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Devised in celebration of The Beach Boys' eponymous Disney documentary, the Keeley California Girls pedal emulates the unmistakable chime of double 12-string guitars ? an integral component of the band's legendary 1965 hit of the same name. Indeed, plugging your standard 6-string electric guitar into this stompbox leverages chorus, octave effects, and slapback echo to unleash an entire universe of intricate, shimmering sounds. The California Girls pedal isn't limited to the sounds of The Beach Boys, however. You can also use this pedal to conjure lush chorus sounds, add a thick, punchy octave layer to your leads, or augment your bass guitar sound with depth and low-end muscle. Furthermore, this guitar effects pedal brandishes stereo ins and outs, enabling you to build abundant, ultra-expansive soundscapes. To top it off, switchable true- and buffered-bypass operation makes integrating this pedal into your guitar rig a breeze. Players searching for a tool that will quickly add dimension and a 12-string-style jingle to their sound will wish they all could be the California Girls pedal ? but you can only get it at Sweetwater!





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What Does a Chorus Pedal Do?


Delivers authentic 12-string shimmer





The California Girls offers an impressive emulation of 12-string chime using a custom quiver of chorus, octave effects, and a glimmer of slapback echo. Its Blend and Chorus knobs balance your dry and wet signals and dial in the depth of your chorus effect, respectively. Its large Rate knob tailors your chorus effect from slow and sultry to fast and furious. Its X2 footswitch activates and deactivates the 12-string effect, transforming it into a standalone chorus stompbox. The California Girls pedal's Echo toggle switch simulates the natural string interaction of a 12-string electric guitar with a short, subtle slapback echo, plus you get an Echo Level alt-feature for controlling the volume of the slap. Meanwhile, the Octave Tone feature fine-tunes the brightness and warmth of the pedal's octave effect. Finally, the California Girls includes stereo inputs and outputs, allowing you to dial up whopping swells of expansive sound with any guitar rig.





Beyond the beach





While the Keeley California Girls pedal puts authentic 12-string guitar sounds right at your feet, that's not all it does. Quite the contrary, it makes for a versatile addition to any pedalboard, and you'll find yourself using it across a wide range of applications. For starters, thanks to its independent On and X2 footswitches, you're able to disengage its 12-string simulation and use it as a standalone chorus effect. You can use it to weave a thick, punchy octave layer into your leads for a powerful, cutting sound that demands attention. You can also use it to summon a full-sounding octave effect to transform your bass sound with added depth and low-end power. What will you use the California Girls pedal for? The sonic possibilities are as vast as the Pacific Ocean.





Sweetwater's Exclusive The Beach Boys Studio Effects Collection





Of all America's musical exports, few artists can match the enduring influence and legacy of The Beach Boys. Launching May 24, 2024, exclusively on Disney , "The Beach Boys" documentary is an all-out celebration of how Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, Mike Love, and Al Jardine forever altered the trajectory of popular music. The thrilling film traces the band's journey from a sun-bleached California surf group to their standing as a cultural "teenage symphony" touchstone. From Surfin' Safari to Pet Sounds and beyond, viewers will learn how The Beach Boys developed their signature sound, explored new horizons in the recording studio, and raced neck and neck with the Beatles' most acclaimed artistic achievements along the way.





Still, here at Sweetwater, the documentary is only half the story. Much to the pleasure of our gear-obsessed fanatics, the band reached out to resident pedal expert/historian Josh Scott of JHS to curate a set of pedals and effects sonically inspired by the group's most iconic records. Josh then recruited Chris Benson of Benson Amps and Robert Keeley of Keeley Electronics into the fold. The resulting The Beach Boys Studio Effects Collection comprises five Beach Boys-themed pedals that are only available at Sweetwater. From a splashy tube-driven spring reverb/optical tremolo unit to 12-string simulators and Wrecking Crew-inspired bass channel strips, this collection will take your tone straight back to the days when "Good Vibrations" and "Fun, Fun, Fun" ruled the airwaves!





Keeley California Girls Twelve String Simulator Pedal Features:


Emulates the unmistakable chime of double 12-string guitars in the style of The Beach Boys' "California Girls" ? available only at Sweetwater


Leverages chorus, octave effects, and slapback echo


Blend knob balances dry and wet signals


Chorus knob dial in the depth of the chorus effect


Rate knob tailors the chorus effect from slow and sultry to fast and furious


X2 footswitch disengages the 12-string simulation for a standalone chorus effect


Echo toggle switch simulates the natural string interaction of a 12-string electric guitar with a short, subtle slapback echo


Echo Level alt-feature controls the volume of the slap


Octave Tone feature fine-tunes the brightness and warmth of the octave effect


Stereo ins and outs enable abundant, ultra-expansive soundscapes


Switchable true- and buffered-bypass operation


Released in celebration of The Beach Boys' eponymous Disney documentary