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Help! Finding a compression pedal

Gio_Force_One

Gio_Force_One

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I'm been trying to find a good compression pedal but there's so many options and I can't decide.
I have been looking at the suhr koji pedal also the medley and all the other regular ones out there. I just don't have any idea right now which why to go. I have a dyna comp but it's noisy , not sure if I really like the sound.
I'm in a modern country cover band and I want some compression for solos and some of the lead lines through the songs . Thanks
 
There are so many out there these days.

If you're looking for something small, the Xotic SP Comp is great.
 
Xotic is what I'm using. You can change the compressor ratio on the top, and blend the clean. Really all you need to go from squish to subtle helper.
 
My compressor of choice is the Compact Barber Tone Press. It doesn't take up a lot of room, and does have the blend feature as well. I've owed several others (Wampler EGO, Xotic SP and full size Barber Tone Press). Although they are great, the Tone Press just doesn't seem to color my sound whatsoever and is very quiet.
 
My compressor is huge ha!
I just got it a few months ago made by a UK company called Origin Effects.
It provides the compression and slide characteristics of Lowell George.(Little Feat)
There's lots of youtube clips - the one by Kirk Lorange is nice!
It's not cheap. It's called a Slide rig and it has a "brother" called a Cali 76. They also do a compact smaller version of it.
As I say, not cheap - They come in around $399
 
I've used a number of them, including the Keeley classic 4 knob (based on the Ross compressor), a Mad Professor Forest Green, and the Diamond Comp. I recently switched to the new Keeley GC-2 Limiting Amplifier and in my opinion it is by far the best and most transparent of the bunch. Check out the demos on YouTube, especially Pete Thorn's.

Cheers,

jbert
 
jbert said:
I've used a number of them, including the Keeley classic 4 knob (based on the Ross compressor), a Mad Professor Forest Green, and the Diamond Comp. I recently switched to the new Keeley GC-2 Limiting Amplifier and in my opinion it is by far the best and most transparent of the bunch. Check out the demos on YouTube, especially Pete Thorn's.

Cheers,

jbert
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Never tried the Keeley but heard a lot about them.

You triggered something when you mentioned "limiting amp".

The Origin Slide Rig is based on that concept viz:-

The secret behind these awesome tones are two daisy-chain-connected Urei 1176 "FET" compressor channels. With internal jumpers, attack & release, bypass mode and treble lift can be altered. This makes this pedal well tweakable. It uses a 12 volt power supply, but will take anything from 9 up to 18 volts. With increasing the voltage, you'll add headroom. Active pickup users are recommended to use 18 volts.

For "regular" (non-slide) players, Origin makes a single version of this pedal called Cali76.

Did I mention that I really like this pedal!! :)
 
Before getting the Helix, my favorite stand alone comp to date was a Seymour Duncan DoubleBack. You can likely find one on Reverb or eBay for under $100


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I've used a Keeley 2 knob comp, and it basically gave me instant "sounds better" to anything I was playing in practically any situation. It didn't colour the tone, but made everything sound well, um, better!

Recommended!
 
I have two boards - one for "band" gigs and one I use for pit orchestras. My two compressors of choice are the Xotic SP. I like this for rock/funk gigs. It's small, sounds great no matter how you set it, and it very transparent.

On my pit band board, I have TC Electronic hyper gravity. It is, by far, the most versatile compressor I have used. It has the tone print feature so you can really tailor it to what you want. I use different prints based on the type of music I'm playing in any given show. Im this type of setting, where I typically keep it on all the time, I like this pedal a lot.
 
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