That’s exactly why I picked up the Compadre - I usually have one on: sometimes pretty squishy, sometimes mostly dry. Having even just a couple presets/midi makes it really useful
That should be in the list of ‘Things all electric guitar players at some point on the journey.’ #5 “I don’t need a compressor. They don’t do anything except funk.” (Plugs in decent comp pedal to a tube amp or cab sim a week or so). “Oh wait.”
I got a BOSS CS-3 back when I didn't really know what a compressor did but was told I NEEDED one. I couldn't make heads or tails of it, so I got rid of it. Years later, I finally got an understanding of what a Compressor did, but wanted one where the blend felt more organic, like Lee's mentioning here. Ended up with a Keeley Compressor+ and it's almost always on. Such a wonderful pedal!
It sounds like a Strat that is almost entirely machined and finished via computer controlled machines and sells for craftsman prices. Like all overpriced PRS guitars. Don't get mer wrong, they are nice guitars, and they should be, because once the machine is programmed correctly, they'll all be exact duplicates. As such the price should be a third of what it is.
partsmutt agreed, I tried 3 different ones in a shop, willing myself to be impressed, but they were no better than an American Standard Strat, so nothing wrong with them as you say, but yes, definitely overpriced
@@dver4624 I love my PRS custom 24, and S2, SE, i will never sell any of the 3,,,PRS makes amazing guitars,, but when I wanna strat, I grab my Fender strat.
I love my TC Electronic Hypergravity! Exactly what the Captain said, I never really understood the need for a compressor until I bought one. It’s rarely turned off!
Sounded great, Lee. Lovely playing and you did that SS justice. I wonder if the Compadre would be even better if it had a loop, so you could stick your drives between the comp and boost, with the option to switch the order of the comp and boost. If I was running the same thing conceptually with your board, I’d probably have a Cali76 or a Thorpy Fat General into the Greer etc, then a boost last (Dane boost obviously makes it redundant, as you say) after the drives. Or vice versa. Thank you for keeping us all super entertained. Keep safe.
I'm getting more and more convinced that I need Iridiums. two of them, to record silently in stereo. I'm not good on plugins and all that, but if I could get a good tone straight in my interface with those, I'm sold.
The pedals sound excellent for sure, but I found myself paying more attention to the awesome PRS and the Captan's playing than I did the different settings he was testing. Thank you for adding a bit of enjoyment to my Saturday with a cool video.
Good shout. I think the pedals ‘stay out of the way’ whilst still enabling a good recorded tone and therefore allow the player to get on with just playing (hence a lot of mentions of ‘feel’, rather than a big noticeable change in tone). Compressors are great for that aren’t they.
I'm buying the Compadre no question,our options is South Africa is either Boss's compressors (which I hate, I am a boss fan though) or Strymon and they are almost double the price, so $299 vs $580 u guys are lucky 😢
y'know there's so many overdrives, digital, analogue pedals, amp simulators, amps most of 'em sound good some great, some mind blowing. Even with my Katana 50 and Epi Les Paul, Squier Strat and Epi Dot 335 clone I've got just too many tones.Plus enough pedals and processors that it's ridiculous. I've spent more time sodding about with tones than playing. Now it's just the Dot straight into the Crunch channel with a spot of reverb and play! Option paralysis is a curse not blessing - mind you STILL want those Strymons....
ob1 is my favourite comp of all time this just looks like that but slightly better... I can feel the money slipping out of my account with every note the captain plays
At 2:14 "You're now hearing output from the Strymon Iridium" Missed a big one there. What it should have said was "You're now hearing the greatest riff of all time!"
Again love the videos. This one has me intrigued as my first and only electric guitar so far is the SS as I learn to move my fingers. Being as I an so new to this I would so appreciate the diagram view from guitar to amp / recording tool. I have no idea of the bits and bobs in between and no history to go on. Right now I have the guitar->D&M drive->57 champ, but adding more or seeing wheat you actually use and the route of that connectivity will really help.
Get over to That Pedal Show YT channel. It’s all covered there in great detail and the show is essential to really understand how it all ties together.
Liked the Iridium, the compressor was ok but I've got one. What you did do was convince me I need a Silver Sky in my life! Not only a great looking and sounding guitar but also helps in a small way to wind up the haters, sne sne sne sne *walks off sniggering*
Any excuse to watch Lee in a video is valid. But I find that these days I have pedal fatigue. I use a Keeley 4 knob when I use a tube amp and it's pretty much always on - never felt the need for something better.
appreciate your transparency on the set-up, but why add Logic Reverb? shouldn't we hear what these pedals can do by themselves... Love these videos though
Hi Captain, Do you have mind to make a video about comparison between Strymon Iridium & Universal Audio Ox Box in Andertons Music? Thanks a lot Regards
Ok so here's my situation. I currently run a clean boost at the very end of my chain as a volume increase for solos. I also have a Vemuram Karen which is basically like a Marshall Plexi. Its creamy and beautiful and I love that pedal. I can't run my clean boost into the Vemuram though because it tries to drive an already super high gain pedal, and therefore deletes the volume increase that I use the clean boost for. I want a compressor, and the fact that it's also a clean (or dirty) boost appeals to me, but everything ive read says that compressors go first, and not to run a distortion pedal into one due to noise. I want this pedal but im hesitant because 1. I'd have to run my Vemuram distortion after teh Compadre clean boost thereby deleting the post distortion volume gain Ive been getting from having my clean boost at the end 2. I don't want to put the Vemuram before the compressor. So what i've thought is maybe I could turn the volume up on the compressor side of the Compadre and use it as a clean boost that would also add drive to the dirty boost side of the Compadre, and then get rid of the Vemuram for my live gigs. Your thoughts?
A quality compressor like the Strymon can handle more end of chain usage like a limiter effect. Amazing quality pedal, the boost section on dirty is nice OD as well.
Great video Lee.... can I suggest, respectfully, that you try out a guitar with more powerful pickups so the nuances of the compression can be more pronounced on the tone? A high powered humbucker would have more signal to compress....
Calling foul. You can’t play “It’s Only Love” without a chorus in the chain :0) On the other hand, it is obligatory - for those of us of a certain vintage - to play that second (after Purple Rain) if you DO have a chorus in the chain. Mick Taylor stand up as well.
New ide on #Blindfoldchallenge - Beginner guitarist getting grate amp and 5 min to get a grate gig sound and a pro get a shifordable (maby midrange) amp and 5 min to get the best sound posibly. ONLY 1 efect pedal! Then you try to guess what is what, GO!
Although I'm not sure it would beat my Pigtronix Philosopher's Tone Micro. Great pedal if you're looking for a compressor. I highly recommended it. Going from Boss CS3 to Pigtronix has been a major upgrade!
I wanted a Gibson - so I didn't eat lunch for six months and had the one I wanted when I was 18. I now have 2 sports cars, several really nice guitars etc and I've never earned anywhere near average. If you don't want something bad enough then...give up, loser.
@@pd4165 hahahahah - man you crack me up! I too own several premium instruments. And the 594 is defo in my eye. I just had this idea that the joke is good. So sorry to trigger you so badly from your basement or wherever you are... Please, excuse my upsetting comment here.
It's so hard to demo compressors on TH-cam, for years I thought they were completely pointless, but then I got one and now I never turn it off
That’s exactly why I picked up the Compadre - I usually have one on: sometimes pretty squishy, sometimes mostly dry. Having even just a couple presets/midi makes it really useful
That should be in the list of ‘Things all electric guitar players at some point on the journey.’ #5 “I don’t need a compressor. They don’t do anything except funk.” (Plugs in decent comp pedal to a tube amp or cab sim a week or so). “Oh wait.”
I got a BOSS CS-3 back when I didn't really know what a compressor did but was told I NEEDED one. I couldn't make heads or tails of it, so I got rid of it. Years later, I finally got an understanding of what a Compressor did, but wanted one where the blend felt more organic, like Lee's mentioning here. Ended up with a Keeley Compressor+ and it's almost always on. Such a wonderful pedal!
It’s so transparent you can’t hear it. I love it! Strymon has done it again.
BEST demonstration of the Silver Sky guitar I've seen since it was released. Captain really sells it.
It sounds like a Strat that is almost entirely machined and finished via computer controlled machines and sells for craftsman prices. Like all overpriced PRS guitars. Don't get mer wrong, they are nice guitars, and they should be, because once the machine is programmed correctly, they'll all be exact duplicates. As such the price should be a third of what it is.
@@partsmutt I don't agree that they aren't worth it.
partsmutt agreed, I tried 3 different ones in a shop, willing myself to be impressed, but they were no better than an American Standard Strat, so nothing wrong with them as you say, but yes, definitely overpriced
@@dver4624 I love my PRS custom 24, and S2, SE, i will never sell any of the 3,,,PRS makes amazing guitars,, but when I wanna strat, I grab my Fender strat.
The Captain on a Saturday makes a great weekend.
Those pedals are awesome. I'm going to have to add one to my kit. Thanks for the video sir
Tube amp guy here.. bought a Iridium on a whim and I love it it. Still a tube snob but for those "days" the iridium scratches that itch
Andertons on a Saturday is a rare and beautiful thing.
This had me wondering what day it was...
Lee, your playing improves every time you make a video. Strymon is killing it lately too.
as if they never killed it before...
Berta Griese true dat
I love my TC Electronic Hypergravity! Exactly what the Captain said, I never really understood the need for a compressor until I bought one. It’s rarely turned off!
Sounded great, Lee. Lovely playing and you did that SS justice. I wonder if the Compadre would be even better if it had a loop, so you could stick your drives between the comp and boost, with the option to switch the order of the comp and boost. If I was running the same thing conceptually with your board, I’d probably have a Cali76 or a Thorpy Fat General into the Greer etc, then a boost last (Dane boost obviously makes it redundant, as you say) after the drives. Or vice versa. Thank you for keeping us all super entertained. Keep safe.
Sounds smooth Captain. Nice review!
I'm getting more and more convinced that I need Iridiums. two of them, to record silently in stereo. I'm not good on plugins and all that, but if I could get a good tone straight in my interface with those, I'm sold.
No need for two Iridiums. There's a stereo output ;-)
Came out nice with one bloke at the controls. Thanks Andertons and Captain!
The pedals sound excellent for sure, but I found myself paying more attention to the awesome PRS and the Captan's playing than I did the different settings he was testing. Thank you for adding a bit of enjoyment to my Saturday with a cool video.
Good shout. I think the pedals ‘stay out of the way’ whilst still enabling a good recorded tone and therefore allow the player to get on with just playing (hence a lot of mentions of ‘feel’, rather than a big noticeable change in tone). Compressors are great for that aren’t they.
Captain needs a silver sky
Great compressor and the Iridium is a must...
Excellent review Lee - should do more on your own!
I never thought I'd see the captain play a silver sky unless it was a prs review. 🤔
have a silver silver sky, love it. such a great instrument. precision in motion
13:15 SOLD! they need to put all that boosty goodness into a small stand alone pedal.
Everything about this pedal is great.. aside from the price, as is such with Strymon
That SS's colour is making me drool
I am not a PRS guy but I agree that color is nice
I'm buying the Compadre no question,our options is South Africa is either Boss's compressors (which I hate, I am a boss fan though) or Strymon and they are almost double the price, so $299 vs $580 u guys are lucky 😢
They Keeley Aria is basically the same idea. It's a great idea for a single pedal.
Lee is becoming shit hot on guitar!!!
Tasty playing there Captn👌
Used Boss CS for a long time until the Keeley Compressor Pro came out, really love the features on that pedal
Beautiful sound out of the player and those pedals!
"Ego boost"... Haha! Who would've thought that a 180 degree turn on a pun would yield another pun?
Great upload, Lee! Keep it up!
y'know there's so many overdrives, digital, analogue pedals, amp simulators, amps most of 'em sound good some great, some mind blowing. Even with my Katana 50 and Epi Les Paul, Squier Strat and Epi Dot 335 clone I've got just too many tones.Plus enough pedals and processors that it's ridiculous. I've spent more time sodding about with tones than playing. Now it's just the Dot straight into the Crunch channel with a spot of reverb and play! Option paralysis is a curse not blessing - mind you STILL want those Strymons....
Some righteous tones there, Captain.
I think having both an compressor and an OD is great!
ob1 is my favourite comp of all time this just looks like that but slightly better... I can feel the money slipping out of my account with every note the captain plays
Great pedals and mostly, great pleasure to see you today Sir! These sound amazing! Is there a way to find them in Canada Sir?
I was liking the caps Travis picking intro I wish he kept plucking away a little longer
At 2:14 "You're now hearing output from the Strymon Iridium" Missed a big one there. What it should have said was "You're now hearing the greatest riff of all time!"
I have the Keeley Aria which I love but I do like Strymon and I think this will sell a lot.
Silver Sky Saturday
Again love the videos. This one has me intrigued as my first and only electric guitar so far is the SS as I learn to move my fingers. Being as I an so new to this I would so appreciate the diagram view from guitar to amp / recording tool. I have no idea of the bits and bobs in between and no history to go on. Right now I have the guitar->D&M drive->57 champ, but adding more or seeing wheat you actually use and the route of that connectivity will really help.
Get over to That Pedal Show YT channel. It’s all covered there in great detail and the show is essential to really understand how it all ties together.
Nice playing captain! Since your solo could you do a “my favourite rig” video 2020 with your experience what would it be?
Liked the Iridium, the compressor was ok but I've got one. What you did do was convince me I need a Silver Sky in my life! Not only a great looking and sounding guitar but also helps in a small way to wind up the haters, sne sne sne sne *walks off sniggering*
A lot of Strat players sound incredible on the Silver Sky, and Captain is no exemption.
Is there a bit of tongue in check tone here?
The Iridium sounds so good...
Nice one Lee, great demo
Any excuse to watch Lee in a video is valid. But I find that these days I have pedal fatigue. I use a Keeley 4 knob when I use a tube amp and it's pretty much always on - never felt the need for something better.
appreciate your transparency on the set-up, but why add Logic Reverb? shouldn't we hear what these pedals can do by themselves... Love these videos though
Well, Lee, leaving the thing on is one way but don't forget that dynamic expression is another dimension in solos - a big one. Best, Pete..
Nice play! I'm a traditional man. So many guitarists are using compressor these days but I don't. It seems to have less character.
12:20 Because that was essentially My Generation.
14.20 ‘Cocaine’ (albeit different key).
16.00 - 1700 Couple of nods to ‘Money’
Definite tonal flavour association, which is nice.
That intro though!
Love the iridium.
Would have liked to hear it with humbuckers......
mornin. Capt....carry on Sir.
Hi Captain, Do you have mind to make a video about comparison between Strymon Iridium & Universal Audio Ox Box in Andertons Music?
Thanks a lot
Regards
Maybe try a bucking hum
Next time you do sound like, can you do king gizzard and the lizard wizard or catfish and the bottlemen?
Treble boost into something else would be a Laney maybe? Same as what Tony iomi did
Including the iridium in the next valve-non valve amp shootout would be VERY interesting
Press the button!
Ok so here's my situation. I currently run a clean boost at the very end of my chain as a volume increase for solos. I also have a Vemuram Karen which is basically like a Marshall Plexi. Its creamy and beautiful and I love that pedal. I can't run my clean boost into the Vemuram though because it tries to drive an already super high gain pedal, and therefore deletes the volume increase that I use the clean boost for. I want a compressor, and the fact that it's also a clean (or dirty) boost appeals to me, but everything ive read says that compressors go first, and not to run a distortion pedal into one due to noise. I want this pedal but im hesitant because 1. I'd have to run my Vemuram distortion after teh Compadre clean boost thereby deleting the post distortion volume gain Ive been getting from having my clean boost at the end 2. I don't want to put the Vemuram before the compressor.
So what i've thought is maybe I could turn the volume up on the compressor side of the Compadre and use it as a clean boost that would also add drive to the dirty boost side of the Compadre, and then get rid of the Vemuram for my live gigs. Your thoughts?
A quality compressor like the Strymon can handle more end of chain usage like a limiter effect. Amazing quality pedal, the boost section on dirty is nice OD as well.
Twist those knobs and push those buttons!
Nunca dejo de hablar y hablar
Have you reviewed the Bias Spark yet?
Lee's progress on the guitar would take me at least 2x as long - cheers Captain!
I’m curious, what kind of speaker did you have connected to/after the Iridium? An FRFR speaker? Monitors? Which ones?
Just studio monitors. Made by Kali
The cab IRs on the Iridium are really good. When you add a touch of the room reverb, it's gets really close to a genuine tube amp and cab sound.
ooh its a little cold in here
Great video Lee.... can I suggest, respectfully, that you try out a guitar with more powerful pickups so the nuances of the compression can be more pronounced on the tone? A high powered humbucker would have more signal to compress....
Thats a nice strat ;-p
treble boost may be more useful with humbuckers
Fender compugilist?
Sounds a lot like the old Route 66.
How solo can you go??
Strybro !..!
Calling foul. You can’t play “It’s Only Love” without a chorus in the chain :0) On the other hand, it is obligatory - for those of us of a certain vintage - to play that second (after Purple Rain) if you DO have a chorus in the chain. Mick Taylor stand up as well.
Sounds kinda harsh, but it could be TH-cam.
New ide on #Blindfoldchallenge - Beginner guitarist getting grate amp and 5 min to get a grate gig sound and a pro get a shifordable (maby midrange) amp and 5 min to get the best sound posibly. ONLY 1 efect pedal! Then you try to guess what is what, GO!
Are the dislikes from Silver Sky haters?
Get the Boss instead.
Oh shit... Hard for me to say no to a good compressor...
Although I'm not sure it would beat my Pigtronix Philosopher's Tone Micro. Great pedal if you're looking for a compressor. I highly recommended it. Going from Boss CS3 to Pigtronix has been a major upgrade!
I rather enjoyed the Capt solo. Less shenanigans, more focus on the product.
300 bucks
ah, the demo for rich kids. Let me see that, so that I don't buy it :D
I wanted a Gibson - so I didn't eat lunch for six months and had the one I wanted when I was 18.
I now have 2 sports cars, several really nice guitars etc and I've never earned anywhere near average. If you don't want something bad enough then...give up, loser.
@@pd4165 hahahahah - man you crack me up! I too own several premium instruments. And the 594 is defo in my eye. I just had this idea that the joke is good. So sorry to trigger you so badly from your basement or wherever you are... Please, excuse my upsetting comment here.
You look very lonely thre Lee
that guitar is so wrong.