DS
Not just for bass
It's so weird to me that this compressor pedal is advertised as a BASS compressor (even though there is no indication of it on the pedal itself). Here's why.
I bough it because I needed a compressor pedal for my tenor sax pedalboard (as low notes on a sax may be very honky). Since optical compressors are preferrable for wind instruments, and I wanted something affordable, I got this one. Even before I tried it with my sax, I tried it with guitar and oh my - I wouldn't want another compressor for a guitar, that's for sure! I'm one of those guys who have been playing the guitar for around 20 years and still can't play good enough, but with this pedal I started sounding so much better and smoother that I didn't want to stop playing once I plugged it in.
But again, I bought it mainly for sax pedalboard and I couldn't be happier about it. All the issues with lower notes are gone - since I'm playing with a looper, it's pretty important that the sound stays consistent. It doesn't kill all the dynamics, however. You can of course do more or less extreme setting on this pedal too, if that's your vibe.
The build quality is great. I love the simplistic and tasteful design, and especially the knobs. I also appreciate the possibility of using a 9V battery - since my power brick is already busy. The footswitch is a bit too stiff to my taste though, but on this pedal it's a good thing, since it's always on (unlike my Ibanes ES-3 for example, where with such a stiff footswitch you have to tap tempo :D).
All in all, it's an amazing pedal. Again, do not think of it as a bass specific compressor. Try it with other instruments or even with vocals and I'm almost sure you will fall in love with it.
I bough it because I needed a compressor pedal for my tenor sax pedalboard (as low notes on a sax may be very honky). Since optical compressors are preferrable for wind instruments, and I wanted something affordable, I got this one. Even before I tried it with my sax, I tried it with guitar and oh my - I wouldn't want another compressor for a guitar, that's for sure! I'm one of those guys who have been playing the guitar for around 20 years and still can't play good enough, but with this pedal I started sounding so much better and smoother that I didn't want to stop playing once I plugged it in.
But again, I bought it mainly for sax pedalboard and I couldn't be happier about it. All the issues with lower notes are gone - since I'm playing with a looper, it's pretty important that the sound stays consistent. It doesn't kill all the dynamics, however. You can of course do more or less extreme setting on this pedal too, if that's your vibe.
The build quality is great. I love the simplistic and tasteful design, and especially the knobs. I also appreciate the possibility of using a 9V battery - since my power brick is already busy. The footswitch is a bit too stiff to my taste though, but on this pedal it's a good thing, since it's always on (unlike my Ibanes ES-3 for example, where with such a stiff footswitch you have to tap tempo :D).
All in all, it's an amazing pedal. Again, do not think of it as a bass specific compressor. Try it with other instruments or even with vocals and I'm almost sure you will fall in love with it.
1
0
Report
D
Compressor thet dont change sound of Your Bass.
I am using this for my fender MIM jazz bass and can say that this one makes his job. I like optocomp because it not changing sound of bass, but just make it more readable in live mix. Only thing that i don't like is that knobs are very easy to turn and you always must remember settings that you use. Knobs are turning even in soft pedalbox :(
6
0
Report
V
The best opto pedal compressor!
Juice attack and wаrm lows!
Juice attack and wаrm lows!
1
0
Report
A
All in all, I would say it's a good product
Hey bud it's for a band member we are very satisfied it works properly no complaints
0
0
Report
RW
I bought it to replicate Mark Hoppus' tone
And it works pretty well combining with the settings on my preamp. I can recommend this.
0
0
Report