Mojo Gear Orange Compressor (Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer Clone) vs Wampler Mini Ego 76 Compressor
The Mojo Gear Orange Compressor (Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer Clone) and the Wampler Mini Ego 76 Compressor are both pedals sharing transparent, sustaining, low gain. The Mojo Gear Orange Compressor (Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer Clone) leans dynamic. The Wampler Mini Ego 76 Compressor leans compressed. Current prices: $96.12 vs $185.71.
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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.57% — 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
- sustaining
- low gain
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$96.12via Reverb
$185.71via 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 Wampler Ego 76 is a FET compressor pedal from Wampler Pedals (Indianapolis, Indiana), inspired by the legendary UREI 1176 studio compressor. It delivers fast attack, hard-knee FET compression with Attack, Release, Ratio (4:1, 8:1, 12:1, 20:1), a parallel Blend knob, and Input/Output controls — bringing classic studio rack compression to the pedalboard.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- alternative
- funk
- dynamic
- compressed