Dude I just want you to know this is the best fucking pedal review I ever seen and I've been watching reviews since 2009. I've never seen something this precise, elegant, and beautifully demonstrated. The layout is gorgeous, the font you chose for the viewer to read is just calming against the wood grain with the gentle lighting. Please keep making pedal reviews!
Thanks so much for all the kind words! I’m glad you found the demo cool, and I hope to keep making more of these soon, the great pedal doesn’t hurt either!
Thank you for a very well organized in depth demo of this pedal. No talking is needed as you brought up the bullet points on each feature. When the demo was over I felt like I completely understood this pedal and hadn't been shouted at during nor had to sit through endless noodling to show me what a great guitar player you are. It's a breath of fresh air. Thank you!!
Thank you for the kind words! Was definitely my intention to try to make clear and to the point demos that cover most of what people need to know about the pedal, still learning, thanks for the support!
Yes I agree,my physco therapist makes me listen to this video and watch the fish tank guppies screw to help me cope at my nuclear power plant console job
I keep coming back to this to brush up on my El Cap skills. I keep forgetting how useful it is. Your demo is so soothing and relaxing to listen to. Exquisite work. Thanks again for sharing.
This demo had a lot of soul and feel. I’ve learned a ton of Strymon pedals and really enjoyed them but sold them... but this one ’ve always wanted this one and this demo shows why. This was going to be the first Strymon I bought but instead I went with the Big Sky, Timeline and Mobius and I wish I had just bought this. These tones are what I really wanted. I think it will be next pedal I purchase after watching this. Amazing demo, honestly the best I’ve seen of this pedal and I’ve seen a lot. Well done....Sugar Drive, Kingsley Page and Fender Tonemaster, very nice choice of gear.
Thanks a lot Jordan! This Strymon is definitely my favourite that I’ve tried, it has modes that the Timeline does not have, that I really like, and the settings are very musical, really doesn’t get in the way of your playing. Hope you enjoy it if you do get it!
@@end27 why B 1 ? How am I crazy for writing a comment? And the content creator liked my comment and wrote a nice reply. How am I crazy? Or are you just an asshole?
Had this pedal about 2 years now. its by far my favourite pedal i own, but i did not know half the stuff you could do on it till i watched this beautiful demonstration video just now . Thank you for this , very tasteful & peaceful
Just for clarification, the fixed head setting, B-mode is actually a dotted-eighth repeat. That actually makes it more useful than the straight eighth note. Great demo, BTW.
This is the best pedal demo I've seen. They cut to the chase immediately. Great exploration of the sweetness of delay/modulation options, while exploiting where it can get gritty and wild. I'm ready to move on from my DL4 and pick up one of these! Strymon should pay you commission if they aren't already!
Thanks so much for the kind words, Jamie! I would say the Line6 delays can also be great, I have an HXFX as well and it does a fantastic job. The El Cap is special though, from the soft attack to the grit, so many sounds! Haha! If only, maybe someday!
Gah. This makes me miss my El Capistan. So many amazing functions. Your playing is just beautiful, definitely one of my favorite guitars I’ve found recently.
@@AndrewChengGuitar after checking out a couple delay pedals, I bought this used on Reverb at a pretty good price. I plan on using this on trumpet, but I’ll put it on my guitar as well 🎺🎸
Of all the demos that I have seen for this pedal, this is the most thorough. Your playing really highlighted the tone of the pedal and its capabilities. Thanks.
@@Mindartcreativity unfortunately no and I hate that I’m continuing down the UA-cam rabbit hole with no resolve I’m pulling the trigger soon and still split ahhhh
Such a great demo! Thank you very much. This pedal sounds so good! I'm a mixing engineer, I think this will help me a lot during the mixing process. All the best
I have owned this for a while now but I love watching what others are doing with it in UA-cam. Love this demo! You really nailed some great tones. Subbed and liked :)
Nice sound demo... The delay interplay of sound on sound is the unique aspect of this pedal... You can get close with Timeline...and even go beyond it by running the dual delay of a DD-500 into a Timeline...
Had it since it first came out.. I also have the empress echosystem and this is the pedal I always come back to if I want simple no hassle but beautiful sounds. Thank you for the video!
Such a great pedal! I’ve heard great things about the empress as well, though the footprint is a little too big for me right now. How do you like it? Thanks for watching the video!
@@AndrewChengGuitar it's an amazing pedal! So much expressiveness and they update their firmware here and there adding different algos and bug fixes. Customer support is great too. But I believe Strymon is good on the CS department as well :) bottom line: if I want a simple no fuss warm tape delay pedal, I tend to go for the elCap. If I want tap tempo/midi controlleable params and presets I grab the EE.
Best pedal demo I've seen on youtube by far!!!!! Keep up the great work my friend, might have to lend you some of my pedals so you can teach me this way lol
Nice! One of my favorite delays ever! You helped me remember some functionality I have not used in a while. Also, your demo style is awesome. Looking forward to more content. Subscribed!
Thanks so much for checking out the video! I’m glad it was helpful, it’s been fun making the videos, I learn so much about the pedals than I normally would! Appreciate that you like the demo style, more coming soon for sure!
Awesome. One of those very few well done "missing manuals" out there. It's aesthetically pleasing, too! This pedal gets better and better the longer you are using it. I am glad not having sold my El Capistan at the beginning, as I planned to. There are even more hidden features than in your video. Certainly, you could not discuss all in this short time. My favourite feature is the "hidden Frippertronics", according to Chords of Orion: In the Sound-on-Sound mode (single+C), you can tap in the splice-in and -out points even _before_ you play anything. This gives you up to 20 seconds delay time / loop length you can fill with whatever you like. :)
Wow! Thanks for the kind and thoughtful words, Alexander! Love the El Capistan, one of my favorites even in its simple use of fattening the base sound and staying out of the way. Thanks for letting me know about the Frippertronics thing! I love Chords of Orion as well, will have to try that out sometime!
@@AndrewChengGuitar Strymon pedals - at least those I happen to know - are in my opinion (I'm sure you second this) much more than "effect" tools. I tend to call them "musical instruments" instead. They need time and a rather steep learning curve to be fully comprehended, but it pays off. Not only Strymon pedals work with guitars, which is obvious; they are great with synthesisers as well. Lately, I have convinced the "heaven duo" El Capistan + Nightsky to make my Moog Mother32 sing and tell stories. While it's more some kind of feasibility study rather than a musical piece, it might be interesting in this very context. Some photographic memories of the Summer 2020 included. :) A simple sequence evolves thanks to both Strymons to something almost organic… It was a pleasure. If you don't mind, I link the according video here: ua-cam.com/video/PK8kC3itqcI/v-deo.html Best regards from North Germany, Alexander
So I got the nemesis in place of this just to try the next thing at the time. I've had almost everything. This 1 pedal still beats em all. The nemesis has the bells and whistles but the El cap has true MOJO.
I’ve tried quite a few of them as well, the other thing m thing I’ve found that fattens up the sound as well as not sticking out too much in the mix for my use is a real tape echo in a recording studio! Love the El Cap!
In my opinion, and I’ve tried most of the products on the market, the best tape delay is far and away above all the rest.. the Catalinbread Belle Epoch Deluxe.
What a beautiful Demo! I'm selling my Volante to get this. I don't think I need Version 2, either. People say the JFet sounds better on this one. All I know, is I've never heard this pedal sound bad. Thanks!
Andrew, I've watched dozens of demos of this pedal, and yours is the best by a wide margin. Your format, clarity of intent, and playing are all top-notch. I just subscribed. Keep up the excellent work. Out of curiosity, have you tried the Volante? If so, how would you compare it to the El Capistan?
Thanks for the long and thoughtful comment, appreciate it! I have not managed to try the Volante, the curiosity is killed when I look at the size of it for an NYC train commute haha! I should try it though, maybe soon!
Thanks for the reply! Yeah, the size of the Volante is definitely a consideration for me too. I'm leaning toward the El Capistan, but I love what I've heard from the Volante as well, and the playback/feedback buttons are such a nice feature.
Great demo! Stereo would have been cool but you really gave us a good idea of what the pedal is capable of. I suppose most will use it in mono anyways.
Thanks a lot! Yeah stereo delay gets a little too smeary for the kind of lines I usually like to play, and I figured that most people use it in mono/with one amp like you said. Might try more stereo stuff in the future though!
Very good demo and playing to be able to see what this unit can do Strymon might want to get with Mr. Cheng and employee his services he sold this item based on this demo to me. and also it is used by a guitarist in Warpiant and I really want thank Andrew for this demo, (Thank you!)
great video, thanks! interestingly, i think this pedal is even better than this video shows, because it is a mono input to STEREO out. the stereo is fantastic on it. i get that mono is more practical for many mixes, or that some people prefer their guitar as a mono voice - but as an ambient pedal, you gotta try it! it also works well on my synths
Thanks Robby! I’ll have to try stereo on it, just don’t have two amps for it right now, maybe in the future, but I’m sure it sounds great! Yeah, even when I record with two amps, the mixing engineer prefers I go dual mono rather than stereo haha! Thanks for checking out the video!
The sound is very organic, better than the Boss SE-20, in my opinon. To be fair on the Boss, I think it came out in 2007, which is some time ago! Since these are digital simulation of tape delay, no doubt more powerful and affordable processors lead to more accurate results (with good programming, of course).
i always wanted this... finally did lot of research and realised i liked the EP- 3 sound. And the choices were Dunlop Echoplex vs Strymon El Capistan vs Catilinbread Belle Epoch.... in my opinion the best EP-3 Real tapes sound is from the Belle Epoch. Strymon has a little more clean sound. So even though I had a great deal for this I didnt get this. Good pedal though.
I hear you, I did some research as well, I think that if you want more of the original colour of the EP-3, the Catalinbread is a great choice. The El Capistan is great for adding some cleaner tape sounds and staying out of the way of your main sound, I’m sure you’re enjoying the Belle Epoch!
@@AndrewChengGuitar ....thanks Andrew ! Great that you second my opinion... superb channel you have built. Love your music and your clear analysis. Just discovered your videos. Yes..Enjoying the Belle Epoch ....bought it with RAH Caitlinbread....unbelievable pedal. I was getting confused who was playing...me or Jimmy . When I played along the songs. Haha. Have a great day.
@@neoaureus thanks so much! I’m glad you’re enjoying the Catalinbreads, I have to try them out at some point, appreciate you checking out the videos and playing, cheers!
I’ve just released a new composition here! ua-cam.com/video/Q3HZy2weW9w/v-deo.html We’re going to be releasing more music on that channel soon, thanks for being interested!
thanks for this!!! Just discovered u! I have the DIG by strymon which is great but this seems warmer old school! what guitar and amp did you play thru here?? Greetings from nyc
Thanks for checking out the video! Yeah it has more of an old school vibe to me compared to the Dig, great for just adding that air to your sound, greetings from NYC as well! I’m playing a Warmoth Telecaster with SD Hot Rails wired in parallel into a Fender Tonemaster Deluxe Reverb
@@AndrewChengGuitar awesome im a player and a teacher here in nyc just got a tyler princeton and a new Underwoood 64 strat amazing!! but Im lookin for that capistan!!! hopwfully we jam together some day!!
@@SteveLieske I think it sounds great! Worked really good on gigs, and for home recording. The attenuation feature works really nice to get cranked/cooking tones at home volumes. Will shoot a video for it at some point, it’s my main amp right now!
When you set the Time to 0 and Mix to 100% , is there still a tiny delay? I would like all the tape characteristics, Lofi warble etc. but without the delay
Thank you! The pedal can do both, and I only had one amp at the time, so I couldn’t do stereo, maybe next time! I honestly prefer his pedal in mono, the stereo delays can really clutter up the faster lines IMO
It’s great, very natural sound, thought the reverb only applies to the repeats. If you want more control with reverb and delay, the Source Audio Collider is a great choice!
Finally a pedal Review that it's done the way it should be. Not like all other demos where the same blues licks being played over and over.
Dude I just want you to know this is the best fucking pedal review I ever seen and I've been watching reviews since 2009.
I've never seen something this precise, elegant, and beautifully demonstrated.
The layout is gorgeous, the font you chose for the viewer to read is just calming against the wood grain with the gentle lighting.
Please keep making pedal reviews!
Thanks so much for all the kind words!
I’m glad you found the demo cool, and I hope to keep making more of these soon, the great pedal doesn’t hurt either!
No talking no ads just straight to the point
After a Sunday dinner with my in-laws I find this video extremely helpful to calm my nerves,lol
Thank you for a very well organized in depth demo of this pedal. No talking is needed as you brought up the bullet points on each feature. When the demo was over I felt like I completely understood this pedal and hadn't been shouted at during nor had to sit through endless noodling to show me what a great guitar player you are. It's a breath of fresh air. Thank you!!
Thank you for the kind words! Was definitely my intention to try to make clear and to the point demos that cover most of what people need to know about the pedal, still learning, thanks for the support!
Endlesssssss noodlingggggg,YES my favorite waste of time hobby
Best demo for the el capistan ever !
Thanks a lot, Joshua!!
Now this is how you demo a pedal.. very masterfully done!
Thanks for the kind words, Denis!
@@AndrewChengGuitar You’re very welcome. Keep up the great work. Really enjoying your videos. Cheers
I just put this on while I am at work to relax to these beautiful sounds. Well done, thank you ☺️
Thank you William! I’m glad it adds to your day!
Yes I agree,my physco therapist makes me listen to this video and watch the fish tank guppies screw to help me cope at my nuclear power plant console job
Perfectly executed review and demo of this pedal. Such a great idea having text onscreen instead of talking.
Man, this is fantastic playing. I'm just listening to this while cooking, and it's so great!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you, Steve! You are too kind!
You should be paid to demo pedals. Thanks for literally the best pedal review I have ever watched.
Thanks so much, Mike! Always trying to improve, glad you found it useful!
ive seen a lot of demos of this pedal. this might be my favorite one. you nailed all the key points in under 15 min. absolutely great job.
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it, the El Cap really has a lot to offer
I keep coming back to this to brush up on my El Cap skills. I keep forgetting how useful it is.
Your demo is so soothing and relaxing to listen to. Exquisite work. Thanks again for sharing.
Was already sold on this pedal, but this demo really stands out. Excellent work.
Thanks for the kind words! Hope you enjoy the pedal 🙂
Most aesthetic and clear demo of El Cap. Suscribed.
Thanks so much, Alejandro! Glad you found the demo useful!
This demo had a lot of soul and feel. I’ve learned a ton of Strymon pedals and really enjoyed them but sold them... but this one ’ve always wanted this one and this demo shows why. This was going to be the first Strymon I bought but instead I went with the Big Sky, Timeline and Mobius and I wish I had just bought this. These tones are what I really wanted. I think it will be next pedal I purchase after watching this. Amazing demo, honestly the best I’ve seen of this pedal and I’ve seen a lot. Well done....Sugar Drive, Kingsley Page and Fender Tonemaster, very nice choice of gear.
Thanks a lot Jordan! This Strymon is definitely my favourite that I’ve tried, it has modes that the Timeline does not have, that I really like, and the settings are very musical, really doesn’t get in the way of your playing. Hope you enjoy it if you do get it!
you sound crazy
@@end27 why B 1 ? How am I crazy for writing a comment? And the content creator liked my comment and wrote a nice reply. How am I crazy? Or are you just an asshole?
Bought mine off the back of this superb demo…the El Cap is true sonic bliss. I can’t get a bad sound from it. Thanks for making it an easy decision.
If I get this pedal it will be because of this video. Nice work!
Thank you Steven! Appreciate it!
This is very helpful; no talking! Just play around and explain! Thanks! Best pedal demo I've seen.
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoy the no talking, really appreciate the kind words!
This vid woke me up, never knew it’s lots of capabilities. I’ll use mine more and more, thank you 🙏
Such a good pedal, hard to find just one use for it!
I’ve had an El Cap for a long time and don’t feel the need to explore other delays. It’s always just awesome.
What a great delay! The soft attack really helps to just sit nicely!
I’ve watched a lot of ElCapistan videos, this is the best! Thank you Andrew and great work!
Thank you so much! What a great pedal!
I own this pedal, I found this video super helpful to inspire me to get my own amazing sounds out of the pedal!!
Had this pedal about 2 years now. its by far my favourite pedal i own, but i did not know half the stuff you could do on it till i watched this beautiful demonstration video just now . Thank you for this , very tasteful & peaceful
Just for clarification, the fixed head setting, B-mode is actually a dotted-eighth repeat. That actually makes it more useful than the straight eighth note. Great demo, BTW.
Wow, I didn’t realise that! Should have known when my notes started galloping 😅 thanks for the correction and for the kind words!
Let me pile on - absolutely the finest pedal demo I've seen. Please continue.
This is the best pedal demo I've seen. They cut to the chase immediately. Great exploration of the sweetness of delay/modulation options, while exploiting where it can get gritty and wild. I'm ready to move on from my DL4 and pick up one of these!
Strymon should pay you commission if they aren't already!
Thanks so much for the kind words, Jamie! I would say the Line6 delays can also be great, I have an HXFX as well and it does a fantastic job. The El Cap is special though, from the soft attack to the grit, so many sounds!
Haha! If only, maybe someday!
You deserve more subs (I just did); this is one of the best demos I've ever seen.
Thank you, Andrew! Appreciate the support!
I am watching this after getting the Timeline just to make sure I didn't mess up with my purchase. This is an awesome pedal.
Great pedal indeed, timeline is great as well!
I have owned this pedal for years and I learned some great things today watching this video. Thank you.
great review man! Had one for 2 years and didn't even knew the pedal had a looper function. Great job
Very tasteful playing. Now waiting for a sale here in Australia to get one of these, you convinced me!
Thanks Nathan! Yeah I never see the Strymons come on sale, would love to get an Iridium, best of luck with your purchase!
Gah. This makes me miss my El Capistan. So many amazing functions. Your playing is just beautiful, definitely one of my favorite guitars I’ve found recently.
What a great pedal, definitely one of my favorites. Appreciate the kind words about my playing, new video coming soon!
I miss mine too...
Your pedal demos are the best. Thanks!
Omg I want this pedal yesterday!! Incredible demo! It's like a modern Space Echo with looping. Really inspiring stuff.
So good! Lots of great sounds in this little box!
@@AndrewChengGuitar after checking out a couple delay pedals, I bought this used on Reverb at a pretty good price. I plan on using this on trumpet, but I’ll put it on my guitar as well 🎺🎸
@@JonManness very nice! Would love to hear this on trumpet!
@@AndrewChengGuitar I'll let you know when I post a video!
Of all the demos that I have seen for this pedal, this is the most thorough. Your playing really highlighted the tone of the pedal and its capabilities. Thanks.
Thanks a lot, I was really trying to showcase the capabilities in a concise and clear way, I’m glad you found it useful!
Fantastic playing + the gorgeous El Cap pedal = AUDIO BLISS.
Thank you, Ernest, it’s a great pedal!
I was going to get the UAD Starlight this week BUT, came across this DEMO and wowww killer demo ....ahhhhhhh decisions, decisions, decisions....
Same! I‘m also deciding between the El Cap and Starlight. Made any decision yet?I‘m running out of time on a good deal for the Starlight😅
@@Mindartcreativity unfortunately no and I hate that I’m continuing down the UA-cam rabbit hole with no resolve I’m pulling the trigger soon and still split ahhhh
Such a great demo! Thank you very much. This pedal sounds so good! I'm a mixing engineer, I think this will help me a lot during the mixing process.
All the best
I have owned this for a while now but I love watching what others are doing with it in UA-cam. Love this demo! You really nailed some great tones. Subbed and liked :)
Thanks for the support and kind words, Anthony! I can’t fault you there as I definitely do the same with my own gear haha!
Nice sound demo... The delay interplay of sound on sound is the unique aspect of this pedal... You can get close with Timeline...and even go beyond it by running the dual delay of a DD-500 into a Timeline...
Thanks Shaigh! Yeah sound on sound mode is great, DD500 and Timeline sounds like a great combo, if only I had the board space!
That demo is so cool I consider buying a second one ; )
Had it since it first came out.. I also have the empress echosystem and this is the pedal I always come back to if I want simple no hassle but beautiful sounds. Thank you for the video!
Such a great pedal! I’ve heard great things about the empress as well, though the footprint is a little too big for me right now. How do you like it? Thanks for watching the video!
@@AndrewChengGuitar it's an amazing pedal! So much expressiveness and they update their firmware here and there adding different algos and bug fixes. Customer support is great too. But I believe Strymon is good on the CS department as well :) bottom line: if I want a simple no fuss warm tape delay pedal, I tend to go for the elCap. If I want tap tempo/midi controlleable params and presets I grab the EE.
Best demo I've seen for this pedal. Great job! Subscribed!
Thanks Josiah! Appreciate it! Love the El Capistan!
@@AndrewChengGuitar This demo got me to rebuy the pedal and I’ve rewatched the video at least 3 times. Well done!
Very nice presentation of this great tape emulator!
Fantastic pedal review. Thank you 🙏
Thanks for watching!
Great demo and playing! After watching multiple demos of the El Capistan, your video definitely had me sold! Looking forward to more!
Thanks for checking out the video, glad it was helpful, hope you enjoy the pedal! More coming soon!
Thanks for the lovely demo.
Great demo, keep up the good work man.
Thanks Benjamin! Will do more demos soon!
i keep going back to listen to this. i love this pedal
Really appreciate it, yeah one of my favourite delays!
Best pedal demo I've seen on youtube by far!!!!! Keep up the great work my friend, might have to lend you some of my pedals so you can teach me this way lol
Thanks Matt!! Appreciate you checking out the demo! Hope we can hang soon!
Nice demo, very intuitive.
Thanks a lot, Tim!
Nice! One of my favorite delays ever! You helped me remember some functionality I have not used in a while.
Also, your demo style is awesome. Looking forward to more content. Subscribed!
Thanks so much for checking out the video! I’m glad it was helpful, it’s been fun making the videos, I learn so much about the pedals than I normally would!
Appreciate that you like the demo style, more coming soon for sure!
Fantastic review and explanation. Thanks a ton!
Awesome playing.
Very nice demo, much appreciated!
Thanks a lot, Mark! Wonderful pedal!
Awesome demo. So helpful, thanks!
Thank you very much!
Simply amazing review! And this pedal is just perfect...glad i have one!
Awesome. One of those very few well done "missing manuals" out there. It's aesthetically pleasing, too!
This pedal gets better and better the longer you are using it. I am glad not having sold my El Capistan at the beginning, as I planned to.
There are even more hidden features than in your video. Certainly, you could not discuss all in this short time. My favourite feature is the "hidden Frippertronics", according to Chords of Orion:
In the Sound-on-Sound mode (single+C), you can tap in the splice-in and -out points even _before_ you play anything. This gives you up to 20 seconds delay time / loop length you can fill with whatever you like. :)
Wow! Thanks for the kind and thoughtful words, Alexander!
Love the El Capistan, one of my favorites even in its simple use of fattening the base sound and staying out of the way.
Thanks for letting me know about the Frippertronics thing! I love Chords of Orion as well, will have to try that out sometime!
@@AndrewChengGuitar Strymon pedals - at least those I happen to know - are in my opinion (I'm sure you second this) much more than "effect" tools. I tend to call them "musical instruments" instead. They need time and a rather steep learning curve to be fully comprehended, but it pays off. Not only Strymon pedals work with guitars, which is obvious; they are great with synthesisers as well. Lately, I have convinced the "heaven duo" El Capistan + Nightsky to make my Moog Mother32 sing and tell stories. While it's more some kind of feasibility study rather than a musical piece, it might be interesting in this very context. Some photographic memories of the Summer 2020 included. :) A simple sequence evolves thanks to both Strymons to something almost organic… It was a pleasure. If you don't mind, I link the according video here: ua-cam.com/video/PK8kC3itqcI/v-deo.html
Best regards from North Germany, Alexander
So I got the nemesis in place of this just to try the next thing at the time. I've had almost everything. This 1 pedal still beats em all. The nemesis has the bells and whistles but the El cap has true MOJO.
I’ve tried quite a few of them as well, the other thing m thing I’ve found that fattens up the sound as well as not sticking out too much in the mix for my use is a real tape echo in a recording studio! Love the El Cap!
Beautiful playing as always...
Thanks dude!!
Thanks to you and your demo, I'm thinking on buying one. Great job mate []
Thanks, Francisco! Hope you enjoy it if you get one!
Beautiful demo.
Thank you.
Thank you so much! Definitely one of my favourite delays
In my opinion, and I’ve tried most of the products on the market, the best tape delay is far and away above all the rest.. the Catalinbread Belle Epoch Deluxe.
Heard great things about the BED, especially with the preamp! Never tried any Catalinbread stuff, gotta get my hands on it sometime
100% agree. I wish the strymon had the EP3 preamp
Unless you want stereo and reverb on the repeats
For more demos like this!!!
Great demo! Getting myself one in a couple of days :)
Congrats! It’s a great pedal, hope you get great tones from it!
Brilliant , that's the delay for me .
What a beautiful Demo! I'm selling my Volante to get this. I don't think I need Version 2, either. People say the JFet sounds better on this one. All I know, is I've never heard this pedal sound bad. Thanks!
Andrew, I've watched dozens of demos of this pedal, and yours is the best by a wide margin. Your format, clarity of intent, and playing are all top-notch. I just subscribed. Keep up the excellent work. Out of curiosity, have you tried the Volante? If so, how would you compare it to the El Capistan?
Thanks for the long and thoughtful comment, appreciate it! I have not managed to try the Volante, the curiosity is killed when I look at the size of it for an NYC train commute haha! I should try it though, maybe soon!
Thanks for the reply! Yeah, the size of the Volante is definitely a consideration for me too. I'm leaning toward the El Capistan, but I love what I've heard from the Volante as well, and the playback/feedback buttons are such a nice feature.
I want one of these. I have been seeing them on reverb for around 250. I hate my Bellepochdeluxe
Subbed. Keep doing what you’re doing please
Thanks so much for the support! More coming soon :)
Great demo bro. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for checking it out, appreciate it!
Beautiful, great demo!
Thanks so much Oliver!
This and Empress Tape Delay are the best tape delay pedals!!
The Empress stuff sounds great as well! Hope I can get the echo system at some point!
@@AndrewChengGuitar Cool. I want to get and play that pedal too!
Just subscribed. Amazing demo
Thanks so much!
Fantastic playing ✌🏼
Thanks so much!
Really awesome video! Inspired me to dive into mine a little more!
Thanks a lot! Such a great pedal, with so many functions!
Great demo! Stereo would have been cool but you really gave us a good idea of what the pedal is capable of. I suppose most will use it in mono anyways.
Thanks a lot! Yeah stereo delay gets a little too smeary for the kind of lines I usually like to play, and I figured that most people use it in mono/with one amp like you said. Might try more stereo stuff in the future though!
Very good demo and playing to be able to see what this unit can do Strymon might want to get with Mr. Cheng and employee his services he sold this item based on this demo to me. and also it is used by a guitarist in Warpiant and I really want thank Andrew for this demo, (Thank you!)
Thanks Donald! Love the El Cap and love the products Strymon is putting out, really appreciate your kind words and hope you enjoy your El Cap!
Great video. Thank you 😊👍
Glad you enjoyed the video!
Sold it. Missed it. Bought another. Won’t be leaving my board now.
great video, thanks!
interestingly, i think this pedal is even better than this video shows, because it is a mono input to STEREO out. the stereo is fantastic on it. i get that mono is more practical for many mixes, or that some people prefer their guitar as a mono voice - but as an ambient pedal, you gotta try it! it also works well on my synths
Thanks Robby! I’ll have to try stereo on it, just don’t have two amps for it right now, maybe in the future, but I’m sure it sounds great! Yeah, even when I record with two amps, the mixing engineer prefers I go dual mono rather than stereo haha!
Thanks for checking out the video!
got one and love it.
The El Cap is so good!
Your tone reminds me of a classic Simon and Garfunkel analogue vinyl
Thanks, Harris, love them!
The first chord you played, even before the Capistan...my brain sings...
"Hello darkness my old friend".
That was awesome
Thanks for checking out the video, Jesse!
You sold me. Wow.
Thanks! Hope you enjoy it if you get the El Cap!
cool stuff :)
The sound is very organic, better than the Boss SE-20, in my opinon. To be fair on the Boss, I think it came out in 2007, which is some time ago!
Since these are digital simulation of tape delay, no doubt more powerful and affordable processors lead to more accurate results (with good programming, of course).
Yeah it sounds incredible! So many parameters you can adjust, sounds very natural to me
¿Is El Capistan good for high gain solos?. Amazing video.
i always wanted this... finally did lot of research and realised i liked the EP- 3 sound. And the choices were Dunlop Echoplex vs Strymon El Capistan vs Catilinbread Belle Epoch.... in my opinion the best EP-3 Real tapes sound is from the Belle Epoch. Strymon has a little more clean sound. So even though I had a great deal for this I didnt get this. Good pedal though.
I hear you, I did some research as well, I think that if you want more of the original colour of the EP-3, the Catalinbread is a great choice. The El Capistan is great for adding some cleaner tape sounds and staying out of the way of your main sound, I’m sure you’re enjoying the Belle Epoch!
@@AndrewChengGuitar ....thanks Andrew ! Great that you second my opinion... superb channel you have built. Love your music and your clear analysis. Just discovered your videos. Yes..Enjoying the Belle Epoch ....bought it with RAH Caitlinbread....unbelievable pedal. I was getting confused who was playing...me or Jimmy . When I played along the songs. Haha. Have a great day.
Exactly ...El cap is very clean ...
@@neoaureus thanks so much! I’m glad you’re enjoying the Catalinbreads, I have to try them out at some point, appreciate you checking out the videos and playing, cheers!
Very bill frisell-esque
Id like to hear more of your music
I’ve just released a new composition here! ua-cam.com/video/Q3HZy2weW9w/v-deo.html
We’re going to be releasing more music on that channel soon, thanks for being interested!
thanks for this!!! Just discovered u! I have the DIG by strymon which is great but this seems warmer old school! what guitar and amp did you play thru here??
Greetings from nyc
Thanks for checking out the video! Yeah it has more of an old school vibe to me compared to the Dig, great for just adding that air to your sound, greetings from NYC as well!
I’m playing a Warmoth Telecaster with SD Hot Rails wired in parallel into a Fender Tonemaster Deluxe Reverb
@@AndrewChengGuitar awesome im a player and a teacher here in nyc just got a tyler princeton and a new Underwoood 64 strat amazing!! but Im lookin for that capistan!!! hopwfully we jam together some day!!
Great tone.
What IR loader are you using?
Thank you! I was using MixIR for the loading
@@AndrewChengGuitar Thx❤️❤️❤️
Inspiring tones and playing. Good work. Is this recorded DI out from the Fender Tonemaster?
Thanks so much! Yes it’s recorded DI out, works surprisingly well!
What do you think about the amp overall? Looking into picking one up
@@SteveLieske I think it sounds great! Worked really good on gigs, and for home recording. The attenuation feature works really nice to get cranked/cooking tones at home volumes. Will shoot a video for it at some point, it’s my main amp right now!
When you set the Time to 0 and Mix to 100% , is there still a tiny delay? I would like all the tape characteristics, Lofi warble etc. but without the delay
It’s definitely usable at that range! There is a delay but it’s not very perceptible, just the regular few MS delay you hear from digital conversion
I wonder how many tape echo,delay machines Pete Townsend went thru over the years
That’s a beautiful clean tone, great demo too. My only question is, isn’t the pedal stereo? Seems like the demo should be in stereo too.
Thank you! The pedal can do both, and I only had one amp at the time, so I couldn’t do stereo, maybe next time! I honestly prefer his pedal in mono, the stereo delays can really clutter up the faster lines IMO
The delay is mono with a stereo dry signal.
@@AndrewChengGuitar got you brotha, thanks for the reply. Keep up the great work
Makes me regret the day I got rid of mine. I'm gonna have to go and buy another one.
One of my favourites that I’ve played for sure!
omg same!!!
Would this be good say with a moog sub 25 analog synth? I am looking to get a reverb / echo as the sound coming from my synth is quite dry
It’s great, very natural sound, thought the reverb only applies to the repeats. If you want more control with reverb and delay, the Source Audio Collider is a great choice!
I wonder how would it sounds in that subtle low mmix setting in an acoustic guitar!
I bet it would sound great, I don’t even notice it till I turn it off!
@@AndrewChengGuitar GREAT to know! Ha! Thank you!!!