The Soul Food should get you in the ball park but it does have a lot more mids and compression, compared to a Powerbooster. On older units there is a TRS Insert for adding effects in between the Fuzz and Modulation/Delay side of the pedal. You want the OD before the modulation and delay. I go guitar, input keeley, TRS cable one side into OCD, output OCD into other side TRS cable and then from output Keeley into my amp but it doesn’t work .. It’s been a while since I used it and I really didn’t explore the TRS that much. thx for the reply Bjorn, yea I decided to go individual pedals, just bought a Vibe Machine 2, and may pick up a Patriot, Vicks 73 ram or P19 yet, still deciding based on ur clips which is a great resource for us that can’t demo them personally.. cheers…and thx again, Based on your review and clips, I picked up a Keeley Psi Fuzz, which is a op amp/germanium muff similarly voiced to the one in the Dark Side Pedal. I hope you are fine ! Hope you’re doing well too! But I must say that I’m surprised and I’ve had such great fun exploring this pedal. As far as I know, the V2 doesn’t allow you to add pedals within the chain anymore, so you might want to track down a V1 for that. Do I really need one? Basically am I better off going with an independent fuzz and modulation pedals or will the dark side hold its own with others, kind of looking for the gilmourish rating you see on the gear page. I use this setup with my Maybach guitars. The Dark Side Uni-Vibe sounds surprisingly analog, with a beautifully tweaked character and feel. I am finding here lot of inspration and nice reading, thank you for this. I think the Dark Side has some really nice tones but you might prefer other versions of those some tones. Rotary Thank you!! I’ve bought all of my RIg based on your recommendations : black strat ssl5 >CS3>bd2>Keeley dark side > nova delay —> katana 50 He seems to want to do nothing but modulation pedals,and sure takes his time in his pursuit of perfection!!! Read more; Loomer – Sarah Lipstate Artist Series $ 299.00. The individual pieces that make up the Dark Side workstation are Fuzz, Delay and Modulation. It’s been a while since I played mine and I really didn’t experiment with the TRS that much. Very fair review as always Bjorn :) What is that black button for in the back. Thanks for any reply. Like the Monterey, this unit is completely hand built. Fender American Strat with the Abigails swapped for noiseless (they sounded awesome but too noisy). Necessity is the Mother of Invention. The Dark Side has two sections, fuzz and modulation/delay. The Dark Side delay has 12 different syncopated delays. Product Categories. Wouldn’t it be cool to walk into a store and just buy David Gilmour’s tone in a box? Best of luck, eagerly awaiting for your return for my education!! That said I 100% agree with you. For flanger I do have an mooer e-lady, and the keeley can’t compete with it. Hey Bjorn. No need to cascade boosts (with the additional noise)–this pedal is quiet. I just got mine today. Clones offered by Catalinbread and Boonar has more controls, providing a more authentic circuitry, but with a hint of organic sounding modulation and the basic controls for time, feedback and volume, you can easily dial in some lovely and very musical echo with the Dark Side. Naviga tra le offerte di keeley pubblicate dai negozi di strumenti musicali ai prezzi migliori. Rotating speaker simulators often sound more like a chorus or flanger than an actual Leslie cabinet. It should be clean but set the preamp as high as possible, without it distortion. Also, no battery option may be a concern for many people. 7/10? I did see one post stating that it was a 9 volt DC negative polarity 75 mA. New units have a simple push button switch to change the order! That crisp top end, with the dark throb is easy to dial in and it sounds equally focused and authentic on high speeds, which is needed for songs like Any Colour You Like. Hey got a question. I’ve no idea. Robert Keeley’s Dark Side boldly promise to provide the full experience and magic of David’s classic mid 70s sound. You can select between a multi-head tape delay effect or between a combination of 4 different modulation sounds. Hi Scott, https://www.patreon.com/mikehermanshttps://robertkeeley.com/product/dark-side/ We should all be so lucky as to be identified by the sound of a single note. You spoke and we listened! Im going to get a Skreddy Little miss sunshine phaser, Drybell vibe or Moonvibe and a Fuzz (not sure which one yet, maybe Wampler Velvet ), and Electric Lady. Doing great! As much as I think it can hold up in a gig situation, you’ll obviously have more tone and perhaps also more accurate tones, with single pedals. Please visit this site. Also it comes in a velvet bag. How would I do that? They make a great marriage with the amp and pedals. Oh yea dude! The individual pieces that make up the Dark Side workstation are Fuzz, Delay and Modulation. Obviously, when you crank the fuzz it will be noisy but all the modulations and delay were quiet. I fell in love with this pedal for its musical echoes and delay. Coming holidays I will take some time to find my favorite settings in the Keeley dark side. Really cool, great, authentic sounds the delay, or mods, instead of delay and mods is disappointing, but with the TRS loops, add the Catalinbread and everything is there for Gilmour in two boxes :) playing is as usual, GREAT! No worries. Much Love my friend, Keith. Do most of my stuff direct. Thanks Rob! Cheers! Effects can be a great way of expressing emotions or creating textures. They can be used simultaneously and the different modulation effects and the delay, is selected with a toggle switch. You can blend between the “Electric Lady” Flanger and a Les-Rotary cabinet, creating new sounds. How can you capture not only the actual tone but also the feel of owning and operating something close to the original vintage gear? Add to cart; Monterey Rotary Fuzz Vibe $ 299.00. Thank you, Greg! I think the review explains it very well. They share the same circuit and can’t be used simultaneously. That’s your minimum requirements. Nothing wrong with what you already have but I don’t think you should expect your pedals to sound like Gdansk with the amps you have. I think I am getting old … Hi Bjorn, many thanks for another excellent review! Your site is always so h... Hi Mike I’ve been eying this for a while, and was hoping you’d get your hands on one to review.. You’ll see a pic of the Dark Side during that clean part. Hi Phil! The Dark Side is the second in a new line of artist inspired pedals. The effects are really nice and you can also add additional pedals with the send/return. I’d send Keeley a message and ask. So, that’s TRS, or most of it anyway. It happens only with flange/rotary and phaser/uni-vibe modes, I don’t have this issue with the delay mode. You just tossed the cable aside. Hey Bjorn. It’s been a Gilmourish Christmas at my house this year. My setup is Slide Rig (#32) >MXR ‘Dumble in a Box’ OD in loop 1, Dark SIde in Loop 2, Caitlinbread EchoRec in Loop3 and a Keeley 30MS out through a H&K Rotosphere to two amps, 70s MusicMan 75 and Marshal Haze 40. Seems like they’d do a pretty solid job of getting Gilmour tones with a lot of useful and easy features. So with the “Dark Sinde” before and as I am a bloody beginner, for me the Mini will be more than good enough. It’s flat out great! They can’t figure out how to separate the delay from the modulation circuit?!!! Well … ;-). It’s the only thing that kept me from buying it. I imagine it’s going to be mind blowing, then he will hopefully make another perfect pedal, perhaps a flanger? I need your final advice on a last point. I wish the delay and modulation were separate. (TC Flashback for the solos), I think it sounds quite good and is the best I can do with my gear currently available. What are other people doing to maximize their muff tones? That depends on how you’re using the amp. I’d get the V1. Ok, let me get this straight: Muff Fuzz, Flanger, Phaser, Rotary, Uni-Vibe, and Multi-Head Tape Delay in one box? I have the V1 Version but I can’t figure out how the signal chain is supposed to be Set up in order to insert an additional Pedal between the fuzz and the Modulation. Tone is in the fingers. The send-return loop is far more interesting, as you can put anything you want between the fuzz and modulation section, meaning boosters, modulations… So important when you’re talking about a gilmour-in-a-box pedal IMHO…. Dave is playing some picking patterns there and then there is a C (or Bb I think… when you tune the guitar to D) and that one after that I just cant figure out :D Its after the long “dragged done by the stoooooooooone” No tab on the internet has it right IMO…. I recently bought one of these, at first I thought it was a bit of a toy, and an indulgence, but after two band rehearsals with it I love it! Finishing the album as we speak and trying to do a few more reviews and features as well :). First I replaced my ssl5 with an cs69, later I switched from my muff to a rat-clone to a tube screamer, I replaced my phaser with a univibe and now i lean towards my es 335 Ibanez because i started to dislike the vintage frets on my strat. I have both a V2 and V1 (was lucky enough to found a V1 before they disappeared from the market), what I do when travelling is putting the V2 with a Vick Audio Overdriver in the loop of the V1, so this way I can have both fuzz, boost, overdrive, modulation and delay in a compact rig. No movement on Gilmourish, figure you must be VERY, VERY busy. There are four parts to this effect. It was almost decided by the Laney cub 12R, but now I also doubt about the Marshall DSL1CR, which has a smaller size and a good bedroom configuration can go down to 0.1 W. What opinion do you have about this amplifier oriented to get good sounds Gilmour? Despite this point (maybe I’m a bit too demanding guitarist :D ) each of the effects are really great sounding! Costi di trasporto fissi, 30 giorni di garanzia soddisfatti o rimborsati e 3 anni di garanzia. The Dark Side is about creating sounds and adding new tones to your symphony. Jim. Share this post: Bjorn, Thanks I have a question, I own Monterey and now thinking of getting Dark Side and I am not sure which version, V1 so I can insert Monterey after the Fuxx on DS or V2 without this feature? Thank you for the review, Bjørn. The individual pieces that make up the Dark Side workstation are Fuzz, Delay and Modulation. I have one but had to have it replaced twice under warranty in about 3 months, so reliability is a concern. Please let me know how I hook up the TRS cable using both my V1 & V2 darkside pedals.o. I have an Evolution but not all of the other modulation stuff (I usually add that in my DAW), and I am wondering if the Dark Side makes sense for me mostly to get the modulation. I’ve never had any issues with my Mooer pedals but I’ve read that people do experience problems. This is, IMHO, a great beginning pedal for those chasing the Gilmour sound, it compliments other pedals well too, I use with a compressor and a boost and it’s just so close to the tone I was seeking. Although David had his rotary cabs after the whole pedal chain, in combo with the amps, a leslie pedal can easily be placed amomg the other modulation effects. Extra High Gain OC75 germanium transistor equipped fuzz. This one is completely and radically different. I am hesitating between Laney Cub 10, Blackstar HT 1R and Vox AC4TV, in the case of Laney will not be much 10 watts for the bedroom? Thanks a lot for your work and advices. Unfortunately he has not his own one yet…. I’d send Keeley an e-mail. And it looks like V2 exacerbated the problem. First, let me be the next in a VERY long line to thank you for your time (reviews), and compliment you on you playing (inspiring). I bought this little gem a few days ago, it is a Dark Side V2 and so there is no insert input on it. I don’t think the V2 has that if you read the info on Keeley’s site. It’s got all the tone you need. The Uni-Vibe is undoubtedly more associated with Hendrix and Trower than Gilmour, but what would Breathe have sounded like without it? Add to cart; Monterey Rotary Fuzz Vibe $ 299.00. The Dark Side provides all the textures that define an essence, in one pedal. I found out that there are different types of that pedal, even a mini which would better fit to my board. Saw this a little while back and I was waiting on your review to pull the trigger. There’s no need to wish you were here, get out your Strat and we’ll see you on the Dark Side. Sorry to hear about people trying to use your site as a scam. Great sounding amp and it sounds well balanced at typical bedroom levels. The Dark Side fuzz doesn’t really need boost in my opinion. Is it correct? I honestly don’t remember but it’s very easy to dial in. Atom. Hi Bjorn: I have had the Dark Side v2 for awhile, but have really started to finally dial in some good times in the last few months. I don’t think you can assign other effects anymore. I also need a nice phaser, so if the Flanger and the Phaser sound great, it may be worth picking this up and having another great sounding muff to fall back on would be a nice added bonus. Squier Classic Vibe Custom Tele (looks just like Dave’s ’59 Custom) :D Or it can be used for a single channel iwith a balanced signal. You want a fairly hot clean tone. rk, Dealers Distributors for Guitar Effects Pedals, Keeley and MannCorp for Circuit Board Manufacturing. I would kindly value your opinion if this setup would work at low volumes with the dark side or if a compressor is also a worthwhile investment, any suggestions or guidance would be greatly appreciated, thanks, Craig. I have tried a few positions on my pedal board but seem to get some noise interference.I have tried through both my amps Fender Blues deluxe and Fender Mustang GT 200 If you run your amp all clean, then the pedal is best connected through the frint input. The delay, phaser and Uni-Vibe also sounds really impressive and with a bit of tweaking, the flanger also does the job. Hi Bjorn. Would you recommend a small tube amp? I have a question, excuse me if you have already answered it. Yeah they are pricey but well... Hey Luther, I have done the effect my way here: ht... Im interested in buying the Roland blues cube stag... Hello Bjorn here’s wishing you well in 2021! Ive been here since 2006, you were here before weren’t you? FYI I was looking on Keeley’s site and noticed the Version 2 is out now: “DARK SIDE V2 Please visit robertkeeley.com for all the details. Interesting point on placing OD/Compressor in front. The Ibanez is so much easier to play. But it sounds really good! I’d place the Dark Side after compressors and maybe add a stand alone delay, so you’ll be able to use the modulation side of the pedal. It’s a fun thing and some of the sounds are really good but it’s not a complex stroring and patch unit. Keeley Phaser – Daniel Donato Artist Series $ 179.00. Thanks in advance for your help and thoughts guys, as I can’t find any information on that I don’t know if this is a common issue with the V2 or just my model that is faulty. Add to cart; Neutrino Envelope Filter V2 $ 179.00. The Dark Side delay has 12 different syncopated delays. there are 100 sites posting about the same gear but no other posting cool stuff about MR Gilmour like you used to do it! And it makes me sound like Dave Gilmour?? My question is, since you can’t use modulation and delay at the same time and have to look at separate pedals, which doesn’t really bother me too much, have you looked at the new Boss MD200 or DD200 pedals? Thanks As far as sources goes, David had and still has, the UniVibe after the fuzz. By going down this obvious more expensive route compared to DSOTM pedal, I am assuming il end up with better Floyd tones ? It’s a super cool pedal for jam sessions or a trip to the cabin, when you just want to bring your guitar, a small amp and little else. For anyone else that, like me, doesn’t need the modulation features of the Dark Side but would like his take on a muff, I highly recommend it. I just got mine through Amazon and it has the new button. I think the pedal would go nicely with your setup. Looks like the limitations on the delay is kind of a non-starter for me. The Dark Side provides all the textures that define an essence, in one pedal. It comes from the heart, and was written because you are my friend, and despite my oersonal troubles, I always have my friends back. The chords sequence, in E tuning, starts with the long Bb, A, F, Em, Dm, Dsus2. Great pedal BTY, you’ll enjoy ? 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