neilb Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Could I ask you wonderful experienced bass types for your recommendations for a bass compressor. It must have the following: 1. True bypass 2. Optical pref. 3. not physically too big. 4. not take out all the bass like most comps do 5. be no more than £100 Thanking you Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boneless Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 (edited) BBE Optostomp. Not sure about the true bypass, but it sounds transparent when bypassed anyway. Edited January 7, 2009 by Boneless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EskimoBassist Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I just got a second hand (but mint condition) EBS MultiComp and that does the job perfectly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnylager Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 [quote name='EskimoBassist' post='374068' date='Jan 8 2009, 02:14 PM']I just got a second hand (but mint condition) EBS MultiComp and that does the job perfectly![/quote] +1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 [quote name='neilb' post='373385' date='Jan 7 2009, 07:07 PM']Could I ask you wonderful experienced bass types for your recommendations for a bass compressor. It must have the following: 1. True bypass 2. Optical pref. 3. not physically too big. 4. not take out all the bass like most comps do 5. be no more than £100 Thanking you Neil[/quote] Don't be fooled by the True bypass thing. In alot of cases, a good buffered pedal outperforms true bypass - especially if you have mutliple pedals in the chain/loop or/and long cable runs. True bypass and buffers are equally viable solutions as long as the pedals have been designed and built properly. I would say you would be hard pushed to beat the MultiComp at a used price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voxpop Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Sorry for the sales pitch.... I have a most excellent Keeley 4 knob for sale at £175.00 posted. Here is a link. [url="http://www.andertons.co.uk/acatalog/info_RKCOMPPLUS.html"]http://www.andertons.co.uk/acatalog/info_RKCOMPPLUS.html[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 (edited) [quote name='EskimoBassist' post='374068' date='Jan 8 2009, 02:14 PM']I just got a second hand (but mint condition) EBS MultiComp and that does the job perfectly![/quote] +2. Has internal trimpots to adjust compression of low and high range separately in multicomp mode. Someone here has one for [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=33816&pid=371212&st=0&#entry371212"]sale[/url] Edited January 8, 2009 by ezbass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassmouseman Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Was after a second hand EBS for ages, in the end gave up and got a BBE and have been very impressed with it. I'm not looking for an EBS any more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clauster Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 BBE Optostomp is possibly the best comp for less than £100 new. But you can find EBS and occasionaly Compulators for around £100 used Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 [url="http://www.ovnilab.com/index.shtml"]http://www.ovnilab.com/index.shtml[/url] This is a good place to start on the difficult task of choosing a compressor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.