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Marshall "Edward the Compressor" ED-1: This pedal has two serious flaws: it rolls off almost all the low end, and it cuts the overall level of your signal significantly, both engaged and in bypass. I've been told by a fan of this pedal that theirs does not have either of those flaws, so I'm going to buy another one and see. But I'm doubtful it will be any different, as the one I have now arrived to me in perfect new condition. Aside from the terrible lows and the volume drop, the compression action is pretty decent and the noise level is low. The construction feels rugged. There is an "enhance" control which is supposed to allow the highs or lows to pass through with less compression, resulting in an emphasis of the less-compressed range. But I don't hear any difference at any setting of that knob. The footswitch is not true bypass, and as I noted the bypassed signal also has a drop in signal level. I will update this review as soon as I've gotten a chance to acquire a second one of these for comparison.