Hi faltarn and welcome from here in the (wet & windy) UK! I can only speak for the CS-2 and I like it. I set the Level and Sustain controls to 3 o'clock and the Attack to 12 noon and can get some pretty fat sounds. I find it drives valve amps harder than some other compressors but watch the noise though - a typical characteristic of this kind of effect (unless you are going to spend mega bucks, of course, on some boutique pedal!).
Thought I would compare the CS-2 and CS-3. I set them up the same (level and sustain at 3 and all others at 12 noon) and put them both through exactly the same amp & guitar. Like you say Faltarn, the CS-3 is much noisier. I don't know why a more modern pedal should be like this - any thoughts anyone? MIJ vs MIT maybe???
hmm thats interesting. the CS-3 was SUPPOSED to be quieter. one of its main catchlines was "Onboard EQ delivers precision tone control and a special internal design insures outstanding low-noise performance."
it could be the fact that both pedals might not be configured the same. for instance, on the CS-3, a full noon setting might give you same amount of comression that a CS-2 set to full 3 oclock might give.
I saw a consert i Sweden with Elvis Presleys guitarist in it and a swedish guestguitarist had a cs 3 on stage. When he was going to play his solon he stomped the boss cs3 and a bad noice came from his ampifier. One time he missed to stamped when he was finished and the noice took over all other instruments. Hmm not a good sign.
^^^he was probably using it as a booster. i used to do that too. it is noisy if you stop playing, but any compressor will squeal if you use a high setting.
ME 6
Posted - 11/08/2007 : 23:57:24
