We broke out our ’60s Telecaster and the Road Worn sunburst Strat with the Fralin True ’54 pickups to audition the Compulator, figuring these two guitars would be the most revealing in our stash. So what does a compressor do, exactly? Compress yer tone of course, but the effect is a little more subtly complex than that. ’70s- an MXR Dyna-Comp, and we remember using it to smooth the rippin’ tones of our Fender Thinline Tele, and it worked miracles on that guitar pumped through our old beater Pro Reverb.ĭemeter has created a super simple compression pedal called the Compulator, and we gave it a workout for your consideration. We recall having an old pedal compressor way back in the late Maybe the idea of calming your rig down seems counter intuitive since you’ve spent so much time and effort trying to ramp it up? But that’s really not what compression is all about. Can’t say for sure, but we don’t recall seeing a compressor on a lot of pedal boards, although we can assure you that Sonny Landreth uses one to smooth those rippin’ slide moves he makes. We take off with the Demeter Compulator and find our sweet spot.Ĭompression is, in our humble opinion, underrated and probably underutilized.
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