BECOS CIQ5 CompIQ Pro Stella Compressor
GEAR HERO www.gearhero.com
$469
Compressor pedals for bass tend to fall between two camps: The basic type that squashes your sound in a really obvious way and is way more of an ‘effect’ than a tool, and the more fully-featured tone-shaping variety that acknowledges the variance in compression need between fingerstyle, pick, slap, and overdriven bass sounds. The fact that so many of us are now using plugins at home that emulate the great studio compressors of the past has put pressure on compressor builders to up their game—and even at first glance, it’s obvious that Becos have taken the
