comp pedals

Johno · Post by **Johno** » Fri Feb 26, 2010 11:49 am

Does anyone know of a comp pedal that has some sort of eq & a seperate volume boost?

I have an old Vestax comp whcih is great has bass/mid/treble controls but is a bit old now & has a fair bit of hiss so need to replace it with something similar but would like a pedal with a built in vol boost if poss.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Fri Feb 26, 2010 12:32 pm

What's the Vestax comp? Is there a schematic on t'web?

Post by **Mike** » Fri Feb 26, 2010 12:49 pm

Vestax/Vesta Fire made a bunch of cool and quirky pedals in the 80s. A Japanese company I believe and they now specialise in DJ gear, which they have always produced.

They made the MDX (Digital Delay with Modulation) which was much loved and stomped on by our very own Doog and Hurb for a while. I owned one too for a bit - it was a cool pedal. Definitely lo-fi and noisy though.

I would recommend the Dyna Comp as far as Compressors are concerned but unfortunately it doesn't have any EQ.

Johno · Post by **Johno** » Fri Feb 26, 2010 1:01 pm

timhulio wrote:What's the Vestax comp? Is there a schematic on t'web?

Tis one of these, you can have a loan of it if you wish.

http://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/vestax/old/cmp

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Fri Feb 26, 2010 1:19 pm

Mike wrote:They made the MDX (Digital Delay with Modulation) which was much loved and stomped on by our very own Doog and Hurb for a while. I owned one too for a bit - it was a cool pedal. Definitely lo-fi and noisy though.

STILL FUCKING BITTER. I WAS TRACKING ONE DOWN FOREVER BECAUSE I HAD THE DISTORTION WITH MODULATION AND THEN DOOG GOT ONE AND EVERYONE ON SHORTSCALE WAS BUYING THEM UP.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Fri Feb 26, 2010 1:50 pm

The visual sound Route 66 has a good comp with a tube screamer on the other half. Probably not the idea "boost" however, unless thats your thing. [not that theres anything wrong with that]

Post by **Mike** » Fri Feb 26, 2010 1:59 pm

theshadowofseattle wrote:
Mike wrote:They made the MDX (Digital Delay with Modulation) which was much loved and stomped on by our very own Doog and Hurb for a while. I owned one too for a bit - it was a cool pedal. Definitely lo-fi and noisy though.
STILL FUCKING BITTER. I WAS TRACKING ONE DOWN FOREVER BECAUSE I HAD THE DISTORTION WITH MODULATION AND THEN DOOG GOT ONE AND EVERYONE ON SHORTSCALE WAS BUYING THEM UP.

He doesn't use one anymore so they must be available for CHEAPS?

Also when I sold mine I remember selling it for a Bro Deal price, why didn't you want it?