NPD - Strymon El Capistan

[Ch0jin]

Yup me too man. One little thing that would have been nice would be to be able to map the secondary controls to the expression pedal jack. I'd love to be able to just twist a dial to adjust reverb rather than pressing down both buttons. It's a pretty minor gripe though.

I had a chance to try it out in a jam situation last week too. Whilst my poor 60W Peavey got completely drowned out by both the drummer and other guitarist (I'm thinking it might need new power tubes perhaps. Seems wrong that a 60W tube amp dimed can't be heard over a JMP-1 + 8008 into a 4x12 Sovtek cab running at less than half power. Even if I -was- too lazy to run it through my quad. They both had a good laugh at me lying on the floor with my head in front of the speaker so I could hear my lead playing though...

Anyway, the point was, even though my Boomerang (in the loop with the El Cap and a Flanger on this occasion) was complaining about clipping (like I said, every control maxed on the amp) the El Cap still worked perfectly!

Now I just need more louds for my amp (or a 100W Ceriatone Yeti perhaps.........)

 

[kidsmoke]

What a great thread! I'm thoroughly stoked after reading this because I've got an El Cap in the mail as we speak.

So do tell, Ch0jin, 2 years down the line.....anything to add or recommend? And will you be available for consultations??

 

[Ch0jin]

2 years down the line. The El Cap and the boomerang looper definitely my "desert island" pedals. I have a Strymon Flint also, and it's great, but the El Capistan is just amazing..

 

[duhvoodooman]

It is quite simply the best guitar effect I have ever heard.

I feel exactly the same way about the one Strymon effect I own, the Lex. Sounds so convincingly like a Leslie rotating speaker that it's scary. Those boys at Strymon are magicians....