# Guitar Gurus: Educate me on gear

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 10, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-gurus-educate-me-on-gear/499335 "2009-06-10T15:27:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-gurus-educate-me-on-gear/499335/41 "2009-06-11T22:27:54Z")

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Re: compressors. Way back in the day, I’d use a Tube Screamer to overdrive my tube amp. Then I’d use an MXR Dyna-Comp, set to lite \<1/3 compress but boosted to max to overdrive the Tube Screamer. Yeah, I know I was abusing the concept, but it worked okay and got me from slight crunch (amp only) to big crunch (tube screamer + amp) to boosted/crunchiest solo tone (all three) in two clicks of my foot. So basically I wasn’t using the Dyna-Comp as a compressor, more as a boost. I still have both boxes, but these days I just POD.

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