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Jonathan Horsley

“It brings studio style compression dynamics to any pedalboard and offers a warm musical response with an exceptionally low noise floor”: Orange’s King Comp is a monster compressor with the feel of an amp

Orange King Comp: the new compressor from the British amp legend has what looks like a gorilla illustrated on the enclosure and has a road-ready build with a kick bar to protect your settings.

Freshly squeezed from the R&D department at legendary British guitar amp brand Orange comes the King Comp, a “studio quality” VCA compressor that allows you to squash and tame unwanted transients in your electric guitar tone while retaining its feel and dynamics.

Compressor pedals are a little like compression socks; they’re not the sexiest. It’s hard to make “sounding better” compare with sounding “completely different” as a modulated delay pedal might.

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