We're very excited to announce that TimeLine has received Premier Guitar's coveted Premier Gear award! We're also extremely proud that it has received 5 out of 5 stars in their...
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In this third edition of our tech corner series, I'll explain a simple and easy way to use a volume pedal as an expression pedal. This cool little trick was shared with us by our good friend Chad. This article will be the last on expression pedals...
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We're super-excited to announce that Lex Rotary has received Premier Guitar's coveted Premier Gear award! We're also extremely proud that it has received 5 out of 5 stars in their recent...
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If you have an El Capistan on your pedalboard, you've probably spent some time having fun with the Sound on Sound mode. This mode is a complete recreation of a sliding head style mechanical tape loop system....
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When we decided to create a studio-class pedal that faithfully recreates the classic, unmistakable sound of the most sought-after rotating speaker system, we prepared to study every nuance. Our sound design labs have been filled with those...
Read moreHey there everyone. Just wanted to take a moment to share our very own Ethan Tufts’ new album release today. He’s a passionate musician who pours a lot of love and energy into music, which is why we’re grateful to have him as part of the Strymon team. The album is titled “Let’s get bloody” … check it out! http://www.stateshirt.com/
Nice! Premier Guitar has included our TimeLine delay as one of their Best of 2011 products! Here’s what they had to say:
“At this point, we could probably call Strymon relentless. This mad scientists’ club of tone-tweaking kooks keeps obliterating expectations about how analog digital signal processing can sound. But they’re also happy to exploit digital’s potential to explore more exotic sounds and analog emulations in the same unit. And that breadth of vision births wonders like the TimeLine, a studio-grade Delay that leaves few permutations of the effect unexplored in a package that’s surprisingly easy to navigate.
Strymon’s amazing tape delay emulation technology is just one of the delay options on a menu that runs from analog delay staples to super-out-there intergalactic textures. It’s full of cool preset capabilities, filters, and modulation for coloring your repeats. It also has an all-around, can-do aura that we found ‘infinitely tweakable to suit a musical situation.’ This is one tough-to-top delay.”
Pete Thorn (guitarist with Melissa Etheridge, Chris Cornell, Don Henley, and many others) just put together this killer TimeLine demo. Check it out! And be sure to show Pete some love by checking out his new album Guitar Nerd.
Peter Dyer (keyboardist for Mariah Carey, Van Hunt, Aloe Blacc, and many others) recently put together this killer demo of his DSI Prophet ’08, MiniMoog Model D, and his Brigadier dBucket Delay. Watch the video below, and learn more about Peter at his website!
Peter Dyer (keyboardist for Mariah Carey, Van Hunt, Aloe Blacc, and many others) put together this sweet demo of his Wurlitzer, Rhodes, and blueSky Reverberator. Check it out below! Learn more about Peter at his website.
Hey everyone… You may know me as the Strymon marketing guy, but i’m also a guy that spends way too much time writing songs, making videos, and nerding out with music gear. This weekend I was busy working on new song ideas, and decided to put together a quick demo of what I was working on. In this video I’m running my Roland Juno-6 into TimeLine. Hope you dig it.
Contest has ended. Congratulations to Jordan Yeo from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Stay tuned for other giveaways!
Our friend Justin from JustinGuitar.com is teaming up with us for a super sweet giveaway! 
Want to add studio-class, musically inspirational delay sounds to your rig, and brush up on your guitar playing abilities at the same time? Now you can. Enter to win a shiny brand new Strymon TimeLine multidimensional delay pedal, $200 in JustinGuitar.com guitar lessons (your choice: DVD, eBook, Books, downloads or mp3), and an exclusive one-on-one Skype guitar lesson with Justin!
No purchase necessary to enter or win. Winner will be chosen randomly from the list of qualified entrants. Contest ends December 12, 2011. Ok, go!
When we decided to create a studio-class stereo delay effects pedal, we knew we must go well beyond what has been done in the past. We spent months locked up in the Strymon sound design labs with an intense focus on dreaming up the most lush, creative, and musically inspirational delay effects ever heard. | learn more here |
Justin Sandercoe is touted as “One of the most influential guitar teachers in history” by The Independent newspaper. JustinGuitar.com went live in 2003 and has grown to well over 100 million YouTube views of his online lessons, helping hundreds of thousands of guitarists across the globe. | learn more here |
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Contest has ended. Congratulations to Jordan Yeo from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Stay tuned for other giveaways!
After a couple weeks of unpacking boxes, we’re finally settling into our new shop, right down the street from our old office. We’re excited to be in our new digs and wanted to put together a sweet sign to greet everyone. Here it is, courtesy of One of a Sign. Dave found these sweet LED lights that are sold in strips and wired them up behind the sign. Aside from fighting over what color to set the LEDs, it’s been a nice addition to our new place.
Steve Lukather, session and touring guitarist extraordinaire, is currently touring Europe and rocking our bluesky Reverberator and Lex Rotary on his touring pedalboard. He recently sent us a couple photos of his setup.
And here are a few photos taken last year, when Terry and I visited Steve while he tracked guitar for his latest album. He used Ola chorus & vibrato, Brigadier delay and blueSky reverberator.
Steve Lukather is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer best known for his work with the rock band Toto. Lukather has played with many artists, released several solo albums, and worked as a composer, arranger, and session guitarist on more than 1,500 albums. And he totally shreds!
Hershel Yatovitz is the lead guitarist for pop rock icon Chris Isaak. Since joining Isaak in 1995 he has recorded 7 albums, toured the world, and made over 100 TV appearances.
Recently he purchased an El Capistan to replace his old tube tape echos. He also added a Brigadier, blueSky, and TimeLine to his pedalboard. Here’s what he had to say:
“I am extremely pleased with the musicality, sound, design and build quality of Strymon pedals. Awesome! It’s been a long time since I’ve felt I’m making a large leap up in sound and features when making a new touring/recording pedalboard.”
“Timeline is FANTASTIC! It has the mojo, features and fidelity I have always wanted, finally in one box! It truly is the tool I have been wishing I could have for years.”
In addition to his time playing and recording with Chris Issak, Hershel has found time to perform and play with many other artists including Art Alexakis (Everclear), Junior Brown, James Burton (Elvis Presley), Glen Campbell, Mike Clark (Herbie Hancock), Shawn Colvin, Dick Dale, Bo Diddley, Gloria Estefan, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Emmylou Harris, Warren Haynes (Gov’t Mule, Allman Bros.), Lisa Loeb, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac), Joe Pass, Bonnie Raitt, Rufus Reid, Leann Rimes, Ritchie Sambora (Bon Jovi), Brian Setzer, Paul Stanley (Kiss), Waddy Wachtel, DB Walker, Joe Walsh (Eagles), Trisha Yearwood and Dweezil Zappa, among many others.
Stage photo credit: Dave Miller
We’re very excited to announce that TimeLine has received Premier Guitar’s coveted Premier Gear award!
We’re also extremely proud that it has received 5 out of 5 stars in their recent gear review. Here’s what they say:
“At this point, most guitarists familiar with Strymon are accustomed to having the company knock their socks off. In the last couple of years, this Southern California-based group of hardcore pedal geeks has garnered raves in these pages for their Blue Sky Reverberator and El Capistan tape-delay emulator. The company’s latest weapon for sonic tweaking, the TimeLine delay, is every bit as impressive. And if you’re a studio hound—home, pro, or otherwise—the TimeLine is worth your undivided attention.”
Click below to read the entire review.
Our good friends over at Huge Racks Inc are giving away an Ola Chorus & Vibrato pedal. If you’re not a member of their forum, why don’t you sign up and introduce yourself! To enter the giveaway, all you need to do is head on over to their website and sign up. Huge Racks recommends that you practice some chorus hungry licks just to make sure you’re ready should you win the giveaway. Good idea!
Contest has ended. Congratulations to Scott Whigham of Dallas, TX. Stay tuned for other giveaways!
Here’s a couple Ola demos to check out:
In this third edition of our tech corner series, I’ll explain a simple and easy way to use a volume pedal as an expression pedal. This cool little trick was shared with us by our good friend Chad. This article will be the last on expression pedals specifically, although there are many other interesting diy projects we can do in the future with the EXP input on Strymon gear.
If you’ve got a volume pedal hanging around that doesn’t get much use or better yet one already on your board, you can use it as an expression pedal with one special cable. It’s called a TRS (tip/ring/sleeve) insert cable and the purpose of this cable is normally to break out a TRS insert jack (commonly found in mixers) to the separate send and return signals. Luckily we can take advantage of this wiring to convert our volume pedal into a standard 1/4″ TRS equipped expression pedal.
One example of this type of insert cable is the Hosa STP-201 seen below.
Once you have a TRS insert cable, simply plug the TRS plug into your exp input, the “ring” plug into the volume pedal input, and the “tip” plug into the volume pedal output. That’s all there is to it! Now you can use volume pedals like the popular Ernie Ball VP Jr or the new Dunlop DVP-1 as expression pedals for your Strymon gear and most other gear featuring expression pedal control. What is actually going on here is that we’re taking advantage of the design of a passive volume pedal and re-wiring it as an expression pedal with this cable. Note that your volume pedal needs to be passive, not active and the impedance (value of the resistance) in the volume pedal’s potentiometer isn’t critical. One thing that may be a little bit different about using the volume pedal as an expression is that if the volume pedal uses an audio taper potentiometer you won’t get a linear sweep of expression pedal values from toe to heel. In other words, much of the action will happen at one extreme of the pedal.
As you can see, the expression pedal schematic from Tech Corner #1
is functionally identical to using a volume pedal with a TRS insert cable.
Here is a video walk-through:
Hopefully this has been a useful trick to get you rocking that expression pedal.
Happy shredding,
Terry
Nate Walcott is an arranger, composer, keyboard player, and trumpet player. He is a member of the band Bright Eyes, and also plays in Conor Oberst’s Mystic Valley Band.
Nate recently sent us a few photos of his live setup. He is utilizing a blueSky reverberator in his Hammond pedal board, and an El Capistan and Ola Chorus & Vibrato in his Rhodes pedal board. He will also be adding a Lex to his setup over the coming weeks.
In addition to his time with Bright Eyes, Nate has also toured with Lullaby for the Working Class, the Autumn Defense, Rilo Kiley, and the Glenn Miller Orchestra. In the studio, he has contributed arrangements to artists such as Maria Taylor, Pete Yorn, Cursive, The Faint, Rilo Kiley, Rachael Yamagata, and The Concretes.
Here’s a video of Bright Eyes performing Jejune Stars live at Lollapalooza, August 5th, 2011:
Contest has ended. Congratulations to Mike Mitchell of San Diego, CA and Chris Chickering of Grand Rapids, MI. Stay tuned for other giveaways!
We’re giving away two, count ‘em, two Ola Chorus & Vibrato pedals. Enter to win!
Enter below to win a shiny, brand new Ola dBucket Chorus & Vibrato. Get ready to add incredibly lush and organic chorus and vibrato sounds to your rig. Our hand-crafted, processor-intense dBucket algorithm delivers all of the warmth and sonic complexities of analog choruses and vibratos. We drew influence from some of our favorite vintage chorus effects and a certain little blue box vibrato with a strong cult following. Couple that with true bypass, a favorite preset, stereo input and output, and a super high quality analog front end and output section, and you have yourself a versatile chorus and vibrato workhorse.
No purchase necessary to enter or win. Two winners will be chosen randomly from the list of qualified entrants. Contest ends September 26, 2011. Ok, go!
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