Keeley Compressor Plus 4-stars Reviews

I expected something else

It just wasn't right for me, sounded a bit flat, the single coil setting raised the volume against the clean setting, the humbucker setting made it quieter than the clean setting which I find weird

Nice quality compressor

This is a nice quality guitar compressor. There are certainly better compressors out there but the Keeley is always a safe choice, easy to use and very reliable on a pedal board. To be honest the Keeley is rarely my first choice in the studio but it's perfect when I need something simple that just WORKS for gigs.

Bass players should look elsewhere though. The Keeley has too much low end roll off for bass.

Way too expensive for what it offers

I was looking for a compressor pedal for some time. After watching a series of reviews, demos, videos online I decided to purchase it despite its high price.

Pros:

+ The switch for humbucker and single coil guitars is an interesting feature that affects the sound a lot. For my single coil guitar it works quite well.

+ The sound quality is not mind-blowing but great overall.

Cons:

- Any configuration of the left knobs beyond 12 o'clock is musically impractical. The compressor effect is so strong that is almost useless for any type of music (in my opinion).

Overall, this compressor could and should have been better. The price is too high. I am confident that cheaper options could do the trick as well.

Great sound, average quality

This is supposed to be "the most popular boutique compressor in the world" which is "completely made in the United States", at least according to the manufacturer's website. Therefore, I assumed that I'll be getting highest quality in all aspects.

As far as sound quality is concerned, I admit I got what I was expecting. Nice compression, low noise, cool sustain, great features (e.g. single coil/humbucker switch).

But as far as build-quality is concerned, this product was a disappointment! One of the screws in the bottom of the unit was loose and I soon realized it wouldn't fit in the hole no matter what. Either the screw is faulty or the drill hole is not right. When I tried to purchase similar screws at a hardware store around the block, they told me that this kind of screws are hard to find so I ended up with a pedal that can't be placed flat on any surface. Well this doesn?t sound top quality to me at all.

Anyway, at least it sounds good?

Deservedly acclaimed - but not perfect !

This is an awesome Compressor in stompbox format. The sneaky but clever addition of a dry/wet mix control makes it easy to recover Attack if the sound gets too stodgy.

EDIT: i have begun to get a bit fed up with the excessive brightness when this compressor is on. It makes an already bright Telecaster bridge pickup sound a bit vicious. The tone control is apparently there to feed highs back into the compressed signal. I wish to hell it could remove them.