Analog Man Bi-Comprossor

Very easy to use. Sustain and level for the Ross side and level only for the juicer side.

This pedal sounds great, particularly with strat and tele style guitars. The Ross comp is very transparent, much more so than any others I've tried(including Boss CS-2, Ibanez CP-835, Guyatone ST-2). At low compression settings is adds a nice presence to your sound without sqashing it. This is the only comp (except for the Keeley comp) I've used at high compression settings that does not make you sound like someone threw a blanket over your amp (very nice). The pedal is quiet until you turn the sustain knob up past 3:00. Even with the noise when the sustain is cranked, it sounds good. The bonus for this pedal is that you also get a clone of the Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer (juicer). This comp is immediately recognizable and is great for lead sounds using a strat or tele. The juicer is noisier than the Ross side, but has a very addicting sound.

My setup includes Vox wah>Bi-comprossor>Keely-modded TS9DX>Vintage Rat>Fulltone Fatboost>Mesa Studio 22+. I play various guitars through this setup including a Robin Wrangler(Tele), Robin Medley (Custom Strat), Robin Avalon (Les Paul). The comp works fine with the Les Paul-style guitar, but is really great with the single-coil guitars.

Built solidly. I doubt that I would ever need a backup. I've only had it a couple of weeks, so who knows?

Mike is a great guy. He responds to email quickly and answers any questions you may have.

I play classic rock, worship music and some country. This pedal works for all of these styles. I've been playing on and off for about thirty years. If this was lost or stolen, I would try to get another one ASAP. The only other comp I've tried that is this good is the Keeley. The inclusion of the juicer in the bi-comp makes this pedal a great deal.

Very straightforward design. One Volume knob for the Orange Squeezer side, a Sustain and Volume control for the Ross side. Two small, internal trim pots for the true tweakers, and an informative manual to boot. It was very easy to dial in the sounds I was looking for.

My setup - Charvel custom strat clone with EMG SAs at neck and middle, EMG 85 at bridge; Dunlop 535Q wah; Bi-comprossor; Whammy II; Morley optical volume pedal; Boomerang Plus; into a Behringer Blue Devil amp.

This pedal gives you two extremely useful compression options. The Ross side gives almost completely transparent compression, with slight noise only appearing when using extreme Sustain levels. The Orange Squeezer adds a small of noise or 'grit' to the signal, but this is comparable to the original. The Orange Squeezer was known to give the sound a slightly overdriven quality, which this unit recreates.

Both sides are fantastic at reacting to changes in playing volume. I can switch from the single coils to the humbucker without worrying about the volume level changing radically. At the same time, the guitar's tone doesn't sound overly muffled or pinched. It also gives the Whammy II a nice, smooth signal which greatly improves its tracking.

True bypass switches mean no discernable loss of tone while in the signal path. Fantastic sound quality for a stompbox.

The pedal is extremely sturdy, with snappy switches and nicely over-engineered wiring. Backups required only in extreme circumstances (i.e. world tours, all-weather gigs, etc.)

I exchanged several emails with Mike and was surprised at his accomodating and friendly attitude, even during the frantic pre-xmas season. I will absolutely buy from him again.

A premium price, but well worth for anyone looking for the clean, smooth sustain that great compressors can bring. Having these two legendary effects in one box is a unique treat, and Analogman has really pulled it off magnificently.

This thing is a piece of cake. The knobs (3 of em') do exactly what they say - Ross sustain, Ross volume and Orange Squeezer volume. If you want more adjustment, there are three trim pots on the inside, only one of which you should mess with (attack time for the ross, which I turned all the way up - so there's less attack). As far as being easy to use, it'll take you a half hour or so to get the volume levels to correspond to your liking, depending on whether you're using a tube preamp/amp. On the real - you couldn't even use an original Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer with a strat - so it works for me!

Strat Plus w/EMG SA active single coils->overdrive->MuTron Octave Divider (great distortion)->BiComprossor->Digitech WhammyII->Boss DD5 Delay->Mesa Studio Preamp/GT Trio Preamp->Amplifier->Cabinet. This arrangement changes frequently as I have a few effect loop options. But the sound of the compressor is unmistakable. The ross is good at killing the attack and sustaining for days with a real singing quality. The squeezer is nice and gritty. Put them together, and they'll give your tube preamp's clean channel a workout. It's like getting an extra gain channel thrown in for free. Switch to a dirty channel, and you might want to back it off. Even with no overdrive. No B.S...

Pedal looks very well built in & out - no complaints; and Mike is a really good guy to do business with. Excellent correspondence.

Two really cool pedals in one - and at less than the price of either one of the originals used. I was apprehensive at first about spending $250 on a compression pedal unplayed & sight unseen, but I've got to hand it to Analog Man. He nailed them both. I've been playing for 10 years, mostly hippie rock/jazz, with a bit of everything else thrown in for good measure. I've been searching for the right compression pedal for at least the last three years. It took almost four months to get it, but hey - good things come to those who wait.

well, this is tough to answer, i guess it depends on what you are using it in conjunction with. It's two compressors in one box, and only three knobs between them. You plug it in, it does what it does. I ordered it with an effects loop between the two circuits, so ican do some funny stuff with it. you're gonna have to go through the settings on your other effects to get everything to sit right, but this unit is really forgiving. So i guess i'd say yeah, it's really easy to use.

Strat w/ humbuckers->RMC3 wah->fulltone DV2->fulltone fulldrive 2->bi-comprossor (ross side)->boss DD5 delay->Bi-comprossor (squeezer)->mesa-boogie blue angel head.... (very proud of this chain, took a lot of work and saving to achieve)
Compressors reduce your dynamic range, which is going to make your rig noisy as heck, but you have to learn to tweak it right to minimize and learn to kill your distortion pedal when the song ends. the ross and the orange squeezer were not sought after because they were good compressors. Rather they were hunted because people liked them for the way they did their job badly in their own particular way. Mike's clones are very true to the original... perhaps too true. i don't know what a ross or an O.S. sounded like when they were brand new, with lower quality parts.

god i sure hope so. too $$$$ to have a back-up. it looks like he built it pretty solidly. i'm not a very large fan of the plastic that the jacks are made of, but they do look nice. hopefully they will surprise me and last a while. of course, i will be babying it, so hopefully i won't ever find out.

Mike is a no BS, easy to work with chap. This pedal i ordered was two months in the discussion phase. he was great about answering all my questions and listening to my ideas about customizing my pedal. I didn't keep track of his timeliness with replies, because i don't expect to be catered to like that, but i never got the "hey, i haven't heard from him in a while..." jitters.
i have all the confidence that if i have a problem with his pedal he will do all that can be done. What more can you ask?

i'm playing mostly classic rock/hippie funk. people looking for the phish thing, or the steely dan thing, or the pink floyd thing should get one of his other compressors. i wanted both! thanks to mike, i don't have to buy both. i would most certainly be upset if it was stolen or lost, and yeah i'd try to replace it. It's really fricken' expensive, but you'd pay almost twice what i paid to just get ONE of the pedals it copies. I love the thing, within minutes it had burrowed deeply into my rig. completely tied all of my other effects together more solidly and made them play nicer with each other. It also brought out really interesting tones by itself. I really am very pleased with it, sonically. I do really wish it had feet, though. the finish is too pretty to warrant slapping some gross velcro on the back of it to keep it from sliding around. But, hey, whatever, right? Mike, i'm giving you a ten. you earned it. thanks so much. My apologies to Harmony-Central, it is hard to be critical when i can't find anything bad to say about it.

This compressor actually has 2 compressor in it. 1 is the ross, 2 is the orange sqzr "JUICER". They can be used independently or together.
The Ross has a sustain level and volume level. The Orange has a volume level.

A breeze even for the simple minded

Absolutley incredable and fab. I have to say the Analog Man pedels I have purchased are the best things I ever bought in stomp boxes.

I did have the Blackbox oxygen.. which is excellent.. then got this. Personally This slays the Oxygen. The ross is perfect. and the orange gives such a squishy warbely sound.. that it sound like hot tubes baking. I almost never turn the orange off... Unless I want a trational clean tone.

I cannot say enough about this pedel. it has helped my tone (which was great to start) more than anything I have ever bought!

Mike always makes high quality stuff..

Mik is always there if you need him. I'd have his kid if I could... ok, not.. but he does make some excellent pedals.

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couldn't be much easier. two volume knobs, one sustain knob, three trim pots inside. haven't done much tweaking yet but it already sounds great. instructions are complete and to the point.

sounds fantastic. best sounding compressor i've ever used. was using an ibanez cp-835 before and a cp-9 before that. this pedal blows them away. no volume swells or wobbles like with other pedals. very even sounding compression. i haven't used one of the ross pedals but i'm not even going to bother trying to get one now. this pedal is exactly what i wanted. the juicer is a bonus. i like the sound on the ross side better for compression but use them both and it is like using an overdrive/compressor. it sounds really good.

just got it last week. looks sturdy though. can't forsee any problems.

n/a. i put my name on email list oiver a year ago and he kept it and notified me when the pedals were ready.

been playing 10 years. play funk/jazz/rock/fusion type music. played in jam band for last few years. searching for the perfect peadal setup for about 4 years now. this pedal brings me 1 step closer. my search for the perfect compressor pedal has come to an end. ever since the 1st time i listened to phish i've been trying to get that compressor that trey uses. took a while but found out it's an old ross. now anyone reading this knows the ross story. mike at analog man has recreated that compressor and made it better than the original. can't really imagine getting a better sounding pedal than this. now as i've stated i haven't used the original ross. but i've used just about every other kind and this is by far the best sounding. as far as i'm concerned nothing else comes close. you can take or leave my opinion but if you really want a good pedal try this one. you'll see.