Greer Lamplighter Optical Compressor vs Keeley Classic Keeley Compressor

The Greer Lamplighter Optical Compressor and the Keeley Classic Keeley Compressor are both pedals sharing transparent. The Keeley Classic Keeley Compressor leans sustaining and dynamic.

Similarity
citedBlended 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.

57% moderately similar

Shared genres
citedGenres both listings are associated with.
  • Alternative Rock
Shared tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • transparent
Citation fame
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Price

$120via Reverb

Description

The Greer Amps Lamplighter is an optical compressor pedal from US boutique manufacturer Greer Amps (Athens, Georgia), delivering smooth, transparent optical compression with Level, Compress (sensitivity), and a Voicing switch for different compression characters. The Lamplighter uses an optical LDR compression circuit for natural, musical compression suited for clean playing, single-note passages, and dynamic control. Greer Amps handmade US boutique construction.

The Keeley Compressor is the classic optical compressor from Keeley Electronics (Edmond, Oklahoma), one of the most respected boutique compressors in guitar effects, delivering transparent, musical optical compression. The original Keeley Compressor in its 4-knob and 2-knob versions established Keeley as a compressor specialist and remains a standard for boutique optical compression. Controls include Sustain and Level (2-knob) or Sustain, Level, Blend, and Attack (4-knob) for comprehensive optical compression control.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
  • Electronic
  • Country
  • Blues
Tonal lean
  • sustaining
  • dynamic

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