Keeley Fuzz Head Audio

Introduction
Welcome to the site dedicated to the masterfully crafted, professional, and versatile Fuzz Head pedal by Robert Keeley. Below are thirteen demonstrations of the Keeley Fuzz Head in action. In order to provide the listener with a full range of settings and to demonstrate, as much as is possible, the sheer number of tonal and timbral options available in this deceptively small package, I recorded these thirteen MP3s with the Fuzz Head opened and upturned: an array of capacitors ready for swapping and with ready access to both internal wheels--the tone wheel and the fuzz wheel. As a result of preparing these demonstrations, I have become familiar with what the Fuzz Head can do within my particular setup and have since settled on internal settings that meet my fuzz tone needs. It now rests comfortably on my pedal board, where it will remain. I sincerely believe that the Fuzz Head can accommodate many styles--vintage and contemporary--and will sit well before all sorts of amplifiers. So, once again, welcome! I truly hope you enjoy what you hear from this masterfully crafted, rich, and inspiring pedal, and that this baker's dozen of MP3s will enable you to imagine how the Keeley Fuzz Head could possibly work in your own rig. And as of February 2007, thanks to the talents of Jeffrey Adams, eight of the following mp3s have been put into tablature form. A huge thank you to his talents!!!

Gear Used and Session Summary
All of these MP3s were recorded in the space of a few spare days in my project studio. The first MP3, number one below, was recorded before having any formal intention of creating a site dedicated to the Fuzz Head. Then I got serious, added more microphones in front of each of my amplifiers, changed internal and external Fuzz Head settings, swapped capacitors, moved the wah before the fuzz, after it, and so on. In the end, there were far more sound files recorded than would be helpful if posted here, so I have selected these thirteen Fuzz Head tracks, ranging from mild overdrive to all-out fuzz. My main amplifier is a Fender Woody Blues Junior. The second is a Fender '59 Bassman LTD. Both come after an A/B/Y box. At times you may hear chorus, delay, reverb, and other effects. For the most part, I have downplayed these effects and have devoted full attention to the versatility of the Fuzz Head. Still, knowing that many, many guitarists incorporate an array of effects into their sound, I judged it necessary to include them. For guitars, I used a 1995, twenty-four fret Paul Reed Smith and a newer American Standard Telecaster. I put up a couple of Shure SM-57s, one large diaphragm microphone (Neumann TLM 103) for room ambience, and that's it. These tracks are intended to capture a live feel as one may experience playing through his or her own Fuzz Head at a gig, or at band practice, or simply when practicing chops. Some were played LOUD, others at more moderate levels. I hope these MP3s help you to decide if the Keeley Fuzz Head is the right fuzz/OD pedal to add to your rig. The Keeley Fuzz Head has permanently ended my search for the perfect overdrive/fuzz tone.