By turning the Tone control, you can really fine your compressed signal to add that extra bit of polish to your sound. Funk rhythm players appreciated the consistency maintained between pick attack “chuks”, chords and single-note lines as well as the even balance of each note in chords. Guitar Guitar Limited trading as guitarguitar acts as a credit broker not a lender and is Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, firm registration number 742103. If you're running a script or application, please register or sign in with your developer credentials here.

Additionally make sure your User-Agent is not empty and is something unique and descriptive and try again. Credit is provided by Novuna Personal Finance, a trading style of Mitsubishi HC Capital UK PLC, authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. One of the team will be in contact with a rough ETA but we will endeavour to have your new guitar with you as quickly as possible. To my ears it sounds like a classic Dyna Comp in that it’s a pretty unsubtle compressor that gives your tone an added fatness and significantly increases the sustain. I usually have the sens around 9 o'clock and then the output relatively low (to allow my amp to be cranked up).The run at the end seemed unchanged other than a slight sweetness that the pedal seemed to add to the tone itself. When I have used a compressor in the past it’s generally been an MXR Dyna Comp so I’m pretty familiar with their sound and response. When switching to a midrange tone, the effect became more subtle, but noticeable in a different way than when using it with clean tones. It keep´s the sustain very well and cant be used too on solos , like a gain booster ( without letting your sound dirty, giving you a lot of sustain and , a bit more of gain , when combined with fuzzes, distortions or overdrive pedals.

This approach certainly works to maintain most of what I love about the character of my drive pedals but I feel like having the compressor later in the chain robs me of a bit of my signal’s higher frequencies.

Its "thickening" effect is especially appreciated in Nashville, where many country music guitar players who use Fender Telecasters use it to thicken the otherwise thin sound of the single-coil guitar; besides, the compressor's lessening of the initial attack "gives the effect of a pedal steel player working his volume pedal".

Setting the output to a little above unity allows you to get a decent clean boost out of the pedal, and even with the sensitivity dialled way back, you get that satisfying pop of the note for all your country needs, and a sweet, natural sounding sustain. This no- nonsense pedal's distinct and timeless circuitry produces the dynamic control, percussive attack, and smooth rich sustain heard on countless Pop and Nashville hits. He is a 40-year music industry veteran who started at Boardwalk Entertainment (Joan Jett, Night Ranger) and Roland US before becoming a guitar journalist in 1991. I noticed a difference with the double stops at the beginning of clip sounding more cleaned up than it did without compression. For that "large" (compared to size and features) amount of money you could get a relatively good distortion pedal or almost a delay pedal.The new M-102 features an LED light, true-bypass technology, and the same output and sensitivity knobs that made the original so intuitive. The compressor is really acting more as a limiter to stop the unwanted spikes in volume that sometime jump out of an electrified guitar set-up and it has the added benefit of giving a whole lot more sustain. However, if you are adding this pedal to your signal chain, I found it best to put it at the very front, after your tuner pedal, but before the rest of your pedals. Andertons Music Company is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, firm registration number 716155. Equipboard may receive compensation for purchases made at participating retailers linked on this site.

Whether it’s adding clarity to open chords, cleaning up muddiness and adding subtle tightness to crunch, making the low end of high-gain power chords subtly bolder, or adding a tinge of sweetness to high-end runs, there is a place for this pedal no matter what style you play!I used specific settings for each kind of tone that can serve as a guideline, but it is best to work with the sensitivity with each tone you are using. I came across a few demo videos on YouTube and noticed something interesting: This pedal was only being shown in one light. MXR also produces a 'vintage' Dyna Comp, with the 1970s "script" logo, and an updated version, the Super Comp, which has an "Attack" control that determines its "bite-/squash ratio". The effect’s distinctive “squish” gave character to Andy Summers’ percussive chords, heard to great effect on the Police’s Walking on the Moon.