Wampler: MINI EGO COMPRESSOR

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Q: What can you do to improve one of the world's greatest compressors?
A: Make it smaller!
The Ego is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest compressor pedals ever. Some say it IS the best ever. But people tend to treat the compressor as a utility unworthy of valuable pedalboard real estate. I disagree, of course, and so do some other companies who produce compressors that require their own postcodes. The original Ego wasn't bigger than a standard pedal, but Brian and the Wampler crew saw fit to tighten it up anyway, and they did that by 'toggle-izing' the Tone and Attack knobs, which, I have to say, was a very cool idea. So, now we have... the MINI EGO!
Am I raving? Yes, obviously. Watch the video. You'll get it.
Today's tools:
Guitars: Ernie Ball Music Man 2016 Cutlass and St Vincent
Amp: Achillies Vibrolux Reverb Replica (www.achilliesamps.com/blackfac...)
Extra effects: Source Audio Nemesis Delay
Cables: Providence
Power Supply: Voodoo Lab MONDO
Mic: Shure SM57 (Vibrolux); Samson Airline77 (me)
Camera: Canon 60D (me) and iPhone 6+ (pedal)
Soundcard: AVID Mbox Pro 3
Computer: Apple iMac 27" i7 3.4 GHz 16 GB RAM
Software: Logic Pro X, Waves L3-16 Limiter (to keep levels in check at output), Apple Final Cut Pro X (video editing and KZbin compression).

[@christianroggen1438]

Comme à chaque démo, c'est super pro. Vous êtes une référence incontournable..........Merci à vous

[@MrPerfectfeet]

Hi Bret, great demo looking forward to this pedal landing in England sounds awesome

[@Deliquescentinsight]

Nicely demonstrated Burgs! looks good, certainly small enough

[@jimmoulton9878]

Excellent playing Brett, pedal sounds good!!

[@st756DB]

Je cherchais une vraie démo sur le mini ego compressor... Je l'ai enfin trouvée, BRAVO !!! Un test systématique avec retour au son brut à chaque fois ! Merci, vous serez désormais mon testeur favoris ! Et encore bravo, pas d'Ego, que de la démo ! +++

[@gianfrancoorlando7291]

perfect! like all of your reviews!!

[@andystephenson5407]

killer amp man. never heard of it but it sounds really good

[@brianrollins7275]

Man that amp sounds great on it’s own. It’s beefier with the compressor but both sounds are very useable. Your playing was great as always. Love your channel, keep up the good work. ✌🏻

[@Biofilmz]

Such nice playing.

[@okiebsooner]

Excellent Review!!

[@dezionlion]

great video! how about showing us where you put it? makes all the difference. and when you turn the vol. up higher than unity it's hard to tell what it sounds like.

[@thomasvantorre1922]

Very good soud of that pedal i love it and always a very good explanation from you . Coming I think

[@tjnugent62]

I have the bigger model, but either one is fantastic. This pedal makes me really like compression with a blend control of course.

[@dantahoua]

Love it!

[@johnroberts838]

Hi Brett is this a quiet Pedal, I have a MXR Dyna comp, just to noisy, please help. Love your reviews thanks heaps. Melbourne Aust. Any advice would be great.

[@JasonAyalaSpare]

I'm going to have to get me one of these. Yet again you have sold Bergs!

[@focusonjunta]

Thanks for a yet another informative, very useful review. Have a question about the vibrato arms on your new arsenal of music man guitars? How 'sensitive' should they be set if you are floating the bridge? I just got an Albert Lee signature which is kind of freaking me out, because despite vibrato arm abuse, digging in and heavy duty bending, I cannot get the guitar to go out of tune... My dilemma is, the vibrato arm is set up too sensitive. How are the ones you have set up? Cheers!

[@BrettKingman]

I usually set them up to float a minor third, as per the Carl Verheyen method which can be seen at kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6qQd2qfiK6ipqM. It never fails and always gives me a cool tension to work with. However, the Axis guitars are factory set to only go down - not up - so I leave them be and they're pretty good straight out of the box. I have a couple of Albert Lees on order but until they show up, I can't offer any advice, I'm sorry. If it's not going out of tune despite all attempts to abuse it, I'd say that's a good thing. If it's not giving you enough resistance - too sensitive - stick another spring in there. :)

[@stephendouglas6106]

Wow! Do You wanna go out of Tune? LOL!

[@Ron_Padgett]

Quite nice indeed.

[@Gregor_G]

I'm trying to decide between this and the Pigtronix Philosopher's Tone Micro? Have you tried one and, if so, how do they compare? Both have the Blend control, while the Philisopher's Tone has a dedicated Treble knob and no control over Attack, whereas the Mini Ego has a two-way toggle for Tone and a dedicated Attack knob. Thoughts?

[@lanceholland]

Hey Brett - have you tried an Xotic SP compressor? The Ego sounds pretty quiet in the video. I notice a little hiss with the SP at mid to high settings. I was wondering if you've compared them.

[@BrettKingman]

No, I haven't, sorry. All things Xotic have eluded me. I don't think they're interested in my videos much. Oh well... :D

[@daveandrew7014]

Thanks

[@starckwest6358]

Hard top decide for one compressor maestro

[@obeycelestia]

How would you say it stacks up against a Suhr Koji or a Foxpedal Refinery if you've played through either of those?

[@BrettKingman]

I haven't played through or even heard of either of them, sorry.

[@obeycelestia]

***** No worries, the Ego sounds super smooth! Great pedal, for sure. It's going on my ever growing GAS list. :)

[@LewWelchThePoet]

🤘👍🏿

[@jazzabilly]

Great playing! If you want to hear more compressed sounds, please check out this play-through of the Wampler Mini Ego: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHbXgmlpZb2XmJY - what a great pedal!! Cheers!

[@andystephenson5407]

wampler is the only company I trust to buy a mini pedal off of

[@dezionlion]

try the mirage pico! same small size. bigger sound!

[@Ottophil]

Why? Theres tons of chinese brands that all come from the same factory lol

[@tjnugent62]

Where do you prefer the Orange Kongpressor or the Mini Ego?

[@JimmyWatfordGuitar]

See, it makes me think you got no answer cause he was paid for this video. Regardless it sounds good.

[@andrewstendahl36]

There's also the higher grade Analogman Juicer Compressor and the JHS V4 Pulp N Peel Compressor with an overdrive toggle and a Direct Interface input jack for a house PA which both emulate the Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer circuit. Which I understand are better than the usual MXR dyna comp clones and Ross Compressors, not sure which circuit this Wampler Ego and the JHS Whitey Tightey pedal are modified from

[@tjnugent62]

@@andrewstendahl36 Since this post, I now am using the Mini Ego to use less pedalboard real estate. Just as good as its bigger Ego Brother.

[@andrewstendahl36]

I've been looking at the mini Ego Compressor myself. Also the Analogman mini juicer compressor pedal which uses the same circuitry from the Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer, a $215 compressor pedal though. For about a year and a half I have been working on a 6 pedal mini pedalboard, it doesn't have a compressor pedal. Tried a TC vortex flanger but the effect was thin and it had a volume drop when engaged, there are a lot of mini reverb pedals but as a larger pedal the EQD Dispatch Master has me covered. If only we could post photos here. At the moment I'm looking at Wampler mini Tumnus>Wampler Belle>MXR mini Timmy >Ibanez mini chorus (which sounds extremely cheap compared to my Analogman Chorus Pedal)>Effects Bakery Delay (Also very cheesy) but yeah, a mini compressor pedal, gonna replace the poor quality delay pedal with a JHS Prestige booster/buffer/drive pedal which I ordered just this morning. Not finding many decent grade modulation effect mini pedals. To my unrequited consumer dismay, the mini pedal market is mainly comprised of overdrive pedals

[@tjnugent62]

@@andrewstendahl36 I think you can't go wrong and would love the mini Ego. It is a long-time best seller by Brian Wampler. btw, he is a super nice fellow!

[@mr.j1400]

If it looks like a fender,and sounds like a fender then it should be a FENDER

[@picklespickles1155]

If it looks like a music man cutlass, and Leo Fender co-founded the music man company, then it should be a music man cutlass.

[@obicross]

better?? really?? *went out to buy one*

[@andystephenson5407]

compressors are so funny to me