I have a Keeley BD-2 acquired from a friend. I really like this pedal but for one small annoying behavior it has. For lack of a better way to describe it, there is a static fizzling out of notes as a chord or single note fades away. Right at the tail end. It is subtle, and not noticeable in a band situation with cymbals crashing, etc. But I am most often sitting in my office facing the amp, and so I hear everything.
People rave about this pedal, and I really do like it. The static-y fade out can't just be part of the behavior of the pedal, can it? I've never been able to pick it up in a demo.
I've tried different amps, cables, power supplies, guitars, all the usual. Anybody else find this with these pedals?
I've got a Keeley BD-2 and it definitely doesn't have a static fizzling out of notes as a chord/single note fades away. I'd suggest you drop an email to Keeley and ask them about it. I've always found them to be super-responsive and very willing to service their own builds/mods, if needed. Hope that helps.
I have a BD-2 and I did the Keely mod myself. (the info is out there) :)
It sounds good (certainly much better than stock) with none of the problems you describe.
A "fizzy staticy" sound on note decay is often associated with crossover distortion in a solid state power amp. (I've experienced this)
Not sure how that would apply to a pedal... possibly a transistor or op-amp going bad?.... or maybe poor bias on same?