Keeley Red Dirt Germanium

[@guitarandotherthings6090]

Thank you for a great demo Mr. Watertap!

[@CentaurusRelax314]

Just got this pedal. At first, I thought maybe I had made a mistake, and that it just wasn’t different enough from pedals I already have, but while randomly switching around from different pedals on my board, I just found myself stuck on one, and loving what it was doing. Looked down to see it was the Red Dirt. I just spent a bunch of money on a high-end boutique fuzz face to do the rolled down clean thing, and this pedal does that beautifully without rolling the guitar volume down. It’s its natural thing which makes it more consistent and easier to work with, and has a wider latitude for tailoring that elegant effect. Another Keeley keeper. Also have the Super Phat Mod, and I’m now wondering how many other Keeleys I will eventually acquire.

[@SlavicSon]

Just got the super Phat mod. It is incredible. This seems creamier? Thoughts since you have both? Playing out of a vintage DR

[@CentaurusRelax314]

@@SlavicSon "Creamier?" I wouldn't say that. I don't use the two for the same purpose, so i don't think i've compared them directly, and definitely haven't tried to get them to sound the same. I got the Red Dirt specifically for what i noted above: to do the same effect/tone as when you roll down the guitar volume (Strat) when playing through a germanium fuzz pedal on full fuzz-it cleans up to give lively, sparkly, chimey cleans. But, i don't think of that sound as creamy-it's more spiky and _not_ creamy. Lots of presence(?) and high end, without being harsh.

[@SlavicSon]

@@CentaurusRelax314 Ok thanks for the info. I guess I was reading something about it being “warmer” without listening to full comparison. But yeah, germanium fuzz= not warm.

[@guyfromnj]

As always your playing is fantastic.

[@JackFossett]

Thanks! Appreciate that

[@graemero5532]

great demo Jack

[@JackFossett]

Thanks!

[@isaacpulliam7767]

Mine arrives Monday!

[@hoppeguitarshopp7840]

Great Demo..

[@JS-wv4if]

Sounds great! Just picked one up and seeing I need volume up to about 3 or 4 o clock to get to unity over a dry uncompressed clean on a twin reverb. Anyone else seeing something like this?

[@tomthumb4325]

Great demo and tones as standard from you sir being germanium is this pedal noisy

[@niltoneduardoalayochavez4395]

Hi Jack. Excellent presentation of the Keeley Germanium. It sounds great. Your playing is admirable. I asked you a question when you did the review of the Keeley Red Dirt and you very kindly answered me. Please, hopefully you can answer me another question. What sound differences do you find between the original red dirt and germanium?. I have a fender stratocaster with a very clean sound and low output. I need an overdrive with a warm sound and a good amount of gain. Which of the mentioned has more gain?. Which one could you recommend?. Thank you very much for answering. Greetings.

[@JackFossett]

Thank you! I think the Germanium may suit you better if you need more gain straight from a clean sound.

[@glendoggett9670]

Really nice playing, sounds great on both that Strat and the LP. Does it clean up well with turning down the guitar volume pot? Great demo, thanks!

[@KevinDarty]

Yes it does indeed.

[@AngryShellback]

With Germanium diodes, I'm thinking this sounds a lot like a Klon... Sounds great and living here in Oklahoma City I didn't even know this company existed... Great video...

[@voxpathfinder15r]

Gives that really saturated tones like the tubes are biases 120% of spec and holding onto dear life in a Vox amp or 1974x Marshall at full blast.

[@JackFossett]

Exactly! Couldn’t have put it better myself

[@voxpathfinder15r]

@@JackFossett just curious, you have a nice collection of nice amps. What is your philosophy with pedals? Especially dirt pedals? Do you think they accomplish something amps cannot do on their own. Or are they primarily to get tones from driven stack amps but at reasonable volume? I think of them as a way to get another “channel” on the fly without having to re-eq on the fly a single channel amp. As well to get those tones in my small practice space.

[@JackFossett]

I usually prefer higher watt amps with alot clean headroom and use pedals. Its just the sound I'm comfortable with. For multi channel amps I just find (and this is a generalization, there are plenty of exceptions) that one channel is much better than the other. If its the clean channel thats good as I can still run an overdrive, but if an amp doesn't have a good clean, I'm out.

[@andrewkoss297]

@@JackFossett This is why I own several Bogner heads! I've yet to play one where the channels felt at all uneven in their quality!

[@Tonetwisters]

I like red geraniums!

[@mattgilbert7347]

First! Great pedal - but that amp! Suh-weet

[@ditchgator1]

👍😎❤🖖 Love brother

[@eaglewindrider7700]

👍🔥🎸🦅

[@guitarandotherthings6090]

Thank you for a great demo Mr. Watertap!