Musikmesse 2017: Keeley unleashes Filaments high-gain distortion pedal

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Tube-like drive features three gain stages and seven layers of EQ

MUSIKMESSE 2017: Pedal guru Robert Keeley has dropped his most aggressive design yet, the Filaments high-gain distortion.

Promising tube-like distortion via three gain stages and seven ways to EQ the tone, the Filaments features controls for level, gain, bass, body, boost, crunch, presence, bright and treble.

Boost and crunch switches provide two levels of gain and compression, while presence and bright cater for different guitar and pickup configurations.

The Filaments operates on 9V to 18V power supplies and features true bypass switching.

It's available from 5 April for $189 - see Keeley Electronics for 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.