Keeley launches Retro Super Germanium Overdrive pedal

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Custom shop stompbox promises to be “a fuzz, drive and cranked amp all in one”

Keeley has unveiled the Retro Super Germanium Overdrive pedal, a modified version of its Super Phat Mod.

Promising to be a “fuzz, drive and a cranked amp all in one”, the Retro Super Germanium Overdrive is based around a germanium amplifier stage, which simulates an old-school fuzz plugged into a cranked amp, apparently.

Keeley has also tweaked the secondary gain stage to be more dynamic, and equally adept at low- and high-gain applications.

The Retro Super Germanium Overdrive is available now for $179 - Keeley Electronics has more.

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Mike has been Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com since 2019, and an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict for far longer. He has a master's degree in journalism from Cardiff University, and 15 years' experience writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as 20 years of recording and live experience in original and function bands. During his career, he has interviewed the likes of John Frusciante, Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Matt Bellamy, Kirk Hammett, Jerry Cantrell, Joe Satriani, Tom DeLonge, Radiohead's Ed O'Brien, Polyphia, Tosin Abasi, Yvette Young and many more. His writing also appears in the The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar. In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock as Maebe.