Keeley announces Zoma stereo reverb and tremolo pedal

October 25, 2024 · 3 sources

Keeley announced the Zoma, a stereo reverb and tremolo pedal, on October 25, 2024. Guitar World reported three days later that it was available for $229¹; Gearnews said at the time of its announcement that the pedal would soon be available for order at an MSRP of $229².

The pedal has three large knobs for reverb level, tremolo rate and depth, with additional controls for reverb decay time, reverb tone and tremolo volume reached through an Alt button². Guitar World describes the three knobs as Rate, Depth and Level, with secondary functions for Reverb Decay, Reverb Tone and Tremolo Volume, and says the alt functions are accessed by holding down the reverb footswitch¹. A retro LED indicates tremolo speed².

Three mode combinations are selected with a small DIP switch². Guitar Pedal X describes the selection as a three-way toggle and notes that the tremolo and reverb modes are chosen together³.

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The effects order can be flipped, so tremolo runs before or after the reverb². Guitar World says holding both footswitches at once flips the order¹. The pedal runs in true bypass or silent buffered bypass², and top-mounted jacks provide stereo ins and outs plus a standard 9VDC jack¹. It comes in Silver and Custom Shop Sand finishes¹; Guitar Pedal X calls the Sand a more limited Custom Shop colourway³.

Guitar World reports Robert Keeley calling the Zoma "one of our crowning achievements" and Keeley's "most high-fidelity pedal to date"¹. Guitar Pedal X calls it a follow-up to the California Girls, I Get Around and Halo Core pedals, and describes it as competition for the Strymon Flint and Fender Tre-Verb³. It also questions the plate reverb appearing in two of the three modes³.

Guitar Pedal X reports limited distribution through the Keeley webstore at $229³.