Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
From John K. Info about the original: This compressor captures the natural feel of your amp and speakers compressing as they are pushed.The PGC really shines in a live situation with a band where the heavier handed compressors, that sound good at home in a room, often sound thick and lifeless against other real instruments… … Read more
Jon Patton’s Bearhug FET Compressor (Yeah! That’s the same cool dude who demoed Valvewizard’s Engineer’s Thumb a while back!) As requested. From Jon: The Bearhug is a (fairly) low-parts-count, quiet, tonally transparent compressor using only transistors. It can do subtle peak limiting or squishy sustaining, with a decent amount of boost (probably ~6-12db). Notes & … Read more
Here we go with another classic optical compressor. Original unit uses VTL5C2, so could get away with using any LDR with 1M dark resistance. So the LDR resistor would be resistor leads of VTL5C2 and that green LED acts as LED leads of the vactrol. Positive/anode to strip four and negative/cathode to strip one. Haven’t … Read more
Request, with CA3080 instead of LM13700 (but you can use the conversion daughterboard to allow you to use the LM13700 if you prefer). Designed my Merlin Blencowe and posted on the various DIY sites, this is how he described it: For a long time I’ve felt guilty that my pedal board didn’t include a compressor. … Read more
Info about the original pedal: A compressor pedal incorporating the best attributes of classic pedals while simultaneously eliminating the shortcomings common to such vintage designs. Included are controls for the adjustment of Attack, Release, and Ratio that allow the user precise and continuous variation to their sound. These controls offer the ability to custom tailor … Read more
So close to the Ross Compressor that the 2-knob versions seems to be essentially verbatim, but I thought the 4 knob version was worth adding for the additional Clip and Attack controls. In the original the onboard trimmer isn’t used and instead two 1K resistors were used between the bottom lug of the (top left) … Read more
As predicted! :o) Although the layouts look different, this is extremely close to the Dyna Comp, I just rejigged things around to make the best use of space. Unfortunately I needed an extra 3 rows, but c’est la vie. Here is a summary of the differences between the Ross Compressor and the Dyna Comp: 1M … Read more
No effects layout site would be complete without this one, and even if this isn’t the most sought after compressor there are quite a few more fashionable ones which are based on this, and so I thought it would give a good basis for mods and tweaks, and adapting to the Dyna Comp-esque variants. The … Read more
Info about the original from the manufacturer: ToadWorks Mr. Squishy is an analog compressor pedal that combines purity of tone with tight, punchy squeeze-on-demand. Mr. Squishy has been tested with a wide range of amplifiers, including tube, solid state and hybrid, and it delivers the goods every time. ToadWorks Mr. Squishy provides great compression without … Read more
