Compressing electric guitar

Use Optical compression, FET compression or VCA compression. If the guitar is already distorted or overdriven, you may not need compression.

Rick Beato uses an LA-3A, 1176, or dbx on clean guitars.1

  1. How The Pros Use Compression - Audio Compression Instruments and Mixes - YouTube ↩

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