Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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For years I would put huge pedalboards together to get the best ambient guitar tones - mixing multiple delays, revers, dedicated ambient loopers, and other textural effects to craft my ambient guitar sound. Recently, I've been realizing I can get great ambient tones with just THREE essential elements.

Today we're taking a look at these three elements by exploring three pedals from Keeley Electronics. Keeley has gone ambient in recent years with some fantastic reverb and delay pedals that not only sound great but are some of the more affordable stereo delay and reverb pedals in the boutique market. Let's dive into the Keeley Compressor+, Keeley Halo Core and Keeley ZOMA and see how they can create some great ambient guitar tones.

Big thanks to Keeley for sponsoring this video! Visit robertkeeley.com to learn more about their pedal offerings.

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00:00 Introduction
01:46 Keeley Electronics
04:41 Element 1: Compression
06:55 Compressor Plus Sounds
09:11 Element 2: Delay
10:55 Halo Core Sounds
13:57 Element 3: Reverb
15:10 ZOMA Sounds
18:33 Song

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GEAR LIST

Fender Vintera II Competition Mustang tidd.ly/4mVG0w4
70s Musicmaster Bass tidd.ly/3IPS6sA
Keeley Compressor Plus tidd.ly/4pVIvRz
Keeley Halo Core tidd.ly/3Kz2YM2
Keeley ZOMA tidd.ly/4h0Sp0d
Walrus Audio ACS1 MKII tidd.ly/3J4Opzf

Warm Audio WA273-EQ tidd.ly/3VYGE0H
Soyuz 1973 mic tidd.ly/4mTb2o8

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