So I bought a Strymon pedal

[Aceman]

Got a great (relatively) price on a Strymon Flint.

It is "The one Reverb/Tremolo" to have if you are having one...I already have at least two.

Time to dig in and see what this thing is all about. Will my opinion change? Is it better than the VHT Melo-verb? Is it as good as the Fender Tre-verb? What the hell is 70's Reverb?

Stay tuned as I find out. It will be shipped tomorrow.

 

[Fender_Punk]

Are you going to snack on caviar and Asiago cheese between playing through your Strymon pedal?

 

[Aceman]

Are you going to snack on caviar and Asiago cheese between playing through your Strymon pedal?

This is a great idea....

 

[Aceman]

Today is Strymon day! Stay tuned...

 

[Supernautilus]

I own the Iridium and the Sunset. Cool pedals. Strymon makes great stuff.

 

[Aceman]

It's here! It's here!!!!!

 

[NegativeEase]

Strymon Flint is an incredible pedal, its just all the manditory church attendance in the instruction manual in order for it to turn on that annoyed me.

I got Billie to go in my place, and now my Flint kicks *ss!

 

[Mincer]

I've just been looking at videos for the Night Sky, so I have to decide if I should drop that $.

 

[Aceman]

Well, I don't have a manual. And, I got a killer deal on it.

Remember - I am putting it up against a Fender Tre-verb, for context.


I have a theory that because a) Strymon, and b) early Tremolo/Reverb it get a lot of "pass" for rep and history. I'm not saying it is a bad pedal at all.

But out here in the Intarwebz, I hear a lot of "The tremolo is meh" or the "The reverb is meh." We'll see...

 

[Aceman]

All right, all right, all right!

Took it for a quick initial spin. Lonestar Strat > H&K TM18 > Flint in Loop > Peavey SX112 (Their GT75 type speaker)

Tremolo:
1. Harmonic - This may be the Harmonic Tremolo to make me really dig them. Did everything from Chorus to Phase to Vibey sounds. Maybe not the greatest Harmonic tremolo....but very useful and nice sounds. I did a reasonable facsimile of the Scorpions "Coming Home" intro. More exploration needed here. And on Harmonic Tremolo in general....

2. Tube - Like it. Nothing amaze balls. Speed knob seemed a little tweaky, sensitive at the slower speeds. No idea what the top RPM is but I suspect very fast

3. Photo - Off the cuff, this seems to be their Square Wave excuse. Not the squarest of square. We'll see.

* Bear in mind, I am a hard core tremolo geek, so from a non-tremolo person's point of view, this is a pretty decent set of the stuff you you might ever want need. The Harmonic is a nice addition.

Reverb:
1. 60s - Sounds like a Spring verb. Initially, I don't think it will hold up to my Tre-verb. I wasn't particularly Wowed by it as a Spring reverb. It's definitely decent and springy though. Drip conneseurs may not be a fan.

2. 70's - Plate reverb. Not the most Platey of plates, but a nice general reverb. I'd use it for lots of stuff.

3. 80's - Lexicon Hall? Don't think so....The decay and Mix settings do a lot here though. At the longer/larger side of things, it gets modulated on infinite feedbacks etc. Very ambient. At lower levels and mix, yeah, it's a big reverb. I'd probably use the plate more though. Just smoother.

I really like the decay/mix controls tuning here. Easy to really work a desired sound. The color knob does what they do - dark/bright.


So, in context, remembering this thing was available over a decade ago (2012), it would be pretty sporty for the times. The only other player in the zone then was the VHT Melo Verb, maybe? This is a V1, mind you. So, all in all, the sound quality is good, the pedal is solid, in/stereo outs, and an expression option. Three distinct tremolo sounds, three reverbs. I get why people love this.

Uber-Tremolo/Reverb junkies will have some problems from whatever side they are Uberish about. But definitely a pretty useful pedal.

Metal guy could easily use the Photo/Hall to have serious fuzzed out chops and a nice hall reverb
Blues guy is using the Tube/Spring combo

More later. Can['t wait to A/B this with my Tre-verb

 

[NegativeEase]

All right, all right, all right!

Took it for a quick initial spin. Lonestar Strat > H&K TM18 > Flint in Loop > Peavey SX112 (Their GT75 type speaker)

Tremolo:
1. Harmonic - This may be the Harmonic Tremolo to make me really dig them. Did everything from Chorus to Phase to Vibey sounds. Maybe not the greatest Harmonic tremolo....but very useful and nice sounds. I did a reasonable facsimile of the Scorpions "Coming Home" intro. More exploration needed here. And on Harmonic Tremolo in general....

2. Tube - Like it. Nothing amaze balls. Speed knob seemed a little tweaky, sensitive at the slower speeds. No idea what the top RPM is but I suspect very fast

3. Photo - Off the cuff, this seems to be their Square Wave excuse. Not the squarest of square. We'll see.

* Bear in mind, I am a hard core tremolo geek, so from a non-tremolo person's point of view, this is a pretty decent set of the stuff you you might ever want need. The Harmonic is a nice addition.

Reverb:
1. 60s - Sounds like a Spring verb. Initially, I don't think it will hold up to my Tre-verb. I wasn't particularly Wowed by it as a Spring reverb. It's definitely decent and springy though. Drip conneseurs may not be a fan.

2. 70's - Plate reverb. Not the most Platey of plates, but a nice general reverb. I'd use it for lots of stuff.

3. 80's - Lexicon Hall? Don't think so....The decay and Mix settings do a lot here though. At the longer/larger side of things, it gets modulated on infinite feedbacks etc. Very ambient. At lower levels and mix, yeah, it's a big reverb. I'd probably use the plate more though. Just smoother.

I really like the decay/mix controls tuning here. Easy to really work a desired sound. The color knob does what they do - dark/bright.


So, in context, remembering this thing was available over a decade ago (2012), it would be pretty sporty for the times. The only other player in the zone then was the VHT Melo Verb, maybe? This is a V1, mind you. So, all in all, the sound quality is good, the pedal is solid, in/stereo outs, and an expression option. Three distinct tremolo sounds, three reverbs. I get why people love this.

Uber-Tremolo/Reverb junkies will have some problems from whatever side they are Uberish about. But definitely a pretty useful pedal.

Metal guy could easily use the Photo/Hall to have serious fuzzed out chops and a nice hall reverb
Blues guy is using the Tube/Spring combo

More later. Can['t wait to A/B this with my Tre-verb

I use the plate and spring, never the 80s for me.

Harmonic and Photo for me, never use the Tube

 

[Securb]

Meh, until you use it at Sunday Services you have not truly used a Strymon.

 

[JMP/HBE]

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[misterwhizzy]

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That’s not helpful.

 

[Aceman]

I have to concur that it is, even IMO, a cork sniffer pedal....