Analog Man Juicer Compressor

It's so easy my 1 yr old son can get a sound. The Juicer is way better than O.S. org.

I use a Tom Anderson Drop Top w/John Suhr V60's and Suhr Humbucker, PRS W/Pearly Gates. I have a bradshaw switching system Efx TC D-Two, TC G-Force, Arion Chorus,Boss Mega Dist,Frantone Peach Fuzz,Voodoo Lab Micro-Vibe,Bradshaw Line out box, Bradshaw Mini Mixer. Amp Is a Custom Rivera Rake 100W Head it's a black face Fender Twin for clean and Dumble for OD. Marshall 4X12 with 2 weber Thames and 2 Weber Chicago speakers Rivera 2X12 cab W/Weber Chicago's My own proto typo-type incenzo w/1 Thame and 1 V30 all speak at 16 ohms My style is Blues,Rock,Country I wanted to get tones of Robben Ford,Larry carlton,Jay Graydon,Brent Mason, Mark knoffler,Luke,Landau. The Jucier does it all I have owned every compressor out there Analog man Jucier is the best. I use a Voodoo Lab Pedal Pwr w/ the Jucier I hook it up with a pwr cable that clips onto the batter clip of the jucier I get no noise this way. The pwr cable is supplied by voodoo Lab w/P.P. or can get it sep. at any dealer. Mike as killer ears and knows what it take to get quality sound.

It's built like a tank and the switches are top of the line you can fell the on off switch when you stomp on it. it will last a life time
I'm prob going to buy another for a backup that's how good it is but knowing I won't need to use it as a backup.

Mike is the best killer dude he will treat you right!

I'm a Nashville session player I play all styles but blues,Rock and Fusion are my Love. I've been playing at 10yrs old. The Juicer is all you need for every style. I would buy another Juicer in a heart beat thats how good it sounds. I love it's sound and easy to use. There is nothing to hate about the juicer it's killer!! I have had Boss compessors all of them,TC Triple C,Dyna-Comp,DBX 160 and 160A, Rocktron compressor's, Ross Comp. just to name a few the Juicer Kills them all. The Juicer is just happen It's very dynamic the harder you hit the string the more compression you get just Killer!!

it has one knob on the outside and one on the inside, if you have a problem you might be stupid. very easy to get good sounds.

my set up is strat-crybaby-analogman cloneclone chorus-analogman sunface-CC2-menatone howie-analogman ts-9/808- analogman juicer- akai headrush- fender deluxe. works fine in that order and any order. i don't really know who uses it. this thing is on all the time it adds a touch of grit but in a beautiful way. very good compressor

it's built like all the other effects i own from analogman so i believe i can depend on it.

this is the first time i didn't go through mike to get a pedal. i got this from Edward Yoon at Tone merchants. i was going to get one from mike but i heard it would take awhile and i really had to have a compressor. still it has analog mike all over it. Mr Yoon seems pretty genuine. i will use his site again if i need anything else. good service

i play anything from country to gogo great for everything. if it were stolen i'd sick my pittbull on the person who did it. well worth the cash and i would do it agian. another good product from analog mike

Only thing I'd add to the previous reviews is that the manual is well written. The only tricky thing is setting the bias trimpot, that's covered well and it's a set it / forget it.

Most recently, this is the only pedal I'll use, and it's on all the time. I play a '78 tele through either an 80's Tokai ?tweed? amp, a 70's silverface Fender Vibro Champ or a recent model Gibson Goldtone GA-15RV. I play all sorts of stuff, but I always go for a clean full sound. This is a GREAT sounding pedal. Typically, you're looking for transparency from a compressor pedal, but the Juicer has a tonal character of its own that really becomes quite hard to live without. The website describes the sound of the Juicer very well, and I think it's the ?grit? that I really like, although this is still essentially a clean sounding effect. Signal to noise is also very good - much better than the original. As advertised, the effect on dynamics is very much like the natural sag of a tube amp so your pick attack isn't obscured, you don't get that ?gulping? sound, and you're not getting a whole load of increased sustain. There's a lot of gain boost on tap too, so you can use it to push the front end of a tube amp - that works really well with the Goldtone, a non-master class A amp.

I also had a fiddle with the internal bias, then pretty much went back to the marked factory setting as it sounded best left there. I would give sound quality a 9/10 as I like the fact it's *not* pristine, but I give a 10 because it sounds great to me.

It seems very well built and the circuitry inside looks super neat. I do have a slight concern about battery changes as the baseplate doesn't come off completely because of the circuit layout being attached to both parts of the casing. You've just got to be really careful when opening the thing up, not something I'd like to attempt mid-gig on a dark stage. A nice touch is an Analog Man cloth bag, so hopefully that will help keep this attractive orange pedal ding-free.

I'm sure most people are aware of the long waiting lists and I think it took about 3 months for me to get to the top. However, as soon as I'd placed my order, the pedal arrived in the UK five days later! That's the quickest turnaround from the US I've ever had for sure. As others have noted, Mike is very fast responding to emails and has an air of genuine enthusiasm for what he does. I got a really friendly email saying he was pleased to hear the pedal worked out well for me.

If you're looking to add some soulful bite and character to your clean sound, without introducing overdrive pedals, and you want to smooth the dynamics out a bit, without the increased sustain of a typical compressor, then I've yet to hear anything better at doing this than the Juicer. I own a lot of effects, including several new and old compressors and this is currently the only pedal that's making its way into my gig bag. Nuff said?

Just one knob - volume. A no-brainer.

Fender American Strat -> Juicer -> VoxAC30. I mainly play 80's rock, with a heavy bias towards U2. Capturing the Edge's chimey signature sound in the 80's is a difficult task, but this pedal helps tremendously. Keep the volume knob left of 12 o'clock and you have smooth, clear compression. 12 and higher, you get a little grit in your sound, just right to make it sound Edgey.

I've also gotten a mod for my BOSS SD-1 and so far neither pedals have any any problems whatsoever. They're both built like tanks.

Mike is great to deal with, friendly and always with a prompt reply. Even more amazing is that I ordered this on a Thursday evening and got it the next morning. Now that's service.

If the pedal were lost or stolen I'd buy another - asap.

How easy can you get? You switch it on (you don't want to switch it off). I haven't touched the internal pot, as it seems to be working best as it is. The volume knob stays for me at about 1 o'clock. Simple as that.

My setup is: guitar (Jap 60's Strat with Fralin Vintage Hot, US Fat Tele with Fralin HO, PRS Custom 22) -> Crybaby -> Analogman Juicer -> Fulldrive 2 -> Boss TR2 -> Ibanez AD80 -> Boss CE2 -> EH Holy Grail into either Bassman RI or my Tweed Deluxe replica depending on the gig. The Juicer really rules, I have it on all the time. As said here earlier, it is a cross between a compressor, a boost and some nice grit. The Juicer makes your FD2 really shine. You notice how good the Juicer is when you switch it off. My Boss TR2 tremolo will be changed to Voodoo Lab very soon.

Analogman products seem to be very well built. I have no doubts.

Mike has been very quick to answer my emails. Even the shipping of my first Analogman pedal to Finland was very quick. I'm pleased.

I've been playing for over 30 years, mostly blues and R&B, some rock. This pedal is very inspiring, it makes you wanna play more. The Juicer will stay on my pedalboard. If it were lost or stolen, I would get another asap.

This pedal is a breeze to work. 1 knob that is very useful. Also, 1 knob(mini) inside to do further adjustment. Once, I dialed that in, I was off to the races. The outer knob is also really easy to adjust on the fly with your foot at a gig if needed. Very Cool.

I use the Juicer between my guitar and amp setup. It is perfect for clean boost or slight crunch in my clean chan. or some extra gain in my lead chan. I use a Bogner XTC Classic or a Two Rock Custom. I use a PCM70 in the loop. I have a plethra of cabs that I use for diff. applications. My main guitars are Tyler Strats and Baker chambered guitars. The only other EFX that I use are Analogman's Clone Chorus. The way that I have my Juicer set up is perfect for my rig. I would describe it as a cross between a compressor, a boost, and a TS808. It can also be set up just as a compressor or boost only.

The thing is built like a tank. It's a thing of beauty. I have never had a single problem. In addition, it is quiet and the switches work perfectly.

Mike is the really helpful, knowledgable, and friendly. He always emails me right back or calls me if I need to speak with him.

I've been playing for 25 years. I play just about any style of music. This pedal is useful for Blues, Jazz, Rock, Funk, or Country. I use to own an original Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer. I loved the way it sounded. This pedal sounds even better and is built much better and is quieter. What more could I want. If it were lost or stolen, I would be extremely unhappy.

The "Juicer" (aka Squeezer) is a Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer compressor clone. It has one knob - volume. There is an internal trim pot for the amount of "squashing", Mike pre-sets it at a level to match the original Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer.

Those familiar with the original Armstrong units (most of which were sold by Mutron) know about the difficulty to use them, they attached with a right angle plug at the input jack of your guitar. This meant if you played a Strat, you basically could not use it. Also, both the volume and the squash controls were internal. What Mike has done, similar to the Clone Clone Chorus and the Ross Compressor Clone ("Comprosser"), is re-package the Orange Squeezer into an MXR Dist+ sized stompbox, add true bypass, a Boss style DC jack, and high quality components.

I monkeyed around with the internal trimmer to see if I liked more or less squash, but I eventually went back to the original setting because it sounds best there.

This unit differs from the reissue currently offered by WD Products in design and sign quality, in that the Juicer is a VAST improvement.

This pedal NAILS the original Armstrong Orange Squeezer PERFECTLY. The original was used by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits on "Sultans of Swing", and Jeff Baxter of Steely Dan on "My Old School". The OS adds a subtle squash to your tone, is very transparent and natural, and introduces just a teeny bit of drive and harmonic content into the signal. Because of the superior quality of the components used in Mike's design, the Juicer is quieter and sounds BETTER than the original.

This unit will do an exceptional job with a clean amp, giving that pristine, bell like chime that Knopfler was known for. Also, it is THE BEST booster used with an overdriven tube amp...forget the Klon, I've A/Bd the two and it was NO CONTEST - The Juicer KILLS. It will also drive another pedal very well - the Juicer can turn a TS9/808 or similar clone, or a Fuzz (I've used it with the Everman Fuzz Drive) into a snarling beast!

Of course, the unit runs $165, but if you want top quality gear, you have to pay for it. It's worth every penny.

Seems to be built very well. Mike is known for "over-design" on his other pedals, I have a Clone Clone that I have been using for several years. This pedal should last for a long time!

I've been dealing with Mike since 1997, he is as straight and honest a shooter that I have ever dealt with. His great reputation is well deserved.

Rating a pedal 10 across the board is common place here on HC, but I have owned dozens and dozens of pedals and the Juicer is truly deserving. Compressors? Boss CS-2, CS-3, Maxon CP-101 (nice pedal!), Guyatone ST-2, MXR Dyna Comp.

This is the best of the lot. I picked it over the Ross Compressor Clone because I prefer not to have the note swell that the Ross is known for, plus, the fact that the Juicer was a Clone of the most recorded (for guitar solos, anyway) compressor pedal in history.

Highly recommended!