Keeley Aria Compressor Overdrive Pedal

We're excited to present the Keeley Aria Compressor Overdrive, a powerful and compact stompbox that combines the legendary Keeley Compressor with the iconic Red Dirt Overdrive. This dual-function pedal provides unmatched sonic versatility with its ability to swap the order of the compressor and overdrive on the fly. Whether you're looking for high gain with smooth saturation or clean, bold tones, the Aria delivers with ease.

Compressor Plus Tube Style Dirt

The Aria Compressor Overdrive boasts a perfectly voiced treble recovery circuit and blend control, making it Keeley's most toneful compressor yet. It offers beautiful sustain and bloom, while the blend and tone controls allow you to finely adjust the output response of the compressor. Say goodbye to dull, lifeless, and overly squashed sounds.

The newly redesigned tube-style overdrive circuit features Keeley's super overdrive Red Dirt sound, as well as the clean and bold White Sands transparent drive. These two modes have been fine-tuned to offer an impressive gain range, with simple volume, tone, and drive controls, plus a toggle switch to adjust between low and high gain.

Tone Foundation

Compression and overdrive are fundamental components of recording and performing guitar. Running compression before drive reduces idle static, while using compressors after drives offers a smooth, even tone with tons of sustain and a warm, rounded tone profile. Compression before drives ensures consistent output volume and gain levels. Each half of the Aria Compressor Overdrive provides ample volume for boosting and pushing your amp, as well as tone-shaping controls to perfectly set up your core guitar tone.

TRS Insert Jacks

Not to be overlooked, the Aria features TRS insert jacks that allow you to use each side of the pedal as though they were independent circuits. This adds incredible flexibility to your setup, enabling you to insert any number of effects between the compressor and drive circuits.

From nearly every Nashville session ace to praise and worship bands in small towns, and from Steely Dan to Steve Vai, the Keeley Compressor or Red Dirt has been a cornerstone of the recording and touring sound of many legends for nearly two decades. Now, these two foundational tones are together in one epic stompbox that is easy to use and full of features for laying down your core tone.

Product Controls

• Overdrive : Level, Drive, Tone, Low-High Gain
• Compressor : Level, Blend, Sustain, Tone
• FX Order Switch : Swap the order of the compressor and overdrive circuits