Strymon Compadre

Start your signal chain with the best possible version of your guitar tone. Treat your guitar signal to true, studio-quality analog compression, with two distinct voices for smooth transparency or vintage squeeze. Use the Boost switch to add a clean boost or a soft-clipped dirty boost, with the EQ curve of your choice. Mix in some dry signal for a natural attack, even with extreme compression settings. Feel the perfectly tuned dynamic response, which gives your amp and effects exactly what they need to sound their best.

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From pickups, tubes, and capacitors to speaker cabinets—the aspects of a setup that can be upgraded or modified are nearly endless. Plug in the Compadre, and you’ll discover that you already have everything you need for the tone you’re looking for.

Bring out the character of your amp in ways you never thought possible. Compadre’s Class A JFET input circuit, studio-quality analog compression, and musically voiced analog boost circuits all work together to make your amplifier sound as if it has just been tuned by a world-class boutique amp designer.

Features:

• High-quality analog VCA compressor with two tone characters: Studio and Squeeze.
• Independently switchable Clean or Dirty Boost with Treble, Mid, or Flat EQ selection.
• Dry Blend control for parallel compression while preserving the natural attack.
• Class A JFET input for maximum dynamics and a natural response.
• Suitable for both guitar and bass thanks to its full frequency range.
• Full MIDI support with access to up to 300 presets.
• Supports an expression pedal as a volume pedal and external switches for Favorite presets.
• Switchable True Bypass or Buffered Bypass.
• Power supply: 9V DC, center-negative, minimum 150 mA (adapter not included).
• Designed and built in the U.S.