tc electronic Forcefield Compressor

I purchased the pedal with the intention of using it with a classic Stingray through a Markbass amp.

I have it sitting at the end of my effects chain and after playing around with settings for a week, it has done what it promised. That is, it has taken an unruly, aggressive horse of a signal and given it balance and clarity. If you play a Stingray or a bass with a similarly pronounced and nuanced character, it is a great addition to your armory. It will lend balance. You know the way your Stingray demands that you play with a bit more finesse and deliberation? That's not a bad thing in itself. But when you're playing live and your fingers go searching for volume and pronunciation in the heat of battle, a compressor will temper your worst tendencies and lend you a balance and consistency of tone that you might not have thought that you needed.

The build is robust, a metal casing that will provide stability and consistency going forward. The settings knobs are solid and clear in that they do what they proclaim to do. The top-set IOs are eminently practical. It does say the wattage is 100W on the casing but 9W is the reality.

For the price (€40 in Feb 2022), it's amazing. Makes a big difference to my tone, which is exactly what I was missing. It lacks features available in pricier compressors but as a basic tool at this price point, it excels. I'm very happy thus far and hope others will be too. Plus, come on. €40 for a quality piece of engineering should not be missed.

After accumulating a few budget compressor pedals, I decided to A/B them all to see which one I would be keeping and which ones I would depart with. Sadly this one was not the chosen one, as I found it to be somewhat noisier than other alternatives in the same price range.

The fact that it was a very large pedal also played a role, although as a general rule I praise this line of TC Electronic pedals, as they are invariably build like tanks.

A decent enough compressor for starting out with, however the slight noise and lack of blend knob mean you will probably find better alternatives in brands like Nux.

this is built rock solidly like a tank , controls are rugged and has the soft click switch (nice) . Has the promise of many years of use with little wear and tear. It's reassuring solidness is the first thing that hit me as being at odds with its very cheap price , some of the chinese made pedals are very flimsy and I've had several of them fail . I reckon you could use the forcefield to hammer in nails with :)

Apparently its based on ibanez cp-9 ( If I'm wrong blame google)

I currently use a wampler ego compressor which has a lot more controls than the forcefield , and is quite flexible as a result but I do spend time fiddling too many options at times.
I'm looking at putting together a quick grab and go board and the forcefield seems to be the contender . Its not perfectly quiet of course but not bad at all.
I tend to use compression as an always on effect for clean playing with single coil fenders and sometimes in front of overdrive/distortion to push them a bit harder with humbuckers/single coils.

I like the forcefield you get a LOT of pedal for your 49 euro, I'm giving serious consideration to selling on my wampler.