Strymon Pedals?

[PFDarkside]

I've been out of the pedal game for a bit (I know, blasphemous!) and recently I've seen some references to the Strymon line of pedals, specifically the TimeLapse and Möbius. Does anyone have these pedals or have tried them out? As a delay and reverb fan I'm intrigued.... Curious about general Strymon impressions as well as specific experiences.

 

[PFDarkside]

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Hmm, is Strymon essentially "high-end" Line 6? They have a few different processors then use their algorithms to simulate delay and modulation effects?

 

[Gearjoneser]

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This is one company where technology beats tradition. Everything they make is just great sounding, and the secondary function where you hold down the switches and turn all the knobs into another function works wonders.

Using enclosures that are similar to Way Huge is a big selling point too. Digital, but they're built tough like analog pedals usually are.

Many of them are becoming instant classics. I know I'm getting a lot of use out of my Lex Rotary. I run a Boss Harmonist in faux organ mode into the Strymon Lex. It sounds good in mono, but if I run it with two amps, I can send the horn to one and the rotor to the other. It sounds like a Hammond/Leslie in the room!

 

[Tor]

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I've had a BlueSky reverb, which was fine, but I thought its reverb was too sterile/cold/hard for my taste. I have had a Verbzilla and an Eventide Space too, but I have a Neunaber reverb I'm extremely pleased with now.

I have the Strymon Timeline, and I'm really happy with it! Great little thing with great sounds, and not scary to work with. I bought it primarily because I needed great digital delays, and more than 8 banks.

I guess you could say a higher end Line6, but I don't think that really does them justice.. I don't think of them that way at least. Awesome customer service too (only know this second hand, though).

 

[the guy who invented fire]

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I have tried several Strymon pedals and I have yet to really be impressed...

I see them as little more than Line 6 with a higher price tag and a bit of hype. I hate to be that way and I know a lot of folks will really disagree with this but that's the way I see it and I haven't tried one yet that has even come close to changing my min about them.

 

[B2D]

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Every Strymon pedal I've ever tried has been incredible. The effects are top notch and the sound preservation and the transparency is second to none. Great stuff.

I had a TimeLine at one point but I sold it because I came on hard times (still there actually lol) and needed the cash, and I didn't really use the pedal to it's full potential. I wasn't a huge fan of the switch/control layout and that small digital screen kinda bugged me but overall it's an amazing pedal.

When I come into some spare cash I'd like to pick up several of them... namely the Mobius, the Ola, and the Lex.

 

[jaybonitrane]

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Blue Sky reverb here. Love it. I hold the switches down before I plug it in.

Now i must try Nuenaber. F

 

[UCSDBoy]

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I want to try the Strymon Flint - awesome sounding reverb!

 

[y2stevo]

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I Just picked up a Strymon Mobius a couple of hours before a gig at the weekend so a bit of a trial by fire, and I can tell you that it passed with flying colours!
Got some seriously nice chorus, flangers and rotarys up and running in seconds and a nice little auto wah for some fun in one of the tunes we do,
I'm only scratching the surface with it especially as I've never been much into a whole lot of effects until recently but the strymon is definitely in a different league to the "1 million and one sounds you'll never use multi effects pedal"

 

[joe-k]

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Strymon is state of the art stuff! I've had the Flint, El Cap and have the Mobius coming Thursday. Great sounding and quality pedals!

 

[Stratman]

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This is one company where technology beats tradition. Everything they make is just great sounding, and the secondary function where you hold down the switches and turn all the knobs into another function works wonders.

Using enclosures that are similar to Way Huge is a big selling point too. Digital, but they're built tough like analog pedals usually are.

Many of them are becoming instant classics. I know I'm getting a lot of use out of my Lex Rotary. I run a Boss Harmonist in faux organ mode into the Strymon Lex. It sounds good in mono, but if I run it with two amps, I can send the horn to one and the rotor to the other. It sounds like a Hammond/Leslie in the room!

I totally agree the LEX is great!

 

[LReese]

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El Cap and Bloo Sky here - Fine units, but prefer built in reverb of my amps.

 

[FretFire]

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They make great stuff. I had a Mobius for a few months, but found I was only really using the trem. I downsized to a Flint and LOVE it. It's surprisingly versatile, and sounds fantastic. I want to try an El Capistan and BlueSky, too.

 

[PFDarkside]

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Just bumping this for other opinions...

I'm really looking to upgrade my Line 6 Echo Park and Verbzilla. Since both are digital effects based on older chips/engines/DSP models, theoretically the Strymons should be a noticeable improvement. This will be used in my experimental/ambient/post-rock style playing, styles that have been using digital reverb and delay for a while. The Strymon and Eventide pedals really seem to be favorites for these styles lately.

Tor,
I'm interested in your latest reverb pedal! Care to share more? I feel like our styles are similar based on our shared musical tastes.

Christian,
From a straight ahead rock standpoint I'm still using analog delays, like the Deluxe Memory Man (original), Maxon AD-900 and Boss DM-3. What are your current choices for delay?

Also, I just noticed that Strymon plucked/was formed by former Line 6 Engineers, so it all makes perfect sense to me.

 

[FretFire]

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I still have a man-crush on the Flint, and recently picked up an El Capistan. I've only played a couple of shows with it, but I've been super happy with it so far.

If you're an ambient/post-rock guy, you have to watch my demo of the Flint & EQD's Dispatch Master. You'll probably love the drone/pad stuff I do with the Flint at the end...

 

[PFDarkside]

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I still have a man-crush on the Flint, and recently picked up an El Capistan. I've only played a couple of shows with it, but I've been super happy with it so far.

If you're an ambient/post-rock guy, you have to watch my demo of the Flint & EQD's Dispatch Master. You'll probably love the drone/pad stuff I do with the Flint at the end...

Actually, I found your video independently on Youtube... The Flint sounds pretty nice! Do you have some extended impressions of the Dispatch Master? (And how much is each pedal contributing to the pads?)

 

[FretFire]

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Ah, nice! The DM is basically an always-on pedal for me for clean tones these days. I love the way it sits with your dry signal, never overwhelming but just makes everything sound fuller. The delay is nice, although I keep the time knob below noon if I have it on for shorter delay times. I usually have the time knob off though and run it as a reverb-only. In that scenario, the repeats knob controls the character (or "tone") of the reverb. Farther clockwise is darker sounding and more modulated to my ears.

In the pads, the Flint is doing most of the heavy lifting. With the mix @ 100% wet, attack on the notes is gone and the 80s mode has a nice, subtle modulation. The decay up full can get into near self-oscillation, so I back it off a tad to keep it controlled. During that portion of the video, I'm just fretting notes on adjacent strings and alternate picking them, one with my thumb and the other with my index finger. Pretty boring if you turn the reverb off . The DM is adding some overtones and making the trails swirl around a bit. It's hard to pick up in the video, but in person you can definitely tell when you turn it off. Granted that would be true of any additional reverb pedal behind the Flint, the DM just happens to be a really "nice" sounding one.

I plan on getting a PT Mini to load up with a few pedals from my main board for use at my church gigs. It will probably be tuner->OD->El Cap->Flint->DM.

 

[the guy who invented fire]

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Just bumping this for other opinions...

I'm really looking to upgrade my Line 6 Echo Park and Verbzilla. Since both are digital effects based on older chips/engines/DSP models, theoretically the Strymons should be a noticeable improvement. This will be used in my experimental/ambient/post-rock style playing, styles that have been using digital reverb and delay for a while. The Strymon and Eventide pedals really seem to be favorites for these styles lately.

Tor,
I'm interested in your latest reverb pedal! Care to share more? I feel like our styles are similar based on our shared musical tastes.

Christian,
From a straight ahead rock standpoint I'm still using analog delays, like the Deluxe Memory Man (original), Maxon AD-900 and Boss DM-3. What are your current choices for delay?

Also, I just noticed that Strymon plucked/was formed by former Line 6 Engineers, so it all makes perfect sense to me.

I don't use much delay but when I do I use an Aqua Puss MK II for short stuff and an EP-3 Echoplex for long stuff...I also really like the old big box Deluxe Memory Man units but don't currently own one.

 

[shinyprize]

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Hmm, is Strymon essentially "high-end" Line 6? They have a few different processors then use their algorithms to simulate delay and modulation effects?

I believe Strymon was started by former Line6 engineers to fulfill that very concept- "high-end" digital modeling with the pro musician in mind, not heavily advertised mass-produced stuff with the beginner or hobbyist in mind.

Not that pros don't use Line6, but anyone who has tried the two will tell you that Strymon is like the Mercedes of digital modeling while Line6 is more like the Chevrolet of modeling. You get what you pay for-

 

[LReese]

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I'll throw in my pleurss 1 in there too - I've got V1 versions of the Capistan, Blue Sky and the Ola. I did go for the Neo Ventilator over the Lex however.