old skool compressor sound..........Help please.

[voxpop]

Hi Guys,

I need your collective wisdom on a simple question....

I need a compressor that will give me 'old skool compression', something with a real squashy sound. It must sound rough with a little distortion...............must not be clean and modern sounding.


Can you help.....


Thanks.

Edited August 24, 2010 by voxpop

[51m0n]

Pedal?

A Joe Meek FloorQ

Rack?

A Joe Meek SixQ


Its the same compressor, but different case (SixQ is a full preamp actually)

Really squashy, absolutely ace mate!

[Rumple]

I'd say a Boss CS-1 should do it, it really squashes the sound. I also have a knackered old Frontline compressor from the 80's that does a similar thing.

[Doddy]

I've got an old ('84ish) Ibanez CS9 that's got a fair amount of squash and can get
pretty gnarly if you want it too.

[Bassnut62]

reckon an old EHX White Finger might do the trick too and i think there's one for sale here under Effects For Sale or on TalkBass in US

oops..it is a White Finger and it is here on BC in classifieds, but it's not an old one. I did try the big old one a few years back and I think I remember it being dirty as well as squishy. I remember getting a nice squishy grunt for Rappers Delight finger funk

Edited August 24, 2010 by Bassnut62

[Rumple]

[quote name='voxpop' post='935272' date='Aug 24 2010, 08:20 PM']someone has also mentioned a Dan Armstrong Orange squeeze or a copy???[/quote]


I have an Orange Sqeezer clone, it's a bit of an aquired taste (nice on fretless) but saying that I have been told it's a poor copy of the real thing so may not represent the true OS sound.

[Basszilla]

modded cs-3? pluck super hard and you get that sort of sound

[51m0n]

[quote name='voxpop' post='934992' date='Aug 24 2010, 04:48 PM']Im looking for a pedal, must be dirty and squashy........not clean.[/quote]

Seriously try and get a go on a floorQ, its the same comp as in a twinQ, and I've done a lot of recording with one of them, it can squish really hard, pumps nicely if you push it....

[voxpop]

[quote name='Rumple' post='935295' date='Aug 24 2010, 08:32 PM']I have an Orange Sqeezer clone, it's a bit of an aquired taste (nice on fretless) but saying that I have been told it's a poor copy of the real thing so may not represent the true OS sound.[/quote]



In what way an acquired taste??

[voxpop]

[quote name='51m0n' post='935316' date='Aug 24 2010, 08:46 PM']Seriously try and get a go on a floorQ, its the same comp as in a twinQ, and I've done a lot of recording with one of them, it can squish really hard, pumps nicely if you push it....[/quote]


Thanks for the info, I will hunt one out.

[Rumple]

[quote name='voxpop' post='935317' date='Aug 24 2010, 08:47 PM']In what way an acquired taste??[/quote]


I have been told it doesn't work properly, to me it seems more like an effect rather then a compressor as it adds colour, pump and squashes in an odd way.

I have a CS-1, CS-2, OS clone, EBS Multicomp and a Frontline compressor if you are ever passing Sarf London direction you are welcome to try them.


51m0n who makes the flourQ, I do like a compressor

[51m0n]

FloorQ is made by [url="http://www.joemeek.com/"]Joe Meek[/url]

[synthetic]

I come from an electronic music background but for gritty compression you could look at the Alesis 3630, Focusrite Compounder or for valve compression the TL Audio 5051. The Focusrite Penta isn't a bad compressor also.