Interesting piece of kit. As I recall (yes, I'm that old) there was only the MXR Dyna Comp back in the mid-70s as far as guitar compressors were concerned. Maybe a couple other pedals, but most studio compression was done at the board. Clean rhythm on Steely Dan songs such as "Hey Nineteen" featured that pristine squashed tone. Back in that period, you had those top gun Cali guys for call dates: Carlton, Ritenour, Ford, and later Luke. Yeah Dumble, and maybe Boogie and of course, Fender amps with a Strat or a 365 were the order of the day. Funny, I was never much into compression until lately. I use it all the time now when I record to pop out vocals on the global mix and I have a JHS Tighty Whitey on my board and add just enough so it's almost indiscernible, but adds that extra leveling to clean rhythm parts especially. It's like umami, lol! Cheers.
Funkalicicious intro Jon 😀 the sound of that pedal is something else. I’m also looking for a new comp pedal. I’m not getting on with my current one. Excellent demo Jon cheers 😀👍
a nice image for your head to understand compressors: you are having a good time listening to music in your bedroom, one of your parents bursts through the door to complain about the volume. threshold is the volume level it takes for your parents to become angry, attack is the time it takes for you to turn the stereo down from the time the door bursts open and release is the time it takes for the music until it is back again at the threshold volume of angry parents ;D
hey Jon....I'd value your opinion here. I use the Cali76 pedal (CD) you demo here and it is just a great pedal. It's hard to imagine a better one , and that's the problem....now I can. You have played this and the Stacked Edition (SE). I got the the CD looking for clean sustain and got that with many other unexpected tonal benefits. BUT IF, as advertised, the SE has much greater clean sustain then the CD I have, I can sell my CD for almost 100% of my cost, and swap pedals. If there is a downside with the SE (compared to the CD) it's that you lose the ratio control and the ability to fine-tune some of the subtleties of the CD pedal. If my funds had as much headroom as these pedals I'd own them all, but I need to stay disciplined etc. So, on balance, if you could only get one, and clean sustain was of primary importance, which of these 2 excellent pedals would you choose, and forgetting the relatively small price difference, why? Thanks in advance, D
@@kingstumble I agree, but this type of unit has no memory, you would need to keep a list of settings, and hope to get the same sound again. or a bank of them which would be very expensive.
@@JonIsJustTooLoud If all you want is a single "Sound" that is the best, then this unit makes sense, for the home based players it's harder to justify.
0:00 Intro
0:18 Unboxing
1:09 Song
3:37 Demo
6:00 Review
9:49 Conclusion
Great great sounding demo man, it's ridiculously great sounding :D
Beautiful playing too :)
Thank you ✌️❤️
Beautifully demonstrated as always. Lovely playing
Thank you!
very good a super sound a work of video and audio of excellence!!!
Glad you like it!✌️❤️
Thank you Jon, superb review - you sold me one...
Glad to help✌️❤️
Interesting piece of kit. As I recall (yes, I'm that old) there was only the MXR Dyna Comp back in the mid-70s as far as guitar compressors were concerned. Maybe a couple other pedals, but most studio compression was done at the board. Clean rhythm on Steely Dan songs such as "Hey Nineteen" featured that pristine squashed tone. Back in that period, you had those top gun Cali guys for call dates: Carlton, Ritenour, Ford, and later Luke. Yeah Dumble, and maybe Boogie and of course, Fender amps with a Strat or a 365 were the order of the day. Funny, I was never much into compression until lately. I use it all the time now when I record to pop out vocals on the global mix and I have a JHS Tighty Whitey on my board and add just enough so it's almost indiscernible, but adds that extra leveling to clean rhythm parts especially. It's like umami, lol! Cheers.
Lol... I have a compressor on all the time on my Helix setup.. but it would be great to have a unit like this for variation on a lead sound ✌️❤️
Funkalicicious intro Jon 😀 the sound of that pedal is something else. I’m also looking for a new comp pedal. I’m not getting on with my current one. Excellent demo Jon cheers 😀👍
I’m trying to get my hands on another iteration, the cali76 stacked ✌️❤️
Best guitar compressor ever made.
Totally agree ✌️❤️
Yep. Awesome
Guitar wven sounds better just with this in the chain even when it it turned off. It is magic.
Grooves! You have
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Very cool!👏🤘
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@@JonIsJustTooLoud Hope you get your sleep issue in order.😵
@@ctvaughn707 oh yea.. did the switch today!! Yay😝
a nice image for your head to understand compressors:
you are having a good time listening to music in your bedroom, one of your parents bursts through the door to complain about the volume. threshold is the volume level it takes for your parents to become angry, attack is the time it takes for you to turn the stereo down from the time the door bursts open and release is the time it takes for the music until it is back again at the threshold volume of angry parents ;D
oh and ratio is the volume level you take it down to so they let you keep listening to music ;P
Lol
I could hear some Gilmour-like tones in your playing. Nice!
really? not really a fan of him..but I love the Band Pink Floyd!✌❤
@@JonIsJustTooLoud I am a bit surprised that you are not a Gilmour fan, as said above your playing often sounds very close to his.
hey Jon....I'd value your opinion here. I use the Cali76 pedal (CD) you demo here and it is just a great pedal. It's hard to imagine a better one , and that's the problem....now I can. You have played this and the Stacked Edition (SE). I got the the CD looking for clean sustain and got that with many other unexpected tonal benefits. BUT IF, as advertised, the SE has much greater clean sustain then the CD I have, I can sell my CD for almost 100% of my cost, and swap pedals. If there is a downside with the SE (compared to the CD) it's that you lose the ratio control and the ability to fine-tune some of the subtleties of the CD pedal. If my funds had as much headroom as these pedals I'd own them all, but I need to stay disciplined etc. So, on balance, if you could only get one, and clean sustain was of primary importance, which of these 2 excellent pedals would you choose, and forgetting the relatively small price difference, why?
Thanks in advance, D
I’ll get the stack ✌️❤️
@@JonIsJustTooLoud Thanks much Jon......I may have to have both. I just think these are great pedals. ..D
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Great sounds , but at this price level they should be.
I think i would prefer to buy a multi-effects with a display.
No multi effects will give you compression of this quality.
I concur!✌❤
@@kingstumble I agree, but this type of unit has no memory, you would need to keep a list of settings, and hope to get the same sound again. or a bank of them which would be very expensive.
True.. but I think this unit is more suited in the studio.. well for me anyways😜
@@JonIsJustTooLoud If all you want is a single "Sound" that is the best, then this unit makes sense, for the home based players it's harder to justify.