...maybe because I already tried one compressor (digitech main squeeze compressor)...no matter how I adjust ...it just doesn't do much......one thing for sure...after that...I stopped using it and sold it fast....tell me whats the function of a compressor?...in clean and dirty...lead and rhythm work...when do players usually use it?
sir Phil, a compressor is more of a subtle filter pedal. it automatically adjusts the level (volume), attack and sustain (depending on the compressor pedal) your guitar signal to the setting you dialed into your pedal. like what i've mentioned earlier, it amplifies weak signals and attenuates strong signals. one might think that playing dynamics will be a goner because of the compressor, but you can adjust the sensitivity (the level in which it will "compress" the signal) to get the best tone.
for its uses, parang iba-iba rin yung characteristics ng compressor e. i use an MXR Dyna Comp exclusively for my clean tone route because my overdrive pedal (Butler Tube Driver) already has natural tube compression. it's perfect for getting that funky, squishy clean tone heard in countless pop, jazz and rock songs. try cascading a wah and a Dyna Comp and you're ready for funk hehe.. yung BOSS CS-3 naman favorite ko yung sustainer feature nya. i use it for my other pedalboard (before an Ibanez TS-808 and a Maxon Distortion & Sustainer II). i get infinite, and i mean infinite, sustain with the CS-3 and Maxon cascaded. think "Flying In A Blue Dream." try the Keeley Compressor and the Home Brew Compressor Retro din, but i prefer the latter because it's modeled after the much-revered Ross compressor