What's on the workbench?
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Big Monk
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I use it a lot with overdrive at low volume to give some of that higher volume compressed amp feel as well.
Coda
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Great way to boost a Muff too…
Big Monk
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Yup.
MichaelW
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When I think of compressors I generally think of the Brent Mason, Albert Lee, chicken pickin crowd. Which is all about making your clean tone pop. Which is exactly the opposite of how I use compressors
Mostly because I'm just not that good a player and a "poppin" tele sound just makes my mistakes "pop" that much more. Where I like to use compressors....and also why I've gravitated towards optical compressors that I've built.....is as @szukalski noted, a "wee bit" can go a long way to buff up your guitar output and smooth it out. I like using it on rhythm guitar parts because it makes them more even and less spikey in a mix. I also like using them with low gain as @Big Monk mentioned, to give me the kind of sustain typically only achievable with a cranked amp and the natural compression that comes from that. A compressor can simulate that at bedroom/studio volumes and especially printing to a mix. But moderation is key. I like compression that you don't know is on. If I can hear it, then it's probably too much for me.
Feral Feline
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I love comps, with bass.
Just a smidge, I don't want to kill all my dynamics.
Diamond opto set lightly can be an always on thing,
a more aggressive comp can calm down an overly-active peaky-spikey auto-filter.
Comp's pretty good for '70's funky geetar chikka-wahkkah stuff, too.
Just a smidge, I don't want to kill all my dynamics.
Diamond opto set lightly can be an always on thing,
a more aggressive comp can calm down an overly-active peaky-spikey auto-filter.
Comp's pretty good for '70's funky geetar chikka-wahkkah stuff, too.
almondcity
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y'all are sleeping on the DOD Milkbox (Creamery)
Coda
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That’s cause it has a million parts. Nobodies got time for that…
Barry
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Maybe that's why it keeps sliding down in my queue
Bricksnbeatles
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only thing holding me back from my creamery builds (3x, each in a different color scheme) is my inability to create suitable artwork true to the concept I initially came up with and that satisfies me 100% (Also I haven’t even looked into getting any of the semis for it lol)
almondcity
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That's where the mojo is
Coda
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Fixed…
MichaelW
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Ever since buying some stompswitches from AliExpress I get all their spam now. This showed up in my inbox today.....apparently there are a bunch of clones of the Cali76 coming from the land of banyan trees and ginseng plants.
Be interesting to see what it looks like inside......
Be interesting to see what it looks like inside......
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Bricksnbeatles
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Ironically call76 is a better name than Cali76 imo, since the two sans-serif l’s heavily imply ones, making it look like Ca1176
