Wampler Ego Compressor is a compressor that does it all.
I used to have a cheaper and thus not so good quality compressor on my board. It did the trick, but I wanted to hear, what a quality compressor sounds like or better yet, if it even has a sound of its own. Hence, I bought Wampler Ego Compressor, as I've liked Wampler products ever since my first encounter with them.
Ego has a knob that holds lots of magic - blend. With that knob the user can adjust how much of the signal actually is compressed and how much simply goes through the pedal. This way a country player can have her chicken picking style sound and the average dude can have the normal compressing functionality.
My usage of the product is simple. It is always on with blend, attack and sustain at noon. This way my sound is not too compressed, but I get more sustain for big chords and long notes. Finger picking works well as well.
They say that there are better compressors on the market. That I believe, but for now Ego compresses my ego just fine.