Harley Benton Dynamic Compressor Reviews

Great "bettermaker"

For its price this little stomp is unmatched.

Its hard to really put into words what a comp-pedal does for your soundpicture, but all i can say is that this adds "more" of what makes your sound sweet.

Pedals in general usually adds both more good/bad at an even ratio, but since this little stompbox has (first) true bypass and (second) a very good effectbalance makes it in my ear feel like it adds what its supposed to do without amplifying unnecesary noise and ambient trash.

Simply put: its a bettermaker =)

The pricetag itself is an invitation to try it out and now with some extended workout i cannot do anything but recommend this sturdy little green pedal!

Get one!

Power Supply socket problem!

This is the second time I am buying this product - the first time was a year ago and the pedal was great! Very soft compression, really almost close to transparent with a nice high-end roll off that fattens that tone and makes it rounder.

Since the first pedal was a keeper, I bought this pedal a second time for my studio, but my oh my the power supply socket is problematic -it seems that it is too far inside and so the cable does not come into place properly, rendering the use of the pedal with a power supply next to impossible.I had a similar problem with another Harley benton pedal but back then I took the time to open it and correct the problem by myself by pushing the power slot further to the outside and the situation improved. I will not spend more time to do the same here though, I will just use it occasionally with a battery.

In a nutshell, this is a very nice pedal if you don't get a faulty unit or if you intend to use it with batteries. TO be fair, I have two more Harley Benton pedals (tremolo, brirtish) and the power is working OK. I wish they improved the quality on these pedals so that people don t have to go through a hit / miss & return procedure.

Nice traditional compressor

I really like this unit, I now have 2, and use one for "normal" compression - controls mostly near halfway, the other I use for slide playing, so the attack is down, and the sustain is very high.

A very musical pedal

Harley Benton Dynamic Compressor review

Great sounding compressor in a robust metal case. The three knobs lets you choose from all different levels of compression that you'll ever need and the handling is easy and straightforward.

Amazingly good at this price point.

This is in essence Harley Benton's take on the MXR Dyna-Comp. For a first compressor it does a very good job, but don't expect it to rival units many times the money. It's a bit too coloured and at the point it starts compressing it can be a bit blunt in what it does.

Bought this for my father and he couldn't be happier. It's his first ever compressor and he badly needed one without knowing it. And isn't that rather common with compressors: you don't really know one until you have one?

Harley Benton Dynamic Compressor

Like it,it's super cheap,good constuction durable body.I use it with a reverb pedal it acts as a boost and counter acts the reverbs tendency to drop in volume and gives a slighty metalic colour and crispness to the sound.

Harley Benton Dynamic Compressor

Bought this on a whim really, was still searching for the optimum tone and thought this could help. However I could never find a right use for it, it colours the sound heavily, some might like it but it wasn't for me. Also seems to emit a constant high pitch frequency when engaged which clearly isn't ideal.

Excellent budget compressor sustainer

Well it took me a long long time to figure out how to use these effect and it's very subtle but if you have noticed that a lot of guitarists say that this is the pedal that is always switched on, on their pedal board you will realise why after a short time of experimenting. To get this right I would say you need to experiment with a clean signal, set the level so that the volume doesn't change between effect on and off. Then set the attack and Sustain next, starting with the dials around 10 o clock. Works best on a clean signal but it can be used with overdrive too. It's subtle but now I have the pedal on almost all the time. An excellent introduction to compression sustainer pedals without spending way over 100 euros. Highly recommended.

a cheeky bargain

a great secret in terms of compressors, for a unit so cheap its very well made and i'm not worried about breaking it like alot of the cheaper units by other companies. compresses well and is very organic and smooth in the compression

Harley Benton Dynamic Compressor

Rebadged JoYo pedal. Can't beat it at the price, no battery though. Not used to compressors so don't really have a comparison. Good range of compression and is quite.