Keeley Seafoam Plus Chorus/Vibrato vs Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser
The Keeley Seafoam Plus Chorus/Vibrato and the Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser are both pedals sharing lush, modulated, low gain. The Keeley Seafoam Plus Chorus/Vibrato leans pristine. The Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser leans dynamic and warm.
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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.34% — somewhat different
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- lush
- modulated
- low gain
- shimmer
- smooth
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$249.95via Reverb
The Keeley Seafoam Chorus is a smooth, ethereal analog-voiced chorus and vibrato that uses an analog-digital design with an FET input to stay true to your core tone. Its True Chorus mode adds second and third voices with slight timing and pitch differences from the original signal, creating a more organic, three-dimensional chorus than typical units. Tone and blend controls are central to its range, letting players match darker humbucker or brighter single-coil guitars and push rate and depth for lush, trippy vibrato textures. The circuit pairs an uncommon IC with an opto-isolator LFO to deliver wide, shimmering modulation while suppressing the hum and noise common to analog choruses. It suits clean ambient, pop, and dreamy lead tones.
The Spaceman Explorer is a hand-wired six-stage analog optical phaser built in Portland, Oregon, known for a sweet, distinct phase voice that is sometimes liquidy and smooth, sometimes chewy and lush. Its frequencies ebb and flow organically while offering deep tone-shaping through resonance, mix, range and volume controls. The Resonance control adds feedback for over-the-top phasing, Range sets the low-frequency extension, and a wide Rate control spans extremely slow to very fast modulation, with five selectable wave shapes including sine, ramp up, ramp down, triangle and square. True-bypass relay switching with a soft-touch footswitch rounds out a boutique build that sits at the intersection of organic warmth and precise, mechanical pulse, suiting psychedelic, classic-rock and experimental textures.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Ambient
- Classic Rock
- Experimental
- pristine
- dynamic
- warm
- mid-forward