Electro-Harmonix Pico Platform vs Mojo Gear Orange Compressor (Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer Clone)
The Electro-Harmonix Pico Platform and the Mojo Gear Orange Compressor (Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer Clone) are both pedals sharing sustaining, low gain, transparent. The Electro-Harmonix Pico Platform leans compressed. The Mojo Gear Orange Compressor (Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer Clone) leans dynamic. Current prices: $104.73 vs $96.12.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.55% — moderately similar
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- sustaining
- low gain
- transparent
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$104.73via Reverb
$96.12via Reverb
The Electro-Harmonix Pico Platform is a studio style compressor and limiter that condenses the compression section of the full sized Platform into a tiny enclosure. It provides precise, powerful control of your signal's dynamics, smoothing peaks, evening out levels and adding extended sustain to leads, with controls for a refined, professional grade squeeze. From subtle, transparent leveling to heavy compression for sustain and pop, it suits country, funk, rock, pop and studio players who want smooth, studio quality compression on any pedalboard. Its small size and quality compression make it an easy always on dynamics tool that tightens a performance and adds polish and sustain.
This is a clone of Dan Armstrong's Orange Squeezer, one of the earliest and most influential FET-based compressor circuits in guitar effects history, originally released in the 1970s in a distinctive orange, in-line plug-style enclosure without conventional pedal controls. The original Orange Squeezer became a favorite of studio session players for its smooth, musical compression and subtle harmonic sweetening rather than an obvious, audibly squashed effect, and it has since become one of the most cloned vintage compressor circuits among boutique builders. Mojo Gear's version reproduces that circuit for players seeking the original's transparent, studio-quality squeeze in a more modern, pedalboard-friendly format.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Rock
- Country
- Funk
- country pop
- country
- alternative
- compressed
- dynamic
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Occasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.- Busking
- Live