This Fractal VP4 vs Strymon etc

[fiftyshadesofslay]

So how are you all finding the VP4 against the big hitters?

After famously becoming sick of modellers I’ve moved on all my modelling gear and going full on with my amps and pedal setup.

Kind of torn between getting some choice pedals like a Strymon timeline and Big Sky (again) vs the VP4.

Anybody compared them? Pedals will be easier to operate and I’ll have a bunch more switches, but the Fractal looks more flexible and possibly better value for money? I reckon a used trifecta will run about the same as a new VP4. Extremely wary about the programming aspect though.

What do we reckon?

 

[Mongillo19]

If you are tired of modeling, I'd just run a full analog setup and see how you get on with it

 

[fiftyshadesofslay]

If you are tired of modeling, I'd just run a full analog setup and see how you get on with it

It’s extremely tempting but I work in a cover band so I need a degree of flexibility and programmability no matter how painful it is

 

[Mongillo19]

It’s extremely tempting but I work in a cover band so I need a degree of flexibility and programmability no matter how painful it is

That's fair! Could you go a cheaper route like the plethora?

 

[fiftyshadesofslay]

That's fair! Could you go a cheaper route like the plethora?

I could, but I don’t want to

 

[FuzzyAce]

I think it blows all the Strymons of the world away!



Disclaimer: I've never used any Strymon products.

 

[Mongillo19]

I could, but I don’t want to

Well they do have a return policy (FAS) so maybe get your rig together and slap the VP4 in to see how it works with your rig. I like to keep things sperate (I have a pedalboard for my amps but I've been also running it into my modeling devices).

I don't think you can go wrong!

 

[laxu]

I'd say there's not a whole lot of sense buying a Bigsky, Mobius or Timeline anymore. I'd rather spend that kind of money on a VP4 which does everything they can in a far smaller pedalboard footprint.

The smaller Strymons (let's include the Volante and Nightsky here for the sake of discussion) are a different thing where you might value the curated user interface, physical knobs for most things, and working around a particular sound and vibe.

 

[JiveTurkey]

PM sent

 

[DrewJD82]

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Are you already selling the VP4?

Hahaha I say “already” as if 6 weeks is a quick amount of time for you….

 

[FuzzyAce]

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Never change.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Are you already selling the VP4?

Hahaha I say “already” as if 6 weeks is a quick amount of time for you….

I have to fund the amp it's going to pair with!

 

[holoholo]

I have to fund the amp it's going to pair with!

I need to pair my vp4 with a great amp so let me sell the vp4 to buy the amp?

 

[JiveTurkey]

I need to pair my vp4 with a great amp so let me sell the vp4 to buy the amp?

 

[FuzzyAce]

I need to pair my vp4 with a great amp so let me sell the vp4 to buy the amp?

 

[paisleywookiee]

I need to pair my vp4 with a great amp so let me sell the vp4 to buy the amp?

It's Timey Whimey stuff. JT doesn't live in the prime gear continuity.

 

[holoholo]

It's Timey Whimey stuff. JT doesn't live in the prime gear continuity.

JT knows aliens are real because he can get the amp then time travel back to pair it with the the vp4 he sold for the amp

 

[paisleywookiee]

JT knows aliens are real because he can get the amp then time travel back to pair it with the the vp4 he sold for the amp

JT’s synth trumpets and kazoos are the only fixed points in time. Everything else is variable.

 

[JiveTurkey]

JT’s synth trumpets and kazoos are the only fixed points in time. Everything else is variable.

NEVER COMMIT TM

 

[FuzzyAce]

JT’s synth trumpets and kazoos are the only fixed points in time. Everything else is variable.

As is should be.