MXR Dyna Comp
What do Dave Gilmour, The Edge and Pete Townsend all have in common? Old MXR Dyna Comps and BIG FAT TONE. Effect pedal collectors will be mopping up their drool at the sight of this one. This is without doubt the most collectable compressor in the world - an original script logo 1974 MXR Dyna Comp. How good is it? Well take a look at that big stupid grin on my face. Oh yeh…. it's that good. |  |
| The humble compressor is quite a misunderstood and subsequently underestimated effect. Think of it like this. A good overdrive pedal does for your dirty sound what a good compressor will do for your clean sound, and they don't come any better than this. Not surprisingly, the first genre of musicians to catch on to the value of this pedal was the Tele toting country boys like Reggie Young and Jerry Reed who have used the Dyna Comp on literally hundreds of albums. A young guitarist by the name of Dave Gilmour heard the amazing tone coming from these Nashville players and since 76' Gilmour has always had one in his rig. The MXR Dyna Comp can be heard on nearly every guitar solo that Gilmour recorded in the early years of Pink Floyd. You don't need any more reason than that. Go and get one.
The key to getting those big tones from the Dyna Comp is the sensitivity control. This takes all of the less dynamic sounds such as low output strings or the 'pop' of your pick and raises them to the same level as everything else. The Dyna Comp is so amazing because it does this without losing top end so you end up with incredible clarity and infinite sustain. With the sensitivity level around 2 o'clock your big country style bends all of a sudden make sense and the notes simply hang in the air as long as your fingers are on the strings. What I love so much about this pedal is that it opens up a side of your playing that most of us reserve for our acoustic guitars. When was the last time you played an amplified solo without some sort of overdrive thrown in? And when you combine this pedal with overdrive, chorus or some delay the results can be truly inspiring.
How much should I pay?
There are 2 answers to this. If you don't have a lot of time and you have the cash, the first and simplest answer is 'what ever they're asking' which could be up to £250, but if you go hunting you can find them in online music stores in the U.S for as little as £160. Remember we're talking about the script logo version here, which was only made for 3 years between 74-77 so hunting is the operative word but great tone is always worth the effort. Be warned, if you're successful you might end up with a permanent grin that has people questioning your sanity.
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