From The Surf To The Clouds | Keeley Hydra Reverb & Tremolo

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[@RobertKeeleyTV]

when I want to get reverby... love your videos JLJ. You've got the best hands.

[@JayLeonardJ]

Haha, I may have the hands, but you got the ears :)

[@6strung21]

Love your playing and love Roberts pedals.. The best of both worlds here. Robert your customer service guy is awesome just got off the phone with him.. You guys rock. What a great help. Keep these amazing pedals coming. 👍

[@6strung21]

Your company is the Best of the best. Great customer service guy.. What a great help he was..30ms and Hydra will be my next purchase.. Can't wait

[@JT-gd7he]

This is the best demo of this pedal.

[@JayLeonardJ]

Thanks :)

[@camhaines5482]

Excellent pedal and demo! You took us on a voyage. You boldly went where no man has gone before!

[@davedeville6540]

JLJ is definitely one of the best demovid-guys on YT. Lots of playing and to the point.

[@JayLeonardJ]

I really appreciate it! Thanks :)

[@markdeutschlander697]

Hyrda is phenomenal sounding, and your playing makes it shine. I love Keeley's Harmonic Trem on the Verb o Trem and the Room Reverb on the Memphis Sun.

[@ToeKneeAre]

I wasn't quite sold on this pedal until I saw this video. You really dove into the features of the pedal and showcased a wide variety of uses! Thanks so much. It was great! I'm definitely considering this pedal now!

[@tomduckworth8335]

That was a great demo did a good job showing how to control the beast. I think you pushed me over the edge as to if I was going to buy one. An expression pedal really adds to what you can do.

[@chrisb3976]

That Ghost Riders in the Sky was sick!!!!

[@richardburkow3792]

Excellent video! I just bought the Hydra.

[@JayLeonardJ]

Great choice! It's on one of my main gigging boards right now :)

[@BrySquatch]

Great pedal. I've been A/Bing it against the Blue Sky and I'm really torn. The plate verb on the Hydra is better than any other verb pedal I've tried. Bright and spacious, yet natural and inviting sounding. The harmonic trem is also pretty awesome, and pairs perfectly with the plate sound. However I just find the room reverb pretty underwhelming on it. The room on the Blue Sky just kills it. BS is warm, detailed and dynamic. I wish Hydra had more of a warm hall setting on it, as that would make it a pretty perfect pedal imo. Great playing as usual! Got killer sounds out of it.

[@claudecat]

Good gravy! Sleepwalk and Ghost Riders in the Sky! I love it when there's little to no metal or even overly crunchy content. That's real guitar playing folks! (takes a timeout to yell at cloud) I love this pedal and want one badly. I'm making do with a Valeton Rushead Max for reverb and trem, which actually sounds great through my tiny budget tube amp, but this thing...

[@JayLeonardJ]

Really appreciate it, been using this on everything lately :)

[@golivaguitar]

Love it how you play with so much energy and passion. Just an awesome review, thanks!

[@markferguson3745]

That is a beautiful strat; the only red that matters. Sick playing as always,- the expression pedal interlude was truly inspirational.The verb and trem sections both sound great, - it's almost there with some of the digital sims, - Strymon, of course, but I think it's humble Source Audio that first bagged the Spring and Trem in that format.I could do with fewer options on this , but I suppose the appeal is to multi genre applications. I do some broad crossover, yet I'd almost prefer another pedal to multi functions.Keeley are staying in the game, which is good to see from one of the initial groundbreakers.

[@adaptivebusinessconsulting8080]

Inspirational playing and effects usage

[@JayLeonardJ]

Thanks!

[@billtice5057]

Great review! Favorite Reverb: Spring; Favorite Tremelo: All for different applications

[@joeschlicht]

Great demo. My 2nd watched of the Hydra. That Strat sounds fantastic by the way.

[@JayLeonardJ]

Really appreciate it 😁

[@rottalmusik6563]

Nice sound For the Star Trek Theme 💜

[@JayLeonardJ]

Thanks! I've been binging the show while setting up cameras lately :)

[@jrwardle1]

Holy smokes, at 1:55 just guitar and amp Jay plays better than I will ever in my life. Good job, love your videos !

[@tokingreens]

Such a good demo as always Jay - Thanks - great playing as always...You always have so much fun. Fav Reverb is plate and reverse - love harmonic trem.

[@flyondonnie9578]

Around 8:00 it gets 😯

[@1912Gavin]

Thanks Jay, a really clear demo charged with passion and enthusiasm. Thanks for providing some light amongst the clouds.

[@JayLeonardJ]

Thanks!

[@juliendammert7488]

I like plate and harmonic on one side and spring and optical on the other side.

[@nostro1001]

Haha...loved that version of Ghost Riders... I am interested in this reverb, it's just a shame I don't need the trem. I'm very happy with my surfytrem. So, a bit of a conundrum...paying for half of the pedal that's not needed. However, a very cool pedal. And great playing here!!! Thanks. 🎸🎸🎸

[@thepedalzone]

If a perfect demo ever existed, then this is it!

[@JayLeonardJ]

Haha, I was about the say the same about yours: all I can think about is how much I want a Jazzmaster now 😍😍😍

[@jacttanna2353]

@@JayLeonardJ All I can think of is how much I liked that Stratocaster. Looked up Ruben's guitar shop, and seems to be in Australia. I'm guessing your's is a different Ruben's??? Great demo as always. I'm about to become a patron. Thank you for what you do.

[@Dogsrule777]

Doesn’t he seem like the coolest dude? Jay you’re a good guy man! It’d be so cool to jam someday yo... ☮️

[@richmondben]

I've been using a Catalinbread Topanga, out in front of my amp, and it does the outboard spring reverb sound pretty well, but I've been thinking it'd be nice to have some options and also get reverb in my effects loop, after my stereo Keeley Eccos (stereo, like Jay says, is a revelation). The Flint doesn't have stereo in, so I was looking at the Fender Tre-Verb, but man, this one is right at the top of the list. Really great video, Jay, I dig your energy, man!

[@mariosjosephidou1170]

Well what can I say, when Keeley designed this pedal he obviously had you in mind! Great stuff mr j

[@Jonathan-L]

There's so many artists who I'd love to hear use this pedal ... Jeff Beck, Duke Levine, Tim Lerch, Johnny A, Mark D'Rozario (Tailgaters guitar player), etc...

[@MichaelSmith-gd1ig]

Think I might need one... Really great demo

[@FakeGlasses]

Love this pedal

[@vondre9124]

So awesome to find out about a new pedal and what do you know, my favorite guy has a demo for it too !

[@7070gtr]

Best demo of this amazing pedal yet. Cheers Robert and JLJ, so well done!

[@Tonetwisters]

NICE demo! Nice petal! Not sure I'm smart enough anymore at my age, to run this thing, though!

[@Estudio_Quesney]

You play amazing Man.

[@JayLeonardJ]

Really appreciate it :)

[@blayneb7290]

Great demo with tasty playing! Thanks for the surf stuff. Prefer vintage Fender blackface-type tremolo with spring reverb all the way!

[@jeremybanks9007]

Wishing the world had your passion dude

[@davewilliams1656]

I bought this pedal a while ago based on this review and now I'm watching it over again to get ideas on the settings... Great demo as always Jay...the best on KZbin and the worst for my credit card bill!!

[@JayLeonardJ]

Really glad my video helped! Hope you got some cool ideas to work with :)

[@bthalko]

Heeey, Super Phat Mod Canadian Edition represent! - Love the springy sounds!

[@JayLeonardJ]

Good eye!!!

[@joshzorrill6951]

How did you play that @2:20 😩it goes so well with this pedal

[@bakaroo23]

Origin Revival Trem for bias and supro trem for harmonic. Keeley are putting together a killer small rig with this and the eccos.

[@larryb3946]

Great retro sounds! Great review 👏

[@dgeekay1494]

Great product and video J. Spring reverb really wet from surfy bear compact and opto tremolo in the end. Between verb and trem a nice analog delay;) and ready for garage surf!! my drive lately as well something from keeley.. phat mod germanium! Keep up with the great job. You deserve massively more likes. Don't worry they all come soon. Greets from Berlin.

[@Inca_Rhodes]

Keeley and Jay bringing the heat.

[@thebenderbunker]

Have watched most of the demo videos for this pedal and this one is among the very best - nice work! One suggestion - maybe less tremolo bar use when demoing an actual tremolo pedal. Makes it more challenging to truly hear what the pedal's doing. Keep up the great work on this channel. You've got a new subscriber for sure!

[@JayLeonardJ]

I guess old habits die hard, haha. Thanks for watching and writing!

[@bilnabiln]

Jesus, the tweakability of this pedal is wild

[@tomfoolery342]

@9:37 Star Trek.....AWESOME!!!!

[@Gore171459]

My main reverbs at the moment are the Slö and Meteore. I tend to prefer reverbs that have some sort of modulation going on. Also stop making everything sound good.

[@BlakeHallMusic]

Great sounds and great playing as always.

[@Caged63Man]

SawwwwwwWheat tonez dude! It made my $40 Behringer rv600 delay pedal cry to the Morley Wah pedal, and all I heard all night was "Wahhhhhh wah wah wahhhhh"... So I ordered it a 'wahburger'...we good

[@druwk]

Nice demo. Curious about accessing the presets? It seems to be a Kelley “Flint”, but maybe not as simple to use? I know the Flint has a lot of hidden functionality like this pedal. I’m sure the Kelley has built on, and improved the functionality? I happy to see more companies competing this format of pedal.

[@deaneaxboy]

I have the Keeley Eccos and it's really easily to use and access the presets. This is built on the same platform so it would work the same way

[@druwk]

@@deaneaxboy I have watch a few more demos and it doesn’t seem too daunting? When I can afford it, I will factor in a bunch of things. Keeley’s stuff always sounds good!

[@tatialo37]

Sounds so cool!!!

[@Saycheeseanddie84]

You rock dude!

[@kosmicwizard]

That's a sick Canadian Super Phat Mod, J!

[@RaxFx]

my Strymon Flint is jealous and worried

[@RobertKeeleyTV]

We hoped we would be nipping at their trails! ;-)

[@daviddorrian5349]

This sounds awesome but I'm still planning on getting the flint. I love how refined and simple the flint is. The sounds are just incredible and there is zero tricks, it just does what you want beautifully. I'm also planning on picking up the Supro Tremolo. Its by far the best straight up term I've ever heard!

[@tomcat2260]

@@RobertKeeleyTV You certainly did that plus more. Thinking of letting my revivaltrem and bluesky go for this! BTW Robert any chance I could send you a partnership idea for Keeley and fretello? We are a guitar learning app with over 400k signups already.

[@jamest3411]

@@RobertKeeleyTV please continue to explore this market. we need more high quality trem + reverb pedals! analog trem + dry through reverb is the dream

[@SFolkes97]

It shouldn't be, but man reverb is the toughest - never found the perfect single pedal yet, though tons of great ones out there. The Hydra sounds top rank. Utopia for me would be something that can, simultaneously if I wanted, drip like SA's True Spring but do the ambiance like the Hydra and others. Think True Spring into an Avalanche Run v2. I like Harmonic type trems best. The Hydra scores on ambience, surfy spank/bounce and trem and yeah this is one more reverb I would add, but I think I'm gassing for a Super Phat Mode more right now. JLJ's playing and upbeat presentation makes for enjoyable watching and listening. Really should have, will have, 3X more Subs.

[@JayLeonardJ]

Thanks, I really appreciate it!

[@jspic4907]

One day tou could teach how to do that wonderful scallop with the right hand. Not on the low E string, that’s easy. Doing it well on the internal strings separate the boys from the pros. Keep it up, great demo.

[@SilverParatrooper]

Watching you play makes me realize i really need to play my strat harder lol. Great demo and top shelf playing.

[@JayLeonardJ]

Really appreciate it. Strum hard and rock on!

[@tomgross1953]

Great demo

[@davidethangraham]

That super phat mod doesn't get enough love

[@johncardoza7229]

Favorite youtuber demo dude 100% great skills my friend and an amazing pedal by keeley as all of their pedals are🤙

[@JayLeonardJ]

I really appreciate it!

[@georgearagon2546]

Cool Rockabilly tool!

[@rottalmusik6563]

Room with harmonic trem!

[@danmorrison8746]

What's that galloping western surf song at 4:08? Unreal demo

[@denespagan]

Congrats brother! You make some really good videos!!! Im pretty selective with my subscribes and you earned mine! 👍🏻 it always helps to be a good guitarist with some good tasting playing.

[@JayLeonardJ]

I really appreciate that! Thanks so much for enjoying it and I look forward to seeing you more in the comments section :)

[@guitmickify]

Hey... Jay, I have really been liking me some plate reverb, but I don't have one, I normally just use some delay. I do use a "Night Wire" harmonic tremolo, but I'm eyeballing the new one from JAM. So... I don't know, maybe.. I don't know, maybe.. Do I need it? I don't know, maybe.. But that Hydra sounds great, and I already have a retro super phat :0)

[@EdgarBeja]

Star Trek! 😉

[@kirkduval1279]

LFO and preamp like the Valcoder. That's my favorite.

[@astrologist174]

It's legit so nice! :D

[@nachogrande2000]

Great demo, great pedal. Although, I couldn't hear any drip sound at all with the spring mode. It seems like more defined and modern design. That's my 2 cents.

[@kevinhetzel8654]

Check out a few others it can get super drippy!

[@nachogrande2000]

@@kevinhetzel8654 Thanks for the heads up bro. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@kevinhetzel8654]

@@nachogrande2000 no prob! I think it's going to be a good one! 🍻

[@soofitnsexy]

custom strat or??? nice ......what model??

[@yfz450rider39]

Damn, what is that riff at 4 mins ish.

[@barnaclerusty]

Wow you are so good and great demo… I hope they are giving you some sales cash

[@danielvinklar1105]

f*ck! I already have a good number of reverbs... and some tremolo and vibe too... but this! and I shouldn't be surprised, as I already have two others boxes by Keeley and they are both awesome (Dark Side and Monterey)... f*ck! the only thing I am disappointed by is the visual of the pedal, I guess I don't like that big white type much... regardless, it does sound great! awesome playing and great video! :) Happy New year! regards from Prague

[@KipCount]

Me first seeing this pedal announced: seems cool, but, meh. / After watching your video: Hell yeah, gimme.

[@murraymcleod7605]

Tone so disarming it would make Captain America drop his shield.

[@JayLeonardJ]

Haha, comment of the day :)

[@kimevans3641]

What tune is that at 2:20? I must know! Thank you!

[@JayLeonardJ]

"Sleepwalk" :)

[@kimevans3641]

@@JayLeonardJ Thank you so much :)

[@Leo_Fender]

I’d really appreciate a response from anyone that might know: Does this have analog dry through? Thanks!

[@ryanwhitley5427]

What does it sound like to you? If you can’t tell, why are you worried?

[@deaneaxboy]

@@ryanwhitley5427 he's probably asking in regards to latency issues if running a wet/dry rig

[@MrAliennos]

What is the song on 4:00 min? JLJ maybe you will be writing tittel songs on your film again?

[@JayLeonardJ]

It sounds like a little take on Ghost Riders In The Sky :)

[@MrAliennos]

@@JayLeonardJ thanks :)

[@ikozbari]

Does anybody know which exact strat that is?

[@JayLeonardJ]

Enjoy! www.rufusguitarshop.com/product/fender-custom-shop-ltd-60-roasted-hvy-relic-faded-fiesta/

[@shckltnebay]

DOES IT DRIP?

[@JayLeonardJ]

Not the true drip, but it is more suited for rhythmic playing than a super drippy box. Check out the True Spring: that is the closest I've heard a digital pedal come to dripping.

[@shckltnebay]

@@JayLeonardJ Thank you so much for taking the time to respond, hope you have a great year and things go well

[@firebird77]

Face melting.

[@JayLeonardJ]

Thanks!

[@JT-gd7he]

Crap, another pedal to buy.

[@noodlefactory6012]

Look on the bright side. It's another pedal to buy. :)