from a while ago:
I decided I wanted to change away from from my TC Spectracomp compressor, to one that had the usual selection of control knobs physically on the pedal.
I also liked the idea of knowing a bit more about what was going on with the compression, so I wanted a pedal with a row of LEDs showing how much compression is being applied.
That really narrowed things down to the Boss BC-1X and the MXR M87 compressors.
Having watched A/B tests individually and against each other, to me they seemed pretty ev…
i had problems with one. i couldn’t get it to actually do anything, i don’t know if it didn’t like the input of my bass or what but it would never trigger any compression unless i stomped on the strings if memory serves. edit: yep:
I’ve sort of gone round with compression pedals lately. I took the advice of ovnilab and bought the mxr bass compressor. I realized pretty quickly that it wasn’t going to work for me. I liked the led meter and the controls. but i found (and ovni mentioned) that I had to have a HUGE amount of input in order for it to respond. so it’s gone. didn’t really know what to replace it with, I really wanted the cali76 but it’s $350 bux (gulp). for some reason I always ignored this:
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