Ryan's Gig Guide - February 2018

r gg Feb 2018 - p.38 WWW. R YA N S G I G G U I D E . C OM Order in the Court! I hereby order you to release your Phaser and Flanger effect pedals from your closet prison!!! When said parolee pedals have been properly pow- ered I order that you place them before your current favorite dirt box. Muff, Klon, or HM-2, I don't care, just throw them down. I know everyone uses the guideline, modulation after drive, but I want you to ReverseThat. If you haven't tried yet, put those ped- als before your crunch boxes for a while. It sounds great don't it? Lest we forget Lord Gilmour made a righteous Aria with his guitar and the effects in that order. Court Adjourned. Next time you're practicing with your mates, and you go to reach for the volume control on your amp, do everyone a righteous favor, don't. Instead take a look at your effects pedals. Look at which ones you keep on all the time and see if they have a tone control. Now, listen to your band and where you fit in. Adjust the EQ of those pedals to fit in your own space and Be Heard! In fact, if you're really in tune, remove fre- quencies, and then Level Up to find yourTrue Notch. Compression. You rarely hear anything without it. So, I'd say it's pretty much a required thing.The ben- efit of compression pedals is not only for you, it's the listener's pleasure too! Sure, it makes your picking hand's job easier and it can add apparent sustain to that perfect half step bend you just nailed, but the person listening to you? Here's what they get; they get a player that sounds more polished and they can hear the individual notes you are playing more dis- tinctly and at a uniform volume. They hear less un- expected peaks and dips in your attack and volume. MakeYou, Sound Better. rk. www.rkfx.com www.facebook.com/KeeleyFX www.instagram.com/keeleyelectronics Robert Keeley is the godfather of effects units and founder of Keeley Electronics, Oklahoma, USA whom started out modifying existing effects pedals and has now designed 100’s if not 1000’s of effect pedal circuits that are gracing pedalboards of musicians the world over. KEELEY’S TOP TIPS