Compression

[rutledj]

I've noticed that when I plug in my strat that there appears to be a lot of compression, almost as if the guitar is played through a compression pedal on low settings. I don't notice this with my semi-hollow body.

Is this normal?

Rut

[phsyconoodler]

I notice with my strat that chords sound a little muted,(compressed?) and when you dig in the single notes bloom really nicely.That's on the clean channel.Is that what you mean?

[Structo]

So are we talking Dumble clones here?
What circuit?

Usually sag or compression is associated with tube rectification.
And being that the Dumble's use SS rectifiers I wonder how much the choke or choke resistor affects this?

[rutledj]

Yes. This is a non hrm ckt. And yes, I notice it more with chords than notes.

Rut

[phsyconoodler]

If you want Fender chime,just max out the presence.If it's too bright back off on the treble.It works.

[tsl602000]

Rut,
That's right. With a strat you have this compressed sound. With my ODS I had way too much compression. Make sure you have the cathode resistors on V1 correct. I had a "wrong" value and on my ODS clone it made my guitar sound extremely compressed.

Structo,
We're talking 'bout a different kind of compression here.

[rutledj]

OK. So it is normal. It's not that it is bad sounding, just different.

Thanks,
Rut

[greiswig]

You might also try a set of KT77's instead of 6L6's. There is still a long tail to the compression, but the initial "hit" of a pick on a string is a little firmer with KT77's IMHO. It has the effect of making your chordings and notes more immediate.