Jag_Bassist Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Hi guys, im in the market for buying a new compressor pedal for my board. primarily i want it for super compressed sounds to use with a distortion and octave for synth style playing bit I would ideally like one that could be pulled back and used as a nice compressor for slap stuff in other projects. any suggestions? was thinking maybe the MXR bass compressor looked quite good but can only find people using it for slap stuff. any input would be appreciated. im not near any stores which stock any range of bass gear unfortunately. Quote
AndyTravis Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 I tried the MXR bass compressor; it's certainly comprehensive and wonderfully made. But, I just found my Old Dyna Comp did what I wanted, so didn't bother. It's great to have the amount of options to hand, but I usually set my compressor and leave it meaning I wouldn't get the use out of it. Quote
Drax Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Diamond Bass Compressor. Not the cheapest but an excellent unit. I don't think there's any UK stockists yet - Thomann have them. Quote
hamfist Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 [quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1423943118' post='2690747'] Empress Compressor. [/quote] If you can afford it, this is the one to go for. The MXR is good, but the Empress is better. Quote
Prime_BASS Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 Look up OvniFX they have a comp and I hear good things. Quote
Bearfist Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 (edited) [quote name='hamfist' timestamp='1423986154' post='2691090'] If you can afford it, this is the one to go for. The MXR is good, but the Empress is better. [/quote] +1 The Empress is a great comp. ive had both that and the MXR and they are both very nice units, the Empress is a little more transparent and the has a couple of nice features the MXR doesn't, those being a 2:1 ratio which is i find great for always on use and the parallel compression feature which allows you to dial in some of your clean tone. I found the Empress to be worth the extra money but the MXR is still great and they both have metering to which nice. I recently got to try a Cali76 and that is just ludicrously good but again not cheap and its frigging huge! Ive just ordered one and i expect it to knock my Empress off the board when i try them side by side (which i never thought would happen!). The empress is wonderfully versatile but if i had one complaint it may be a little clinical, the Cali was transparent but warm and rich, hard to put into words really. This is worth a look, this guy knows his comps and has tons of reviews here... [url="http://www.ovnilab.com/"]http://www.ovnilab.com/[/url] Edited February 15, 2015 by Bearfist Quote
Jag_Bassist Posted February 15, 2015 Author Posted February 15, 2015 interesting points here, empress and the cali are too expensive really. although i like the features on them anyone used the pigtronix bass compressor? can dial in clean uncompressed tone which is cool. id prefer the 3 dials i think don't want to overcomplicate really. Quote
fretmeister Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 The euro exchange rate is in the toilet at the mo. I got my Empress for £178 on thomann.de. Quote
Bearfist Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 Great price! They are still up for £177 on there, thats only £22 more than the MXR in most places. Quote
Iain Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 I've heard great things about the Cali. I'd look for a comp with control over attack and release though - I found the simpler ones hard to tweak enough. I've juts removed compression off most of the patches I use on my Eleven rack though as I'm finding they're not needed with my new bass - improvement in bass or technique maybe. Quote
molan Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 [quote name='Drax' timestamp='1423944977' post='2690790'] Diamond Bass Compressor. Not the cheapest but an excellent unit. I don't think there's any UK stockists yet - Thomann have them. [/quote] We've been selling them in the UK for quite a while now Quote
Drax Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 [quote name='molan' timestamp='1424016879' post='2691557'] We've been selling them in the UK for quite a while now [/quote] Crap - my apologies Barrie. If anyone in the UK would have them it would be you Quote
funky8884 Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 The demeter compulator is pretty good, smooth sound and has a input trim. Quote
molan Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 I use a Compulator on my board but I actually think the Diamond is a better, more 'organic', sounding unit. My choice of the Compulator is simply because I know James Demeter quite well and think he's a really nice bloke (and an amazing engineer) so wanted to support him a little by using one of his pedals Quote
funky8884 Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 I'm yet to try the Diamond, I like the compulator as they are very reasonably priced 2nd hand for what you get. The Diamond and Empress are on my shopping list for when I get some cash. Quote
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