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01-06-2009, 02:39 AM
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I'm looking to get a compression pedal and I'm not really sure where to start. Is the Boss CS-3 good for bass and will the Boss Bass Limiter/Enhancer do what a compression pedal does? I'm not particular to Boss pedals, those are just the ones that i have looked at. I just want to know what compression pedals everyone is using and if they like them. |
01-06-2009, 02:56 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Vientiane, Laos | | Have a look here: http://www.ovnilab.com/index.shtml
The Demeter Compulator and EBS Multicomp are popular. |
01-06-2009, 03:16 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | check out bongomania's reviews. |
01-06-2009, 03:19 AM
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Originally Posted by whoatherechunk  check out bongomania's reviews. | +1
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01-06-2009, 03:28 AM
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01-06-2009, 04:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: San Diego | | | All you need to know, is Bongo.
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01-06-2009, 04:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK | | | Hey! first post for me but i can tell you what i have come to use today, Electro-Harmonix Black Finger.
For me, it has provided an unbeleivable tone and one which i could'nt get through standard compression on a solid state amp.
They are pricey but they do provide you with great flexibility and a real nice warm tube tone. also you can tweak it to get real gravelly punchy tone from it too.
I play a mix of blues and rock, suits the warm fat tone nicely. then when i want to play some popping funk or harsher punk sound i would tweak it to a really punchy sound. |
01-06-2009, 06:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Guildford / Exeter | | | I just got an EBS MultiComp today and it sounds fantastic. I'm very happy.
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01-06-2009, 06:58 AM
| | | | check bongos facts,then buy the maxon.its awesome. |
01-06-2009, 01:59 PM
| | | | Thanks for the help. I think I will check into those reviews then go try the pedals that got positive reviews. |
01-06-2009, 02:02 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Diego, California | | | bongo's reviews are super-helpful. he makes his opinion clear but he also provides enough info that you can kinda figure out if you would like it more than him. |
01-06-2009, 02:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dallas, TX | | | The Black Finger is awesome, as is the TRex Squeezer. Tube comps in general can really warm up your tone.
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01-06-2009, 02:13 PM
| | | | I had a Boss CS-3 for a couple years, and I think that there are better compressors out there, the CS-3 filters a lot of lows and it's not well suited for a bass. In order to give you some advice I would need to know which music style you do and which sound do you want to get. |
01-06-2009, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by RCCollins bongo's reviews are super-helpful. he makes his opinion clear but he also provides enough info that you can kinda figure out if you would like it more than him. |
Bongo's reviews helped me with my choice.....I got the Maxon cp-9pro
I havent looked back
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01-06-2009, 06:01 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | Demeter Compulator and EBS Multi-Comp are some of the most popular but in the $200 range.
Lower range: Aphex Punch Factory, BBE Opto Stomp, MXR Super Comp, etc |
01-06-2009, 06:40 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Providence, RI | | | I had an EBS MultiComp then went to a BBE Opto Stomp. I've been very pleased with both units.
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01-06-2009, 06:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tigard, OR | | Yes, check out Bongo's thread. ALL of it. It'll take a while, but its worth it. I go between and Demeter Compulator and an EBS Multi-comp depending on the bass and the kind of music. I think its like pre's, at some point you just gotta try 'em. I guess that applies to basses too, huh 
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01-06-2009, 06:45 PM
|  | Four on the floor | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: US Midwest | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris V. I just got an EBS MultiComp today and it sounds fantastic. I'm very happy. | +1 Great unit
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01-06-2009, 06:46 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | Don't buy anything until you've tried the Keeley comp.
I have the 2 knob version. Absolutely the most dynamic ,AND more importantly, totally transparent stomp box comp available (IMHO).
It costs a little more than the Boss but it's worth every penny.
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01-06-2009, 07:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | Units that get good to great reviews around here:
Demeter Compulator (I own this one)
Diamond Compressor
EBS MultiComp
The Diamond is the cheapest of them. I believe Bongo has this pedal on his list of reviews to come in the near future.
Since the Bongo reviews have been referenced already, I'll add these links: Demeter HC Reviews Diamond HC Reviews MultiComp HC Reviews
Keep in mind, the majority of reviewers for the first two pedals are guitarists. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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