Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: d1dsj on October 22, 2011, 11:37:26 PM
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My delay pedal cr@pped out last weekend and whist it's being sent back to the USofA for repair I went looking for a new pedal as we have a Bonfire night gig. I tried a few... Aquapuss, Carbon copy, Flashback, Eventide, EH, Ibanez and Strymon. Well I went home with the Carbon copy and then very quickly took it back and pulled the trigger on the Strymon El Capistan. I didn't plan on spending that much but it's just a beautiful sounding pedal with loads of cool adjustments and it's the first time in ages that any piece of gear has really inspired me. I'm just in the process of sorting out my board and tidying all the cables up and mounting the power supply underneath.
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Congrats! The Strymon is impressive, as are most pedals of this brand.
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Oh yeah !Congrats 8)!I've been very tempted by the Strymon and still am....If you ever need to sell... :)
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Cheers fella's. Yeah it is very impressive for sure. I'm never really bothered about pedals, only guitars and amps, but this one is exceptional. There are various modes for the delay alone but when you add in "tape age" and "wow/ flutter" you really can hear the repeats going slightly off time and with that kind of out of tune modulation effect you get with old tape echos..... it's awesome.
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Nice work - they seem to be getting great reviews in the mags too :)
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I have one and love the sound. Get the favourites pedal (or a Nose pedal - look on ebay), you can either set up a sound you love, or use the Nose as an expression pedal.
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Cool, thanks Phil. I'll check them out... just trying to get my pedal board sorted out as I recently got a pedal power 2.
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congrats. i'm currently in a similar situation but for a reverb, it's the strymon blue sky or the tc hall of fame.
i think i'll cheap out and go for the hof. whether i whisk it back to the shop and change it after trying
is another matter.
the strymon delay does look awesome on youtube. have fun.
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congrats. i'm currently in a similar situation but for a reverb, it's the strymon blue sky or the tc hall of fame.
i think i'll cheap out and go for the hof. whether i whisk it back to the shop and change it after trying
is another matter.
the strymon delay does look awesome on youtube. have fun.
The Strymon is great, but the TC delivers most bang for the bucks, I think.
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The Strymon is good.
The Carbon Copy has a bit of reputation of breaking down.
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the only thing that steers me away from the strymons is they seem to be a bit complicated(too many controls) and
seem to do too much wierd stuff.(sorry for hi jack)
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Excellent, I really like this pedal. I need a delay pedal and it's top of the list.
The Belcat one os the only one currently in budget though......
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I agree that there are many excellent delay pedals that are alot less money, but the sound quality is astounding. I'm not flush with cash and infact had to make tough decision on whether to offload some other choice pedals but it was definately worth it so long as it proves to be a solid reliable pedal. And when my delay that is being repaired returns I'll have 2 completely different but fantastic sounding pedals.
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If money is not an issue, Strymon is on top of the list. I especially like the long reverbs. They sound like strings.
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The Strymon is good.
The Carbon Copy has a bit of reputation of breaking down.
Apologies for the slight threadnomancy but as my Carbon Copy put its paws in the air today I'm curious to know whether the Strymon is still delivering the goods and is still the current weapon of choice delay-wise?
I got my Carbon Copy when they were first released (so before it had the opportunity to earn its flakey rep) and I've enjoyed the tone but given my experience, and that of others reliability wise, I shan't buy another.
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Well the honeymoon period is over and I still love the pedal although the are bloody expensive! It has some amazing sounds in there and whilst I don't think any pedal is going to nail 100% and old tape echo sound the El Cap does a great job for a gigging player. I do have my CMATMODS Deeelay back on my board too now which is a great basic delay pedal too, I love the clarity over the C.Copy. There are quite a few great delaysout there now, the Strymon El Cap and Brigadier, TC Elec Flashback and some of the EH pedals but I really like the El Cap.
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I have heard nothing but good things about that delay pedal. Well except the price! Sorry to hear that the other one broke. Enjoy that new pedal.
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Yes they are expensive but seemingly well worth the cash, :D
My CMATMODS Deeelay is great, the only reason it cr@pped out is because I lent it to my nephew and he went and plugged some unknown random power supply in and burnt the chips out. Matt (owner of CMATMODS) repaired it FOC even though it was 2 years out of warranty. how cool is that? It's a great pedal and very highly recommended.
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Yes they are expensive but seemingly well worth the cash, :D
My CMATMODS Deeelay is great, the only reason it cr@pped out is because I lent it to my nephew and he went and plugged some unknown random power supply in and burnt the chips out. Matt (owner of CMATMODS) repaired it FOC even though it was 2 years out of warranty. how cool is that? It's a great pedal and very highly recommended.
That is what I call customer service with capitals!
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I went and demoed a few delays yesterday and yes, I ended up walking out with the El Capistan. It's close enough to pay day for it to be OK (I think). It's an amazing pedal, incredibly flexible. I've found the demonstration videos on the Strymon site to be excellent too. Currently I'm experimenting with some very dirty slap back echo tones and I'm very happy. I've downloaded the manual and I'll work my way through that over the long winter evenings!
Again excellent service from the good people of Vintage and Rare Guitars. Having asked to demo the pedal I was asked, "What's your banjo of choice?" and was the given the option of picking any of the guitars, so I opted for a '72 Tele. I resisted the urge to ask to use the '61 Strat as I think they might have balked at that. ;) Once again that shop comes up trumps and I paid no more than it would have cost online sight unseen.
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Excellent choice! I have only scratched the surface with mine but I love it. The only pedal I've ever found that makes me want to keep on playing and playing.