POGOLAB Compressor Guitar Pedal

Great OD for the price. Great OD sound at any price.

Did an OD pedal shootout with these three super inexpensive pedals and the Pogolab was a clear winner for me. The Shaevle was a close 2nd. The Pogolab was cleaner, more punchy and responsive at all levels. More dynamic to my ears. The Shaevle was a bit more hollow or dull sounding? Had a ring or subtle reverb to it? Like too much mids? Hard to place... Lacked the clarity and punch of the Pogolab. Still pleasing and definitely has a place on someone's board but not mine. The Mosky Golden Horse was a dud. Boring and indistinct with no character and zero punch. Far behind the Pogolab and Shaevle.

Good

I’ve been using the Pogo Lab Mini Compressor Pedal for my guitar setup, and I’m really happy with how it performs. It adds a nice amount of sustain and helps even out my playing without making my tone feel lifeless. It works great for clean tones, blues, and adding a little extra punch to solos.

The pedal is small, easy to use, and doesn’t take up much space on a pedalboard. The controls are simple, making it easy to adjust the compression to get the sound you want. For the price, the build quality and tone are impressive.

Overall, this is a great budget compressor pedal for guitar players who want more sustain, smoother dynamics, and a better overall sound without spending a lot of money.

Great chorus and compressor.

Pretty good. Not great overdriven (placed in front chorus). Really unique with clean channel.

Oliver

September 27, 2025

Can’t get it to work

I don’t know if I set it up wrong or what but I cannot get this thing to work, I watched 50 YouTube videos and tutorials but it’s just not working. The light doesn’t turn on when I hit the switch but it makes the amp go quiet, then when I hit it again the amp is on but the light for the pedal is still off and there’s no effects! Super confusing and I don’t know what to do. Great price though, just wish I knew how to use it. It didn’t include and manual in the box either.

Stomp button makes absurdly loud clicking noise

Both the first one I ordered and its replacement have this horrible loud clicking noise on button press. Returned both.

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No Power Cable & No Battery Option

No power cable. It says 9V and I assumed like most pedals it took a 9V battery or had a cable. Neither assumption was correct. I have to buy a cable now for another $10 before I can try it - also this pedal 3.5”L x 1.5” W x 1.25” Tall - in other words- it’s very small. Once my power cord arrives, I’ll let you know how it sounds and update my rating.

Great price, but these have issues.

I have the delay, the compressor and the overdrive. First the delay: It's hard to complain at this price point, but... There are three issues you need to be aware of before buying. First, the mix knob is not what you'd expect. When fully turned left it's still probably at 30%, not 0% and when fully turned right it's not 100%, but maybe 60%. So, that's the real range you'll get. Secondly, the time knob is very limited. When turned to the max, your repeats are still pretty short. Ultimately I found it more useful as a doubler, slapback or tone thickener. But herein lies the third issue: this takes some low end and body from your guitar tone when engaged, not just from the repeats. I don't want my delay pedal to do that, so I gave it to my kid to play with and I won't use it anymore.

The compressor is fine. It's a bargain and is useful for a gain control mostly, but it's compression is ok if used delicately, otherwise it adds to much color and not a nice color. I have it first on my pedal board to set the volume going through the board with very light compression only.

The overdrive: it's dirty, noisy, nasty. But, it's a sound and I decided I might use that and will keep it. When paired with sometimes else, like a Rat, it's mahem. If you like some mahem, then that's cool. If your into a cleaner glassy distortions, look elsewhere.

works as advertised!! really cool!!!

works pretty well, i can even use it as a little oscillator!

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Works great

Works great Really good for the price.

Great Little Analog Delay!

It has earned a spot on my board as a dedicated slap-back delay. Bonus points for the cute little space-dog graphic!

Good drive. I'm glad I went with an unknown this time.

I have a fairly large large pedal board and, while not really complex or anything, I sometimes need a flow chart to explain it to others. As a consequence, my large pedals are sometimes not an option and a suitable replacement is needed. I was looking for something that could function as a clean boost, drive, and push into the distortion territory. I needed it to replace a TS-9DX Turbo Tubescreamer and a DS-1 and I needed to be able to justify to myself buying another pedal on top of the dozens I own already. That's where the Pogolab Overdrive comes in. I'll be honest, the price caught my attention first. Under $30, cool! And the cute artwork to represent the clipping of the different modes, clever.(Quick aside: this drive is based on the Fulltone OCD. The two modes, called "flat" and "bright" are equivalent to LP and HP on the OCD and the Bright mode has a graphic of a pair of broken glasses. Adorable.) Justification of purchase: Check! When I see a little effort put into presentation it says that the manufacturer cares about the brand and gives me comfort that they don't make e-waste with bad tone. It makes for a great "clean tone engoodener" on bright mode with the gain at minimum, it's a good mid-gain drive, and it straddles the fence into distortion but it's picky about when, where and how it does. That's fine. Boutique brands ask hundreds for fuzzes that can only go in one spot of the signal chain, nbd. So, check, check, and pass I guess. I added pics so you can see my board and its size on it. It's a lot less room than the two Boss-sized pedals it's filling the role of so that makes one more check in favor.

David Gambill

June 5, 2024

Pretty good sounding emulation of an analog delay

This pedal isn’t analog. It doesn’t have BBD. It has a PT2399 chip. It does sound pretty good for the price. When you do oscillating repeats it makes a chirping sound which is kind of cool for me since I like to do some trippy avant-garde stuff. It cuts through the mix pretty well. I like that it’s cheap and small so I add it to my pedalboard as a little bonus pedal that I’ll interchange with another pedal when I jam with friends. The mix knob is a little different than I’m used to.

Great value

There is a hum but it’s only slightly noticeable. The build is sturdy and the dog is cute. The knobs are precise and you can adjust to a fine point. Definitely worth trying out.

Great compressor for the price

This compressor is really easy to dial in. It really tightens up the tone and doesn’t color it too much. Volume and sustain work as they should too. It’s got a good strong switch and steel case. Feels great and sounds great. Also like that it takes up minimal space on the pedal board too.

Power cable not included

Happy Reviewer

November 3, 2023

absolutely love this

This is a compressor guitar pedal from Pogo Labs. I really liked their wireless pick up, and I am just amazed by this pedal. The name compressor is a little misleading. A Compressor really fills out the sound wave of the signal. Yiu might think being called a compressor, it would squash the sound, but that’s not exactly what it does. What it does is it fills out the peak and trough of your wave signal. You have three knobs: attack, Sustain, and level. Attack fills out the start of your note so it’s equal to the peak of your note of the wave. And Sustain fills up your note to the peak of your wave as your note ends. So what you get is a very full wave signal. People say that a compressor makes their sound fat. And that might be an accurate description, but what it really does is it specifically fills out your note in a way that a booster increases your signal. So, in that regard, it’s better than a booster. It’s more like it’s shaping your tone. If you’re a lead guitarist, you need, need a compressor to make your notes stand out above the rest of the band. This particular compressor is inexpensive and is built well. It really gets the job done. I love it.

Watch the video.

Highly recommend.

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Nice Little Box

This is a nice little box at a nice price.

It is also built nicely; the case seems fairly heavy for its size.

But most importantly, it works. It sounds nice, and has good adjustments.

Frankly, I don't know if you'd go on tour with this, as honestly I don't have any experience with more expensive overdrive boxes. But for playing around, it is a good bet.