MXR '76 Vintage Dyna Comp has arrived

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Purchased an Analogman modded (true bypass, LED added, power jack with filtering) '76 Dyna Comp last week and it arrived yesterday. Promptly took it to practice and put it through it's paces.

In a lot of reviews I read before purchasing - it was often described as sounding more 'musical' in its compression than other Ross-style comps. I would definitely agree. These things are subtle, subjective and often hard to describe but - it was definitely a more pleasing comp experience for me than super squishy types I have used or heard before.

I've been following some of the threads on ditching the comp altogether and - I have to say - I'm not a big comp user. I have a Maxon CP9 Pro + which stays on my board more for sustain than squish and I use it very sparingly where I think it makes the most sense. I think it's a great thing to have in your tonal palette or as another blade on the swiss army knife that is the pedal board but - mine is never just left on for a whole set, hardly ever for a whole song.

The Maxon is more of a studio compressor. Very subtle and transparent - it's really a great gizmo but...I wanted to have something around for those rare times in the country band when I do wish I had a tiny dash of squish to throw about - the Vintage Dyna does this very well. Last night - I found myself mainly using it as a solo boost, with very good results.

Next up on the pedal list: I think it's time to grab one of those Maxon AD-999 Pro analog delay units! Very drooly!