Keeley Magnetic Echo vs Keeley New-Halo-Core
The Keeley Magnetic Echo and the Keeley New-Halo-Core are both pedals sharing modulated, ambient, slapback. The Keeley Magnetic Echo leans warm and pristine. The Keeley New-Halo-Core leans analog warmth. Current prices: $126.65 vs $249.99.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.51% — moderately similar
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Ambient
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- modulated
- ambient
- slapback
Keeley Magnetic Echo
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Keeley New-Halo-Core
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$126.65via Reverb
$249.99via Reverb
The Keeley Magnetic Echo is a modulated tape-style delay that simulates warm tube tape echo using a lo-fi delay voice, gently filtered repeats, and subtle modulation. It produces a warm, smooth sound with no glassy digital edge, sitting less in-your-face than typical digital delays while staying guitar-friendly. Controls for Time, Regen, and Level set the delay, with delay times spanning roughly 40 to 600 milliseconds, while dedicated Wow and Flutter Depth and Rate controls add authentic tape pitch movement for vintage or unique textures. It suits players after classic tape echo warmth for slapback, rhythmic repeats, and ambient trails. In shoot-outs its repeats are praised as sounding closer to real tape, with more sophisticated modulation than rivals.
The Keeley Halo Core is a streamlined, compact version of the Halo Andy Timmons Dual Echo, distilling the signature modulated diffusion delay into three modes: Andy's iconic HALO sound, Quarter Note, and Dotted Eighth. It produces cascading, dancing repeats held together with tape-style modulation, saturation, and compression, creating a reverb-like diffusion that stays out of the way of the dry guitar. Features include true stereo input and output, switchable trails or true bypass, infinite repeats, and tap-controllable subdivisions including dotted-eighth, quarter-note, and golden-ratio stacked echoes. Its brushed black and silver enclosure feels premium and road-ready. It suits ambient leads and expansive stereo textures, delivering the celebrated Halo voice in a smaller footprint.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Blues
- Indie
- Rock
- warm
- pristine
- analog warmth
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Occasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.- Live
- Studio
- Live
- Studio
- Worship