Beetronics Royal Jelly Custom Seiva

The Beetronics Royal Jelly Custom Seiva is a custom edition of the Royal Jelly, an overdrive and fuzz blender pedal. Beetronics describes it as "an overdrive/fuzz blender like no other pedal," one that "can cover any ground from overdrive to fuzz, running two circuits in parallel and giving you the possibility of blend"¹. Instead of choosing between an overdrive pedal and a fuzz pedal, you get both in one box and can mix them in any proportion, or use either one on its own.

The Custom Seiva is a limited custom run, and Beetronics lists it as sold out¹. It is hand made in California¹.

Overdrive and fuzz in parallel, blended or apart

The core idea of the Royal Jelly design is the parallel signal path. Two circuits, one overdrive and one fuzz, run side by side, and the pedal gives you control over how much of each reaches the output. That covers the ground between a light overdrive and a full fuzz, with every blend in between available, and either circuit can be used alone¹.

For a player, this is different from a typical drive pedal with a gain knob. A gain knob moves you along one curve, from clean-ish to saturated. A parallel blender gives you two distinct characters and the mix between them, so you can keep the touch response of an overdrive while layering fuzz texture on top, or dial in a fuzz that retains some of the overdrive's midrange body.

The Queen and King presets and the Dry control

The Royal Jelly carries two presets of the blend, called Queen and King¹. Beetronics explains what they are for:

The transition works by mixing the overdrive and fuzz levels between the two saved blends, rather than switching abruptly from one setting to another¹. In practice that means two usable rhythm or lead sounds reachable with a footswitch, with the shift between them handled internally.

The pedal also has a DRY control. On guitar, Beetronics says "the DRY control is great to create unique clean tones with a fuzzy background"¹. This adds your untouched signal back into the mix, so the fuzz sits behind a clean guitar sound rather than replacing it, a setup players often use for chord work that needs definition with grit underneath.

The Seiva and other Royal Jelly custom editions

Beetronics has released the Royal Jelly in many custom and limited editions, each the same overdrive/fuzz blender design in a different finish or run. Alongside the Custom Seiva, the range includes¹:

• Royal Jelly Custom Evolve, also sold out²
• Royal Jelly "Blue Squid" Custom³
• Royal Jelly Custom Diamond Dust⁴
• Royal Jelly Limited Edition "Beeliever", color series 04⁵
• Royal Jelly Custom Fireflower⁶
• Custom Stripeglow⁷
• The standard Royal Jelly Limited Edition⁸

All of these are listed as sold out as of October 2026^12345679. The editions differ in finish and run size; the circuit description, the Queen and King presets and the 9V DC center negative power requirement are the same across them¹⁰¹¹¹².

Power, size and the fine print

The Custom Seiva requires a 9V DC power supply with a center negative plug, and the power supply is not included¹. The pedal measures 6-1/8" x 5-1/16" x 2-3/4" and weighs 2 lbs / 1 kg; the packaged weight is 2.5 lbs / 1.25 kg¹.

Beetronics backs the pedal with its Hive Happiness Guarantee, a 30-day return policy with shipping not included. You request an RMA form by email within 30 business days of receiving the order. If the product shows wear or is missing accessories, there may be a 15% restocking fee or store credit instead of a refund, and refunds are processed within 5 business days of the return¹.

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