Diamond Bass comp versus Empress compressor

[foal30]

Thank you for reviving this thread- it’s interesting to look back ten years!

Interesting fact- Although I switched to the Zoom for a while, the Diamond was too good to let go.

Here I am, 10 years older and a lot worse for wear, and the Zoom is long-gone.

But that original Diamond BCP-1 made it back on my board, and never left. It’s still a staple of my sound. It’s not always on, but the only pedal I own that gets more use, is my Turbo Tuner.

This is why it’s good to unvest in quality gear…

I much prefer the revival of old threads than 8 threads on the same thing. Plus in this thread I see a couple of good posts

I’m also an advocate of investing in high quality gear. If it’s well made but not right for me it’ll suitable for someone else and of course, the other way around.

 

[butterfingers1]

Although both are compressors with light eq, the Empress also complements the Diamond somewhat. Its clean percussive tone is augmented with an eq switch that adds brightness and this subtle warped distortion, hard to do without once you hear it.

 

[butterfingers1]