Best Sellers
Top products on Reverb over the past 90 days
Best Sellers in Effects and Pedals - Compression and Sustain
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Keeley Compressor Plus Compressor / Sustainer / Expander
76 available from $99.99Bringing together the familiar thick, even tone loved by chicken-pickin' and funk players with new, streamlined controls that dial in even more possibilities, the Keeley Compressor Plus infuses one of the company's staple effects with even more power for silky-smooth tone. A compressor complemented with an expander and sustainer, the new Release switch lets you toggle between single-coil and humbucker modes for tailor-made punch with nuanced Tone and Blend knobs which retain highs and sculpt peaks with ease. A do-it-all compressor for any style of play. - 2
Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor
140 available from $57.08For those playing the high gain game or struggling with noisy vintage single coils, the Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor should be a must-have. This stalwart has been helping players stay defined and hiss-free at high volumes since 1987 and remains a favorite among the metal community. - 3
Electro-Harmonix Freeze Sound Retainer
110 available from $82.45Any note or chord played through the Electro-Harmonix Freeze can be elongated and sustained for an infinite amount of time. This pedal is a great companion for any solo artist, and adds a complex set of tones to fill in the space in a band settings. - 4
Boss CS-3 Compression Sustainer
198 available from $54.61As one of the longest running Boss pedals, the CS-3 Compression Sustainer remains a staple on thousands of pedalboards, providing all the crunch and squish you could ask for with typical Boss reliability and none of the noise associated with older compressors. If you're just getting into the compression game, there's no better place to start than the Boss CS-3 Compression pedal. - 5
Xotic Effects SP Compressor
95 available from $85The Xotic SP Compressor features the same operational transconductance amplifier as the iconic Ross Compressor but offers a wider range of effect. With up to +15dB of boost, a dry blend knob and an internal switch for attack control, this could be the only pedal a minimalist might need. - 6
MXR Dyna Comp M-102
209 available from $49Drawing from one of the most popular compression pedals of all time, the vintage Dyna Comp, the MXR Dyna Comp Reissue is missing a few key components of the original -- but also offers some great modern updates. While the Dyna Comp M-102 isn't hand-wired and doesn't feature the old CA3080 chip, the sound is so close that you can hear a unified sound over the Dyna Comp's decades. The new M-102 features an LED light, true-bypass technology, and the same output and sensitivity knobs that made the original so intuitive. - 7
Heet EBow Plus
27 available from $74The Heet EBow is an massively popular guitar tool that's capable of producing everything from arpeggiation to delay to endless sustain. Used by the likes of The Edge and Billy Corgan, the EBow takes any guitar rig into uncharted territory by emitting a electromagnetic signal that vibrates individual stings without any picking or strumming needed. In doing so, the EBow creates a droning feedback loop that sounds sensational by itself and even better when paired with other effects like delay and fuzz. - 8
Origin Effects Cali76 Compact Deluxe Compressor
22 available from $285The Origin Effects Cali76 Compact Deluxe brings together a host of premium components and handmade construction for a heaping helping of studio-grade compression. Built on a foundation of discrete Class-A circuitry and a FET design, this deluxe iteration employs a Dry Blend control for placing your dry tone back into the compressed signal for authentic parallel compression. Bringing other attractive features to the table like dedicated Attack/Release controls and a svelte but diehard chassis, this may be the last compressor you'll ever need. - 9
Wampler Mini Ego Compressor Pedal
64 available from $115The Wampler Mini Ego Compressor streamlines the company's most popular compression pedal into a unit half the size of the original with even more features. Packed in a miniature chassis that's particularly attractive to those with limited pedalboard real estate, the mini rendition features the same knobs for blend, sustain, and volume to tame your highs and bring up your lows. Not content to stop there, Wampler included tone and attack knobs on this new model to brighten/dark and slow/accelerate the effect for a world of punchy goodness in a tiny presentation. - 10
MXR M87 Bass Compressor
94 available from $135.70Get great compression and sustain for your bass, along with ample headroom, with the MXR M87 Bass Compressor. If you've used compressors, the Bass Compressor will be a breeze with its quintessential Attack, Release, Ratio, Input, and Output controls. It's completely transparent and allows you a great dynamic range. - 11
BBE Sonic Stomp Sonic Maximizer
21 available from $45The BBE Sonic Stomp Sonic Maximizer uses a proprietary circuit that enhances and clarifies your signal to help you carve out a space in your group's mix more easily. The casing has changed over the years, but the circuit has remained the same. - 12
JHS Whitey Tighty Compressor
47 available from $106The Whitey Tighty is a great go-to compressor for cutting out transients, with a clean blend control that retains the organic feeling of your guitar tone and compression that adds sustain and balance to your string volume. - 13
Wampler Ego Compressor V2
48 available from $140The Wampler Ego Compressor aims to remain transparent while providing squash, allowing your picking dynamics and subtleties to still shine through. Unlike most compressors, it includes a Blend knob to mix wet/dry signals. - 14
Gamechanger Audio Plus Sustain Pedal
31 available from $50Infusing a vanguard audio processing engine in the familiar format of a piano sustain pedal engineered for guitar, the Gamechanger Audio Plus Pedal is a true instrument crossover innovation made for the mavericks. Exclusively capturing the ethereal end of a note, the Audio Plus affords guitarists, bassists, and any harmonic musician the opportunity to minutely sculpt warm, expansive loops so large and organic that they could suffuse an empty forest. An ideal candidate for any loop enthusiast. - 15
Keeley Aria Compressor/Overdrive
58 available from $140Bringing together a two-mode high/low gain overdrive on one side, a clean-boosted compressor with treble recovery on the other, and the option to feed the compressor into the overdrive and vice versa, the Keeley Aria combines two of the company's most popular effects in one streamlined pedal. Built with Red Dirt Overdrive and Keeley Compressor circuits, the tweaked overdrive allows you to dial in classic tube-style grit along with a cleaner White Sands-style bump, all while keeping plenty of smack and punch in your tone. - 16
Empress Compressor MKII
10 available from $249 - 17
JHS 3 Series Compressor
69 available from $80Whether you want your signal smooth, sparkly, or squashed to oblivion, this compressor is the tool for the job. Simple controls—Volume, Attack, and Sustain—let you dial in how quickly or slowly the effect kicks in and ends. And if you want a bright boost, just flip the toggle switch. (Find the rest of JHS' 3 Series for affordable, essential effects.) - 18
Boss CS-2 Compression Sustainer
47 available from $90From 1981 to 1986, the Boss CS-2 Compression Sustainer was one of the few go-to compressor options. Over thirty years later, people still seek out this rugged and reliable classic for its smooth tone and even response. - 19
JHS Pulp 'N Peel V4 Compressor Pedal
55 available from $175Featuring an added equalization control, a new XLR/DI side output and built-in parallel overdrive circuit with a Dirt toggle and side trim pot for supremely accurate attenuation, the new JHS Pulp 'N Peel V4 packs six years of refinement into the ultimate compressor. Easily able to hold down double duty as a beefy preamp and punchy compressor, the added overdrive component squeezes this little orange box of magic into a class (or glass) all its own. - 20
Origin Effects Cali76 Stacked Edition Compressor
15 available from $379 - 21
Keeley Tone Workstation Multi-Effects Pedal
17 available from $189The Keeley Tone Workstation combines the company's Compressor, Katana Boost/1962 Overdrive and Red Dirt overdrive in one chassis. Each effect has its own section with three separate stomp switch for autonomous operation or tandem effects chaining.
Features
Compressor section: Level, Drive, Tone knobs, Baked/Mod+ mode switch
Katana Boost/1962 Overdrive section: Level, Tone, Drive knobs, Katana/1962 mode switch
Red Dirt section: Level, Blend, Sustain knobs, Treble/Stock overdrive mode switch - 22
Walrus Audio Deep Six Compressor
53 available from $120The Walrus Audio Deep Six is a four-knob true bypass compressor pedal that uses the Universal Audio 1176 as its studio performance benchmark. It has been produced with a fish image on the casing in several different colors. - 23
Empress Compressor
15 available from $175If you want true control over your compression, get everything you would find on a studio compressor but in a pedal with the Empress Compressor. Squash your sound down or throw on a slight sustain using the Empress Compressor's multiple-ratio analog design. Control the attack and release of your compression, use the Mix knob to blend your compressed and uncompressed signals, and Meter your gain, reduction, or both simultaneously. - 24
Walrus Audio Deep Six Compressor V3 2019
45 available from $159.95 - 25
Keeley C2 2-Knob Compressor
46 available from $85The Keeley Compressor provides studio grade, rack-mount compressor quality in a tiny stompbox. With this streamlined two-knob model, Robert Keeley's precisely matched transistors and metal film capacitors will give you impeccably clean compression and sustain.