Marshall ED-1 Edward the Compressor

Easy to use controls, though hard to see the settings on the knobs because they're very shiny. They are 1;Emphasis, to bias a certain part of your frequency range to be compressed, 2; Volume, you know, 3; Attack, attack speed, 4;Compression. The manual is pretty clear on what they're supposed to do. No setting has a bad sound, but in some the transparency of this thing makes it hard to hear if it's on. Not all settings are useful though. The manual can be downloaded from their site. It's a good bypass, too. No noticeable change in sound when it's off. On maxed compression there is some grit in the sound. I use the ED-1 to tame my angry fasel-crybaby and to define the sound of my guitars a little more.

I use an Epiphone Dot with a GFS Mean 90 in the bridge and a StewMac Golden Age in the neck position, mainly. Amps; a Session Rockette 30 or a Boogie clone studio preamp and a tube power amp through a Kitty Hawk cab with a decent Celestion speaker. Effects are a fasel crybaby, ED-1, TubeWorks Real Tube o.d., Maestro Stage Phaser, EHX pulsar trem, Akai headrush looper. The Ed-1 starts getting a bit noisy after compression settings of 2 o'clock, which is later (better) than the Boss CS-3. Quiet otherwise. It does very well in the chain I just described. I recommend it in front of an aggressive wah, and in this chain it can still make my o.d. "talk" like I want it.

Seems very well built. Would gig without, but that goes for all of my effects. I am likely to get another one for my practice space. It's pretty small too, good for pedal boards.

no idea

It's great for funky stuff cleans and to stand out more in a noisy environment, which are the 2 things I got it for. A bonus is that I could get rid of one wah that I kept because it wouldn't overdrive my amps, like the fasel one, even though the fasel sounds better. With the ED, the fasel-crybaby sounds great without overdiving my amps.
Been playing over 10 years. Have a few other upgraded weird guitars, and more effects which I use less, or that are cheaper alternatives to the ones already mentioned. Love the ED-1's small size, well-builtness and quietness. Nothing to hate, really. Compared to a Boss CS 3 I'd go for the ED-1 any day. It definitely helps me make music.
One downside to compressors it that I get used to the sound quickly, so once in a while I switch it off to hear what it does.. but then it's very obvious.

Well there are 4 knobs(volume, attack,emphasis and compression) so It will take a bit longer than just plugging in the Marshall ED-1 Edward the Compressor and playing as I'm guilty of.
There is a helpful manual to assist you to get the basics though

I'm using a 1982 Les Paul custom with Burst bucker puck ups, custom Strat,Gibson Explorer,a 1983 Gibson Invader (among others)thru a Planet waves tuner FoxxRoxx Octron,Fulltone Clyde Deluxe,Marshall ED-1 Edward the Compressor, Fulltone Full drive II,(these are in a chain direct to the amp)
Fulltone Choral Flange(n the flange setting)Fulltone Deja Vibe,MXR Phase 100,Pearl Chorus and a Pearl Delay,Pearl noise Suppressor (old school!) a MXR Kerry King 10 band EQ ,BBE Stinger in my effects loop, into a Marshall blues breaker.
I did have one of those generic "Ross Compressor clone "kits which I wrote a review about already,which got removed and now the Marshall ED-1 Edward the Compressor has taken its place.
A noticeable improvement with way more variations as well.
Setting the volume level at about 11 o'clock seems to get about the same volume setting you already have,the compression at about 3o'clock ensures an ideal sustain.
Theres also little to any noise from this pedal,Of course I leaned a while back NEVER to max out any effect unit too since that typcally cause the excess noise issures

Its built out of metal .can't imagine it breaking easily

Bought it used so ,N/A

I've been playing for 30 years .Playing rock,blues and metal.
I'm a gear junkie of the typical sort.20 odd guitar 4 different amps,you know the deal.
I've used a Marshall amp,but with all the pedals I have gone through never had any Marshall effects,I saw this on ebay cheaper than the handmade noisy piece of garbage clone I had and snapped it up, Since those are the only 2 Compressors I have used ,I'm happy with this one so I would more than likely replace it should something happen.Its not some handmade,upscale organic boutique pedal but its gets the job done and that what matters. Theres enough options for any player with this .I needed a slight sustain, with little to no noise and it more than performs its requirements.

It's a compressor, they're hard to understand, but once you know what's happening with what you'll get it.

It does it's job. It's a simple pedal - my only issue is that it was a bit buzzy at times, but that's what you get.

I thought I could depend on it, but then the piece of shit decided to die on me - the switch broke completely, and fell into the cavity of the box. All minutes before a gig. Bastard. And then had to get it re boxed by my local electronics guy, because the new switch wouldn't fit into the old box because it was too big. He fixed it up okay, but now I have to use a battery. And there's no easy battery access a-la Boss pedals.. dammit. Kent.

Couldn't bother talking to them about warranty or anything. Fuck it, dealing with that stuff is too much trouble. I don't know what Marshall are like so.. No Opinion.

I had faith in this pedal in it's use as a small booster pedal for "just a little more dirty" bits in songs. But then it fucked up on me. Hopefully it will survive now in it's new shell...

After reading the "suggested settings" in the document and playing around I got a good understanding of what each of the controls does and how they interact with my amp (and other effects). Like most good pedals it takes a little time to understand how to get the best out of it.

You can get a good variety of compressed and boosted sounds from this pedal. Its interaction with my amp (Cornford Harlequin) and other pedals is generally very good. FYI one exception is my Crybaby Wah which does like it for some reason - no problem just noticed it when I left it on. I can get a good range of sounds, straight forward boost, gentle swells, and on the edge of feedback.

No problems

No used

For the price this is a great unit. I had a Dod compressor pedal before and the Marshall offers far more tonal and functional possibilities. You can use this is several ways (which makes it tempting to put an additional one in my setup to add a switchable option). Would I replace it if I lost it - yes.

not easy to find your sound. after alot of fiddling around with it, eventually it will suit your needs (nicely too)

i use it for soloing. for my solos, i like the volume to be raised slightly and my distortion to turn more clear and predominant and it does just that.

one little comment. i have emphasis set to max hi so the high sounds are nice, but the lo end is a little groggy. i dont mind this but i bet some people might.

great. one 2 things to mention

1. i put in it a grocery bag to get a surprise band practice and i scratched the marker off my emphasis. you'd think the maker or some of the worlds leading amps could produce a pedal that the marker on the knobs doesnt scratch off...just be relativly gentle ( i dem mine back on with a permanent marker and havent hand a problem since.)

2. after it came out of the bag, i noticed the compression knob was bent ever so slightly.

these 2 were out of my own stupidity. this has inspired me to build my own pedal board so this will never happen again.

ive honestly loved this pedal since i got it for my birthday. i didnt know what it did then but i still loved it. i think everyone could benefit from having a compressor and id recommend this one for the price.

This is a touchy comp. It takes a fair amount of toying around to find the tones and sustain you are looking for. However, once you get it, you get it. Then this thing is gold.

I play a custom Borys guitar through a Crybaby, TS-9, ED-1, DD-3 and an Ernie Ball volume into a Fender Deluxe Reverb or Champ Amp. Like I said, touchy. There are some really great sounds that come from this pedal once you get it dialed in. I really like this pedal for the clean sound. The tubescreamer just sounds so good on its own so there is no need to add the compressor. If you like to mess around and try all kinds of different settings, this is a good pedal. The only sound issue I have is that there is a small "pop" when you turn it on or off...

So far so good. No complications.

This pedal has grown on me. It took a while to figure it out, but now I really like it. It is a compressor so there is bound to be a little noise but it's nothing worse than any other comp I've played. This thing can produce a lot of different sounds and has some very subtle adjustments (which is great). Overall, good comp.

This is a damn easy pedal to use, the manual is handy if you dont know the kinds of sounds a compressor produces because, as with most Marshall products, it comes with recommended settings.

Lets face it, this really is the top of the price range as far as compressors go, you dont need to go higher than this, it does everything you want and it sound great,exactly what you'd want.

i have gigged it many a time without problem. very reliable.

I ve had absolutely no trouble with the unit what so ever and from working in a music shop, i feel i can big up marshall service, they are very good too deal with

Fantastic. Whatever you want in a compressor, its perfect for it and for the vein buyers out there its good lookin too.

Well whats more to undertstand? four simple knobs and a switch.

It's hard to explain. I bought the pedal a few days ago, I have a standard fender strat and play through a marshall mg100. I am in a band where I play both rythm and lead - mainly progressive rock and a bit of indie. I really hoped for the pedal to add sustain (it does) and increase the volume when i switched it on for lead solo's - using the volume control on the pedal... the volume actually works for clean channel on the amp... but seems to only increase gain on the distortion channel, not volume. I figure this is because of

Well I wouldn't trust the wriring in anything marshall... most of it is constructed in the same way haribo might be, especially leads. However apart from one footswitch cable marshall have never let me down.

Never dealt with them, re-soldered a lead myself, always the best way.

Good for the money, I just figured that if i put it through fx out and in i might get the sound I want (possible that the volume WILL actually alter the volume on the distortion channel when used in this way) In a way I need it, but I can;t seem to get what I want from it... I know marshall intended for the distortion channel to increase volume when less signal or decrease volume when more signal is fed but it gets in the way when using external equipment, so if you want to use this then use an external distortion pedal or an amps distortion that doesnt change the signal in any way apart from distort it etc.

This is not the easiest pedal to use. See other reviews below to confirm this. I think some people are misusing, or maybe not understanding the main features on this pedal.

Manual is okay, but they have a counter-intuitive setup on the "hi-lo" knob. I think this is screwing up some people. Some even claimed they can't hear a difference. See if this helps...

The way you test a feature on a pedal is to first EXAGGERATE IT!
The way to find out what the "hi-lo" or "attack" is doing, first set hi-lo, attack to mid 12:00. Then set the compression full on. Set it to "10". Now play a trill or let someone else play the same riff over and over...now tweak the hi-lo slowly throuh it's whole range. Then just max and min..fast. The thing is you have to both play high notes AND then do it with low notes. Then you will see what it does.

The "Attack" is very hard to understand. I did the same with compression at 10, and even then it is weird...you have to try it yourself, but remember to 1) wait between different settings to be sure the compressor turned off again...wait til the signal dies down. and 2) try different attacks...hard pick attack, or soft strum.

unfortunately, Marshall chose to not stick to typical compressor settings/names for controls. The hi-lo works to compress that section more...I would expect it to be "I set it to high, I want more highs".


I agree to, bonehead "hey. let's make it really retro, y'know like a '55 rambler, let's chrome the hell out of the knobs!!" oughta have been fired from Marshall..or consigned to a hell where he had to tweak knobs in semi-dark stages, and be right on the money.

You cannot SEE the settings if you aren't outside on a sunny day, with a magnifying glass. Stupid. Also they are long, which concerns me as far as accidentally changing settings.

I use this with a Carvin MTS3212, es335, strat (main guitar), and tele. Used it most with the strat. I play blues, and this little pedal really can add sparkle. I was getting the "too clicky" but turning down compression (I only want the sparkle..) under 10:00 o'clock, and trying various attacks works for me. I tend to have the hi-lo just at about 11:00.

This pedal is tricky. Sometimes I have dialed in just sublime, perfect tones, other times I have gotten it where it deadens my dynamics on my leads. It is not easy to use (see above) and takes someone with a "love to experiment" mentality to get the best use out of it. I have done home recording for years and was very familiar with compressors, but this is a tricky unit. STILL, I love it (and sometimes hate it) and I know that it is ME that has to learn it better. When it is used in conjunction with other pedals, you need to adjust it.

One thing too...I think somewhere in here someone didn't know if this really was "true bypass"...it is. The way to tell, ALWAYS, is this, you take out the battery, you do NOT plug in power, and then you patch the guitar into the effect and out to the amp. If you have sound through the unit (obviously ONLY when the unit itself is in the off position) into the amp and out, it is true bypass. If not it is not and is buffering.

Seems solid enough. I trust it, though I, like others, wish like hell they had used black knobs with white pointers, or SOMETHING so you can see where you have it set. In a semi-dark env there is just no way to see where things are set!

I think it looks a little more rugged than it is. But other than with time, I think this category USUALLY is a little strange...folks think because something is built in a "brick shithouse" housing it must be rugged. Electronically maybe it is flaky...you just can't tell by heft or look. Time will tell. When someone sets in a rating for this category it ought to be justified by either logic (i.e. something just obviously wrong in the design where you can tell what it is. Example. the Digitech RP-7 has a power cord (like a MIDI plug) that just hangs out there. I've had it for years no problem, but the design is stupid....it is too easy to knock it out by accident, and possibly short!) OR because the person has had it a long time before reviewing.

All others ought to have "No opinion" on this one I think.

No idea.

Blues. This thing REALLY can sparkle up some music.
I would buy it again (maybe not my first priority, and it would depend on if it died a "natural" death, from use, or prematurely died because of design flaws) I believe. For the PRICE this thing is great! For me the key is using it so subtly that you can't really tell it is being used...

In fact, I have had times where I was playing away thinking "man, nice tone I'm getting now) and forgotten I had it on. I look down (again, even the ON LED is obscured by the knobs. Marshall! You guy ought to be designing for functionality ALSO, as well as preserving that "Marshall-quasi Harley Davidson" look!) lean over, and see I have it on...so I think "it can't be doing much" and turn it off and just so slightly have gotten back to a duller sound without it.

This thing shines with a tube amp. Can really change the dynamics as input for OD pedals, etc.

I am thinking about getting two, one set for nice tight rythm guitar playing, the other for solos...

I do like this pedal! But it is tricky!

Easy to setup but you need to tweek it to your liking to be able to really enjoy this pedal. Not to difficult to edit.

I really only use this on solo's mainly. It does sustain very well and also gives the sound that country/southern rock "pop". I run this through my Marshall JCM2000 DSL401 and it loves this thing. I can get that 70ish 80ish sound from Dire Straits to the hair bands. like I say though, I dont notice it to much with the OD on but clean takes it to another place for sure.

Havent had any probs with it. I step on it and it works. I dont notice it eating batteries as I use a Boss PSM-5 power supply and its in the chain with my other Marshall pedals.

Havent had to use them so far, which is a good thing from what I hear about Marshalls Support team.

I play Rock/Country/Southern Rock/Blues and this pedal will get you there. I have been playing now for 25 years and have a full Marshall pedal board. I like the way these are made. Solid as a rock even down to the knobs. Great Sustain. Beats the Boss I used to run.

I don't have much experience with compressors. However, I was using a compressor effect on my pc multitrack program the other day, I loved what it did so I decided to get a pedal for my guitar. It is quite easy to get sounds out of this thing, even for a compression amateur like myself. The manual comes with 4 very good suggested settings to get you started, but it won't take long to get a hang of this thing.

I'm using a very simple setup right now. Playing a Schecter C1+ into this pedal, the ED-1, into a V-Series 1512 Tube Amp. I also own a vox wah, and an ibanez chorus/flanger... but I don't always have them connected.

There is a bit more noise then I would like to hear from this pedal, particularly when you turn the compression level up - I guess that's to be expected. It isn't too bad though. At low/medium volumes with low to medium compression, there is very little noise at all. This pedal sounds best with clean sounds, particularly minor barre chords... the notes glisten and almost seem to melt together. You can also get some very jazzy/funky sounds by plucking single notes and using jazz-type chords. Whereas most compressors I've heard tend to "pop"... this pedal kinda "clicks". However, I actually like the clicking sound! It's great for funk-type playing.
Overdrive and distortion isn't out of the question either, I've used this pedal to get some cool twangy power chord sounds.

I used it with my chorus/flanger pedal... and got way too much noise/feedback. I imagine if I had a better quality chorus pedal that wouldn't happen.

It's quite solid. I would depend on it, although I'd wanna have some kind of backup always.

I play lots of styles, but lean toward garage rock-ish power-pop/punk/metal. The sound I envision in my head is sort of like if the pixies, the white stripes and the queens of stone age got together and had a big psycho jam session.

I've been playing for around 4 or 5 years.
If this was stolen/lost... I would do some comparison shopping before I made another purchase, as this pedal was a bit of an impulse buy.
I do like it a lot though, the only thing it needs is a release control.

Simple - twiddle the four knobs until you find the desried effect.

Ive had 2 of these now - I shouldn't have sold the last! Dumbass. Never mind I got this one very cheap and its really battered but it looks great! I wonder if they will introduce 'relic' pedals. Ha ha. They should. I have comperd this to 2 different pedals and I must say I found it better than the Boss CS3 and I really wanted to like the CS3, however its not quite a pro sounding as the Route 66 comp. Still it is a nice squashy compressor and if you have a decent amp, guitar (and fingers!) this thing sounds great.

Marshall quality.

Marshall are the best at customer support. The unit had a knob missing - phoned Marshall and they sent one to me next day at no charge!

Comps are fairly boring pedals and should not be expensive. Tis one isn't and sounds great.

Four knobs and a well written instruction manual => no problem. Just the suggested settings in the manual sounded really bad, better think out your own.

My setup consists of a mexican Strat, the compressor, a wah pedal and a 65W Laney TubeFusion combo with a Zoom 505 processor in the effects loop (just for a bit of modulation and delay). With a clean or soft distorted tone, at lower levels of compression (max 12 o'clock) the stompbox sounds really great, it lets your tone breathe and come out. When you raise the compression and attack, the sound becomes too much "clicky" and the compressor gets very noisy, too. But I think that's what all the stompbox compressors do. With more distortion the tone becomes unclear and harsh, but I don't see a point why use a compressor with lot of distortion.

It's pretty new, so I don't know yet. But it seems well built.

Never dealt with them, no idea...

Well, I live in the Czech rep. and for the price it's the best you can get here. I have been playing for 7 years now (mostly some rock, blues, funky and jazz fusion) and although this is the first comp I bouhgt, I tried the Boss CS3 and MXR DynaComp before and in my opinion the Ed-1 didn't colour the tone so much as CS3 and it's also a bit less noisy. The MXR sounded far warmer, but it costs also two times more... If it was stolen or lost, I would buy another one.

My ED-1 did not come with any instructions, but it was very easy to figure out...Just play with the knobs until you like the amount of compression.

My currect setup is BOSS DD3 - BOSS CE2 - DigiTech DigiVerb - MXR Phaser 90 - Boss DS-1 - Marshall ED-1 - CryBaby 535Q

I find the ED-1 compression much better than the old BOSS CS-1. I heard so many good reviews about the CS-1, so I paid $104 and bought it. Unfortunately, I did not like it at all.

My compression knob is almost in the center...I don't like too much compression...I find it really helps with leads and solos.

I have only had it for about a month, but it seems to be well built.

N/A

I got this pedal in like new condition for $50 & it sounds great!! If it was stolen I would definitely buy another one.

See it all below in other reviews, especially the 'emphasis' control (I'd call it the 'flab' control) Also, knobs are rank, try and see your settings on a dark stage.. impossible.

Just dumped this off my pedal board because of the 'clicky-ness' of the notes. I've owned it about 2 years+, and have monkeyed with it from time to time, but I just keep being totally put off by the clicks. It also colors the tone quite a bit when on, but I expected that.

Like a tank.

no idea

Wound up using it just for a volume boost, and still didn't care for it much...

My Setup: Epiphone Flying-v -> Volume Pedal -> Attax Preamp (Ed-1 in Effects Loop) -> Crate Combo (Just Poweramp).

I know It's unusual to set the Compressor after the the Preamp section but I use it just for clean settings, and they sound awesome with that setting. Distorted it's crap, but I don't use it that way, so what...

The Compressor gave me tons of sutain, single notes never sounded that brilliant and fat the same time before I had my ED-1.

Built like a tank. You can't destroy it if you use it how it's supposed to. No backup needed.

It has true bypass and it's an improvement to everyone's sound.

Fairly easy to use, as long as you can figure out what "Emphasis" and "Attack" do. "Emphasis" controls which side of the EQ spectrum gets compressed, and "Attack" controls the delay before the compression kicks in. I got it used on eBay and it didn't come with a manual. A friend had to help me out, but once I figured it out, it's easy to adjust and tweak.

I play an American Tele through a true-bypass Vox Wah>>ED-1>>TS-808 modded TS-9 (might be replaced soon with a Fulltone Fulldrive 2)>>Keeley BD-2>>Boss NS-2>>Ernie Ball Volume>>Line 6 MM4>> and Dan-Echo (delay). I primarily use the ED-1 as a clean boost, but also for mild to moderate compression. It's very UN-noisy and really does wonders for keeping the guitar's tone. I play through a Behringer 210 right now (simply for pratice usage and for small venues) but find that this pedal is fantastic. It replaced a Boss CS-3 in my lineup because the CS-3 was coloring my guitar's tone far far far too much. I didn't like the compression characteristics of the CS-3 either but couldn't be more pleased with the ED-1! Being true-bypass (this is argued both ways) is simply a bonus, too! Fantastic pedal all around! The true-bypass (actually called "passive bypass" by Marshall) helps give it a 10 in my book.

Built like a tank. Almost literally. It's HEAVY which shows what it's made of. The knobs are a little tall and I'd almost be afraid of them breaking off in the event of me dropping the pedal. Luckily, it's on my pedalboard and I don't have to worry about dropping it. Seems to be built much more sturdy than a Boss pedal, too. I wouldn't really have to worry about using a backup as I don't STOMP on my pedals. Stepping gently does the trick and helps prolong their lifespan. Great pedal. I'll give it a 9.

Never dealt with them.

I didn't want the Dynacomp because of it's individual tone and more "country" type application, and definitely didn't want my Boss CS-3 anymore because of how much it colored my tone. I couldn't afford a Keeley/Ross/Analogman compressor, and didn't want a big ol' one like a Carl Martin with it's own hard-wired power supply. The ED-1 does the trick with ease, functions as a GREAT clean-boost (with or without much compression), and the passive/true-bypass is a total bonus! For the $80 it costs new at most places, it's well worth it. I'm honestly surprised it's not more popular.

I guess it's simple, we're talking about an effect pedal with 4 knobs (emphasis, volume, attack, and compression). It's impossible to get awesome tone out of it. Manual is simple with basic settings. I'd rate it a 2 overall but the ease of it's operation is included so I'll raise it a few points to a 5.

I play American Deluxe Fender Strats with Vintage Noiseless pickups through Marshall tube amps (heads, cabs & combo). I'm not big on effects so my 'pedal board' is fairly small. I have a Clyde McCoy Vox wah, a limited edition Fulltone Fulldrive 2 S-FR, and a Fulltone CF-1. I bought the Marshall ED-1 compressor and the Marshall SV-1 chorus pedals because they looked like quality gear at a cheap price (I had to special order them because the store didn't stock them). Well, both of the Marshall pedals are absolute junk. They are very solid and really decent looking but the sound is terrible. Now I know why they are only $60.00! Mine are for sale and I only hope I don't take too big a loss on this garbage. Keep in mind that they were farmed out to a half assed company in India that uses an assembly line process with manufacturing gear that we would consider really outdated. The 'tech' at Korg / Marshall told me that though he liked them, he understood they weren't very well recieved and that Marshall HQ in the UK really didn't have much control over the pedals (more of a Korg forced sales plan). He asked me to keep in mind that they were only manufactured to compete with Boss (I admit, compared to Boss, they look, sound, are built, and seem much better) and that he admitted they wouldn't begin to compete with the leaders (i.e., Fulltone, H & K, Robert Keeley, Klon, etc). I agree, these are pathetic and a waste of money. What a mistake... I would never put this crap alongside my Fulltone pedals, my music is too important to me.

I can't answer, I won't be using this thing for one gig.

Marshall amps are legendary and pioneering, the company stands behind their amps (though the JCM 2000 DSL 401 seems pretty poor IMO. Plastic circuit boards right next to the burning hot tubes, cold solder points adversely reacting to the unusual heat, the spring reverb tank bouncing around against the speaker, etc). These pieces of junk are trying to cash in on the name ol' Jim built for himself. They are made in India which doesn't make me feel any better. All my Fulltone pedals are handmade in the good old US of A, I guess you get what you pay for.

Bottom line. Stay away from this fraudulent piece of crap. If your looking for an average $60.00 pedal that sounds ok, buy this. If your looking for tone that makes you giggle and motivates you to play another 6 hours straight, buy something else. Preferably, an American made unit that is handmade. It's unfortunate, I expected way more from Marshall than to slap their name tag on lower than average garbage and I told them that. It's very telling that the guys at Marshall agreed. I'm surprised to read here that several people proclaim this pedal to be the best thing going. Obviously, these people have never heard the top quality gear that costs three to four times as much as these 'kid toys'.

Hey, if you know what a compressor is for, you would not have trouble working with it. However, It comes with a nice manual and sugested settings.

I play a rockwood guitar trough a Fender Deluxe 90 amp. I also own The Jackhammer and it matches pretty good with this unit. I guess it is one of the mos versatiles compressors out there (for guitars).

I use it gigging, recording, practicing and for my electric and acoustic guitar too. it is built like a tank, exept for the knobs that could be broken if you trow it from your second level window.

I have never had trouble with is so far. I konw that Marshall would do whatever to make costumers happy again.

Hard rock, alternative, blues. If stolen, I would buy it again certainly. I hate that everyone wants to try it out, so I get a little pissed off. I don't like someone to touch my stuff like if it was a toy. It is a proffesional thing.

If you need a compressor for your guitar, this would be an excellent choise.

For me its not exactly streight forward enough and needs tweeking to get best sound out of it. Manual is similar to all manuals from marshall easy to read and diagrams of recomended presets to help you get the sound your after.

Im currently using it like this. Cry Baby Wah - Marshall Jackhammer distortion - Edward Compressor - Blues Breaker 2 - Marshall AVT150 head through 1960A cab.

With the actual compression, anything over half way and it starts getting noisy. but dont they all.

Good thing is the volume knob. When playing live, If you want to keep you level in line with others for a more rythm guitar sound without comp then go ahead. Just switch the Edward on when its time for your solo and extra volume is applied without altering your distorted sound or tone although now its compressed for extra sustain. Another way I have used it although only once (maybe I should use it more often) is through the FX loop in my pre amp. So I should get the sound distorted going in to the amp and compress the signal on the way out. This should reduce the backgroud noise level but sustain may suffer. But with the distortion from a Jackhammer sustain isnt realy a problem.

If it wasnt for the marshall badge you would swear it was a shiny metal brick. God help you is you stub your toe on one of these things. as for the insides, its marshall. Itl still work after youve stopped.

Not been in direct contact with Marshall since they refused to produce custom Dave Holmes series of amplifiers. Whose Dave Holmes they said.... pfffft.

As for in regards to this product. Not yet I cant see it dying on me any time soon.

First Compressor Ive tried thats an individual stomp. Apparently its one of the best but it does require tweaking a bit to get right.

This thing will probably last forever unless it was stolen in which case I think I could find another 45 pounds to buy a new one.

Marshall ED-1 Compressor... The King of Compressor/Sustainer Stompboxes. As easy to use as any on the market and, to my ear, the best sounding. Set your amp the way you like it, and tweak to suit.
Just remember that compression is best used in moderation, and you'll be fine.

Effects chain on a SKB pedalboard goes like this: Fender PT-10 Tuner, Marshall ED-1, Snarling Dogs Blue Doo OD, Cry Baby, Danelectro Fish & Chips EQ, and Boss DD-3 Delay. This runs into the front end of a Mesa/Boogie .50 Caliber Head and a Johnson 2-12 Cabinet loaded w/ Celestion Vintage 30's. The pedal board on the whole is very quiet, and even with the compressor on, is tonally sound. I use this with a Les Paul, Lucille, and a '74 Tele Deluxe. Perfect for Humbuckers.
The compressor, used in the Lead Mode tightens the sound, and takes the extreme highs down to a palatable level. Very good for Gary Moore/Santana types of things. In Rhythm Mode, it makes for a nice, chunky tone, and can give you a volume boost, if desired.
We play mostly Blues, but also Soul and some Rock. Lots of B.B. King, Albert King, Stevie Ray and Gary Moore.

This is the thing about Marshall pedals, they're tougher than a armor-plated Humvee. You would really have to try to destroy it. Tougher than my Boss and Ibanez 9 series pedals.

Never had to deal with them.

For Blues/Rock, this can't be beat. I like the Boss, but this is the best to my ear. I've been playing since the mid '70's, and I like this compressor better than any I've owned.(I've owned several)

Couldn't be easier. Needs tweaking to find the sweet sounds of course.

Excellent. I fount it actually improved the tone from my guitar unlike other compressors which suck tone out. Extremely quiet too.

It's built like a brick you-know-what.

Never needed any!

Nicest compressor I've tried. The only other one I like is the Boss CS-3 which is a little noisy at high settings but not unreasonably so.
You'll be hard-pressed to find another compressor as good as this without paying five times as much.

The knobs are quite self-explanatory, but a compressor is an effect that's best used subtly... So by default, it should not be easy to use

Have you read reviews about the ProCo Turbo Rat? Great flexible pedal, but takes your sustain... Well the answer lies here! Now this effect is OK for reproducing your tone to add sustain, but when used with distortion correctly, you can get a great synth-like quality to the notes! Terrific! The emphasis control works well to this effect, and with heavy distortion and the right attack, you can get slight volume swells! Overall, a good pedal, best used with distortion to make light bluesy tones sustain for longer or for slightly synthy effects! Good also for holding harmonics for longer and emphasising them, as they are naturally quieter than normal notes.

I'd rely on this, but it is pretty battery intensive for a compressor... And those knobs are way too tall, one of mine has been knocked crooked.

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As stated earlier, a good match for the Turbo Rat, and with careful settings capable of good tones, such as Electioneering by Radiohead, all those squeeky, trebly tones are there when mixed with the Turbo Rat. COuld possibly do twangy country, but I'm sure there are better compressors for that, that's probably not the right scene fpr this...

It's not very difficult to get the kind of sound that you're looking for out of it. You do need to be patient when dealing with the emphasis, and compression knobs, though. It took me a while to work out a good tone when I was clean, and also distorted. For the most part, it does the job fairly well.

I use an Epiphone Nighthawk into a Morley Pro Wah II>>Boss OS-2>>Marshall Bluesbreaker II>>Edward ED-1>>Danelectro Dan-Echo>>Pignose G40v. I can't say that the pedal makes any noise that was noticeable enough to be a nuisance. It gives me a nice boost for when I'm doing clean rhythm playing, and tightens up the distortion sound pretty good, too. I get a close enough version of the kind of sound that I want, perhaps a different distortion box would be helpful. Some people say that this pedal colors the sound of their guitars. Maybe so, but I have no issue with that. I still get what I'm looking for. I give it an eight, only because you have to really work at it to dial in what you are trying for, soundwise.

It's built like a tank, just like the rest of their pedals, so I would think it has the ability to withstand much abuse. Using it without a backup? I never thought of needing a backup for a pedal. A guitar, yes, but never a pedal.

Never dealt with them.

I play mostly blues, classic rock, and some swing tunes. I think the pedal fits in nicely. I've only had it a month, and I really didn't have much time to sit down with it, and get a feel for what it was capable of. I got it a few days before a big gig, and I just mounted it on the pedalboard, and went from there. Since then, I've gotten to know it a bit better. My previous experience with compressors was limited to ones from Danelectro, and Boss. The Dano model was OK, but I think this one clearly beats it for nothing more than the fact that you can shape your tones on the ED-1. The Boss model was also good, but gave me problems in other areas. Plus it never sounded just right. Can't say exactly why, just never fit the bill. I had planned to try a Dyna Comp, but this one was suggested to me, and I figured what the hey. I've never been much of a compressor guy, until recently, when I've actually had a chance to see just how much of an improvement they make. I think from here on, I'll always have one on my board.

Well with only four knobs you wouldn't think it'd be too hard to use, but it is a little awkward to work out what the controls actually do (apart from volume, obviously!). The manual is pretty brief, but it does give valuable advice when it says to experiment. Once you have an understanding of what each control does, it's simplicity itself to use - it's a stompbox for God's sake!

I bought this primarily to use as a volume boost for solos, and placed after my distortion box (also Marshall - Jackhammer) it certainly achieves this, although it seems to cut a fair bit of gain out of the tone, which I wasn't too happy with. On clean channels it sounds superb, and you can get quite a fair range of tones from it. If the compression is turned up too high then it can get it bit nosiy (could be my crap Peavey practice amp though, and it's completely silent when it's off). One thing worth mentioning is the difference between placing it before and after the distortion box - after and it gives a more rounded tone and more of a boost, vice versa if placed before.

It's remarkably sturdy, and I've never had a single problem with it. I'd be pretty happy to kick the thing around on stage, although I suppose the clicky switch might be a bit fragile.

Never needed to deal with them, so take that as you will.

I wasn't entirely happy with this purchase, but then not only did I not try it in the shop, I had no idea what it actually did. Call me stupid if you like. It doesn't entirely suit the stuff I play either (thrash and alt. rock), I guess it'd be a pretty useful tool for a jazz guitarist for one. It still occupies its place in my setup, but I doubt I'd replace it. Good quality though.