Mojo Gear Orange Compressor (Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer Clone) vs Orange Sustain
The Mojo Gear Orange Compressor (Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer Clone) and the Orange Sustain are both pedals sharing transparent. The Mojo Gear Orange Compressor (Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer Clone) leans dynamic and sustaining. The Orange Sustain leans warm and 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.52% — moderately similar
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Genres both listings are associated with.- country pop
- country
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- transparent
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$96.12via Reverb
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.
The Orange Sustain is a reissue of one of Orange's vintage circuits, an optical compressor and sustainer that smooths out notes while adding warmth, chime, and a touch of saturation to the tone. With a simple two-control layout of Level and Depth, it is easy to dial, evening out picking dynamics and extending sustain without complexity. Beyond pure compression it can add some glassy chime and warmth, making it as much a tone enhancer as a dynamics tool. Updated for the present with an LED and DC input while keeping its vintage character, it suits players wanting straightforward, musical compression and sustain for clean rhythm, lead, and always-on use, all in a compact, no-fuss enclosure with a distinctly vintage-flavored optical voice.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- alternative
- blues
- dynamic
- sustaining
- warm
- compressed