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12-19-2011, 08:35 PM
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Owner, Premier Bass Guitars | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Superior, Colorado | | | Fantastic demos, thanks for doing this. I think reverb and delay are my favorite effects for bass (well, octave is way up there too).
These are really great demos, and the Mustang sounds fantastic. I think I need every pedal Strymon makes (more like want, but they sound good enough I do think I need them)
You don't by chance have the Blue Sky, do you? My guitar playing brother has one, so I've got his input as to how it sounds on guitar, but haven't heard a bass through one just yet.
Dan
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12-19-2011, 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Premierbass  Fantastic demos, thanks for doing this. I think reverb and delay are my favorite effects for bass (well, octave is way up there too).
These are really great demos, and the Mustang sounds fantastic. I think I need every pedal Strymon makes (more like want, but they sound good enough I do think I need them)
You don't by chance have the Blue Sky, do you? My guitar playing brother has one, so I've got his input as to how it sounds on guitar, but haven't heard a bass through one just yet.
Dan | Dan,
I'm glad we agree! Reverb and delay are absolutely my favorite effects. I could have a board full of just those two effects and be totally fine.
Thanks for the kind words; I tried my best to give an accurate representation of what they do. It helps that Strymon and Neunaber are two of the best in the business. I think I could play anything and they'd make it sound good.
I don't happen to have a Blue Sky, but coincidentally, my guitar-playing brother has one as well. I've put my bass through it quite a few times, and it is gorgeous. I love the Plate and Room settings the most - shimmer doesn't really do it for me. The damping controls give it so much versatility. I'll do a demo of it next week, when I'll have my hands on it again.
If I had the scratch, I'd consider ponying up another $70 over the Stereo WET to grab one, but as it stands the WET is perfectly fine for what I do and so easy to use. I couldn't be happier with these two pedals together.
Thanks,
Andrew |
12-19-2011, 10:56 PM
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Owner, Premier Bass Guitars | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Superior, Colorado | | Interesting that you didn't like the Shimmer. I think the sound of the Blue Sky I want is the Shimmer effect. Kind of like a synth pad behind your notes. At least on the guitar demos on the Strymon website, it seems very similar to what Jeff Schmidt uses on some of his fretless tracks, like these:
Until You Don't Jeff Schmidt -SOLO BASS (fretless) Until You Don't - YouTube
Reverb/Delay effects explained: Still Silhouette Reverb Effect explained on Vimeo
Dan |
12-20-2011, 12:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Baltimore, MD | | | I think the Strymon's shimmer has more of a glassy, icey feel to it than what you posted. There's not much control over its pitch-shifting properties like that Vimeo clip showed - they were running the trails into a harmonizer tuned just a fifth and an octave up, then into reverb and more delay for a really liquid and wet sound. You can't get that level of control on the Blue Sky. It's an all or nothing, high-pitched multi-octave effect that, to me, sounds really artificial and strained.
If you're looking for more of a pad-like sound, I'd run some controllable pitch-shifting pedal like a POG or an Infanem Second Voice into a reverb, like the modulated mode on the Blue Sky. Or, you could use the Stereo WET with the depth control up and the mix just a little bit down. I think the WET's at its best when doing those cloudy, mirky sounds beneath your playing.
I'll have to demo the Blue Sky when I get my hands on it again.
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12-20-2011, 08:15 AM
| | | | Why did you have to do this to me? I thought my GAS attack had gone away, and now this?! Really liking the wonderful tones out of the El Capistan Echo Delay! |
12-20-2011, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by AlvarHanso Why did you have to do this to me? I thought my GAS attack had gone away, and now this?! Really liking the wonderful tones out of the El Capistan Echo Delay! | My apologies!  |
12-20-2011, 03:49 PM
| | | | Now is the El Capistan a clone, because it looks completely different from the one I find by searching? And if so, where does one get one? My fiance might kill me if I got another $300 pedal in the next 6 months. :/ |
12-20-2011, 06:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Baltimore, MD | | | Nah it's not cloned, it's just painted. Same old pedal, I just like vintage colors so I had Dan at This1smyne paint it for me. |
12-20-2011, 06:55 PM
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Owner, Premier Bass Guitars | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Superior, Colorado | | Quote:
Originally Posted by ttasselm ...
If you're looking for more of a pad-like sound, I'd run some controllable pitch-shifting pedal like a POG or an Infanem Second Voice into a reverb, like the modulated mode on the Blue Sky. Or, you could use the Stereo WET with the depth control up and the mix just a little bit down. I think the WET's at its best when doing those cloudy, mirky sounds beneath your playing... | Thanks for the detailed info, you understand what I'm going for. Looks like I need to do some pedal shopping!
Dan |
01-17-2012, 04:40 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College Station, Texas | | | thanks for the clips. The El Capistan sounds epic | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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