I was ordering a FaultLine board for my son the other day, and just before I read on the TDPRI that Mark Knopfler used an Orange Squeezer on "Sultans of Swing". I don't even know if that's correct, but I was ordering anyway, so what the heck, I ordered a Cupcake.
What sort of compression tones will this thing give me? I always associated the Orange Squeezer with Jeff Baxter's Steely Dan solos - a squashed, out-of-control totally abused little Fender sound (Boston Rag, anyone?)
I've never really found a compressor I like, though I love what others do with them. My favorite compressor tones are Andy Summers (script DynaComp), James Honeyman-Scott (Boss CS-1?) and Jamie West-Oram of the Fixx (DynaComp or DBX IIRC).
In the great big galaxy of guitar compressors, where does the Ornage Squeezer/Cupcake fit in?
Very clean, very unobtrusive until you really crank the sustain. Not a character compressor like the Dyna-comp or Boss. Fairly slow and subtle at moderate settings.
Definitely very squishy. Compared to a Ross I think it colors the tone more, but in a very musical way. I like it very much.
Here are two soundclips that a customer, Michael Andreoli, kindly recorded for me featuring the Cupcake. I think they will be relative to your interest :)
Sultans of Swing (http://www.madbeanpedals.com/projects/Cupcake/audio/Orange%20Squeezer%20-%20Sultans%20of%20Swing.mp3)
The Impressions That I Get (http://www.madbeanpedals.com/projects/Cupcake/audio/Orange%20Squeezer%20-%20The%20Impression%20that%20I%20Get.mp3)