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They did Tom a favor. Rose Pedals is a terrible name, Spiral Electric is awesome! :)
Pedal companies you irrationally dislike
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I was disinterested in Strymon pedals largely because they were mostly gigantic and took up too much space on my boards. However, yesterday I saw a Strymon pedal, the EC-1 tape delay emulation. I used an Echoplex back in the early '70s, and owned a Fulltone Tube Tape echo I foolishly sold that sounded great.
I decided I wanted that sound again, but Fulltone no longer makes the TTE. The Strymon pedal looks very easy to use, and I liked the demos, so I bought one that arrived today. It's extremely small, which is good, does mono or stereo, does expression pedal or MIDI, etc. (I have an expression pedal on my board and will use it). Also emulates a Caesar Diaz-modded Tube Echoplex. I mean, why not.
I haven't installed it yet - I got busy with other projects, but tonight I'll try it out. I hope I like it. The size is a nice touch.
I decided I wanted that sound again, but Fulltone no longer makes the TTE. The Strymon pedal looks very easy to use, and I liked the demos, so I bought one that arrived today. It's extremely small, which is good, does mono or stereo, does expression pedal or MIDI, etc. (I have an expression pedal on my board and will use it). Also emulates a Caesar Diaz-modded Tube Echoplex. I mean, why not.
I haven't installed it yet - I got busy with other projects, but tonight I'll try it out. I hope I like it. The size is a nice touch.
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Strymon just needs to make a multi-fx (pedal or rack) and charge a bazillion dollars for it. I’d board way more of their effects if it wouldn’t be A) boring and B) 17 AD/DA conversions. 
It’s what makes the H9/90 work, it’s one spot on the board for all their stuff, rather than piecing together the must-haves.
It’s what makes the H9/90 work, it’s one spot on the board for all their stuff, rather than piecing together the must-haves.
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I am tempted by the EC-1. I had an el capistan v2 and really only used the echoplex setting. I would just get the EC-1 next time. I think you’ll like it.
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That's the definition of rational dislike for that pile of turd.
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I wonder if Strymon ever considered adding spdif in/out to their pedals so people could chain them
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I wish SPIDF was more prevalent in general, but I’d guess with so few offering it currently, you run the risk of adding ports no one uses, unless you decide to overhaul your entire line at once.
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I'd say no, because it's just not necessary.
My current board looks like this:
That's a lot of Strymons. Yet the latency of this would be I think about 3-4 ms at most if everything is on. Compadre is analog, El Cap and Volante analog dry-through, and Flint is afaik as well unless you use the tremolo.
There's just no issue with tone degradation either from all the conversions it has to do. I just can't tell a difference even with all of them chained together into the input of an amp, as long as one of the pedals is set for buffered bypass.
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Regarding Strymon, they haven't released a fuzz so far, correct?
I wonder why, since digital fuzz can sound really good if done right (Source Audio ftw!).
I wonder why, since digital fuzz can sound really good if done right (Source Audio ftw!).
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I have a BitQuest pedal that does a great digital fuzz. There's also a wet blend control that makes it versatile if you run a OD pedal into it.
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The Riverside is all digital, but it’s probably the best digital drive I’ve ever played. That’s the only digital drive that I ever got along with, and it’s very versatile.
Not sure about the Sunset.
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It uses a hybrid approach similar to the Riverside.
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I had the Volante for about a year, awesome unit.
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The sunset is amazing. Has MIDI and a gate on it.
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Coming back to this thread to say: this looks like such a cool board btw. I know Strymon-heavy boards like this have a weird rep with some people, but this hits all the spots for me, and the number of times I've almost bought a Flint or Deco to go with my El Cap...
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So far, so good! I'm like you, I'd only have found use for the Echoplex on the El Cap.
It doesn't take up much room, easy to fit on a board, see pic below. I don't think I'd have had room for anything much larger. I've still got a little spot to install a channel footswitch for the Fillmore (when a 34" cable to reach the patch bay arrives; I like soldered cables so I have Revelation make them).
Here's a pic of how the build is going so far. I'm starting to think about a second, smaller Schmidt Array for the Mark VII's foot switch, a MIDI controller for the amp and cabinet switcher, and maybe a couple of other specialty pedals.
I realize I don't need another Schmidt Array to do any of this - but as goofy as it sounds, I like it when two boards have a similar look, and it's nice looking when clients come over.
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GuitarBilly74
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Chase Bliss. Everything is so hipster.
I feel like if I had to buy one of their pedals, I'd have to first stop at Starbucks for a café-latte, then go buy the pedal at a small shop, then go celebrate at a local brewery with a crafted IPA.
I feel like if I had to buy one of their pedals, I'd have to first stop at Starbucks for a café-latte, then go buy the pedal at a small shop, then go celebrate at a local brewery with a crafted IPA.
