[TBman]

Originally Posted by Brent Hahn

The OP didn't say "for solo acoustic guitar." But in that application, recording at home and self-engineering, I'd agree. Especially if you're not super-confident about what you're doing and don't want to ruin some good playing, don't compress going in.

As for compression on acoustic guitar in general, though, when you get good at it, it can be an artful and flexible tool. Either tracking though hardware or using a plugin in post. I do it way, way more than I don't, on both my playing and other people's. But I've been at it for a while.

Thanks for touching all of the bases. Rick and I have been conversing on the forum for well over a decade so he is familiar with my style of playing.