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Fuzz So Heavy, It Had to Be Split The Crossover Fuzz is a screaming, swirling filter-fuzz monster. It takes your signal, slices it into high and low frequencies, and then absolutely wrecks each band with Death By Audio’s signature fuzz. Like a crossover circuit on a rampage, it gives you independent control over each half of your sound (highs and lows), letting you shape, destroy, and reimagine your tone like never before.

Fuzz So Heavy, It Had to Be Split

The Crossover Fuzz is a screaming, swirling filter-fuzz monster. It takes your signal, slices it into high and low frequencies, and then absolutely wrecks each band with Death By Audio’s signature fuzz. Like a crossover circuit on a rampage, it gives you independent control over each half of your sound (highs and lows), letting you shape, destroy, and reimagine your tone like never before.

Fuzz So Heavy, It Had to Be Split The Crossover Fuzz is a screaming, swirling filter-fuzz monster. It takes your signal, slices it into high and low frequencies, and then absolutely wrecks each band with Death By Audio’s signature fuzz. Like a crossover circuit on a rampage, it gives you independent control over each half of your sound (highs and lows), letting you shape, destroy, and reimagine your tone like never before.

A Faithful Recreation of the Legendary C.O.B. Fuzz The DS Custom Audio Electronics Octave Blender is a meticulously crafted clone of the legendary Prescription Electronics Clean Octave Blend (C.O.B.), delivering crisp, defined octave-up tones with thick, vintage-inspired fuzz. Whether you’re chasing Hendrix-style lead lines, searing octave solos, or glitchy, synth-like textures, this pedal offers unparalleled note clarity and harmonic richness—all while maintaining a touch-sensitive, dynamic response.

Blend Your Perfect Octave-Fuzz Mix The Octave Blender features intuitive controls that allow you to dial in everything from subtle octave enhancement to full-on fuzzed-out chaos:

Volume – Controls the overall output, letting you balance your signal perfectly in the mix. Blend – Adjusts the mix between your clean signal and the octave fuzz, offering a wide range of textures. Boost – Increases the intensity and sustain of the octave effect, pushing leads to the forefront. Unlike typical octave fuzz pedals, the Octave Blender retains note clarity while adding a rich, harmonic upper octave, making it an ideal choice for lead players who want cutting, expressive tones without losing definition.

A Must-Have for Octave Fuzz Lovers From classic rock and blues to stoner riffs and experimental noise, the Octave Blender is a versatile tool for players who love vintage fuzz with a unique, octave-up twist. Whether you’re stacking it with other pedals or using it for standalone psychedelic leads, this pedal delivers authentic, raw, and responsive octave fuzz tones.

Key Features:

• Faithful clone of the Prescription Electronics C.O.B.
• Blend control for mixing clean signal with octave fuzz
• Bright, defined octave-up effect with rich harmonics
• Responsive to playing dynamics and note articulation
• Perfect for psychedelic rock, blues, stoner, and experimental tones
• Handmade by DS Custom Audio Electronics for premium quality

For players who love vintage octave fuzz with more control and versatility, the DS Custom Audio Electronics Octave Blender is an indispensable addition to your pedalboard.

The SLOB is the BLAMMO! version of the COB, but with a few convenient updates. For those who don't know, the COB, or Clean Octave Blend, was/is a pedal from Prescription Electronics that takes the classic Octavia circuit (used by Jimi Hendrix) and adds more output volume plus a blend control that allows users to mix clean guitar signal with a mid gain analog octave up fuzz tone.

First, we upgrade the old clicky style footswitch to a no-click relay based true-bypass switching system that's rated for 3x as many cycles. Second, we shrink the enclosure and use top mounted in/out and power jacks making it more compact and pedalboard friendly. Then, we match the forward voltage of the signal path diodes to maximize the octave effects analog stang. A beefed up power filtering section cleans up more of the hiss and hum plus a polarity protection diode safeguards against potential damage if the wrong power adapter is accidentally plugged in.

Features:

• True Bypass
• No Click Footswitch
• Board mounted Alpha pots with dust covers
• High quality components
• Teflon coated wiring
• UV printed graphic
• Green LED indicator
• Accepts the standard 2.1mm center negative 9 volt DC adapter (Boss style)
• Current Draw: 32ma

Call in the Cavalry with the Schu-Tone Cavalier Stereo Chorus. The Cavalier is a unique sounding chorus pedal with the added benefit of a stereo output. If you are looking for a smooth and lush chorus, this is the one for you. The Rate and Depth controls work together to deliver chorus tones that can be subtle tone-thickening or enormous chorus wobble. This circuit can also deliver some very convincing Leslie-type sounds. The added benefit of the Tone control lets you dial in the exact chorus sound that you are looking for. What sets this apart is the stereo spread that it creates. With the switch in the up (dry) position, the stereo output is your dry signal, letting you have a wet/dry mix. When it is in Chorus mode, the stereo output is a chorus signal, giving you a huge spread of sound. If you are looking for a stereo output and lush modulation, the Schu-Tone Cavalier Stereo is what you need!

“Stand Back Earthquaker… I got a big knob too!” – Robert Keeley

A light-hearted joke at a Florida bar and grill, where Robert introduced the all new Keeley Germanium Amplifier to a crowd of life-long friends and fans. This Custom-Shop single-knob preamp was designed and hand built by Robert himself, and is meant to be the very first if not only pedal between your guitar and amp.

Before his 2018 trip to Florida, Robert spent countless hours refining this recipe, improvising with the differently biased, temperamental germanium transistors to make each and every Germanium Amplifier truly one of a kind. Some sound a bit hotter with a little more edge, some sound a bit warmer and smoother. But the tie that binds is that every one of these units sounds simply stunning.

Robert wanted to build every one of the initial units by hand, and then proceeded to work for hours on refining the sound of each individual unit. What happened next was almost magical. Entering a mediative state, going back to the old days of being hunched over a desk, inhaling solder fumes, making decisions and learning things on the fly, and absolutely loving every moment of it! That’s why these pedals bear his signature… they were truly built with the love, experience, and the attention to detail that only Rob himself can provide.

Next came the graphics. We worked with artist Phillip Ortiz to create a timeless design that harkens back to Robert’s humble beginnings, as well as his love for vintage stereo equipment. One big knob (that can easily be controlled by foot) paired with our new logo and famous blue LED creates a slick, simple design that will look good on its own or as part of a meticulously laid out pedalboard.

Try the Keeley Germanium Amplifier first in your rig, before all other pedals. Place other pedals like tuners, wahs, fuzzes and drivers after it. This pedal likes to be connected to guitar pickups and is very interactive. It doesn’t have to be connected that way, but it’s a nice place to start.

Each unit is currently being made with the Tungsram AC125 germanium PNP transistor. There is a bias control which players can adjust if they want more or less gain available. Each unit ships with the ability to go from fairly clean to a bit of vintage breakup. Adjustments can easily be made with the back plate removed. Power is from a standard 9 volt or isolated power supply like the Voodoo Labs Pedal Power II.

For now, the Keeley Germanium Amplifier effect pedals are only available as a hand-built unit by Robert. Wait time is 4-6 weeks.

Keeley's take on a classic overdrive tone.

The Red Dirt overdrive began from a quest to find the perfect classic drive sound while also offering new levels of sonic versatility to satisfy a wider range of musical styles. Founder and head engineer Robert Keeley took this idea and combined the great sounds found within his original "Mod Plus" and "Baked" modified pedals and added refinements found exclusively in his custom pedal line. By incorporating these tones along with the Keeley standard of U.S.A. hand-built quality using premium components, the Red Dirt overdrive aims to become an indispensable part of any pedal chain.

Keeley's take on a classic overdrive tone.

The Red Dirt overdrive began from a quest to find the perfect classic drive sound while also offering new levels of sonic versatility to satisfy a wider range of musical styles. Founder and head engineer Robert Keeley took this idea and combined the great sounds found within his original "Mod Plus" and "Baked" modified pedals and added refinements found exclusively in his custom pedal line. By incorporating these tones along with the Keeley standard of U.S.A. hand-built quality using premium components, the Red Dirt overdrive aims to become an indispensable part of any pedal chain.

The Red Dirt Overdrive is why people have been screaming, “Robert Keeley, the mod god! and John Petrucci needing two for his touring rig!

The Keeley Ibanez TS9 Baked Mod takes a traditional Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer Pedal and modifies it for incredible saturation, sustain, and wonderfully controllable feedback.

Robert Keeley uses the Texas Instruments RC4558P chip in this unit is the same used in early Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamers along with a high-quality socket with gold inserts, metal film resistors, and metal film capacitors.

The range of the Drive control has been shifted as well; if a traditional TS9 goes from 0-10, the TS9 Baked Mod goes from 4-14. Additionally, one of the resistors that affects input impedance is raised a slight bit, allowing your pickups to breathe and reducing tone-sucking when off, and the input transistor is replaced with an MPSA18. The result is over-the-top overdrive that’s virtually noise-free.

The Verbena is a stereo (mono in, stereo out, MISO) “dramatic” reverb, capable of a vast range of reverberated effects from standard reverb, pitch-shifted reverb, reverse reverb, and even modulated reverb, all available in any combination of your choosing.

The Verbena uses found and forgotten technology from the 1980s and early 1990s, including DRAM (hence “DRAMatic” reverb) to achieve all of the aforementioned effects, glued together with standard logic-based architecture and requisite supporting filter topologies alongside a dense modulation and feedback network. There is no programming or modern DSP involved in the operation of the Verbena, yet it is still able to recreate many modern reverb tones and features.

This pedal uses a standard 9VDC center negative power supply (no batteries), drawing roughly 170-220mA during operation, depending on Pre-Delay time - faster delay times require more current (initial power up may require more current, use 500mA power jack if available). Power is required to pass signal, even when in bypass (a la Boss-style pedals). On power up it may take a few seconds for the pedal to fully produce reverberated effects. This is normal. The controls are as follows:

Pre-Delay: sets the delay time before the reverberated effect is heard, from immediate up until around 3 seconds, with the effect becoming more degraded as the Pre-Delay time is extended and the system clock is dragged out.

Diffuse: controls the duration of the reverberated effect, ranging from chorus/flanger-like whispers up to beyond slapback territory. Around noon is a good starting point for dense, rich reverb.

Dwell: controls the amount of feedback for the reverberated effect, essentially changing the size of the “room” and how long the effect “dwells” in the space. Depending on your other settings, maxing out Dwell will push your repeats just into runaway feedback.

Mix: controls the balance of the dry signal (fully counterclockwise) and reverberated signal (fully clockwise). When using higher settings for Pre-Delay or Diffuse a more natural sound can be achieved by favoring the Dry signal, allowing the effect to sit better in the mix.

Move: controls the rate (speed) of a set-depth modulation network, from no modulation (fully counterclockwise) to near-ring mod-esque modulation (fully clockwise). The rate of modulation is displayed by the LED on the face of the pedal. As noted, turning the Move control fully counterclockwise will disable the modulation source.

Pitch: controls the pitch of a portion of the feedback (Dwell) network, allowing you to transpose your reverberated tone +/-1 octave in 12 half steps (semitones) each (24 total semitones). +/-1 octave is found fully clockwise and fully counterclockwise, respectively, while +/- a 5th is found around 2:30 and 10:30 on the dial, respectively, and neutral (no pitch shifting) is found around noon. Note that depending on how other controls are set the neutral/unison pitch may cascade into runaway feedback more quickly, as the resonance compounds.

Reverse: a footswitch that, when engaged, will reverse the reverberated signal, depending on how you have the Pre-Delay control set. Note that there must be at least some amount of Pre-Delay for the reverse effect to work (you can’t reverse what isn’t there, after all).

Enjoy!

Many professional musicians use the Arion Stereo Chorus due to it's unique tone. However, there have been many request to modify the pedal to make it more durable as well as better sounding. Highly skilled engineers at E.W.S (Engineering Work Store), of Prosound Communications Inc. Japan, have crafted special modifications to meet the pro musicians' most severe demands. Here are the features and a few comments from endorsers regarding the modifications to the Arion Chorus:

ARION SCH-Z [CHORUS/VIBE] Mod by EWS features:

• Installation of 3PDT Switch which makes the pedal True Bypass
• Modified tone adjustment for much smoother sound while retaining the original tone
• Vivid and readable blue LED
• Chorus and Vibe mode switchable : Note OUT2(STEREO) is no longer available due to this MOD.

MSRP : $220