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My shortscale resignation thread.
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:41 pm
by benecol
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.
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:47 pm
by Josh
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.
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:50 pm
by BobArsecake
Snobby? It looks more like it was fashioned out of necessity while trapped in Water World.
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:51 pm
by benecol
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.
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:51 pm
by Concretebadger
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.
Re: My shortscale resignation thread.
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 11:21 pm
by James
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.
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 11:28 pm
by benecol
Amber switch tips always remind me of an earwax-y cottonbud. No thank you.
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 11:57 pm
by Progrockabuse
Always liked the look of the strymon stuff, keep eyeing up their compressor/boost.
Demo?
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 12:07 am
by DasBeef
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....
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 12:22 am
by benecol
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 12:59 am
by Bacchus
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.
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 5:05 am
by HNB
I think it is totally sexy, but I have no loyalties.
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 7:25 am
by Thom
Argh I have wanted one of these for aaaaaaages - that and a Flint too. Very jealous!
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:06 am
by benecol
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).
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 9:34 am
by gusman2x
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!
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 9:44 am
by Progrockabuse
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?
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 10:20 am
by Mike
LAL
Didn't fancy it much without the EMPERORS CLOTHES DID YOU?
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 10:25 am
by Doog
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.
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 10:30 am
by Fakir Mustache
da tape
New Yowk delay
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 10:37 am
by Doog
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