Best compressor pedal withot being a Brad Paisly wanna be

[John4021]

..and not into a rack that cost and grand...LOL

And not with 50 knobs to turn. Want a "set it/forget it" pedal

 

[griff10672]

Bogner Lyndhurst .....It has a Neve designed transformer in it .....

 

[DanTravis62]

Cali 76 or the Bogner one wayne mentioned.

 

[VonBonfire]

I had the Keeley Compressor Plus and it was reasonably priced and did a good job though ultimately I found I just didn't need it. The blend knob was a really great feature.

 

[paulyc]

I have the Carl Martin Andy Timmons compressor. It’s two compressors in one. Great pedal.

 

[romanianreaper]

I had the Keeley Compressor Plus and it was reasonably priced and did a good job though ultimately I found I just didn't need it. The blend knob was a really great feature.

I have one and love it but don't use it alot.

 

[Code001]

Ego and Woodshed are my favorites I have tried. Ego 76 looks pretty cool, too. Basic bitch Ross is always solid. Oh, and that weird DOD milk thing. Any of those should work if you're looking for something besides Keeley (which is also cool).

 

[VonBonfire]

Bogner Lyndhurst .....It has a Neve designed transformer in it .....

Neve lived down the road just a little ways out in Wimberley. Pretty sure a bunch of the stuff at Blue Rock Studios on the Blanco river was based around his later designs. Dude was active in recording tech and circuits into his 90's before he passed away. That guy is a legend.

 

[SpiderWars]

did a good job though ultimately I found I just didn't need it.

love it but don't use it alot.

I tried a few many years ago and settled on the old clunkybox Carl Martin Compressor/Limiter but I found that over the years I had tweaked the knobs so it wasn't really doing anything. Be careful with some of the old designs with high output humbuckers. Some comps don't like hot pickups. Some allow adjustment for that, the Threshold control on the Carl Martin allows you to adjust that. It's got the four basic and imo 'essential' comp controls.

 

[cobrahead1030]

The Keeley plus is pretty nice, you can find those used everywhere. I'd like to try the Suhr woodshed, but they rarely seem to be in stock anywhere.

 

[BeZo]

I've been using the Earthquaker Devices Warden and I like it.

 

[Shredneck]

The Cali 76 and empress mkii have been my top 2!

 

[TheGreatGreen]

Origin Cali76 Compact Deluxe
Suhr Andy Wood comp
Carl Martin Andy Timmons comp

 

[Devin]

Cali 76

 

[MontiCristo]

I've been through many and the best out there in my opinion are :

Keeley Comp Plus - Gold Medal
Carl Martin - Silver Medal
Andy Wood / Woodshed Comp - Bronze

 

[NorCal_Val]

Suhr “Woodshed” comp pedal

 

[marshallmel]

Cali 76 and Woodshed are my personal favorites.

 

[itsgoodnow]

Cali 76 and empress. Always intrigued by the woodshed and Bogner but no experience.

Or distressor, into a an la2a into an ssl g comp into a Manley variable mu. Just so you don’t leave any tone on the table.

 

[Yehuda]

I haven’t played the other bogner mentioned, but I have a Harlow and absolutely love it- Tosin abasi described it as a compressor for people who don’t like compressors and I agree

 

[Catthan]

the Suhr ones were good for me. Koji and woodshed