I have to concur with the majority, the fast track to compression doesn’t exist unless your best mate is a top class in demand session player who has gone through the card already.
Me, I wanted the Steely Dan Compression, to my ears, nothing less, in that search I’ve tried EBS, EWS,MXR (good), Keeley, EHX. The best for me was Keeley in-line after an MXR Pre, having failed in my search, I was also swapping heads cabs and basses. What do I got now, single knob Spectracomp, which I am tailing with a noise gate. I dare say this might not suit my cloth ears and I will upgrade to whatever. That’s one of the gems of Basschat, you buy, you try, you sell, move on simples.
It’ll come to you Nigel, around the £125/£150 Mark 🤔🤗