Look up video’s of using LA2A and 1176 in KZfaq you will get the point fast

Pretty much anytime you have a question like this- go to the JHS pedals KZfaq channel and you'll find a video or two explaining it. Compressors are used in multiple ways for multiple different reasons- it all depends on what you're looking for and how you set it up. Lots of ppl will use them to add sustain and little bit of a volume lift to a solo, like a boost but you're not adding more grit or saturation- just more sustain and volume. This is usually going to be a milder compression with a slower attack time. Some ppl use them to help get rid of their pick attack, which means they want a super-fast attack time- shredders often use them this way. Because they're using a up/down pick attack- if they don't- you just hear "click, click, click, click..." Angling the pick just right also helps tremendously with this- and the added sustain makes legato lines flow much better. Then country music lead pickers use it to get that whiny, super nasally, clean sound- funk players use it to help squash some of the dynamics, kill some low end, and tighten down on the sound so it doesn't run over itself and sound too muddy. They are subtle- but necessary- and can be finnicky- you have to learn which ones are known for which applications, and how to set them up properly. The 1176 or Cali was used to overdrive the preamp on the board- usually a Neve preamp- and create a very unique DI distortion- Black Dog by Zepplin is a great example of this trick. It was used extensively this way throughout the 70s.

That was my instant reaction too when he said it, but presumably that's in comparison with their rack gear? (A single 1176 LN will set you back around £2500, so if you want to run a pair of them in series or parallel like this pedal emulates, you're talking £5000).

@@retrocausality8039 Actually that's relative to their other line of pedals- which are digital, very high end, and run about 400 bucks a piece. I run their Lion '68 - which is their version of a '68 Plexi. You get three flavors of the Plexi-a 68 Bassman, a 68 Plexi, and a 68 Plexi modded for the Brown sound Eddie Van Halen made so popular. It's sounds amazing- but it interfaces with your phone and computer to work properly, and ppl wanted something simpler, that costed less money.

Reminded me of Selenium Forest by Plini!

Is it an SE?

I think sometimes that's the reality of guitar pedals anyway 🤨

For each different player. It’s brilliant marketing instead of making 3-5 pedals only.

Yes

Absolutely.

YES!!!

oh yeah oh yeah 👍🏽👍🏽

If I am not mistaking the Cali76 is a 100% analog circuit whereas this UAFX 1176 is digital emulation? Something to consider to compare them.

There's the Origin Cali as well

@@NamelessSmile Yeah.... that's a definite contender!

Great question, I wonder the same. I have watched videos on both and the only thing I really liked on the smaller pedal was the sustain mode. It's awesome. Everything else seemed better on the bigger pedal.

@@mr.d.572 Agreed. The sustain mode is a good sounding setting... but the dual setting isn't much use unless you want to do a cover version of "Black Dog"...which I've no interest in. I'm leaning towards getting the Max Preamp & Dual Compressor. It would be useful for acoustic guitar, vocals and other instruments. And since it has 2 compressors the "sustain" sound should be achievable running them in series. I have to check if it's possible to blend in the dry signal as that's an important feature for me. The small version in this video has a switch to mix the dry signal but I believe it's one setting, you can't control the amount of dry signal. Then there are other compressors from different companies.... decisions, decisions!

Dude I think I'm more triggered by a PRS headstock on a Tele than the whole internet was by the PRS headstock on the Strat. I'm glad you like it and hope you can get one someday though. LOL!

I like Cider as well

Ya nothing like a 3k telecaster knock off

I would love to be able to play that solo. I haven't really looked into it though, and I'm not sure my skills are up to par yet.

@@mr.d.572 I'm sure you could get there with some work. Hitting the feel, the phrasing and vibrato will take some time to finesse as well as emulating Keith's tone. Like Mike Campbell, Keith is not a shredder, but a taste player and the rewards you can gain from studying their phrases and feel will make you a better player.

You missed Gordie Johnson from big sugar

@@averyadrian1534 A big omission. Especially as Gordie played my guitar about a dozen years ago at the Peter Narvaez Memorial Jam at The Fat Cat bar in St. John's, NL. Great player, and Big Sugar was, and is, a great band .

Hey c'mon, 100 new pedals a week aren't enough.

Yikes 😂

He’s got his sleeve:)

I feel totally vindicated in my hatred of these pedals with a million different "functions" on them. LOL! I always tell people I feel like I suffer paralysis by analysis when they have all kinds of knobs and switches and things.

@@SimpleManGuitars1973 The journey - where you start, where you are, where you intend to go - also matters. I definitely agree with the paralysis by analysis, though it was so complicated I said screw it and cured that issue. I just found a sound I likes. The learning curve is my problem. I'm retired, doing this on my own, don't play live and have some money to spend and have way less time in the long run. So I decided complexity is a way to educate myself. Like paying for a grad course on audio. With the Dream 65 it more or less worked. The different cabs and tones got me in the ballpark of the sounds I liked. The mods were interesting. So overall, thumbs up, even though I couldn't update the firmware. The Max, the compressor, was a failure, at least for now. But the failure forced me to learn more about them, even if I still don't completely get them. Robert Keeley has a good KZfaq video on them, and I bought his Pro version because it was simpler. However, overall the experience soured me on UA. Which fortunately pushed me to discover Origin Effects, which I love. And I will always choose Strymon over UA in the future. Unfortunately the overall problem didn't go away. I would call it a combinatorial explosion. In some ways Anderton's videos - no matter how valuable, and they are valuable - are demonstrating the pedals in isolation. If Pete was my friend and I lived next door, I'd be building failed pedal chains and asking him every day why they suck. Fun, educational, frustrating. Lots of moving parts.

@@mikem668 Yeah the most compicated pedal I have is the Beetronics ZzomBee but man it's fun. The vast majority of my KZfaq Shorts are an AC30 with like a Fatbee or JRockett Golden Archer. I do have some fun videos with the ZzomBee doing Frankenstein but generally all my pedals are simple and I get along fine with that. I'm sur with patience and know how the other ones could be fun too but I'm a "set it and forget it" guy at this point.

@@SimpleManGuitars1973 I like your set it and forget it goal. Unfortunately, while it sounds simple, gain stacking and knowing whether the pedals play well together complicate it. As does the variety of the music you're interested in. But I agree it's a goal worth seeking.

@@mikem668 Yeah I pretty much know what I want out of my fuzz pedals and what I want out of my delay pedals and I have different overdrives that I think work better for my Les Paul and 335 and ones that work better for my Tele and Strats and I just keep my delay the same all the time as well. Plus really the base tone of a cranked AC30 is really dirty enough that I just have my pedals sorta "barely" there because I love the natural breakup of a Vox so much just in and of itself. I play in a big open room at my house and live on 40 acres and so I can crank my AC30 all the time but I feel really bad for people who have to try and get the sounds they desire at sorta "bedroom" levels. The sound of a cranked tube amp is just heaven to my ears. Which probably explains why I'm constantly asking my wife to repeat herself. But still. LOL!

I'm going to go out in a limb and say that it doesn't and you need to train them ears for tone. Blsckstar makes great amps but you're not getting these tones direct in with a "fat" strat

erm...you do realize that pedals with digital processing inside still output an analog signal right?

@@user-lx7kl4sp2yBut they add latency that analog pedals don’t.

Well no, the Cali 76 is based on Universal Audio's blue stripe 1176 studio compressor...

You guys get it! ;)

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