Compressor shoot out Strymon MXR BYOC

[MinningAround]

Ah, what about the Joe Meek Floor Q?

[dashboardmenagerie]

Dude, there is no point in having a loop switcher when you only have one pedal in each loop. And all those pedals are true bypass already. The whole point of a loop switcher is to have MULTIPLE PEDALS in each loop to switch between whole signal chains.

[surfguitarshredder]

@dashboardmenagerie I used the loop switcher to take the cables out in addition to the pedals. It was as clean as I could get. That's also why I used a Twin Reverb. I have found that some pedals are marketed as true bypass, but aren't really (the Rat is one of those). With the loop switcher, the YouTube viewer can be sure that everything is out of the signal path when the loop is off.

[GtrDudeL]

thanks! this helped me decide... I picked up an OB.1 - very happy w/ it!!

[surfguitarshredder]

@GtrDudeL Did you get your OB.1? If you did, did you think my comments were correct?

[GtrDudeL]

@surfguitarshredder - yeah, I'm the proud owner of a OB.1. I can't comment comparatively - but I think U'r assessment was spot on! Its a VERY transparent compressor and really does exactly what I want out of a compressor - and VERY quiet. The OB.1's clean boost works great too. Strymon makes some great pedals!

U did a great review!! : ) thanks again!!

[toysrusroks]

o wow, the rat distortion STINKS for rythem stuff...leads are ok but the lower notes sound like CRAP..is that just the camera or is that like lajit

[surfguitarshredder]

@toysrusroks The Rat sounds like that. I think the video gives a pretty representation of the sound (except that it's hard to hear the noise of each pedal).

[Antestor]

Yes it definitely deserves 5 stars. However, you can't hear much difference between the pedals. But the description opinions are great. Do you think the 5 knob byoc would be able to dial out those mids and be able to add more top end? Any theories as to why it's noisier than the others? Could it be the soldering work is not up to par?

[gmlasam]

@Antestor The BYOC noise can be attributed to inferior components used and yes, poor soldering.

[surfguitarshredder]

@gmlasam The soldering is good (I am an engineer). The parts are good. I think the noise is a result of the circuit design.

[surfguitarshredder]

@Antestor The 5 knob comp could add more highs if you also dial in more compression. The mids are what they are. The soldering is good and clean. The BYOC is similar to the dynacomp or the ross comps, and they are all somewhat noisy.

[firehandszarb]

only 2 stars? way harsh epspecially considering all the nonsense little vids that get 5 stars. i gave it 5 just to balance it out. quite informative. i only dropped by looking for examples of the ls-10, how does it rate comapared to the yamaha cs or w24 (which is an obvious direct competitor)?

[surfguitarshredder]

@firehandszarb I don't know how the Yamaha recorder sounds.