# Boss CS-3 Compression Sustainer

> This dynamics entry consolidates documented Boss CS-3 Compression Sustainer variants, controls, settings and roles across dated guitarist pedalboards.

- Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/boss-cs-3-compression-sustainer/
- Machine-readable index of the archive: https://pedalboardarchive.com/llms.txt
- Evidence and reconstruction conventions: https://pedalboardarchive.com/methodology/

- **Category:** Dynamics
- **Types:** Compressor, Sustainer
- **Also known as:** Compression Sustainer, CS-3
- **Controls:** Attack, Level, Sustain, Tone
- **Identification:** The model is identified.
- **Documented appearances:** 2 boards, 2006–2011

Boss CS-3 Compression Sustainer as documented in this dated rig.

## Documented boards

Each row is an observed appearance on a dated board. A position is only an observed one where that board's order evidence says so.

| Artist | Board | Date | Positions | Order evidence | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Joe Walsh | Eagles Staples Center touring board | 2006-01-01 | 2 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/joe-walsh/eagles-staples-center-board-2006/ |
| Paul Gilbert | Mr. Big split touring rig | 2011-11-09 | 2 | Source-described | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/paul-gilbert/mr-big-split-rig-2011/ |