Strymon El Capistan

[@elmariachi451]

I've owned this longer than I've been married to my wife. She actually gave the El Cap to me as a gift. I in turn proposed to her. Lol It's still kicking and no plans of letting either one of them go.

[@popintothechemist]

That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing that!

[@U2WB]

Adrian Gutierrez i love stories like that ! Thank you for sharing !

[@Tull1996]

That's actually a really nice anecdote!

[@homeworldmusic]

That's either best delay pedal I've heard, or it's the best delay pedal demo, can't decide which!

[@popintothechemist]

Thanks so much. The El Capistan is a classic. So good

[@alexandergilman3394]

It's an undisputed classic. One of the best. I would never dream of getting rid of it.

[@savanaviolenta]

Well, both I gues

[@Mesa3077Boogie]

The best delay of ALL time IMO! Thank you Mike! Perfect timing as I'm heading on a drive and gives me something to listen to.

[@GenXtra65]

True story: I found this video waiting in my subscription feed today and drove directly down to Sam Ash where they had just received a shipment with one of these! I won the lottery as first one in the door to buy it! Truly stunning work on the demo! I’m sold and it isn’t even out of the box yet! Thanks for all your videos you’ve sold me a lot of pedals over the years but this was a funny story I had to share.

[@popintothechemist]

That’s awesome. Thanks!

[@tommc49]

That pedal has been out quite a while, but this is the best demo I've heard. Well played.

[@popintothechemist]

Thanks so much!

[@mikedr1549]

Really terrific to hear the pedal in the context real life music. Many demos are a series of different sounds the pedal can make (which is good) but for me the real inspiration comes when listening to the pedal used on a song in a mix. Wonderful playing! Some Jeff Beck vibes on the one song!

[@RaxFx]

coffee, croissant and Mike's demo for breakfast.. perfect

[@popintothechemist]

Haha. Thanks for watching!

[@JohnHorneGuitar]

Is it weird that I just watched an 11 minute demo for a pedal I already own because I knew Mike would find some sounds in there that I hadn’t yet?

[@Mesa3077Boogie]

So true man

[@ruz8099]

Same here 🤩

[@Strat642001]

Nope, I did the same thing for the same reason 😁

[@ernestbuckley8671]

Me too...

[@gordrock]

Such a stunning demo to highlight such a clever pedal that still seems fresh after all these years.

[@alexandercook9614]

I hope Strymon is sponsoring him for this demo because he is simply killing it with this demo. I’ve never heard a El Capistan pedal sound so good and the Pink Floyd’esque intro should be on a album.

[@popintothechemist]

Thanks so much for the kind words! I really appreciate it

[@the5chord]

Thanks for the demo! Never heard of the El Capistan from Strymon. On my radar now.

[@Mesa3077Boogie]

I had the Boss DD delays, the Green Vox Satriani Time Machine, the TC Alterego, Pigtronix Doucheolution, EHX DMMTT 1100 deluxe memory man, its little analog brother (the 550?), the Walrus Audio Douchewether delay (worst ever IMO), the Strymon Volante, currently the Source Audio Nemesis delay and the EL CAPISTAN SMOKED EM ALL!!

[@popintothechemist]

It’s one of my all time favorite pedals

[@aidanmccarthy3614]

I have the Strymon Deco and i absolutely love the echo mode, El Capistan sounds even better in its own way and ive been dying to get my hands on one forever now, would love to see you take another crack at the Lex rotary again, your first demo's of those pedals were dope af, keep up the awesome playing🔥🔥

[@popintothechemist]

I need to try the Deco!!!

[@aidanmccarthy3614]

@@popintothechemist It's absolutely brilliant in stereo, the tape flange and chorus sounds are so lush and go really well with the saturation knob, everbody needs a deco lol

[@VladOcaster]

Bro, I love your playing so much! So many good ideas and beautiful demos! I wish I could learn how you do it. I think you have to write a book about improvisation, definitely I would buy it

[@popintothechemist]

Thanks so much! I do have a Patreon page. And I need to start posting more stuff!!!

[@JohnHorneGuitar]

I was hesitant to drop $$$ on this but I have never regretted it. I’ve never considered another delay pedal. Except for maybe the DIG for an alternative vibe.

[@popintothechemist]

I can’t believe I’ve never tried the Dig! I need to

[@jburdsinfuse]

Mike Hermans I’ve had the DiG since release...never comes off my board, it’s absolutely amazing. It bumped off my ElCap and I’ve never missed it.

[@Mesa3077Boogie]

Traded this plus cash for the Volante and regretted every moment of it.. the el capistan sounded so fantastic in the loop or front of the amp. Never distorted and always had such great musical quality with high head room. The "modulation" in this is much better than volante IMO. Two words, 3 D. And juicy.

[@mariodriessen9740]

Great playing! ❤️

[@popintothechemist]

Thanks!

[@YOSHIMI00]

Awesome video as always

[@popintothechemist]

Thanks!

[@RPSartre01]

thanks, always looking for some useful settings for this pedal!

[@station2station544]

This and Belle Epoch Deluxe. Tough to decide.

[@popintothechemist]

I’ve never tried the Belle! I want to

[@station2station544]

@@popintothechemist the components on the board are artwork.

[@shckltnebay]

Love these new Strymon pedals. lol Reverb feature was left out?

[@popintothechemist]

Hahaha! I did bring up the reverb at some point in the walk through section...

[@MD-jz7xx]

0:55 what OD are you using here? love the demo

[@jonwood672]

awesome, thank you, great playing!

[@jaikcooper8999]

What's the drive your using at around the 2:20 mark

[@joserra79]

What's your choice Mike? Brig or Cap?

[@churro_gonzalez]

Just bought El Capistan y’all! 😭🙌🏼

[@Andrelix67]

Amazing

[@popintothechemist]

Thanks!!!!

[@vhtrkl9312]

3:54. 😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤ parabéns

[@ciclosonico]

amazing!

[@popintothechemist]

Thanks man!!!

[@elixir9659]

Like he idea, adding the drums afterwards in the beginning.

[@heinrichthiessen]

What I don’t understand ... the El Capistan in my ears sounds better than the Strymon Timeline. I‘ve had the El Capistan and traded it with the Timeline, I never got the Timeline to sound as good as the El Capistan. I‘d guess, if strymon decides to stop production on that pedal it will quickly get a legendary status, like the Klon. It‘s that good!

[@savanaviolenta]

Timeline is doing other stuff the El Cap can't, dTape algorithm is just a part of Timeline. El Cap is best at one thing tough.

[@heinrichthiessen]

@@savanaviolenta Right! Maybe I was just overwhelmed by the Timeline with all it's knobs and possibilities. Maaan, I really liked the El Capistan ...

[@savanaviolenta]

@@heinrichthiessen I got me the Timeline, DIG and last month the El Capistan. They are all great of course.

[@andrewclemons8619]

Derek trucks brought me here

[@popintothechemist]

What do you mean?

[@andrewclemons8619]

@@popintothechemist a delay pedal is the only pedal derek uses

[@ebeep]

A pedal advertisement getting interrupted by multiple random advertisements is so meta. The near future will be KZbin ads interrupted by more KZbin ads.

[@theimaginaryboy7210]

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