Strymon has been gifting us with incredible musical tools for some time now . The El Capistan was the first pedal that I got really excited about . I listened to every single sound clip on its website before it was available for purchase , and I bought it as soon as it was available . I love that I have the ability to control every facet of the tape delay tone while dealing with an interface that is still fairly straightforward . It can go into selfoscillation via the tap switch and store a preset with the Favorite switch but most importantly , it sounds amazing — one of the best tape delaystyle pedals out there , no doubt . The included spring reverb emulation is also great , and gives you access to Space Echo-esque sounds , but if you really want to have a good time , you should pair El Capistan with its reverb-and-tremolo brother , the Flint .
Housed in the same compact housing as El Capistan , Flint features three awesome reverb modes and three tremolo types . My favorite combination is the ‘ 61 Harmonic Tremolo going into the ‘ 80s reverb . The luscious undulations of harmonic trem feeding into a modulated , ambient verb is nothing short of incredible , especially in stereo . Adding in some old , worn , saturated tape sounds courtesy of El Capistan gives you a sound so warm and spacious , you may just cry as you recollect sweet childhood memories of you and your grandmother . All modes on the Flint are fantastic , and you can get anything from dripping wet spring reverb on the ‘ 60s setting to subtle studio plate in ‘ 70s mode as well as ambient reverbs with longer decay . The ‘ 63 Tube and ‘ 65 Photocell tremolo modes give you everything from warm amp tremolo to intense choppy slashes reminiscent of the Smiths ’ “ How Soon Is Now .” It ’ s hard to find a better delay , tremolo and reverb setup than you will in the El Cap and Flint combo .
Strymon El Capistan and Strymon FlinT
Strymon has been gifting us with incredible musical tools for some time now . The El Capistan was the first pedal that I got really excited about . I listened to every single sound clip on its website before it was available for purchase , and I bought it as soon as it was available . I love that I have the ability to control every facet of the tape delay tone while dealing with an interface that is still fairly straightforward . It can go into selfoscillation via the tap switch and store a preset with the Favorite switch but most importantly , it sounds amazing — one of the best tape delaystyle pedals out there , no doubt . The included spring reverb emulation is also great , and gives you access to Space Echo-esque sounds , but if you really want to have a good time , you should pair El Capistan with its reverb-and-tremolo brother , the Flint .
Housed in the same compact housing as El Capistan , Flint features three awesome reverb modes and three tremolo types . My favorite combination is the ‘ 61 Harmonic Tremolo going into the ‘ 80s reverb . The luscious undulations of harmonic trem feeding into a modulated , ambient verb is nothing short of incredible , especially in stereo . Adding in some old , worn , saturated tape sounds courtesy of El Capistan gives you a sound so warm and spacious , you may just cry as you recollect sweet childhood memories of you and your grandmother . All modes on the Flint are fantastic , and you can get anything from dripping wet spring reverb on the ‘ 60s setting to subtle studio plate in ‘ 70s mode as well as ambient reverbs with longer decay . The ‘ 63 Tube and ‘ 65 Photocell tremolo modes give you everything from warm amp tremolo to intense choppy slashes reminiscent of the Smiths ’ “ How Soon Is Now .” It ’ s hard to find a better delay , tremolo and reverb setup than you will in the El Cap and Flint combo .