Boss DS-1 Keeley Mod – Marshall Tone In A Box!


Here goes a side by side demo of an original Boss DS-1 against The Keeley Modded BOSS DS-1. The difference in tone and overall sonic blueprint is pretty amazing, to the point of being a completely different pedal.

Keeley has added higher quality components which lower noise and provide a wider range of gain and volume. The mod aims to deliver more tube-like sweeter distortion tones. The mod also incorporates a "seeing-eye" led light that gets brighter the louder you play and impacts the circuitry to provide a richer distortion tone. There is also a toggle switch for extended gain.

The pedals in this demo are run through a Vox as30vt with a touch of verb. The Keeley website refers to this mod/pedal as the "Finest in Marshall amp tone in box" and after hearing this it's pretty hard to argue with that!!!

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November 15, 2008
Posted in Guitar Effects,Keeley Effects,Pedal Mods — admin @ 8:23 am

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  1. Boss DS-1 Keeley Mod – Marshall Tone In A Box! | The Gear Mall…

    Here goes a side by side demo of a original Boss DS-1 against The Keeley Modded BOSS DS-1. The difference in tone and overall sonic blueprint Is pretty amazing, to the point of being a completely……

    Trackback by linksmarker.com — November 15, 2008 @ 7:26 pm

  2. [...] sound I think the Keeley Mod of the Boss DS-1 could be a good option – video demo link below: Boss DS-1 Keeley Mod – Marshall Tone In A Box! | The Gear Mall __________________ The Gear Mall.com – Boutique Amplifiers & Vintage [...]

    Pingback by Pedal for Marshall sound - My Les Paul Forums — November 16, 2008 @ 1:14 am

  3. Cool store! Are you using BANS??

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    Comment by Stratoblogster — November 16, 2008 @ 4:39 pm

  4. mlllfqguyiuafrsiwell, hi admin adn people nice forum indeed. how’s life? hope it’s introduce branch ;)

    Comment by RuingigunamijusRappy — January 3, 2009 @ 8:06 am

  5. I have the DS-1 Ultra and I can tell you, DO NOT USE BATTERIES!!! I’ve been playing with this pedal for a while to find the sweet spot. I don’t have a pedal board and use few pedals. So with a battery, I get this honkey mid (tone suck) sound. It only takes about an hours for it to start sounding bad. Plug it in, no matter what.

    Comment by Bill — February 4, 2009 @ 12:34 pm

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