Re: Compression sustainer?

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Jammers wrote:
Just wondering what a compression sustainer can do for my sound? I
have been playing guitar for 23 years and just recently joined a
bandBror the first time in 15 years. I have dabbled with these pedals
before and have the Boss compression sustainer pedal, yet it has
always found it's way out of my pedal board and back on the shelf.
...nothing that a good tube amp, properly dialed in, can't do by itself, IMO.

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- Rufus
My Boss CS-3 in front of my Fender HRD is great. Sounds good through my Les Paul, even better from my Strat. I rarely use the compressor with overdrive or distortion though.

Brett
I'll use a drive - like my OCD - but never a compressor. Or a distortion...but my vintage MXR red Dynacomp lives on the shelf.

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- Rufus

I have many distortion/overdrive options, I just rarely use them with the compressor. That said, some mild overdrive + compressor can be nice.

Brett



Most folks I know try to use compression like a drive or fuzz pedal...and that doesn't work. If you want a drive or fuzz, get a drive or fuzz.

My new small rig has a Morley wah/vol/distortion on it, with an auto-wah/filter sitting after the Morley, and an OCD sitting after the auto-wah - result is I can get a pretty far reaching set of tones by having the ability to have pre or post filtering drive or distortion...or I can get some really hairy Smashing Pumkins-esque type tone by turning both the distortion and drive on at the same time.

Really simple, no compressors used - runs into the clean channel of my amp. If I want to snap back to clean, I just stomp off...and I get a very nice Fender sounding cleany-twang.

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- Rufus
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