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.