Reasonable, go-to compressor pedal for bass

[HueyFreeman]

Broughton Omnicomp

 

[smatanovic]

My go-to these days is the UA LA-2A pedal. Nice and squishy and very musical.

 

[DWBass]

I have the Aguilar D599. Works OK. Very subtle though. Years ago I owned the Boss LMB-3 which I liked a lot. Squashed the peaks and Boosted the valleys! I'll probably own another some day.

 

[paskisti]

If you get a Source Audio Atlas, you can have really good models of all of these charector compressors (and many more) at the flick of a switch.
My current favs are a super clean modern compressor (think MXR) on my patch 1, a tube type of compressor (like a Mark Bass) on patch 2, and an optical compressor on patch 3.
Super versatile, Stereo and sounds amazing. You can go deep dive with the Neuro app...or just collect the patches you like from the cloud, tweak it to taste and use it like a set of controllable presets.

Definitely SA Atlas. Keeley, Cali 76 and Empress are all priced similar or higher and Atlas do all the same alone and more. If someone has issue with digital pedal, their signal is digitalized anyway in studio or PA desk immediately so full analog signal patch is not worth to chase of. And there is no need to open Neuro app in most cases, unless one wants the "more" part

Only case I wouldn't recommend Atlas was budget in mind (sub 150€).

 

[scubaduba]

You are getting a lot of suggestions. Any or all of them may be spot on. Or totally wrong for you.

What are you looking for a compressor to do for you? One bassist’s holy grail compressor is another’s no start.

Start here: https://www.talkbass.com/threads/te...ley-fea-darkglass-doc-lloyd-jhs-more.1345638/
I’ve put a lot of effort into testing more than 100 now to hopefully help showcase differences and make it a bit easier for my fellow friends here to select the perfect compressor based on individual needs and preferences.

 

[JeffTCS]

You are getting a lot of suggestions. Any or all of them may be spot on. Or totally wrong for you.

What are you looking for a compressor to do for you? One bassist’s holy grail compressor is another’s no start.

Start here: https://www.talkbass.com/threads/te...ley-fea-darkglass-doc-lloyd-jhs-more.1345638/
I’ve put a lot of effort into testing more than 100 now to hopefully help showcase differences and make it a bit easier for my fellow friends here to select the perfect compressor based on individual needs and preferences.

I found that thread just made me want to try them all!

 

[scubaduba]

I found that thread just made me want to try them all!

Tell me about it.

 

[thunesBARROW]

I’m happy with my Boss LMB-3. It always seems to add that little extra something.

 

[Zooberwerx]

I gave up on this pursuit years ago as it became an exercise in futility. I'm relying on an ancient Seymour Duncan pedal and the various & sundry built-ins (multi FX, amp heads). The latter have more limitations but are more than passable for real-world applications.

If nothing else, chose something with a blend as this is the quickest "rescue" route when things aren't going well.

Riis