“It produces the most amazing distortion, but I can’t sell it”: Robert Keeley has invented a drive pedal that is also a weed vape – but he’s not allowed to release it
Matt Owen
created: Aug. 7, 2025, 10:48 a.m. | updated: Aug. 13, 2025, 6:38 a.m.
In this day and age, it’s become much more difficult to produce a guitar pedal that really reinvents the wheel.
Despite such challenges, Robert Keeley once did come up with a stompbox that promised to take the industry to a new high point – but he’s not allowed to sell it.
None, though, come close to his Vapor Drive Pedal – an overdrive pedal that doubles as a weed vape.
In the new issue of Guitar World, Keeley is asked about the Keeley creation that failed to catch on and explains, “I have a pedal that you can smoke/vape weed/THC out of.
Martin, Gibson, Fender, Dunlop and Electro-Harmonix have done it; maybe Keeley can.”Visit Magazines Direct to pick up the latest issue of Guitar World, which features interviews with Robert Keeley, Zakk Wylde, Kiki Wong and Billy Corgan.
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