Toadworks Mr. Squishy

Here's an interesting take on the Orange Squeezer compressor from Toadworks. Extra controls and clean boost capabilities when the Squish control is at zero and the Level control is maxed. Schematic here for reference.

Bearhug FET Compressor

Here's a simple compressor design by Jon Patton (aka midwayfair) that's good for guitar and bass. In Jon's words:

The Bearhug is a tonally transparent, ultra-quiet, tiny, and easy-to-build compressor. It occupies some middle ground between the ultra-subtle compressors like the Flatline/Afterlife and Orange Squeezer and the super squishy compressors like the Ross.

For more info on the design, Jon goes into detail in this thread on DIYSB.

I built this one last night and it's everything Jon says it is. Very subtle, and a little bit of volume boost if you want it. Here's a few pics of my build.