Electro Harmonix Soul Preacher

Moyo. That's what compressor is all about, in my eyes. And this pedal has it.

I use this pedal as a clean tone compressor, funk banger, a subtle sustainer, and a boost before a fuzz for that stoner rock destruction.

+ Pros
+ Versatility TOGETHER with simplicity.
+ Tones.
+ Trusty EHX build.
+ Price. It's properly priced.

- Cons
- Noise, especially in larger volume settings, and when more gain on amp is applied. That said, compressors are surely know for raising the noise floor quite a bit, just by the nature of what they do.

Give your tone a distinct character of your choice with this little, but fat sounding machine.

I bought this unit to get a particular sound that I get from a Johnson J-station Amp modeller. The model was of a black face fender amp with a compressor. What I was after was a clean sound that is just about breaking up with a slight squash to it. The Electro Harmonix Soul Preacher gives a good 'compressor with attitude' sound. Set to the fast attack and with a small amount of squash it came quite close to the sound I was after. The only negative points of the Soul Preacher are the lack of a more varied attack setting and release time and quite a bit of noise when the pedal is on. The pedal is solidly built and should prove to be reliable in a gigging situation.