Description
Now widely regarded as the industry standard in guitar pedal compression, the Mini Ego Compressor brings a new level of of control to what is expected and needed by today's guitar players, in a mini Format.
What does a compressor do? A compressor adds an element of control to your playing level – it will bring the quieter parts up and the louder parts down. While an ordinary compressor pedal can give you an element of control, a great compressor will give you the “feel” that other average compressors lack. If you’ve played a great tube amp when it’s being pushed hard, you’ll know what a great natural compressor feels like.
Based on the incredible success of the original Ego but featuring switches for tone (dark and bright) and attack (slow and fast) you can tweak your tone to a standard of a pedal twice its size. By keeping the clean blend of the original, your original signal to be blended in so you can get all the benefits of a great compressor (picking up the notes that aren’t as strong and increasing sustain) but you have the option to remove the squash at the front by bringing the bypassed signal in. With this control, you can have full country squash or open studio level parallel compression. Basically, the Mini Ego gives you complete control of every aspect of your compression.
So, with a comprehensive array of controls and a core tone that is pure, you won’t find a compressor that works perfectly as an “always on” or as “an effect” that is more highly regarded than the Mini Ego from Wampler Pedals.
Easily the best mini compressor out there
Super versatile unit, from subtle tone enhancer, to peak limiting, studio parallel compression, classic squash and with infinite sustain. It really does it all! Way better than the SP in my opinion. Much less bloom/thump on the Ego at higher compression settings, and far more transparent, especially with the tone switch to the right (which is bypassing a capacitor that removes very high frequencies - aka presence). It's also super quiet, really impressed. Works as a standalone boost to further excite overdrive pedals or preamps. Perfect compromise of flexibility, simplicity great sound in a small form factor thanks to choise of tiny 2 way switches over rotary potentiometer. Superbly tuned, super straightforward, yet super tweak-able. One of the best modern Ross type compressor, sounds great with blend at 100% compressed. Certainly the new king of mini sized compressors. EDIT: This is my third Wampler pedal, I gotta say I'm a fan of the brand: nice packaging, great sound, flexible settings, great build quality, great quality parts (switches, pots, jacks) and very neat and clean soldering of the surface mount components. All for a competitive price overall, in Europe Wampler is actually cheaper than MXR.