Keeley DS-9 Distortion

Two Legendary Distortions In One Box!

The Green And Orange

You now have the famous SD Sonique Distortion and the DS Orange Distortion in one box, the Keeley DS-9 Distortion.  These are very similar styles of distortions.  The Orange pedal had more gain because it has the added transistor gain stage.  The Sick Green pedal had a higher bass output that made tons of famous players happy because there was no low-end cut off.  It suffered from low output volume (missing the transistor) and a limited tone control.  In fact, many players can be seen using the Green Meanie with the Level and Gain cranked and the Tone completely off!  Since 1978 The Orange Distortion box has been considered a roach.  Nothing will kill it, and they are everywhere.  It’s easy to get a good Marshall-esque type of sound from this pedal, it does hard rock great.  What we did with the Keeley DS-9 Distortion is combine the two boxes via a toggle switch.  The toggle controls a relay that moves circuit elements around to give you accurate recreations of those pedals.  We also gave you a Bass Cutoff Control to create new sounds by varying the amount of low end gain you want.

The Sound of Light Emitting Diodes, Wire and Wood.

I got to play my first SD-9 and DS-1 while living in Germany in the mid-80s.  I played them at the Music Klemer and Musik Schaller in Kaiserslautern.  (The same music store I swore off compressors for over a decade after hearing the Ibanez CP-9 for the first time.)  Do you remember hearing things like the Steve Vai, or Joe Satriani for the first time?  I sure do.  They influenced me greatly.  I even got to modify their pedals.  What a rush. Dave Weiner had sent in two of Steve’s pedals for me to modify, back then there was just the Seeing Eye Mod.  I was so inspired I came up with the DS-Ultra Mod while listening to Live in an Ultra World.  Those DS mods were kind of new at the time.  I hadn’t seen people using LED’s for distortion much yet, and surely not on a switch that the user could control, and most certainly not one that was visible for the player to actually SEE the distortion it was creating.  Fun Times!

Warranty & Returns

All New products are covered by the manufacturers new warranty. Please check their website for the length of warranty and warranty conditions. If an item you receive is faulty get in touch with us ASAP. Second Hand products come with a 4 week warranty from us. If there is an issue let us know ASAP! This covers normal use and does not cover accidental damage, misuse, wrong power plugged into it, modding, water damage or any other damage caused by mistreatment. Just treat it nice and all will be good!

Shipping

We send A LOT of packages every week so don't worry about the shipping side of things!

We've never lost a thing and your awesome new gear will be packed up really well to avoid any damage in transit.

If your order comes in before 2pm we will ship it same day. Most of the time we pack things up all the way to 4pm so just call if you need it to leave same day after 2pm.

We ship mainly with Australia Post but may use a courier depending on location and size of the package.

Free Post ships with Australia Post standard and expected shipping times are between 4-6 business days depending on location. It will be longer to outside of metro and rural areas.

Express Post will usually be with you next business day in metro areas of QLD, NSW, SA, VIC and TAS. WA will take 2 days to metro and extra days after that to out side metro and rural areas.

Everything we ship has a tracking number with the exception of some power cables and smaller envelope packages. You will be emailed tracking once your order has been shipped!