Pigtronix Philosopher's Tone Micro Compressor Effects Pedal

I'm pleased that it doesn't change the sound of the guitar, and has no noise even turned up. It has enough sustain to fill in the gaps if needed. Playing finger style guitar it is all I need on my acoustic.

It got great reviews but the one I received never worked. It came on and sounded very muffled, started humming really loud and died.

This pedal didn't do it for me, I'd go with a Wampler or TC Electronic micro over this any day of the week and twice on Sunday's

I was surprised when I plugged this into my pedal board. I thought I might use it for some sustain in solos or maybe to tweak tones occasionally. It instantly became an always on pedal. The sound is just incredible. It takes my original signal, which I love, and somehow improves it without changing the dynamics or changing the original signal. The germanium gold version allows me to add grit to whatever I feel like. The clean channel is fun with grit, as are the moderate gain channels. My high gain sounds best without it, but grooves on high sustain compression. I run this through the effects loop of my Blackstar HT 60 212 and usually have my earthquaker dispatch master on as well. A little slap back and some compression are righteous!

It works, but the audible changes to the tone aren't as pronounced as one would expect IMO.

The Philosopher's Tone pedal has been a terrific addition to my pedalboard. I really like the volume control, which can be used as a boost, the treble allows you to compensate for loss of treble as you turn up the compression, and the blend knob is the best feature on this pedal. My only concern is that the compression doesnt seem to turn up high enough in order to "squash" my sound. It doesnt generate as much sustain as I was anticipating. I can turn the compression all the way up, and it doesnt sound much different to me than at 12 o'clock.