It’s that time of year again and unsurprisingly, we found ourselves GASing more than usual. Here is a quick series of posts with some new and not so new pedals that I for one would like to see under my tree on December 25th.

To kick off the series, Xotic has recently released the SP compressor, a mini pedal in the same format as their super popular EP booster. Inspired by ‘the’ Ross compressor, it is what you’d expect from Xotic: awesome tone and superb quality.

In this compressor shootout video, Michael Thompson, a top LA session guitarist, demonstrates the SP Compressor and compares it against a bunch of other compressors he’s been using over the years: