Jackson Audio Bloom EQ Boost Compression vs Keeley Compressor Plus
The Jackson Audio Bloom EQ Boost Compression and the Keeley Compressor Plus are both pedals sharing bright, sustaining. The Jackson Audio Bloom EQ Boost Compression leans transparent and dynamic. The Keeley Compressor Plus leans compressed.
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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.47% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Funk
- Country
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- bright
- sustaining
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$126.65via Reverb
The Jackson Audio Bloom is a studio-grade optical compressor, active EQ, and clean boost in one compact boutique pedal. Its optical limiting circuit, inspired by vintage vacuum-tube compressors, is prized for transparency, adding a gentle sweetening and organic glow rather than obvious coloration. The active EQ shapes tone effectively and is often left on permanently, while the transparent boost adds subtle grit and pushes downstream overdrive pedals well. It suits players who want always-on compression and tone polish for clean funk, country picking, worship, and studio recording without squashing dynamics. Built in a rugged stainless steel enclosure, it ranges from subtle leveling to aggressive squeeze depending on settings.
The Keeley Compressor Plus is a highly regarded four-knob optical-style compressor that builds on Keeley's earlier designs with a wet/dry blend, a post-compression tone control, and a single-coil/humbucker toggle. Rather than reproducing a perfectly clean version of the signal, it inflects the tone with its own full, sparkly, slick personality, and players often notice how dull and loose their bypass tone sounds once it is engaged. It functions as both a compressor and an expander/sustainer, limiting peaks while adding gain as notes fade for increased sustain, and the blend control preserves strong pick attack alongside that sustain. The tone control restores high-frequency shimmer often lost when attacks are flattened, while the pickup toggle optimizes the input. Praised for an outstanding price-to-quality ratio, it suits country, funk, pop, blues, and rock players wanting versatile, musical compression and sustain.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Rock
- Blues
- transparent
- dynamic
- compressed