A NEW Strymon Big Sky? - Introducing the Big Sky MX

[@GUILLE-nu8rv]

In a moment of my life where loneliness has taken the spot where happiness used to bloom, your divine intro sounded like a friend, and felt like the warm hand I no longer have on my side. Thank you, Mr. Pete. I really needed that

[@hangedman821]

Stay strong mate.....we all go through bad times.

[@MrAgent00i]

Jesus said: ”Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.“ ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭11‬:‭28‬ ”For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.“ ‭‭John‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ Only in Jesus you can find eternal life and joy, because He is the Son of God, the creator and sustainer of the universe. He is the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father but through Him. Despite our rebellion against Him He laid down His life on the cross for us, paying the penalty for our sins on our behalf and freely offers us restored fellowship with God and everlasting life. Trust in Jesus for the salvation and safe-keeping of your soul and you have His promise that of salvation-God cannot lie. The moment you believe, that is trust, in Him you are a new creation and have passed from death into life. He will give you a new heart and put His Spirit within you, and your joy will be full in Him. ❤

[@redrock1963]

It's great watching Lee enjoying himself as an audience member just taking in Pete's fantastic playing.

[@jesperjacobsen2463]

Pete is such an amazing player. It's short intro for a demo of a product on a dealers youtube channel and he still manages to play something that moves me deeply... Outstanding!

[@bravo4adventure988]

Sometimes I forget just how amazing Danish Pete’s skills are.

[@mikedr1549]

He's so soulful. There are a ton of monster players on the Internet but very few have the soulful touch that Pete has.

[@gair1944]

Pete's playing is absolutely stunning. It made hearing this pedal intro so enjoyable!

[@PhreddCrintt]

So brilliantly demonstrated by Pete. My compliments. WHAT a pedal!!!

[@davedavem]

We're used to awesome intros at this point, but that still blew me away!

[@Ebusje]

Great sounds again by Strymon, but I hoped they would have gone the Eventide H90 route. Put the Big Sky, Timeline and Mobius in one unit, with 3 effects on at the same time, that's what I'm waiting for (another 5 years probably).

[@ScottsGuitar]

They wont(dont need) to cut their margins so it would immediately become the most expensive NEW pedal in history.

[@almightyguitarnerd]

This is what I was hoping for @Ebusje. Shame they didn't

[@TomsonTheOne]

I rather have it this way than a pedal that comes with bluetooth and a crappy phone app to be honest.

[@Alexander-iq5yq]

I dont think they will ever do that. It also sounds pretty overwhelming as a product tbh. Maybe a combo that is just a few of the best hits from each unit.

[@WeekendWarriorGuitars]

Just wanted to say - love the channel and I play with Pete every week, it's so fun! Yes - I have a bunch of Andertons jam tracks 😎 Thanks for being my rhythm guitarist Pete!!! 😆

[@FzNd]

Sounds divine, but that pricetag is just madness.

[@MATTE.U.K]

absolutely insane greedy!

[@newage5d831]

Yeah but why should you buy it if you can steal it?

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

Need a second mortgage to have a line of Strymon pedals. I bought the Ultraviolet, darn thing packed up in under 12 uses at home. To be fair, vendor took it back and got it fixed, but that's not the point. You don't pay for a Rolls Royce for it to break down at the end of the street. That dodgy pedal has now put me off from buying any more Strymon stuff.

[@newage5d831]

@@chrisdaviesguitar I know exactly how you feel mate, marrying my wife has put me off marrying any other woman any time soon...

[@NintenDub]

​@@chrisdaviesguitarit's an electronic piece. They are subject to just dying. You can't judge a whole brand by one specific pedal(physically) out of the thousands of that same pedal, of the dozens and dozens of product lines.unless you go look on forums say, and see many ppl stating the same issues, over a period of time, with no aknowledgment or fix from the comoamy themselves.than sure,that's a problem. But basing the whole brand on one experience is potentially robbing yourself of sumthing great. To not like a brand from one singular experience is close minded It's like someone not liking you cuz you had a bad haircut once.

[@ingreynelg]

First and foremost, love Pete’s playing, love the channel, you guys do an awesome job at showcasing these beautiful pieces of engineering. I read a lot of good comments and lots of hate comments on price. Here are my two cents for all is worth (maybe nothing), and it goes more to the industry. Us consumers are the ones enabling these exorbitant prices by buying these pedals. If we don’t buy they need to lower or go out of business. Lastly, to my ears (which maybe those of a deaf) there is a point where a reverb is a reverb and, after that there is no difference, it is the modulation that separates one pedal from another. In this case, carefully designed to make its strengths shine more than showing weakness, which was why Big Sky 1 was a huge hit, sounds where (are) so carefully designed and eq’ed that they sound good no matter what you throw at them, that is also engineering. The hefty price is due to such added value, and again, it’s up to us to decide to pay for how much that cost is.

[@castleanthrax1833]

You imply you're going to comment on the price, yet you never did.

[@crystalneth994]

@@castleanthrax1833well the whole comment is insinuating that the price is fair given the market value - they priced it at this because they know they will sell it at this

[@castleanthrax1833]

@crystalneth994 Actually, the comment insinuates that it's overpriced, but because people are willing to pay that price, it will remain overpriced.

[@davidf2281]

That intro deserves awards.

[@jorgesilva6454]

It’s not the pedal, but how you play it… And Pete knows definitely how to do it 👏👏👏

[@ciaranjmurray]

It's also the pedal.

[@timetraveler_0]

Sure

[@jorgesilva6454]

@@ciaranjmurray It is because it’s a top level sonic equipment but without that players feel it’s pointless I think

[@jamesnichols5998]

I'm still saying the Ventris is the best bang for your buck reverb out there. Dual reverbs, incredible algorithms, full MIDI, infinite stomp, ping pong tremolo, small footprint, series or parallel - for less than $300 easily on Reverb

[@Markuson3]

This isn’t a best bang for buck pedal. This is a BEST…period pedal. 🤷🏻‍♂️😂

[@BuddyBlues]

I’ve played the first 3 minutes of this video 19 times.

[@AnthonyVerevskoy32]

Only 19?)me - 13455938274783 and still watching😅😅😅

[@kastnerr]

Sounds beautiful. The price sits right between the Eventide H9 Max and H90.

[@samsschool3639]

I was thinking the same. you might as well get the H90 and all those extra effects for the money

[@ElisandroDeLeon]

Ive wanted a big sky since they first came out. I couldn't afford one at the time so I got a mx reverb about 7 years ago, but hearing this newer big sky makes me want to run out and buy one

[@HarryBall-fw7pv]

You two are so good together. The videos with you two in them are always the best!👏👍 And Pete 🙏 bless you and your hands!(and your wit)

[@corvinbrown9074]

Good lord the pedal drops the last week have been insane

[@corvinbrown9074]

@user-zv7lm8uk7h the new cali 76 and tonex pedals

[@ephil105]

ThorpyFX has released a Chris Buck signature pedal today

[@WeekendWarriorGuitars]

Yeah, good thing I have an extra $2k lying around...oh wait...actually no...😢

[@m4ssi86]

It’s a great pedal, for sure they will release the new timeline and mobius as well, considering 750€ x 3 in my opinion is better to buy something like the fractal fm9. The quality is comparable and you don’t need cable or external power supply. Just my two cents

[@christopherwatkins9729]

Great interpretation and expressions Pete of what a guitar and accessory can do with an accomplished musician that you are ! and... "Not just chords" ! The flow and tempo are to Pete's credit ! and Lee has done his homework... Great 'Demo'...

[@nineteenninetyfive]

Beautiful playing by Pete.

[@Professional.Bro.777]

Pete needs to release a guitar course. I'd buy it in a heartbeat

[@tomyates2551]

Reverb is my favourite effect. So you can tell me how much this pedal is, and I'll tell you what Blair told Bush when they both made some bad decisions that cost a lot of money: I'm with you, whatever.

[@AndrewNichols921]

wow. $679 at Sweetwaters. I'll never be a good enough player to justify that kind of cost on something like that. sounds amazing though.

[@ScottsGuitar]

@@omnicognatesnr5947 its an american company so its not that crazy. Same reason Marshall in the US is Way more expensive than in UK.

[@fl3xo]

It's not about how good you are. It's about your financial situation and the enjoyment you'll get from using it. If those two permit, you should buy it and have fun. If not, there are great affordable alternatives

[@castleanthrax1833]

​@ScottsGuitar Yes, Imports will always cost more, but you guys get gouged on Marshall amps in the US. They cost less in Australia than they do in the US... sometimes a lot less, and it costs more to ship them to Australia.

[@ScottsGuitar]

@@castleanthrax1833 that’s probably due to political ties between the UK and Australia more than anything but that’s a very keen observation. Thanks I didn’t know that

[@freezeframeplease]

i assure you, most players that buy this kind of stuff are bedroom players with big wallets. go watch real musicians boards and they go for less expensive pedals anyways unless the genre they play asks for something like this

[@georgeallen6312]

Still love my Strymon, top tier effects

[@zaqintosh]

Worship guitar players will be praying to Jesus for more donations to afford this pedal. Blessed be the fruit !

[@franknguitars7671]

that guitar sounds killer. But Pete knows his way around a guitar for sure, The pedal is great of course, as expected.

[@michael_caz_nyc]

I get Lost in my Big Sky. It really takes-your-mind to the Stratosphere. It's an instrument unto itself. Great playing Pete . . . enjoyed it brother.

[@Patrick.B223]

Strymon for the win! Great playing Mr. Pete.

[@lukesteverything627]

Fantastic! And, may I be the first to congratulate you on 1 million subs.

[@WutipongWongsakuldej]

This kind of display is called "dot matrix" LCD screen (or OLED screen, not quite sure), basically each character is an array of dots. The old one is called commonly called 7-segmented LCD, where each character/digits are made of 7 or a few more "segments" (it's actually 14-segments on the old strymon one). I think even the old Strymon process audio in 32-bit float, but the ADC and DAC only support 24-bit audio stream. The new one might have 32-bit ADC and DAC so it simplifies things a bit (albeit having more powerful processor already). I'd love to learned more about DSP stuffs actually.

[@igotbit9454]

Glad I waited to get the BigSky. Had a feeling an update was coming.

[@johnelcanrab2114]

It's the best pedal to get if you don't want to improve your playing of guitar.

[@michaeldean7220]

Totally get. I'm a novice but you could totally convince the untrained eye that you were half decent.

[@rubenlopez3271]

True that

[@XENONEZZ2]

Yes and no....these kind of pedals make just about anything you play sound fantastic, which could mean someone stops improving....on the other hand, I guess if it makes a person continue to pick up the guitar instead of it gathering dust, it must be a good thing. I also play a lot of unplugged acoustic guitar, which really shows me how much more I need to learn !!..😂

[@Roger-il8iw]

I prefer the analog style controls and screen. Just one more thing that won’t break. Keep giving the knobs and I’m happy.

[@mangomango6746]

Strymon and Meris continue to prove they are the leaders in pedals. Sounds incredible

[@JackSole17]

I think one is proving to be in the lead out of these two, I let you guess which one I think!

[@patrickr6505]

@@JackSole17 Mx is a clear stab at Meris Mercury X..Meris will counter with a collosal firmware update, lucky us owners😁

[@JackSole17]

Yes!!! Exactly!! I can’t wait!

[@XENONEZZ2]

I sold my Big Sky because it did far more than I needed and bought a Cloudburst instead.....my advice... forget the Big Sky costing Big £ and get the Cloudburst... it's awesome..!!.🎸🎶🎸

[@beaucroftrecorders]

This has a more complex Cloudburst in it. And you can combine it with another reverb and use an expression pedal ....

[@XENONEZZ2]

​@beaucroftrecorders Yes, I know, but after looking through the comments here many were complaining about the price. So I just thought I'd mention the Cloudburst. Personally I've been fortunate enough to have explored quite a range of effects and recently sold most of them because I came to the realisation that less really is more. My focus is now my playing rather than the pedals and am much happier !!..😂

[@ΠαναγιώτηςΠαπακωνσταντίνου-φ7μ]

i caught myself gasping for breath during this elegant guitar intro

[@nickhunsaker3810]

It's like you don't have to hardly do anything and it sounds amazing the price is insane though would probably buy a new guitar or amp before spending that much on a pedal.

[@gaborhusson1921]

Good for a price drop for the Big Sky I was planning to buy...I'm waiting a couple weeks now :)

[@frankbennett3075]

That was awesome Pete. Oh, the pedal is good too.

[@laszlogorombei4424]

Pete, this intro was amazing. Congrats mate!

[@PrinceWesterburg]

The new pedal sound s LOT beter than the old one, I had the old BigSky and sold it because it had this 'cold Scottish' sound, it was the modulation, ghastly! Love the inclusion of impulses and I hope the editing is good as this will live on a shelf in the studio and collect dust while being used remotely. You should do a strymon vs. Eventide pedal comparision too, that'd be interesting - not a shoot out, just compare them.

[@tuckerguthrie]

Pretty sure the Ain’t No B Organ preset is in reference to a Hammond B3 Organ, if it’s a smashing pumpkins reference then I don’t get it lol

[@patrickr6505]

Is MX a subtle stab at Meris" Mercury X...I can feel a reverb war coming 😁

[@garlandlabat4922]

Thanks, guys, for de-complicating the Big Sky mx! And playing some "beautiful" riffs!

[@BrockDavisson]

17:45 Magneto isn't new, it's on the old bigsky as well. Loving the new bigsky mx so far, can't wait to get it.

[@13aphomet]

You guys gottaaaaa do a vid of this vs the Meris MercuryX!!

[@pyschointellectual]

This needs to be in plugin form so more of us can afford it for use in project studios at home

[@jamesbennettmusic2154]

The BigSky already is. Then the convolution reverbs are already available separately in plugin world.

[@pyschointellectual]

@@jamesbennettmusic2154 thanks James I will have to check em out.

[@dnah2k]

This is its own instrument. For a keys and guitar player it has such diverse possibilities…

[@chrisdavies9143]

Expensive pedal aside, that's a lovely looking guitar.

[@crystalneth994]

Was thinking that myself! Always feel weird about signature guitars but this is the most tempted I’ve been

[@dauntontodd5869]

And what is it, I’d sell a car to buy one, it’s beautiful.

[@simonhughes656]

Forget the pedal (which is fantastic but obscenely priced) - that guitar is superb!

[@jmacc9876]

Great overdrive also coming from that J Rocket Dude pedal

[@橋本帆乃香-d9b]

How many effects are true stereo ? And are you violated to register, sign in, give some kind of data OR something to use the full product ?

[@ThFatty]

Only way that price is justified is if they had combined it with the Timeline. So you have both in one unit. Big miss

[@jonathanclarke452]

That’s pretty much the one I wanted and didn’t realize. Sadly they’ll be doing this with the timeline as well

[@lambdaman3228]

Big miss? Why do that when they can sell you a Timeline MX in a few months. It's a big hit for strymon not to combine them and sell one unit. So many people will buy them both.

[@RRBish]

I have a 24-08 but I would never be able to make the beautiful sounds with that pedal as Pete. But I still might try!!!

[@HighLifeWorkout]

Serious question, is this the most expensive reverb on the market?

[@johnelcanrab2114]

No. Chase bliss audio automotone I think in the modern day ✌️

[@chrisdavies9143]

CXM1978 (Chase Bliss) was about $1000 at launch. Still may be close to that unless you buy used.

[@jackflynn-oakley1937]

The Bricasti M7 holds that throne, £4k(ish). After that you're looking at actual plates/rooms etc...

[@tompoynton]

That’ll be the Bricasti

[@CorbCorbin]

@@chrisdavies9143 Are they still selling them new? May see a new CXM within a year.

[@worthmoremusic]

Beautiful pedal....Hopefully after releasing this almost $700USD pedal, Strymon will now reduce the price of the older Big Sky pedals...and the plugin too.

[@jamesgrobertson8024]

I thought the same, I won’t hold my breath though 😂

[@worthmoremusic]

@@jamesgrobertson8024 Nor am I...

[@worthmoremusic]

@@jamesgrobertson8024 Nor will I. I suppose they justify the price because it also has most of Cloudburst built in so it's like 2 pedals in one I guess...plus the 100+ presets.. Still way out of my budget.

[@philmartind]

When a quite amazing pedal meets fabulous hands.

[@aydenmcfly1362]

Glad lee mentioned that hes keeping his verbs pedal on his board, as it became the next pedal i needed IMMEDIATELY and while this is amazing the size amd price are a bit much in comparison

[@tonybragg1676]

Does still only do dry over freeze, too? If so that's a bummer.

[@NikeStoyan]

Great little piece of gear, greatly executed, really admirable. But the price, c'mon @Strymon. Who's your market target? I mean, yes I totally agree that is feature packed, good sounding etc. We're not all here endorsed by Fender, Gibson, PRS.

[@weschilton]

It really does sound good, frankly a lot better than the original Big Sky. Pretty huge price increase though. Ouch.

[@bobisadrummer]

28:37 There's been other pedals that allow you to import reverb impulses you've captured. The Logidy EPSi let you do this 10 years ago.

[@zacharykim295]

Its about time these big box Strymons got an upgrade. That said I will not be getting one due to obvious reasons! 😅

[@City2x]

Im sticking with my Meris Mercury for now. This is very tempting. But that price is crazy

[@iancosgrove]

Lee is brilliant at sales especially for expensive items

[@anxiousmindmusic]

Great advert for the Valentine

[@unacharmer]

everbody review hit at same time, strymon just updating ma$$ively expensive pedals

[@Bloodysambre]

For a long time Strymon was considered as the godfather of effects pedals. But now, Hum, not convinced. From far, I prefer CXM and Oto BAM. But nice demo.

[@SomeDudeDan]

Wow that sounds amazing! Thanks for the discount, instantly bought one! I can’t wait to get my hands on it! Keep on rockin’ ! 🤘🎩

[@marton_ratkai]

Pete never disappoints us!

[@jonathanbennett4535]

Arriving tomorrow, damn, missed the discount code… sounds lovely and can’t wait to use in Ableton as an external effect…

[@UncleBillyBob732]

Nice intro Pete.

[@dpeters9897]

Fantastic playing, amazing pedal…detrimental price. Youch.

[@golfrick007]

Well done Mr. Pete 👏

[@MaTTheWish]

Great intro Pete! Since you guys were talking about the intro being just chords, anyone care to try to guess what chords they were? Thx

[@austinschmidt7236]

I would love tabs or chords for that intro! Trying to figure it out by watching but it’s not so obvious to me.

[@MaTTheWish]

@@austinschmidt7236 yeah I was hoping someone could decipher the chords. Beautiful intro. Peace

[@XiXora]

I wish this fit in the NightSky form factor mind but this sounds great!

[@vincentvandervaart8019]

So you see Lee music is emotion (but off course you already know that )

[@moparbryan]

I’m really having a hard time with the $700 price. At least in the UK that’s with VAT I assume. In the states, my state in particular it essentially 10% sales tax so that’s the lion’s share of $800! If you look at what other things you can get for that money, guitars, other multi effects, tons of stuff. I routinely pay ridiculous money for stuff but I’m just not hearing enough to justify that price vs the competition or even the older version which I always thought was pricey.

[@stoopidvideoz]

Great for film scoring

[@heymrguitarman7637]

I mean it sounds great, but so does pretty much every dsp reverb from about £200+. £700 is just getting a bit silly when for the most part you're getting some new presets because lets be honest, no one ever felt under supported or lacking in the reverb department by the v1 big sky

[@IamMusicNerd]

Sounds great, but the pedal size is way too big for me. I’ll stick with the cloudburst, my old trusty Boss reverb.

[@deanm.rosenberg3847]

Think that actually is one of them fancy O-L-E-D screens. 😆

[@erik2446]

Wonderful playing Pete! That clean intro was the best playing I've seen on this channel. 🔥

[@Satch7699]

So many sounds I'll never use. Great for the shoe gazers. I'll stick to a simple hall reverb for $60

[@christophkilp]

Uranus' ring - brilliant and funny

[@benlogan430]

Sweet pedal! And if price is an issue, no worries I believe there are one or two other verb pedals?

[@kirkpono5951]

Great fun watching you two as always but 600.00 plus for reverb!!!!!!! Hell no! Unfortunately people will pay that much so prices just keep going up and up. I am very happy with my 3 knob 3 type reverb pedal.

[@gregdavis9376]

Sounds AMAZING

[@I.M.Guitar-Nerd]

A new Strymon drop is a dangerous thing when you're in the market for a new reverb pedal. I wonder if Lee will sell me his Cloudburst now that he's not using it anymore?

[@kentrian2165]

I will wait for the black edition

[@headfirstonly]

Jaw drops to floor when intro starts. Picks jaw back up. Reads "18600 ms" reverb time on display; jaw drops *through* floor. Well, now I know what I'll be replacing my Ocean Machine with when it (inevitably) dies.

[@TheSuperspyk]

I would love to be able to afford that kind of luxury, would be worth every penny

[@DaveSiggery]

You can get very decent reverb sounds from hx stomp. Close to some of these. Admittedly almost certainly not as good but close I’m sure.

[@jimlutz1290]

HAVE YOU GUYS EVER REVIEWED Jamstik Studio MIDI Guitar - Thanks - Jim

[@smmyers5956]

Very responsive to attack. I agree the price is nuts. BUT. This pedal can cover all genres of music by itself. For a guitarist who played all types of music for people this might be worth the price.

[@mmiller6873]

How much more do you prefer this over the cloudburst or are they similar pedals?

[@user-xt7rs8md7p]

Incredible Thx for the review

[@mrredritehand]

Oh.. this one has the convolution price tag