KEELEY
ELECTRONICS
DYNATREM
DYNAMIC TREMOLO
REVIEW BY FLETCHER STEWART
STREET PRICE $199
PLEASE DO TOUCH…
I SHAKE SO MUCH
Robert Keeley has come so
far since his early modfather
days. Recently, he and his
team have been cranking
out some top shelf original
circuits. The new Keeley
pedals dish out stellar
tones and comprehensive
control, while maintaining
compact housing for prime
pedalboard real estate. The
delicious new DynaTrem is
no exception and easily
my favorite to date.
On the face of the unit,
the crimson and gold color
scheme and tube radio
grillcloth graphics exude
pure class. Luckily, the tones
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match the tux. With
a mere four dials and
a three-way toggle
switch, one can tweak
out the tremolo gamut
with a smorgasbord of
sinewy waveforms and
speeds that range from
choppy to chewy and
everything in between.
What’s more is the ability
to conduct the rate and
depth with pick-attack
for an organic-electric
relationship that is pure
dynamic dopamine. It is
addictive, inspirational
and as dynamic as the name
suggests. Let’s dig a little
deeper and find those
slinky sine and square
wave worms.
PRIMORDIAL SOUP
CAN CONDUCTIONS
The tri-sectional heart of
the DynaTrem pumps from
the Mode switch. Reading
from left to right, one can
choose to conduct with
his or her pick attack,
the rate or depth of the
modulations. The third
mode reveals a swirling
soupy harmonic tremolo and
a wet, lip-smacking vintagevibe reverb that can be
attenuated by the Shape/
Reverb dial. This pedal can
be thought of as a sort of
pre-‘70s multi-effects box.
The onboard level control
can even goose the preamp
section of an unwieldy
Keeley Electronics Dynatrem Dynamic Tremolo