My shortscale resignation thread.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:41 pm

WHEN WILL IT STOP, SHORTSCALE?

HAVE I ALREADY GONE TOO FAR?

Had the Mastery since last year, and I came clean on that pretty quickly. And I think it's brilliant. And now I've gone one step further towards my own legal practice incorporating a small dentist's surgery. I've bought a Strymon El Capistan.

It. Is. Fucking. Brilliant.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:47 pm

looks like a beast. great acquisition.

even though those bridges may be regarded as "snobby" I love the look of them on jazzmasters

edit: they're doing a giveaway on reverb for a strymon big sky reverb. looks worth checking out.

BobArsecake · Post by **BobArsecake** » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:50 pm

Snobby? It looks more like it was fashioned out of necessity while trapped in Water World.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:51 pm

I don't understand. But I'm willing to offer you a job in my legal practice.

Also, those sheets are vintage correct Egyptian cotton.

Concretebadger · Post by **Concretebadger** » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:51 pm

Nice score. I've heard good things about the Strymon from people who've tried one, and the same goes for the Mastery bridge. From a technical/playing perspective they're perfectly good pieces of kit...purely because they do the job.

benecol wrote:WHEN WILL IT STOP, SHORTSCALE?

When your GAS exceeds your disposable income, probably.

James · Post by **James** » Sun Feb 23, 2014 11:21 pm

benecol wrote:HAVE I ALREADY GONE TOO FAR?

Not quite..

I hadn't heard of the El Capistan until you mentioned but it's a fantastic sounding pedal. I don't think you're quite into surf lawyer territory yet.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sun Feb 23, 2014 11:28 pm

Amber switch tips always remind me of an earwax-y cottonbud. No thank you.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Sun Feb 23, 2014 11:57 pm

Always liked the look of the strymon stuff, keep eyeing up their compressor/boost.

Demo?

DasBeef · Post by **DasBeef** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 12:07 am

Mastery - Meh.
El Capistan - Looks and sounds amazing. I just can't be arsed with it because you can tweak it soooooooo much. If you can be arsed, probably the best sounding delay ever. I prefer about 3 dials, plug and play. Personal preference though....

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 12:22 am

DasBeef wrote:Mehstery

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 12:59 am

Tried to read the product page for it but kept reading dTape as d'tape, as though it were one o them fancy European delays.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 5:05 am

I think it is totally sexy, but I have no loyalties.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 7:25 am

Argh I have wanted one of these for aaaaaaages - that and a Flint too. Very jealous!

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:06 am

See, I thought you had one; swear there's someone here who took the Strymon plunge before me...

BacchusPaul wrote:Tried to read the product page for it but kept reading dTape as d'tape, as though it were one o them fancy European delays.

See also: DeArmond, D'Addario (strings even one as urbane as I has only ever ordered by pointing).

gusman2x · Post by **gusman2x** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 9:34 am

Wouldn't feel bad about either.

I reckon the only reverb that'll scratch my itch would be a big sky (maybe a blue sky), so I don't think anyone should feel bad about getting strymon stuff.

Most importantly, DEMO!

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 9:44 am

benecol wrote:See, I thought you had one; swear there's someone here who took the Strymon plunge before me...

BacchusPaul wrote:Tried to read the product page for it but kept reading dTape as d'tape, as though it were one o them fancy European delays.
See also: DeArmond, D'Addario (strings even one as urbane as I has only ever ordered by pointing).

Gabriel has the timeline doesn't he?

Post by **Mike** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 10:20 am

LAL

Didn't fancy it much without the EMPERORS CLOTHES DID YOU?

Post by **Doog** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 10:25 am

That pedal is CRAZY tweakable; I sat through a few videos and the depth of editing is the sort of thing normal reserved for VST plugins.

Approved.

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 10:30 am

da tape

New Yowk delay

Post by **Doog** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 10:37 am

Mike wrote:LAL

Didn't fancy it much without the EMPERORS CLOTHES DID YOU?

Hahah these pedals still look like something from Duke Nukem 3D.

Loop it, babyyyyyyyy

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