Imagine the ability to combine the best and defining characteristics of different overdrive & boost pedals in order to create hybrid sounds no one has ever played through before. That is exactly what Keeley Electronics engineered with the Noble Screamer. It’s a 4-in-1 pedal that gives you two very familiar drive circuits and two brand new amp-like overdrive and distortion tones.
It’s almost like pedal-modelling, except these are 100% analogue circuits, and you decide which tone-control or clipping-section you want to play through. Toggle between battle-tested, classic overdrive effects or innovate your sound using new hybrid tones; let your ears be the judge.
The Noble Screamer can be powered by a regular 9V DC PSU (centre -, 2.1 mm, 26 mA current draw)
Key Features
- Switchable Diode clipping – Switchable between Hard or Soft Diode Clipping – If the Clipping Switch is in the OD Position it features Hard Diode Clipping which is an edgier, more aggressive tone. When in the TS Position that uses Soft Diode Clipping, like a tube amplifier softly overdriven.
- Switchable Tone Control – Move between Broad Spectrum Tone Control or a Narrow Focus Low Pass Filter dependant on what style of Overdrive you want to dial in. When the Tone Switch is up and in the OD Position you will hear a ‘Spectrum’ type of tone control that has the ability to go from a flat EQ to an EQ that has a boost in the treble and bass response.
- 100% analogue circuit with all-analogue signal path – This provides the user with a warmer tone.
- Silent soft-touch switch with switchable Buffered or True Bypass Switching – The Keeley Noble Screamer features Keeley Electronics Vitamin K Infused Buffer for noise free switching. They have developed an amazing sounding buffer which not only makes your rig sound better, it gives you silent switching with no tone loss. No more pops and clicks to distract from your music. If you want to turn that feature off and go back to true bypass, simply press and hold down the foot switch for two seconds and the pedal will switch to True-Bypass.
Even with all of these features, the pedal remains a user-friendly three knob overdrive. The innovation in the Noble Screamer doesn’t end there; the design features true-bypass or buffered, truly silent switching, on the fly.
