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Post by cheycaster on Oct 13, 2009 18:56:12 GMT -7
Hey all you comp users out there. I have a two knob Keeley comp I got to use when I do country gigs. I have never been a compressor kinda guy and still aint really but I can see where they could be a valuable tool for some things. Heres my question: where is the the best place to have the attack control set for more "hot" style country picken (for a lack of a better word at the moment) The keeley comes set all the way for the fastest attack and to me the most restricted feeling at my fingertips. I have messed with it alot from stock setting all the way to the other end of the spectram and all points in between and still cant settle in on the best spot for me. I know it's probably all a personal thing and all but i figured it would be easier than it has been. BTW, I like using it the best with my Lollar equiped Guild Bluesbird when playing funk / Mowtown kinda stuff, to me this is where it excels in the feel/tone dept. I gotta gig this weekend and have been as they call me up here "woodshredding" to learn these tunes more proficiant but I wanna master this compressor too!!
Thanks in advance.
Chey
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Post by "Z" Steve on Oct 13, 2009 22:01:21 GMT -7
Hey there Chey. I usually keep my Keeley 2 knobber at S - 9 o:clock and L - noon or 1 o:clock, and that's with my G&L ASAT. If I use too much sustain it squishes too much for my taste.
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Post by cheycaster on Oct 14, 2009 5:03:23 GMT -7
Hey bro!! Thats where I usually have mine set to the T, but I'm wondering about the attack trim knob on the inside....whatcha think?
Thanks!
Chey
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Post by "Z" Steve on Oct 14, 2009 9:28:04 GMT -7
I've heard that trim pot so I looked again and didn't see one in mine, until I pulled the board out and saw it underneath. Hmmm. But I still couldn't get to it because there wasn't enough slack in the wiring to gain access to the adjustment. All these years and never knew that   |
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Post by cheycaster on Oct 14, 2009 15:31:21 GMT -7
Glad I could be of help!!! Inside mine there is two trimmers that can be tuned to ones liking. There is an attack trimmer and a input trimmer. t says that the attack trimmer can be useful for single coils and or guitars equiped with humbuckers or for bass players. Still questing forth for some sqishy advice!   |
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Post by Tom the Guitar Guy on Oct 14, 2009 15:56:40 GMT -7
It's my understanding that the input trimmer was designed so that if you had a "hot" pickup, whether it be a humbucker, single coil or other active pickup (like on some basses), you could adjust it to avoid any clipping of the signal.
Keep in mind that with the attack "all the way on" (default), you will get that feeling that it is restricted - but that's what it was designed for, wasn't it - that kinda squash (squishy) effect on all the notes and a "leveling out" of the notes whether you're pickin' hard or soft - which, in my experience works very well for the chicken pickin' stuff.
If I could make a suggestion, in addition to adjusting the Sustain (I actually run mine a little higher), you may want to back off on the Level. Keeping in mind that if you're already pushing an "on the edge" amp, the higher level will make it compress more - and accentuate the "squishy" / restricted effect that I believe you're hearing. If you keep all the settings the same (attack on default, Sustain at 9 o'clock) and change the level to Unity or just slightly above, I THINK you'll find a different sound/effect.
Hope this helps, and of course YMMV, it's just IMHO and all that other legal mumbo jumbo!
Tom
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Post by grimmie on Oct 14, 2009 17:06:53 GMT -7
I set my (two knob) Keeley sustain knob to around 8:30-9:00 as well. I use it to level out the lower strings vs higher strings. Especially the fretted higher notes. I don't like the pop or clicky sound you get with some compressors.
One thing I've noticed about the Keeley vs some other compressors is that the Keeley seem to screw my tone up the least. It will get restricted feeling fairly quick, but it shouldn't be that bad with the sustain knob in the 9:00 range. With my tele and the vintage output pickups I set the volume to unity or just a micro touch higher, which is about noon or just below noon on the volume knob.
Hope this helps.
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