If I could only bring one pedal with me to any gig, it would be the Blackfinger. It’s a very different compressor from other ones I’ve used or own. Only in the extreme SQSH settings do you begin to lose some attack, but even then it is very subtle.

I think a lot of guys buy the Blackfinger, expecting to get some DynaComp compression, and are disappointed that it doesn’t really do that. What the Blackfinger really does is fatten up your tone.

I use mostly Fender guitars and vintage Fender amps. The Blackfinger complements them perfectly for clean picking and strumming, lead lines, and for fingerpicking arpeggios. I usually turn it off when playing dirt sounds, although it does sound great after the Germ OD and the Tube Zipper.