Just going to try...

[andytoad]

These little doozies are my new tone now I have no valve amp (Di straight to the pa from now on) I have an autowah, microsynth and octave pedals to go with them.

From the YouTube reviews, I am looking forward to trying them out!

[Osiris]

The Spectracomp is a superb little compressor. The default tone print seemed to have a bit of a bloated mid range to my ear (it didn't sound anything like the one in my old RH 450 amp, unfortunately) but there are some great tone prints available on the TC site that should cover pretty much any type of compression you're looking for. My personal favourites are the Fed Comp for tonal transparency and the Muscle Comp for a big, punchy tone.

Let us know your thoughts on the Ampeg, I've been tempted by one of those myself!

[Dood]

[quote name='Osiris' timestamp='1493232146' post='3286807']
The Spectracomp is a superb little compressor. The default tone print seemed to have a bit of a bloated mid range to my ear (it didn't sound anything like the one in my old RH 450 amp, unfortunately) but there are some great tone prints available on the TC site that should cover pretty much any type of compression you're looking for. My personal favourites are the Fed Comp for tonal transparency and the Muscle Comp for a big, punchy tone.

Let us know your thoughts on the Ampeg, I've been tempted by one of those myself!
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I love the SC!! (I'm sure BCers will know that by now!) - I think the TonePrint Editor really opens up the possibilities. I've even been able to use the SC (or Hyper Gravity that I own as well) as a rather cool EQ pedal too. I also really like that you can set the controls to a particular position then disable them altogether, essentially locking the pedal operation in the editor.

I've also reviewed a couple of Ampeg combos in the past with the scrambler circuit on. I was surprised at how useable it was and got some really cool 'Sheehan' style low-gain drives with it. Just a nice bit of bite.

[Osiris]

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1493232447' post='3286810']
I've also reviewed a couple of Ampeg combos in the past with the scrambler circuit on. I was surprised at how useable it was and got some really cool 'Sheehan' style low-gain drives with it. Just a nice bit of bite.
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Thanks, Dood. I had a quick look on the Guitar Interactive site but couldn't find the Ampeg reviews. Any chance you could dig out a link, please?

[Dood]

[quote name='Osiris' timestamp='1493320237' post='3287524']
Thanks, Dood. I had a quick look on the Guitar Interactive site but couldn't find the Ampeg reviews. Any chance you could dig out a link, please?
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I've most of my reviews listed here: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/248043-doods-100-online-video-reviews-all-the-gear-artists-and-more/ though some of the early issues are currently offline.

The good news is that the review in question is available and it's in this magazine: [url="http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk//launch.aspx?eid=2790a35c-e2e4-435d-9361-3d3f9e251ad7"]http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk//launch.aspx?eid=2790a35c-e2e4-435d-9361-3d3f9e251ad7[/url]

hopefully this link will work for the video on it's own: [url="https://www.guitarinteractivemagazine.com/videoplayer?issue=32&umbracourlname=dv_ampeg_ba115_and_ba110_reviewmp4"]https://www.guitarinteractivemagazine.com/videoplayer?issue=32&umbracourlname=dv_ampeg_ba115_and_ba110_reviewmp4[/url]

[Osiris]

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1493326992' post='3287587']
I've most of my reviews listed here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/248043-doods-100-online-video-reviews-all-the-gear-artists-and-more/"]http://basschat.co.u...tists-and-more/[/url] though some of the early issues are currently offline.

The good news is that the review in question is available and it's in this magazine: [url="http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk//launch.aspx?eid=2790a35c-e2e4-435d-9361-3d3f9e251ad7"]http://edition.pages...61-3d3f9e251ad7[/url]

hopefully this link will work for the video on it's own: [url="https://www.guitarinteractivemagazine.com/videoplayer?issue=32&umbracourlname=dv_ampeg_ba115_and_ba110_reviewmp4"]https://www.guitarin...ba110_reviewmp4[/url]
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Thanks, Dood, appreciate it [size=4] [/size]

[indiegrungesound]

[quote name='Osiris' timestamp='1493232146' post='3286807']
The Spectracomp is a superb little compressor. The default tone print seemed to have a bit of a bloated mid range to my ear (it didn't sound anything like the one in my old RH 450 amp, unfortunately) but there are some great tone prints available on the TC site that should cover pretty much any type of compression you're looking for.[/quote]

Hi Osiris. You've peaked my curiosity with this! I use the Spectracomp all the time on my BH500. It gives me the kind of loud, punchy sound I like without having to turn my volume up! I have toyed with the idea of getting the pedal if I had to sell/trade up my amp. Are you saying the pedal is better to use than it's onboard amp form?

[Osiris]

[quote name='indiegrungesound' timestamp='1493451908' post='3288366']
Hi Osiris. You've peaked my curiosity with this! I use the Spectracomp all the time on my BH500. It gives me the kind of loud, punchy sound I like without having to turn my volume up! I have toyed with the idea of getting the pedal if I had to sell/trade up my amp. Are you saying the pedal is better to use than it's onboard amp form?
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'Better' is a subjective term as we all want different sounds from our gear * [size=4] [/size]

I've no experience of the Spectracomp in the BH500, but I'm assuming that it's the same, or at least very similar, to the one in the RH450. I was a big fan of the one on the '450, it sounded and worked really well and had a pleasing punch as you say. My assumption was that the default tone print that comes loaded on a new Spectracomp would sound the same, but in my experience it didn't - but you also need to factor in that I was using another amp too (my new Genzler Magellan - which is another thing of wonder in itself, some of my thoughts about the Magellan [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/303884-amp-test-drive%3B-aguilar-darkglass-genzler-and-mesa-boogie/"]are here[/url]) so there was more than one variable that could account for the difference. I felt that the default tone print was making the mid range a bit mushy. It's hard to describe the sound but it wasn't for me. But that's not to say that you wouldn't like it, or that it wouldn't work well with your gear.

However, the Spectracomp has got to be about the most versatile compressor currently available. It can be as simple (one control knob!) or as complex as you want it to be if you have the time and sufficient understanding of compression to use the tone print editor as Dood says above. But for my needs, the tone prints you can load to the pedal from [url="http://www.tcelectronic.com/spectracomp-bass-compressor/toneprints/"]TC's website[/url] offer pretty much any style of compression that you're ever likely to need, and a free, quick and easy way to have a taste of the different flavours of compression. All you need to load tone prints are the pedal and the free tone print app on your mobile. Or you can use a PC/Mac and a USB cable. It takes 2 or 3 seconds to load a new tone print, and if you don't like it you just load another one. Simple as that!

[size=4]If you're looking for loud and punchy compression, check out the Muscle Comp tone print - it's [i]really[/i] punchy and makes the bass really cut through a busy band mix. [/size]

* My personal opinion is that the pedal is way better than the one in the RH450 [size=4] [/size]

[indiegrungesound]

Cheers Osiris! I'll keep this all in mind if I need to change my amp head!

[Dood]

Here's a review of the possible complexity of the SpectraComp if you go under the bonnet and take a step further than just the TonePrints. There's nothing else like this on the market and is by far my favourite Comp pedal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSmuETz_hEw