Jackson Audio Bloom V2 Compressor/EQ vs Keeley Compressor Plus
The Jackson Audio Bloom V2 Compressor/EQ and the Keeley Compressor Plus are both pedals sharing compressed, bright, full. The Jackson Audio Bloom V2 Compressor/EQ leans transparent.
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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.45% — 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.- compressed
- bright
- full
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.The Jackson Audio Bloom V2 is a boutique optical compressor, EQ, and clean boost expanded with six studio-grade compression modes and full MIDI integration. Built around an optical limiting circuit inspired by vintage tube compressors, it stays transparent, adding a rounded organic glow and sustain rather than obvious squash. The active EQ shapes tone effectively and the transparent boost adds light grit while pushing downstream overdrives. The six modes range from gentle always-on leveling to aggressive pronounced compression, making it flexible for clean funk, country, worship, ambient, and studio work. MIDI control allows preset recall in larger rigs. It ships in a rugged stainless steel enclosure.
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.- Ambient
- Rock
- Blues
- transparent