Compressor

This is a great sounding compressor!!! I bought it as a cheaper alternative to the Keeley comp I had planned on buying. The fellow who builds these pedal lives nearby, so I was able to try it out thoroughly before buying. I had the chance to briefly test a Keeley that belonged to customer at the guitar shop where I work. The Retro Sonic Compressor is every bit as good. It's quiet and VERY smooth sounding. Anyone who's tried out garbage like the BOSS CS-3 or MXR Dynacomp and decided that compressors aren't useful, should definetly check out this pedal! I use the Comp with my two Strats, mostly for clean playing. It works great for "hot country"-type leads (like Brent Mason) and for David Gilmour-type stuff.

Top notch components and workmanship. Good true-bypass switch and no crappy plastics jacks soldered directly to the PC board. Also has the world's brightest LED. It actually hurts your eyes if you look straight into it!!

Nothing to it. Just two knobs after all. Just set the volume and dial in the amount of compression you want.

Tim Larwill is great to deal with. A nice fellow who knows how to build good pedals at a fair price.

I've had it about a month now and it's definetly a keeper. For those of you interested in a clean boost, check Retro-Sonic's "Boost" pedal, it sounds INCREDIBLE!!! That pedal is on my shopping list now!

I use a hollowbody archtop, and a strat. With the Hollowbody: For an incredible full warm clean sound, the pedal is perfect, it compresses your levels just enough, and in terms of how subtle the compression is, you have to really sit there and listen for the it, because this is one of the smoothest. I own a Keeley and this pedal is as good, if not a little smoother. With the Strat: You can really achieve that "country picker" twang and compression, and again, it is a very smooth compression, so as not to squash the sound. I have used this pedal with a pile of old Fender amps which no doubt help the overall sound. Also Features True Bypass circuitry which is awesome

This unit is housed in the MXR style boxes, I haven't tried it yet but I'm sure you could throw it accross the room a few times and nothing would happen.

This unit features 2 control knobs like the Ross/MXR and you simply dial them in the way you like.

These unit feature a 2 year warranty and if there are any problems the fellow has no problem helping out. A really great guy to have making pedals.

If you ever need and/or want a compressor, this is the one to get, I would deffinately buy another, that is, if something were to happen to mine.