While many players are happy to invest in multiple overdrive reverb and delay pedals, there could be another type of effect that could enhance their guitar tone that they'll only need to buy once. And ...

Beato and Rhett Shull explains what compression does to guitar tone and how it can be used as a pedal and in your DAW When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

This audio is from a piece of research by Dr Bruno Fazenda at Salford University. It gradually adds more compression onto a recording of a guitar. Initially the guitar sounds quite natural, but then ...