The mooer is small and inexpensive but very good quality. Ive played through the ego several times and never really dug it compared to my tone press. Played with it yesterday for an hour or so and decided i dont think i need. Pretty much the same as the previous master series, cpl, and 9 series cp9. Review of the electroharmonix lester g deluxe rotary speaker pedal 0404. Wampler barber tone press, diamond compressor xotic sp. Both pedals are built extremely well and both pedals sound amazing. Hi, i want to get a compressor with blend feature and have narrowed down to these two. Burn unit, barber direct drive, barber gain changer, barber ltd, barber tone press. Compression has been tweaked to achieve a thicker squish at extreme settings.
I like the barber tone press and i love the pigtronix philosophers tone. Barber electronics tone press parallel compressor same great tone press sound with class a jfet dry and mixer stages. A quick demo of the tonepress compressor pedal from barber electronics. Barber is the pioneer of compression pedals with adjustable blend, the first ever to market a parallel compressor. I wonder if there is any update or news about which compressor sounds the best for.
I broke all my finger nails off at work so its been tough to play my tele. There are tons of compressors on the market and many do a great job. The wampler ego compressor and the newer barber tone press compact. The level knob set at 3 o clock unity is about 121 can actually push a tube amp. See picture of product sheet for more details andor check online for more details. Wampler ego, wampler equator, wampler euphoria, wampler hot wired v2. It has a control set beyond most compressor pedals and a couple of very usefull features. Barber tone press and he seemed to be meh on this pedal. Oh and i run a wampler ego compressor always on usually.
Pretty much all of these comps with the blend knob can get you all the squish you desire, or allow you to blend your dry signal back in so that any compression effect is nonexistent, but. Looking for the best compressor with a blend control. Rickenbacker international corporation forum view topic. Both pedals are built extremely well and both pedals sound.
Playing a nash t57 telecaster into a morgan rca35 amp. It might come down to either the black keeley bass comp or the pigtronix philosopher bass. Also, the wampler ego comp and barber tone press have a blend. Source audio vertigo tremolo, stone deaf fig fumb, stone deaf pdf 2.
They boost certain frequencies and push the amp into overdrive, compression and clarity. The keeley is the most compact and the simple switch for single coils or humbuckers is nice. Discussion in the stomp box started by klobasa, jul 15, 2016. I have no complaints about any of barber s stuff, but i still prefer the ego comp as far as a compressor goes. Xotic sp comp vs barber tone press v2 compressor shootout. Ill email a pdf of the manual to your pp address after purchase. Of course there is still the xsotic sp, but based on. Dc jack included ac power adaptor not included current draw 10ma. Compressor pedal that can also be a total clean boost when set to zero. Vintage boss cs2 pigtronix philosophers boss japan cs2 compression sustainer pedal boss cs2 compressor sustainer boss cs3 compression sustainer guitar electroharmonix black finger compressor sustainer guitar effects pedal electro harmonix soul preacher comp compressor guitar effects pedal boss cs1 pigtronix philosopher keeley 2 knob compressor boss cs2 compressor. Compressor shootout barber tone press compactwampler. A few stand out as being a bit more fun to play or offer some others features that make then special here are my compressor.
I know that they share the same owners manual, so that may be a hint. The blend control and tone make this an obvious always on pedal. I have this on e one board, a barber tonepress on another and a seymour duncan. Ive recently tried putting the afterlife in a blendconfiguration with a diy. Build quality on the barber pedals is top notch and the tone press has worked flawless ever since i bought it many many years ago when it 1st came out. I personally prefer the tone press but thats just me. The keeley is the most compact and the simple switch for single coils or. Obviously the blend knob is a key feature, but more and more compressors offer this nowadays. Page 2 of 2 barber, wampler, and recently purchased the diamond. Always leave a battery connected to the battery snap or wrap a small piece of paper around it for insulation. The tone control is nice to have, and the wampler definitely retains more of the bass frequencies than other comps, but i found the wampler too hifi for my taste, almost plasticy.
When using an external power supply be sure it is 9. Updated, compact version of barbers unique approach to a guitar centric compressor. I have this on e one board, a barber tonepress on another and a seymour. Laura cox 10 classic rock intros on a gj2 hellhound. I get a lot of comparisons to marc ribot in my playing and compressors without blend kinda kill my style. David gilmour, and others like him, often combine or stack two or more gain pedals. I have a barber on my big board and its not going anywhere anytime soon. Either that or ill just build a bypass loop with a blend control. Barber electronics tone press compressor demo by bryan ewald. I own 4 compressors, boss ca 3, philosophers tone mini, wampler ego full.
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