I'd Never Tried a Strymon Flint - I can see why JOHN MAYER Likes This

[@zenmaestro04]

A+ on the demo. Great playing and demonstration of the different parameters. I'm sold ;-)

[@kenglass1213]

LOVE the Flint! The 80's with the Color turned way up is just heavenly! I wish I could emulate it my Helix! Thanks for the video, John!

[@Quicksilver_Cookie]

I genuinely think this is Strymon's best pedal. I also own excellent Volante, and my entire rig is running through Iridium. But Flint is just so finely tuned, so well thought out. It's a masterpiece of pedal design. There's nothing extra, there's nothing missing. It is by all means one of the best sounding reverbs, and trems you can buy. It's intuitive to use, beautifully made. It's like a double album of greatest hits.

[@CoffeeConversationMusicGear]

Totally agree that this is Strymon’s best pedal! The Deco and El Capistan are second & third behind. You’re right when you say the pedal almost has an intuitive quality & feel to it. This is my go to pedal along with an mxr evh phase 90 & a Keeley dyno-my-roto. Add the Strymon deco and it’s a sweet beautiful beast of a pedalboard.

[@maxpeck4154]

I bought this pedal on a whim when I bought an amp that didn't have tremolo or reverb not realizing how great it was. I played black panel Fenders for years and missed having those features. The Flint does everything and is THE only pedal I use. I tried a Blue Sky and sold it 2 days later. The Flint is it for me. The one I bought is the "black knob edition" and says right in the literature that they used black knobs because their supplier ran out of cream knobs. I'll never part with it. I have a V1...I have zero need for MIDI. I just wanted the tremolo and reverb that I was missing. Simple. Classic.

[@BlueSkinedCrackBaby]

You just answered every question I had about this pedal 👍🏻

[@maxpeck4154]

@@BlueSkinedCrackBaby Really?

[@paulrhodesquinn]

@@maxpeck4154Apparently so. Does that bother you?

[@maxpeck4154]

@@paulrhodesquinn Hehe no, not at all, I just didn't think I gave that much info about it. 😎

[@JCleggy]

Wtf John… truly some of the best phrasing. Guitar hero

[@mortonwilson795]

Great demo, thanks! The Flint & Deco are 2 of my main pedals - both excellent. I grew up with old Fenders and also using tape delay and doubling in the 70's and these 2 bring back good memories and a natural warmth + a few other handy features. Strymon are making some very 'musical' stuff.

[@pearsonart]

It’s become a constant on Bill Frisell and Julian Lage’s boards too. I’ve loved mine for 6 years or so. Modern classic.

[@tinkercitymusic]

Lovely demo and thoughts man. The Flint has been a standout for me in every rig I make. It's not always what I reach for in the studio, but it's quite literally the perfect stage solution for reverb and tremolo.

[@CoffeeConversationMusicGear]

Great tones you pulled out the Flint Man!!! 🎸👍🏾I love how your videos touch on all points important to us players. Love your channel. This has been my go to pedal for gigs with backline amps. It’s been on my board for 8 years now. It’s a reliable versatile pedal.

[@bluzzjazz]

I have the Flint and the Bluesky on my board and sometimes use them simultaneously. I will say that I listened to this through my Bose computer speakers with subwoofer and the quality of this recording is spectacular.

[@christianthompson7495]

I had been lusting after this pedal for a while. Gutherie Govan has used this on a board when playing with Steven Wilson. Which is what first turned me on to it. I finally bought one 2 weeks ago and slapped it on to my smaller board for my ‘Stones Tribute Band, The Tumblin’ Dice. And I absolutely love it! Will be keeping it on the board for many shows and years to come. 🤘🏼👊🏼

[@andyracer20]

Impressed how the mix between tremolo and reverb gets you the ambient vibe with some shimmering…fabulous!!!

[@scooter5005]

Fender Deluxe Reverb.

[@daveshamir729]

This pedal is magic. A staple on my board and the building block for virtually any mood I'm in and any sound I attempt to conjure. A classic of the modern era that echoes the perfection of all those classic Fender amps. I love mixing in a touch of tremolo to make my gain stages a bit more elastic.

[@tanguydelooz2881]

Thanks for the ASMR session 👍🏼

[@nicok5630]

Made me re-discover my under-used Flint, thanks!

[@saltstream]

Congrats John. Just saw the news on Patreon. Great day indeed. Had a Flint for a while and while I loved it I did sell it to free up some space. Use the HX Stomp for Trem now.

[@maxwesmont]

Awesome demo, thanks! Now I want one, damn.

[@tpacemusic]

The Flint is the pedal I can’t live without. The 70’s verb is my foundational reverb…and the 80’s is the best for ambient, swells, etc. I own two…been on every board I’ve built. Midi helps with the newer version. Nice video, thanks John!

[@alguitarchristie]

The 70's is my main sound with my acoustic!

[@NJSonye]

@@alguitarchristie growing up on BF Fender Supers, my Lonestar has a tasteful spring, which layers beautifully with the Flint early studio verbs.

[@StevenDoyleYes]

I could listen to you ambient improv for hours

[@robertpurdy4452]

I have never been a fan of a tremolo effect but with this pedal the combination of the reverbs and the tremolo effect sound wonderful coming from the Flint and of course your playing.

[@lyrixandlicks3029]

Exactly this

[@ivolime]

i wasnt much of a tremolo fan as well... i had a multi-modulation pedal and never used the tremolo. 1 month ago i used it once and now i just wish i had the money to buy this pedal!!

[@jroobz]

I have a V1 and it's great. Probably will never sell

[@MoreThan_Bob1776]

This was fucking beautiful 👏 Jesus Christ that opening! The whole video just. . . Tones for decades.🥲 🚬🥃🎚️📻🎵🧲🫀👏

[@DenisSurette]

I've had mine since it came out and have never taken it off my board. It does subtle to ambient trails and everything in between. It's a perfect pedal

[@dodgedandle8311]

An Absolute must have, is the Flint. 3 Great Tremolos and 3 Great Reverbs in one box and so much scope to dial in and it sounds completely authentic and Musical, it’s even on my small Acoustic board .❤️⭐️👍🏻

[@judecapone7651]

This is what the alesis Quadraverb was doing for me back in the 80's - the looping

[@Irg1570]

I have the Flint and I really like it. When I was shopping, I was deciding between this and the Blue Sky. I originally chose this because of combination of reverb and tremolo. It's just an all around great pedal. It can do anything I need it to do and it sounds terrific.

[@alguitarchristie]

It's my main pedal for acoustic gigs. And if you have a Phaser and use the Harmonic trem, it' sounds like a univibe!

[@54CFL]

sounds great, I had no idea about this pedal.

[@JoshwaBurke]

Went full helix and I still loop this pedal in my signal chain. Ordered the new strymon cloudburst today!

[@craigwillms61]

sounds absolutely beautiful. Who could have a negative word to say?

[@lukelandis8129]

My go to for years. Love it!!

[@notebender5073]

I've used one of these for years. It's a nice to use with an amp that doesn't have built in tremelo and reverb. It's an okay pedal that saves space on the board, but I find nothing over the top about it. To me this is a tremelo pedal with and okay reverb.

[@PNWJEEPER01]

Nice sounding pedal. VHT Canada used to make a pedal called the MeloVerb which was also a very versatile tremolo/reverb. I believe the trem was analog and the verb was of course digital. I've used it for several years on my pedal board. The reverb side has a ton of contour, depth and presence options in three simple knobs. The tremolo side also has three simple knobs that control wave shape, intensity and output level. Even if you're using an amp that has fantastic onboard trem and verb, it still has it's place as a clean boost up to 9db on the trem side when you flatten out the wave and use the level knob by itself. I also like to use the trem on the pedal in conjunction with my amps onboard trem to get an out of phase kind of rotovibe wobble from the combination. Skookum.

[@ericfricke4512]

I like that this pedal seems very musical and restrained. A lot of pedals nowadays pack in a lot of features in order to stand out on spec sheets or a website, but just because you can do something doesn't mean that you should. I'd rather have a pedal that does a few basic things very very well than a pedal that does two dozen crazy things.

[@jerrysolonsmith8471]

As guitar players we should give name to this genre of guitar style that's become popular...it's like a soft finger style, heavy verb and delays, short spurts of rock tone with mostly cooooool chord elements. I want to call it "chill verb" .... thoughts?

[@NJSonye]

I love my Flint. Originally I got it the Harmonic Tremalo, but the reverb just killed me. Having a Flint certainly help DSP on the HX Stomp.

[@dnah2k]

The version 2 with midi has been a dream come true with my Stomp XL. Tons of flexibility! Recommend.

[@boabglen]

How many presets can you flick between?

[@dnah2k]

@@boabglen 299 presets spread over 3 banks I believe.

[@NJSonye]

@@boabglen I’m getting to old to flick. I say, pick more and flick less.

[@nandoholgado3050]

Hi John! What a great pedal!! I blind bought it only because i was earning space and money (second hand) and when it arrived home, become my most used favourite desert island pedal. I can't believe how well done is that tremolo made, i love the reverb, but my fav is the trem. Also, months later i saw flints every where: John Mayer, Julian Lage, Mateus Asato and a lot of national artists and guitarist. It's a safe vet.

[@WEEKERD]

That intro ❤❤❤ Damnnnn John !!!!!!! Freaking beautiful !

[@PeteLamont]

Wow! Such incredible playing! The artificial harmonics, the tapping, the general technique, just wonderful! Thanks for doing what you do! Also, cool pedal.

[@michaelwade379]

Golden Reverberator is a little better (spring in particular) but the magic is the trem side. It's an unbeatable combination and to be honest, the reason I haven't jumped and bought the reveberator... yet! Great demo, getting some beautiful tones out of the Flint, no surprise you see it as a mainstay on so many boards.

[@jackprice7828]

Great pedal! High quality tones. That plate reverb is beautiful.

[@Margilio5150]

That Hall Reverb is just 👌🏽

[@kevinperry3639]

I think they accompany each other beautifully together in one pedal. Great video, thanks 🤘

[@velvetsound]

I have a Flint. And a Blackface Princeton Reverb. I prefer the Flint reverb to everything except the PR spring tank (although 80’s mode can get close), and the Flint harmonic trem sounds better to my ear that a real trem. I have too many reverb pedals but the Flint is always on the board at the end along with at least one other reverb.

[@xxgg909]

Strymon Flint!! This is really me favorite pedal .

[@mikejones-hs7od]

Have one, love it. Great video

[@marklawrence8518]

It's a wonderful pedal for adding blackface effects to any amp. Hell, I prefer it over the trem and verb in my 64 Custom Deluxe. Beautiful playing there, John!

[@justinguitarcia]

I've had one on my board since they came out! super solid. My go to sound it a super dark plate (70s) and I use all the trems, you can cop a cool univibe thing with the harmonic trem. Spring isn't my favorite BUT in a mix set really bright with some slapback itll really give you a cool 50s rock n roll sound

[@em-dashman4404]

Man, what a beautiful intro tune.

[@gerenhill]

I've had two. Probably will get it again. The golden is nice but this is a gem.

[@TommyFedak]

Will never leave my pedalboard!

[@pbasswil]

Tasteful playing! Nice voicings & progressions. So many gear tests I can't watch, because they're so unmusical; this was a pleasure.

[@bgrierofficial]

That intro was beautiful 😮

[@albertplaysguitar]

Never really looked into the flint... but now I'm thinking I may want to put together my version of it by pairing my fave trem pedal with a reverb pedal if my liking.

[@youKnowWho3311]

It's on Guthrie Trapp's board as a mainstay as well. I am highly curious. 11:26 Neo Soul compression vibes. Great sounding pedal.

[@philvandel]

Man, I would love to see you try to match these verbs and tremolo on Helix / HX Effects. I sat with my BigSky and my HX Effects for hours trying to get the Line 6 close. In the end, I still always preferred the Strymon. Please help prevent me from buying a Flint by coming up with an HX variant. Hahaha. Congratulations on the daughter. "Fathers be good to your daughters, dauhters will love like you do..." My little girls are 22 and 28. Hard to believe how quickly they grow up.

[@johnnerjohnson]

Got one, superb pedal.

[@sejuyz]

wait, I´m a little confused...three weeks ago you made a video comparing the Flint with HX Stomp and they sounded very close...

[@NJSonye]

I could do a tour with The Flint, a Flashback, The Dude, and Archer. I’ve certainly considered downsizing my current pedalboard to this combination. I might want to add a fuzz though.

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

I've got a little vid on my channel stacking a Dude and Archer with a Strat and an AC30 and those things sound pretty dang nasty together! Do you ever use them at the same time and if so how do they sound for you when you do?

[@NJSonye]

@@SimpleManGuitars1973 my amp is a Boogie set to pretty clean. I’m going into Buffer Plus, which has boost. I only use it just for a “volume bump.” Dude is next and the Archer. I have the gain at 1 or 2 O’clock with the tone the same. I also use the Archer with my fuzz. It kinda changes to nature of the fuzz to more OD than fuzz. The HX Stomp is next. I’d like to try one of those Ubobtanium pedals. The same concept Klon & Dumble in the same box.

[@frantisca]

Yeah, the Flint is a fantastic combo for BlackFace repro of Reverb & Trem. On another amp, I use alternatively a much cheaper couple: a TC Electronic Hall of Fame. a T-Rex TremSetter (beautiful and realistic trem sounds. Cheers John !

[@BobbyCulpepper.srv3fender]

That sounds awesome, difficult to get that sound from HX

[@jonah_hosea]

I currently have a chicken Quiff tremolo and a rooms Reberb and the gamechanger light reverb. I was thinking of trading my rooms for a v2 flint. It’s a beautiful pedal. But my board is maxed out on mA. The rooms only requires 80 mA. Also have been looking into uafx golden. Thanks for the review.

[@venemataylor]

16:05 IT CERTAINLY IS OF INTEREST JOHN

[@hammesl6557]

Great sounding pedal indeed. A matching with the helix would be 👌.

[@JCleggy]

In before John makes the helix sound nearly identical. John Cordy could make the helix sound like a humpback whale or dial up internet or an 80s Cessna if he wanted to.

[@rocinblues]

nice demo

[@jlbaxe]

I had the V1 and unfortunately sold it along with the Timeline, Mobius, and Ola in a big gear sell off to down size. I think the Axe Fx 3 replaced it then sold off and the Helix moved in for a few years and then was sold. I bought a Gigrig g3 and built my dream board. So far a Lex 2, H90, Boss EVH sde3000, PRS pedals, WA Centuar, Source Audio Spectrum and True Spring and still adding. Synergy Syn2 stereo loops/syn5050 and Fryette 2/90/2, Mesa mk3 dry cab. The Flint V2 is on the list to get again. The True Spring has tremolo also and sounds amazing. Can’t go wrong with either. I’m on the fence about the Strymon Sunset pedal, I like it is midi and very versatile but wonder how close to my drive pedals it will get.

[@Jeb_binch]

It’s less flexible in some of its operations, but I like the JRAD Mr. Moto for a trem/verb a whole lot.

[@patrickcarroll1754]

John. The big question. And I mean this sincerely- Does the HX Stomp have something similar? Strymon really is in a class of their own, but I don't have $400 more right now...Love what you do and how you do it.

[@itswinterandrews]

dynamic hall is a great hall reverb for hx, not the same as the 80s hall here, but it’s got a great sound, and hot springs is better to me than the flint 60s spring. multiple cool plate options too for the hx. then there’re some onboard tremolos that I’m sure you can adjust to sound to your liking with the hx. I have an hx effects and several flints on different boards, but I’d have no problem just using the hx effects (same effects as stomp) and an amp for a gig or even most recording

[@jjmoon2099]

On the fly adjusting with a helix....?

[@nazv9]

amazing videos and playing ❤ ! i would love you to try out ( and make a video if you would 🙂) the "jet pedals revelation" !! its a bit under the radar and has the potential to be as good (if not better ) than the big boys ... i ask you because i trust your taste and playing as iv done before 😊

[@jeffrey.a.hanson]

I clicked by accident. Not an ambient player, but this seems to have that magical quality I’ve only encountered twice. 1. The Cho+Del on the Boss ME-70. 2. The Chorus on my Roland AC-90 amp. Don’t hate ha. I get frustrated by modulation. I’m open to suggestions.

[@seanthomasmusic]

who cares about tthe pedal... that playing at the beginning was absolutely heavenly!! Really got your own style

[@garybobst9107]

Nice, it'll be an interesting alternate to my Oceans-12 reverb.

[@drewyowell1]

John - can you match it with the QC to see if you can get the same settings/sound?

[@nedludd3641]

Please compare it with the Universal Audio Golden Pedal

[@heymrguitarman7637]

I owned one for a bit but ultimately moved it on. Sounds great but as with all strymon pedals ive owned they just don't sit organically in the sound. Hard to expiain but it always felt like it was on top of the guitar tone and not part of it. In short, I've had much better trems and whilst the reverb is very good, i have dedicated solutions for reverb again that are levels above.

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

I bought some of the Andy Timmons stuff from Truefire. Will keep me going for years lol

[@Reyvil777]

I had it for a bit andncouldnt connect with it but the hall sound was fantastic

[@TheAdamBates]

The Flint is just one of those pedals I can't get rid of. I'm definitely Mayer influenced, but this pedal just does so much so well. I use mine after my HX Stomp, and I love the 3db boost that it brings as well, so I keep it especially for solos

[@Coltrane45]

Would you say the flint is the one strymon you'd choose above all others they produce? I know the sky is well known, but this seems to offer a lot of bang for dollar

[@TheAdamBates]

@@Coltrane45 Oh for sure. I would love a Big Sky too, but at the end of the day the Harmonic tremolo that gets ALMOST kind of like a Univibe thing going on plus the verb is just incredible. Even if I had the Big Sky, I'd probably still run the Flint 1000 times over.

[@Coltrane45]

@Adam Bates pulled the trigger on a flint v2 and deco Friday, really appreciate the response. Thanks!

[@TheAdamBates]

@@Coltrane45 That's what's up! The Deco is super great also! I'm not a huge delay user myself, but even I love the Deco haha. Enjoy the new pedals! Cheers!

[@michael_caz_nyc]

JNC - Soooooo Good. What a tasty guitar-player. So melodic with incredible tone. Strymon pedals are inspiration machines.

[@olsza6969]

Is tremolo analog or a/d/a processed? I can imagine reverb is analog dry through but what about tremolo?

[@j.b.4867]

Hi John! You are like Johan Mayer in two ways: 1) Both of you have the same first name. 2) You both can make ANYTHING you play sound GREAT, which is bad for me because it makes me think "If I buy what either one of you are playing, I can sound the same, so I'm going to buy it!" :) Does this Flint have the usb connector on the back panel?

[@andtothewestamerica]

I've been wanting to try a Deco, too. Will I love it as much as my Flint?

[@boabglen]

@johnnathancordy where can I find that Cloudburst preset please? Under what update and name? I'm also wondering if when you make these videos you can name the preset and tell us exactly what download area to find them in? Sometimes I see the name but not exactly where they're found in your presets? Would be really handy

[@greg6L6GC]

I have one along with a Deco👍. What gear are you using with it?

[@BrazenNL]

This and The Dude are my desert island pedals. E: Can't finish watching, but don't forget you can switch the order and you can set a pre-delay on the reverb! EE: Hope you can get it on the Helix. I just couldn't get the warmth and musicality with it.

[@spider5001]

Nice! I have one. It’s the only pedal I won’t sell. They will bury it with me lol

[@LuckyJAmbrose]

The Flint is delicious. My favorite pedal bar none.

[@evadtregnab1]

Have you tried to recreate this pedal in the Fractal pedals?

[@Bobbyshee]

So far this pedal is in my top three on my board. I will never sell it.

[@the-np4mr]

I've always felt like not caring about the differences between modulation pedals was a benefit. I'd take a made in China tremolo and reverb pedal over this every single day of the week

[@MurnerJoel]

Thanks a lot whats the strat you use?

[@j.b.4867]

Is this the V1 or V2 John?

[@DanielBrophyMusic]

Is this V1 or V2?

[@jimmcdougall9973]

Nice, but nothing I haven’t heard you get out of the HX Stomp. It seems to compress the sound quite a bit, unless that’s a separate part of your signal chain.

[@frankieconcepcion7860]

would love a shootout with the HX effects

[@droliver]

guitarist Julian Lage uses this as well on his minimalist rig (that was just featured on Premier Guitar). that being said, there's a lot of good reverb and tremolo pedals at much (much) less cost then a Strymon. the Source Audio "True Spring" is probably the best sounding digital reverb pedal for sounds like the Strymon I've ever heard and is 50% less and also MIDI compatible (it can also do tremolo effects with the programming app). Cheap Tremolo pedals are a dime a dozen and don't really distinguish themselves much to me from an expensive one

[@jeanreyes981]

Becoming?

[@Bobby007D]

It's like a box of chocolates.