sure!
what are the settings on your amp when you do these demos?
Clean setting, EQ flat, zero Gain, Master Volume to taste. Often power-cycled down to 25W.
@@ThePedalBored It's great that you've done these shootouts on such a ubiquitous amp
It’s luck really - the only amp I own!
Phat Mod all the way
So all of them...? 😉
Phat Mod Original on flat and the Germanium needs to be on Phat! haha The retro is too much for my taste although when you "wow'ed" it I must say it sounded pretty good. Excellent as usual! Keep it up.
I love my spm, I don't need germanium.
Retro Super Germanium Phat Mod is a looker aint it
Yeah, some lovely artwork.
@@ThePedalBored great informative video as always mate
Mostly harmless.
I love the character of Germanium…Just not this Germanium. IMO
(Between you and me, I basically agree.)
@@ThePedalBored Yup. I'm trading mine for the regular SPM.
@@ThePedalBored Don't tell Robert! He'll shout at me...
Matt Gilbert I have the gespm and thinking of switching to the regular one. Did you go with this in the end? If so, what were your thoughts ?
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