The Keeley Monterey is a Keeley multi fx pedal. Close alternatives include the Beetronics Zzombee Filtremulator and the Keeley Dark Side Workstation. It pairs well with the Gibson Les Paul LP-1 Preamp and the Magnatone 280.
Keeley Monterey
Keeley · pedal
The Keeley Monterey is a four-in-one multi-effect pedal combining fuzz, rotary speaker simulation, octave, and wah effects inspired by the sonic palette of Jimi Hendrix's 1967 Monterey Pop Festival performance. The pedal recreates the four key effects associated with Hendrix's most famous performance in a single enclosure: a Big Muff-style fuzz, a rotating speaker cabinet effect, an octave fuzz, and a wah filter. Used for Hendrix-inspired tone recreation and psychedelic rock performance.
- octave
- psychedelic
- filter
- big muff
- wah
- rotary
- american
- fuzz
Good for
- Live
- Studio
- Silent Recording
- Silent Stage
Genres the Keeley Monterey is commonly used in
- Rock
- Experimental
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Psychedelic Rock
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Funk
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Stoner Rock
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Shoegaze
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
Amps that pair well with the Keeley Monterey
Pedals that stack with the Keeley Monterey
SolidGoldFX Oblivion
Solidgoldfx
tonal matchPut SolidGoldFX Oblivion in front and the fuzzy tone leans further toward octave
Caroline Guitar Company Parabola State Tremolo
Caroline Guitar Company
tonal matchPut Caroline Guitar Company Parabola State Tremolo in front and the fuzzy tone leans further toward clean boost
Subdecay Octave Theory Octave Modulator Synthesizer
Subdecay
tonal matchSubdecay Octave Theory Octave Modulator Synthesizer stacks octave on top of the fuzzy already here
EarthQuaker Devices Swiss Things
EarthQuaker Devices
tonal matchEarthQuaker Devices Swiss Things stacks clean boost on top of the fuzzy already here
EarthQuaker Devices Utility Series Buffer Preamp
EarthQuaker Devices
tonal matchEarthQuaker Devices Utility Series Buffer Preamp stacks clean boost on top of the fuzzy already here
Maxon DB10 Dual Booster
Maxon
tonal matchMaxon DB10 Dual Booster layers clean boost onto an already fuzzy signal
Morley MDB2 Dual Boost Distortion
Morley
tonal matchMorley MDB2 Dual Boost Distortion stacks clean boost on top of the fuzzy already here
MXR double-double overdrive
MXR
tonal matchPut MXR double-double overdrive in front and the fuzzy tone leans further toward clean boost
Alternatives
Beetronics Zzombee Filtremulator
Beetronics
72% similarityShared character: pedal, wah, one_octave
Keeley Dark Side Workstation
Keeley
68% similarityShared character: big_muff, fuzz, s_build_quality
Fuzzrocious M.o.t.h. Overdrive/Fuzz/Tremolo/Oscillator
Fuzzrocious
66% similarityShared character: fuzz, pedal
Boss ES-8 Effects Switcher
Boss
65% similarityShared character: performance
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Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Keeley Monterey?+
The closest matches in character are the Beetronics Zzombee Filtremulator, the Keeley Dark Side Workstation, the Fuzzrocious M.o.t.h. Overdrive/Fuzz/Tremolo/Oscillator.
What pairs well with the Keeley Monterey?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Gibson Les Paul LP-1 Preamp, Magnatone 280, SolidGoldFX Oblivion — Gibson Les Paul LP-1 Preamp stacks modulated on top of the fuzzy already here.