Keeley Gold Star Vinyl Reverb Guitar Effects Pedal

The pedal is an amalgamation of Crazy Phil Spector and Gold Star Studio interpretations. Take his “Wall of Sound,” double-down with 60’s acid-laced distortion and some sun-drenched vinyl and you have the Gold Star Reverb.

The Gold Star Reverb’s "Compression Mode" adds compression controls to the reverb so that the trails “duck” or compress when you play heavily. The "Depth" control adjusts your compression threshold. The "Vinyl" control adjusts your compression ratios. Use this for pumping synth leads in dance music or on vocals for a powerful reverb sound to render them clear and distinct or use it on blues guitar for unique note definition with the space of reverb between the notes.

The "Distorted Mode" imparts a thick, throaty distortion on the trails that is bold, jarring, and terribly powerful. The "Vinyl" control is the distortion wrecking ball. The "Depth" control adjusts pre-delay time.

"Flanged Mode" gives you two options: "Flanger Reverb" and "Sun-Drenched Vinyl Reverb", which is a random pitch vibrato added to the huge “Wall of Sound.” This mode has super-long reverb trails that twist and turn in a Wagnerian cacophony of dense reality-obliterating sound. Turn the "Vinyl" control to the left of centre for Flanger mode, or right of centre to hear sun-drenched, warped vibrato.

Vintage microphone and tape-machine responses like those produced by the RCA 44 and the Ampex 350 have been incorporated in the Gold Star Reverb. It even has a little AM Radio response where appropriate.

And if you want to "Just Go Naked", turn down the Vinyl control and use the three amazing-sounding reverbs, which offer a treasure trove of classic, timeless studio-rich sounds.