Strymon Cloudburst - OK this is AWESOME

[@shaunhughes2]

And here I was thinking “Ensemble Engaged” referred to the puppy crew coming into the room

[@maxpeck4154]

I thought the same thing!

[@mondayworship390]

Ha ha, yes there it is! Welcome to the Cloudburst club 👍 I was kind of doing what you describe at the end before I got this pedal. Boss SY-1 into the Boss RV-6 in shimmer mode. It got close, but the ensemble mode is just something else, such rich layers of harmonics. You can just play a couple of chords and have it sound epic.

[@floridaman7079]

i want the intro soundtrack played whilst watching the background puppies run in a field

[@tossedpenny]

I'm loving mine. Using it in stereo in the signal chain with TRS insert cables. Really liking it with acoustic guitar tones. I'm finding that the really aggressive forte setting seems to favor more of a strumming pattern and the milder ensemble setting seems better suited for single picking lines and finger style work.

[@sleepingatsea3420]

I got the Cloudburst a few weeks back and am running it in stereo on the Quad Cortex. Absolutely love this pedal. The larger ambient tones and the ensemble mode are killer. Great that you can dial it in for lower & smaller settings too, really versatile.

[@BrianVallotton]

I have had my QC for a few months and I had the Andy Timmons Halo pedal just before I bought my QC. I sent the Halo back but I am now missing that pedal big time and the Cloudburst has me thinking... I would love one or even both of these pedals! I like my QC but I think it is weak in the Time Based Effects realm. I would love to hear your thoughts on this. How are you using the Cloudburst in the chain? Are you using it in the effects loop? Thanks.

[@sleepingatsea3420]

@@BrianVallotton while I do like and often use the QC delay/reverb FX there is definitely room for improvement so it makes having some other pedals worthwhile IMO. In the QC FX loop I am running Microcosm > Starlight > Golden Reverberator > Cloudburst - all in stereo. These are great sounding pedals that give me a lot of sounds I can't get on the QC. Also if I have them set how I want, I just need to add the Loop 1/2 block on the grid and it's all there. Saves a lot of time vs setting up individual reverb/delay blocks!

[@BrianVallotton]

@@sleepingatsea3420 Hey man and happy Easter. I appreciate your reply. It’s nice to know that it’s just not my imagination that leaves me wanting a bit more out of the QC in the time based effects. Best of both worlds for just a few more dollars.

[@sleepingatsea3420]

@@BrianVallotton all good man, Happy Easter!

[@andrestrat]

@@BrianVallotton Halo and Cloudburst are both outstanding pedals

[@bruceybonus7091]

This is by far the best review i can find of this pedal on KZbin. Amazing playing as always 👌

[@mattstephenson8450]

Dude , life going on behind you and the 3 legged dog with the most wagging est tail ever ❤ the whole room inspired by the cloudburst

[@thereaper987]

Liking for “that’s what she said” joke. I too am a father and still make immature jokes. Well done!

[@underoath16v]

Amazing review of an amazing pedal...and loved the notes you played...👏🏻🙏🏻🤍

[@usdill590]

Love your channel man keep it up

[@urklvt]

Just added it to my board today. Replaced the SY200 and reverb block in my HX Stomp. Super excited to explore it.

[@tatougiraglia935]

C'est superbe. Très beau jeu. Belle progression d'accords. Merci pour la démo. thanks for showing what is possible with that magic strymon box!

[@Robert_Browne]

I broke my first one after a month of underpowering it. I immediately bought a second along with a new board and power supply. Worth every penny.

[@renodavid]

Lovely sounds. My reservation about this pedal is I’m afraid I’d want to overuse it (like all the time!) or I’d grown tired of it rather quickly. Actually, both scenarios are likely to happen.😉

[@ThePlanarchist]

This is probably the main reason why I didn't buy when it WAS in stock over here. I've had great fun playing with John's Helix version of it......and am layering it into a lot of my songs which may not always be a good idea!

[@danarcotta1283]

It's like anything, don't over use it. We have a couple of young inexperienced guitar players at our church and they saturate their sound to the point that it becomes buried in the mix. They just don't know how to use the reverbs and delay.

[@Andrew-Hood]

I thought mine would be a short term thing but I still love it months later

[@ThePlanarchist]

Ha! Really regretting not buying one when I first saw and had the chance...not in stock anywhere now and each video just confirms what a great pedal it is. Great demo.

[@johnnathancordy]

They'll be available - I got this one from Bax - I wasn't necessarily expecting too much but that Ensemble is really cool

[@ThePlanarchist]

@@johnnathancordy Cheers John, yes, BAX are out at the moment but I'm sure they'll be back everywhere soon....just that I was in GAK when they still had them and decided to leave it for a week and then....ah well. Thanks.

[@metalheadbill]

@@ThePlanarchist you can purchase direct from Strymon, I literally just bought one today and it has already shipped.

[@ThePlanarchist]

@@metalheadbill thanks but not here you can't....wish I could, cheaper over there too!

[@renodavid]

Yeah, I suspected they might be hard to get (for a while at least) after I saw the first demo videos. Actually, here in the US, availability appears to be a little spotty, but they are out there. I hope you don’t have to wait too long!🙂

[@COWBOYBARNMAN]

Man that's beautiful! I have the Cloudburst but I can't play as well as you. I love my Cloudburst and I use it on some of my videos. Great demo!

[@drabun1]

Love mine. I can play for hours with it.

[@anthonybrock9435]

Very nice, laddie. I dunno if i can get this in Glasgow yet. Lovely chord progressions. 🍀🎸🍀

[@appoocha]

Lovely notes, beautiful feel...so calming and relaxing. 👌🏼 2:13 to 2:18 reminded me of the ending of Allan Holdsworth's "Above and Below".

[@ksharpe10]

It will be on the next Eric Johnson Record. VENUS ISLE in a BOX.

[@ksharpe10]

Eric was using Synthesiser Guitar, previous and on Venus Isle, that is some of the stuff heard in the Backround of the CD. My initial reaction to that Album was it all sounds like a DREAM SCAPE.

[@kylefletcher8489]

Wouldn’t it be great if strymon would update the BigSky to include some of these capabilities. That’s my biggest gripe with strymon is they don’t ever seem to improve their products. I have a BigSky and don’t really want to have to put this next to it…

[@zoomzoom3950]

yep, gotta buy yet another new pedal, why I stopped my pedal mania and went to MFX which are updated over time. Still have a few pedals, mostly EQ, Noise Gate and dirt. guitar plugins are sounding better, and offer a wide range of options for less than many pedals. I'm using these more and more, unless I want to fire up my tube amps.

[@im58woody]

I’m going to be picking up one for my church tones on reflection songs. So easy to make beautiful music with.

[@stevesmith3990]

Great playing and demo, many thanks.

[@che2335]

Not a bad sound thats why its expensive

[@sonnyblu6299]

I think this would be awesome for about anything. I'm thinking solo Jazz chord melody... subtle of course lol. But this gives the sustain we've all wanted with the Holdsworth multitap thingy... but just with reverb. Thank you as always!

[@williamdevlin366]

Nice work dude! Thank you! 🇺🇸

[@randomkipper2516]

Nice reference to Holdsworth’s above and below in the intro! Lol

[@billmcloughlin2306]

Great video, as always! I watched your video replicating the cloudburst using a Helix before you received the pedal. Will you be revisiting that Helix setup? I am on the fence. Should I buy the Cloudburst and loop it through the Helix? Or just continue to tweak the Helix? Do you have an opinion on that?

[@user-qf4zs6qj4c]

Come for the Strymon. Stay for the doggos :)

[@claytonmurrayguitar]

Man that Les Paul has the sauce

[@trebleboost7]

I am looking forward to owning one of these. Love your chordal voicings. So neat to hear the shorter time ensemble tones. Wondering if the pre-delay would act as an envelope.

[@ricardregas3143]

Thanks very much! Just a question: the MOD encoder affects the time of the modulation or the depth?

[@FastRedPonyCar]

Nah man this thing in stereo sounds WILDLY better than in mono IMO. I love mine but Forte mode sounds really strange with acoustic. I got to play it in stereo with the Dig delay and it was the most luscious tone Ive ever heard. I'll admit though, the cloudburst isn't the most practical thing for high gain rock stuff but it still remains amazingly clean and clear if you keep the mix at or under noon and don't go crazy with the decay.

[@dagoat1]

Pedal is also great to drive the dogs crazy.

[@MOAB-UT]

So at nearly $300, for about $500+ more you can get a lightly used FM3. It's a no brainer. The days of single pedals is about over. Modern modelers are mostly superior. For around 800+ you can get a used FM3 that will blow away this peddle. It contains dozens of high quality effects, amps, cabs, looper, reverbs, etc. Now, if you can afford it, go all in and get a FM9. I just got mine and it's an amazing bit of kit. I would have to by 100 pedals to be able to do everything I can in this single footboard. The quality is really high. IF I did need a small, highly portable pedal, it would be the Strymon El Capistan. The FM9 is a bit big and heavy. I strongly considered the FM3 which has a much better form/weight factor and lower price but it lacks 50% of the power and 6 footswitches. I have zero regrets. Now, even with 9 footswitches and plenty of power, I realize I need all of it...and almost then some. I much prefer the form factor over the AxeFXIII rack- though that with a FJ-12 would be great but also near twice the price of my FM9.

[@ZofoZofo]

Do you have a video that guides you to go digital / modelling route? I currently just have valve amp and guitars and pedals - home use only. Small bedroom box room and Iam thinking that switching to modelling may be better. Any thoughts- thanks for all the great content

[@Adipsia1]

All of the Strymon pedals are class... but if ambience is predominantly your thing I think an Axe-Fx3 is the most logical way to go.

[@TKDmasterX]

But they're also over 4x the price of even the bigsky

[@johnnathancordy]

An FM9 maybe - I need to look a little closer but I'm not sure the Axe has a poly synth to mimic the cloudburst exactly? but killer reverbs and delays nonetheless

[@ogmakefirefiregood]

Why in the world did they not put a second foot switch for either the ensemble feature or a single preset?

[@coffeedudeguy]

I’m now trying to imagine Neon played with this pedal

[@johnnathancordy]

HA! It's on his Acoustic board so that's certainly a possibility.....

[@christopherjbutler]

Yeah that DOES sound insane.

[@Alex_Martz]

Now please do one video on how to emulate this with the HX Stomp or HX Effects!

[@johnnathancordy]

I tried last week Alex - without Poly synths it's not quite possible kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXyyZGaVqa54pJo

[@Alex_Martz]

@@johnnathancordy Thanks, but maybe is possible on Helix Native or a combination of HX Stomp and HX Effects?

[@johnnathancordy]

@@Alex_Martz well Helix native would be that video there - same as the Helix floor. What makes it not possible is that there is no Poly synth capability in the Helix

[@boimesa8190]

@@johnnathancordy hi John! Is there a reason u stopped uploading to the drive folder?

[@daverichardson6490]

this 👆

[@SamVieiraGuitar]

Is it just me or at the beginning of the video where the "forte" is engaged, it sounds a little bit "glitch"?

[@wholewheaties]

Excuse me, what is the name of your wireless headphones?

[@earthquakemagoon2505]

Man... I've gotta' get one!! Skal!

[@colinpadley1897]

To do the freeze function you have to buy a stryman mini switch for about £60

[@maurobelarde8527]

Hi dude! Could you tell me how works what you say? 🙏🙏🙏

[@jackprice7828]

Love the doggies in the background

[@picksalot1]

Beautiful sounds from the Cloudburst. Maybe a combination of Reverb/Delay/Chorus/Polysynth could get close on something like the HX Stomp. 🤷

[@stratless]

Beautiful! Wonder if you can get close on the HX? Love the Les Paul!

[@johnnathancordy]

Hey Loren I tried last week if you haven't seen that one?

[@johnnathancordy]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXyyZGaVqa54pJo

[@sambroxguitar]

Nice! I’d like to hear the synth with the decay all the way down and the mix all the way up…

[@stratocumulusnimbostratus328]

Hi John, what guitar was that when doing the explanation of the pedal

[@johnnathancordy]

K Line Springfield (the white one)

[@trickfall8752]

I like the ensemble tones, but I've been getting sounds like that with my SY-200 in the loop of the HX Stomp.

[@samseitz9937]

What would be even cooler is if you could replicate it on the hx stomp. I don’t think I’m as skilled as you with mine yet

[@johnnathancordy]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXyyZGaVqa54pJo I tried here

[@dash4786]

9:16 to 9:23 sounded like the way of the samurai soundtrack. That main sad theme that plays. What chord progression is that.

[@ishancooper]

“That’s what she said”

[@andyjordan79]

Has the edge discovered this pedal yet

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

have you tried the horizon devices flux echo?

[@3mstudiospalmdesert]

I gotta get an Epi Paul. I want one with lower output pickups like my Epi 335.

[@rick49]

Here's the key: play beautiful chords.

[@bedroomjam2191]

🤩

[@custardsocks]

How are you recording and also using the waza air may I ask?

[@johnkorth4048]

Who let the dogs out

[@opalmills2914]

I’m amazed that so many people like this pedal. Every demo I have heard from it sounds like a church band playing knock-off Explosions in the Sky riffs. No offense to you or your playing - this pedal just doesn’t do it for me.

[@Gibson1976uk]

Church music sucks most of the time, I’ve heard it! Obsession with plucking single notes! Swamped in reverb and delay, it’s pretty boring. I’m looking at reverb pedals, curious about the dark sky

[@zenn3339]

Too much 💲💲💲 for this one trick pedal.

[@darylsmith5930]

Sounds like an original Roland space echo tape delay. The closest thing to it.

[@zoomzoom3950]

Strymon Cloudburst How to sound like nearly every YT guitarist with only one pedal! 😁 edit: what chorus was to the '80s, "shimmer verbs" will be viewed the same in the future. 🤣