Empress Effects Bass Compressor Silver Spk 5-stars Reviews

Solid all round bass compressor

Transparent, but adds just the little touch of color to show that it’s there. This is an always on in my rig.

Very nice

The meter helps setting the compressor a lot! The compressor also has a high transparency comparing to other compressors.

complex and beautiful

This is not a plug-and-play compressor - not for the impatient. It will teach you the insights of compression. You will have to tweak knobs and listen/see what you are getting back and think what you want to do next. It will let you do anything.

As usual with Empress products: **all** of the features are there and more.

Empress Bass Compressor is a win!

I have been using an MXR M87 bass compressor for a few years now, and it was doing its job, I suppose. It is one of the best pedal compressors at the price thanks to its LED level readout. However, after reading the reviews for the Empress, I was convinced it would be an improvement.

Well it arrived, it’s gone on the board and the M87 will be relegated to the dusty cupboard full of pedals slowly becoming ‘vintage’.

It has more control, better monitoring, and sounds amazing. Truth be told, I oft-times could have left the old M87 compressor turned off and lived without, but the Empress has a voice of its own. (Not to say it’s an overly coloured pedal, but I can hear it’s smoothing effect on my playing, in a VERY good way!)

If you’re considering an upgrade for the ubiquitous M87, you could do worse than buy this. I doubt you’ll regret it.

Transparent compression

Can be a very transparent compression, from soft to heavy settings.