BOSS Compressor/Sustainer

[bryan_kilco]

At practice last night, group of younger kids hanging out....One kid asks if I'll trade him a compressor/sustainer for some beer....I tell him to keep the pedal, and that I can't provide enough beer to make up for probably a $80 pedal. So him and his friends start diving into my beer, and sure enough the kid just comes in and gives me the pedal. Fuck it, I say!

Anyone use this thing? Is it any good? I haven't tried it and I'm sick as a dog so I'm not sure when I'll get to try it out. I'd think it'd be good mostly on cleans....but does it hold up to say a dbx rack compressor or anything like that?

 

[amarshism]

Became really popular after misha announced he uses a comp on his pedal board.

 

[BrettT]

I would think that it would be useful for bass.

 

[Trevoire520]

Not used compressor pedals much when recording but I bet it'd be good for cleans, leads and bass.

 

[bryan_kilco]

Cool deal! Yeah, live use only for this guy. Whats weird is it has a "Tone" knob..... hmmm.

 

[RaNk]

I have had that pedal for years, still have it somewhere. Never found any good use for it. It's a real tonekiller if you ask me. Trying it as a sustainer for leads, the sound gets really weird, nasal is the best description maybe. Tried all kinds of settings, never worked for me. Maybe I have a faulty unit I don't know, just try it yourself. I'd keep the beer.

 

[bryan_kilco]

Hmm just checked some Youtube videos of it. Ill have to try it for myself. and I figure......I may have lost like $15 in beer. But I could turn around and sell the pedal for probably $50.

 

[JonWormwood]

chicken pickin standard

 

[bryan_kilco]

According to a bunch of people, this pedal is noisy and a tone killer. Bummer. Would this be something to run in front of an amp or in the FX Loop? Will give it a whirl and report back.

 

[kvoid]

In front definitely. And I heard the Behringer knock off is nowhere near as shitty as the Boss original. There's always quality alternatives if you're willing to spend (the Diamond Compressor comes to mind).

 

[Uros]

If it's good, you could use it really effectively for your run-of-the-mill heavy metal kind of leads, to get that liquid tone.

 

[bryan_kilco]

Well, tried it out at home on a tiny practice amp. Meh. For cleans it's hugely noticeable. I kinda dig it in that aspect, but I hardly do any clean work in our band. Maybe I'll give it a shot at practice tonight on the 5150 and see how it does for leads.