Today’s featured pedal come to us from a special place: Boone, NC, where we lived for seven years before venturing out West to our now-home in Boise. Our pal Brian is holding down the fort in our small mountain town for us, though, continuing to create some excellent musical gear as Keisman Pedals has been since 2011 in the High Country. Today’s particular gem is a boost/overdrive combo, with tons of tones on tap to enjoy...
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One-off pedals, or pedals that were only made in a batch of 3 or 5 or 10, have always appealed to my sense of collection. These specimens, being rare and sometime highly sought-after, make my (and others’) pedal collection that much cooler. I especially like it when no one can guess what it is, or inquisitively comment about the pedal and it’s origins. That said, we’ve got one of those today: the Vulture Fuzz from...
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The Keisman Thunderbird is a “must have” on my pedalboard. It provides you with two overdrives that bring a variety of flavor to your tone. On the righthand side of the pedal we have the Earlybird pedal, also sold separately, that brings you a light overdrive. It’s very nice to do as a “always on” drive or a stage one drive. If you’re wanting to stack drives and add a medium gain into your sound,...
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The Thunderbird from Keisman Pedals is an awesome 2-in-1, combining their Velvet Drive and Earl Bird pedals into one modestly-sized enclosure, and providing the user with a nice array of sounds and tones to beef up a guitar’s signal. The Early Bird side gets things started by providing a nice clean boost to your signal, with all the levels around noon. A light-medium drive, the right side of the Thunderbird produces a warm,...
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