News — compression

We're always bringing in new and hot pedals. The Masamune is a really great dual pedal as it includes a great Boost to give you the edge you need to rise above the band for solos, and it includes a Compressor (spelled Kompressor) to help sculpt your sound. 

Of all the pedals that go on a pedal board, none are shrouded in mystery more than the compressor pedal. For some, it’s an essential element to their tone, for others, it controls their dynamics and sustain, for rest of us it might as well have a question mark screen-printed on it.  What we’re going to do in this blog entry is shed a little light on the compressor pedal, what it does, and how to use it properly to get the most out of it. Stick around, you might find it’s the pedal you been missing this whole time....