Chase Bliss Clean compressor ships from Chase shops on 1 November

November 1, 2024 · 2 sources

Chase Bliss announced Clean on 11 October 2024, and the compressor pedal was available to order at $469, with shipping from Chase shops starting 1 November¹².

Clean is a two-stage, fully analog stereo compressor. Guitar World describes it as having mono-to-stereo switching that generates a moving stereo image, and MusicRadar reports 16 dip-switches across the top of the pedal¹². The control set is six dials and three switches: Dynamics, Sensitivity (Ramp), Wet, Attack, EQ and Dry knobs, plus switches for Release, Mode and Physics². The Dry and Wet knobs blend for parallel processing, and the Dynamics dial moves between classic and feedback limiting, with feedforward limiting engaged via the Dusty slider on top².

Other features reported include three EQ modes, a dynamic EQ section that responds to playing, adaptive attack and release, a pair of swell modes, a physical modeling feature for what MusicRadar calls "organic instability," emphasis filters for "cassette-style noise reduction," an onboard noise gate, a sidechain input for syncing with external instruments, and MIDI and preset options¹². Guitar World reports that the Physics control brings "organic wobbles and fluctuations" and that pushing the compressor produces tube amp-style sag².

Guitar World reports Chase Bliss calls Clean "our most versatile and original circuit to date," and MusicRadar quotes the maker's stated aim: "The idea behind this pedal is to make clean guitar as fun as overdriven guitar"¹².