Keeley Effects: Monterey Pt.5 - Wah

This video deals primarily with the Monterey's Wah feature and many of its applications with and without the onboard fuzz.

Robert Keeley and his crew have given us some amazing new pedals over the past 24 months or so. Perhaps none as amazing as the new Monterey, a fuzz/vibe/rotary/wah workstation whose hippie facade hides its rather broad capabilities. We're talking vintage fuzz without the Germanium temperament, big throbbing vibe, gospel-like rotary/leslie simulation, auto, cocked, manual and harmonic wah and a hidden 'order' switch with which to change the order of the modulation and fuzz effects. Whew. Yes, it does a LOT. That is why I've chosen to upload demos of each component in instalments and separately. I think I love this pedal. No, I really LOVE it. :)

Today's tools:

Guitar: Smitty "Bluey" S-Style with Brierley Rebellion Pickups (50's style Strat pickups)
Amp: Fender Super-Sonic Ltd Ed. (V30).
Extra effects: Onboard Monterey mod effects
Cables: Providence
Power Supply: Voodoo Lab MONDO
Mic: Shure SM57 (amp) Samson Airline77 (me)
Camera: Canon 60D (me) and Sony HDR CX190 (pedal)
Soundcard: AVID Mbox Pro 3
Computer: Apple iMac 27" i7 3.4 GHz 16 GB RAM
Software: Pro Tools 12.4, Waves CLA Guitars (slight comp over input track), Waves L3-16 Limiter (to keep levels in check at output), Apple Final Cut Pro X (video editing and Youtube compression).

[MrSpeed-ltgr]

Burgs I just got this last night and was ready to return it because I felt so overwhelmed. Thank you for breaking it down in your multiple videos for it. I’m going to see how it works in a live setting next week. If I like it I’m keeping it. Thank you for explaining it in such a great fashion.

Eric

[tonytemple]

Brett, you make a video worth watching. Thank you.

[kbbluesgreens]

Incredibly versatile pedal. I have one and really like it!

[sam]

that thing could replace almost my entire pedalboard . Nice demo !

[hihopeseveryday]

wow radical! mate you've put this one through its paces!!! Superbly inventive as always. A cooked wah reminds me of pistols at dawn scenario, this is very unique and you really had fun or what was it complete mayhem!

[Dolores]

Love everything about this pedal!!!
But not digging the octave
Wonder why they didn’t go with Octavia type???
Killer
Prolly getting this!

[bengalvin]

i feel like this pedal was made for me!

[SaintFredrocks]

The only thing that could make this better would be presets.

[johandelaire]

That Prince part, you’re looking for... isn’t it the intro for When Doves Cry?

[davidcarpenter]

Best video on this pedal or should I say videos, ,, five WOW ... I know you, ,, approve ... Thanks ...

[lpa]

the expression pedal does not work on mine

[stevenbeechey]

With the expression pedal in can you adjust the Q of the wah with the frequency knob ? And can the harmonic wah be controlled too?