compressor for guitar?

  • Thread starter Thread starter oh_the_blood
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for fourty bucks go for it...if it sucks i think musicians friend has a 45 day return policy
 
If you're already using some sort of distortion/overdrive effect, a compressor will probably be redundant.
 
oh_the_blood said:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=home/search/detail/base_pid/182532/

what would this do to my setup? and would it be worth it?
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Compression is, IMO, one of if not the most useful FX for electric guitar. I don't leave home without it. After many years of using various 9V compressors, I recently graduated to the Black Finger real tube comp, and I really like it.

As to exactly what it will do for your setup, other than adding boatloads of sustain, the only way to really tell is to get one and play around with it.

I don't know anything firsthand about the model you reference, but looking at it, it doesn't look like a guitar toy, though. It may require a line level input signal, which you can only supply with a guitar rig if you have a FX loop on your amp, and you won't be controlling it with your foot.
 
bongolation said:
If you're already using some sort of distortion/overdrive effect, a compressor will probably be redundant.
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I beg to differ. I use compression with distortion quite frequently, and it really fattens it up. It is definitely not redundant.
 
ggunn said:
I beg to differ. I use compression with distortion quite frequently, and it really fattens it up. It is definitely not redundant.
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i second that! ... you def. get compression from a distortion pedal, but its a side-product - whereas you can fine-tune a compressor for that
 
I had a Boss compression/sustain stomp box, and I loved what I could do with it. Hit that last note of the solo and hold it till the end of the song if I wanted to. They do add to your sound, if it's tweeked just right. It can be overdone, though...
 
MXR Dyna-Comp
Stomp on it and I can hold a note till they cut my Hydro. ("Hydro" - Canadianspeak for electricity) :D
 
snipeguy said:
MXR Dyna-Comp
Stomp on it and I can hold a note till they cut my Hydro. ("Hydro" - Canadianspeak for electricity) :D
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I bought an MXR Super-comp for $49 off of ebay....it's a great little box. I believe the super-comp is the new and improved version of the Dyna Comp.
 
It didn't seem to say if the inputs were high-Z though.
Wayne
 
IMO, the best compressor is from the relatively new line of pedals by Line6. I believe it's called the Constrictor and is around $100-$120. It also happens to be the only good pedal out of that line - everything else stinks. But that compressor rocks!
 
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