"The Best Delay Pedal that Money Can Buy" - Strymon Brig - Tom Bukovac's Favourite Mini Delay Pedal

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‪@501chorusecho‬ is (or certainly was) a big fan of the Strymon Brigadier, which is the main reason that when I was asked if I'd check out the little brother, the Brig, I said yes. I've not really gravitated toward Analogue style delays in the past, but is this one different?
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[@buzzfretwear2906]

That first 2 minutes and 30 seconds sold me. I haven't even heard you speak one word yet and I want one. And I will get one. Gorgeous playing and tone! Nicely done!

[@cosmogang]

I had one of the very first Brigadier pedals from Strymon what feels like a lifetime ago. I loved it for sure.

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

Love your chops dude.

[@marcusmood4310]

I like delay because it makes me sound like a real musician.

[@TheBoomtown4]

Me too! Covers up the suck!

[@AmbientEndeavors]

Brigadier is still my go-to delay. Love that pedal!

[@13aphomet]

I had the Brigadier and it really does sound beautiful. I ended up selling it to fund an LVX but it really is brilliant..

[@jeffreyduncan989]

I loved the brigadier and had it for years but hated the fact that you couldn’t retap without time warp… I was stoked to see this version. I loved my memory lane but missed the brigadier. Super happy for strymon’s latest offering 👍👍👍

[@chrisco1986]

I am currently using a new memory lane jr and love it but the brig fascinates me.. is it worth it? As an upgrade to the memory lane jr?

[@jeffreyduncan989]

@@chrisco1986 do it… the brig is definitely an upgrade in my opinion… it has more artifacts but the memory lane is no slouch. I could be happy with either but I’m currently favoring the brig 👍

[@jasonlee8497]

Years back I bought the TC Electronic Flashback. I can custom design just about any delay sound. My favorite I’ve created is an Ecoplex style delay minus the wow and flutter. Like a perfect tape delay.

[@jamesgrobertson8024]

Yep it is a great delay 👍

[@jubileedx]

yeah i have a flashback 2 and perfectly happy with it AND whatever my Eventide H9 can spit out BUT NOW I NEED THIS AS WELL

[@Grant_Ferstat]

I'm struggling with my H9. Especially dialling the reverse delays etc. I think maybe I'm just not a multi-effects guy. @@jubileedx

[@vladrapchan5330]

Hey, John! Great video as always! Could you compare the Brig Delays with Helix options? Would they be THAT different?

[@christopherjbutler]

Insert cable, TRS to TR | TR .. I am older than hydrogen, so I have tons of em from my analog recording console phase... I bet it would sound glorious in stereo.

[@m4ssi86]

Nobody was using the brigadier before, now they release a new one that sounds the same as the previous with less switches and everyone loves it. Guitar player are strange.

[@JTroskaTV]

It was probably hard to sell people on a $300 pedal that aimed to emulate pedals that could be had from $150. I wonder how this will sell. At $250, it’s priced like a Memory Man. It can do more, but doesn’t have the clout of being “the real thing”. I bought a Brig because it can take midi clock in from my Beat Buddy drum machine for automated tap tempo. But that’s a very niche feature that most guitarists won’t care about. I’m guessing Strymon waits for everybody to buy this, then they’ll release a small El Cap and hope everybody buys again.

[@onenotesolo256]

The larger Brigadier sits the best in a mix of my delay I’ve had. The mini Brig is also good - I don’t think it’s quite the same sound (like the Cloudburst, they seem to have gone mega-digital sheen in tone, whereas the slightly older Brigadier feels and sounds like it’s trying a bit less hard, to my ears). Both great pedals though, and the Strymon Multiswitch gives you presets without having to go full MIDI. The only thing keeping the Brigadier off my board is the UA Starlight, which isn’t as good at that one sounds as the Brigadier, but has a really fab quarter > dotted 8th setting that does the Edge / Gilmour thing brilliantly in EP or MM mode. Happy days.

[@writewheel]

What happened to your Volante? I still love mine and I credit you with the discovery. Cheers.

[@mikedr1549]

I love Uncle Larry - but what he says is his favorite seems to change from time to time :)

[@Cottonrocket]

As do all of us I suppose.

[@CGlover113]

But considering his KZbin channel is litteraly called 501chorusecho… I’d have guessed that would have been his fav

[@cliverkay]

I use a Volante ...love it !

[@saltstream]

Hey Jake! Can you send John a bunch of TRS cables please. You gotta hear this thing in stereo to really appreciate it's magic.

[@mr.bluenotedoobop]

I just got my first Strymon pedal last week, the flint. Absolutely love it, want more strymon stuff but there seems to be a lot of overlap and it’s almost overwhelming to choose. I’m sure you can’t go wrong with a lot of it but they’re pricey

[@BipityBopity93]

Anything but the drives are really solid! Can’t go wrong honesty.

[@louis2477]

would like to see you compare it to the elephant man delay in the HX stomp

[@TheBoomtown4]

Just got one of these, so much nicer than my boss dd3. Very practical and pretty sounding. Most demos show the extreme settings and it doesn’t do it justice. Just stay off the short switch if you don’t like the “artifacts” they let in to emulate it sounding like “shit.”

[@compucorder64]

I demo'd it a while back, and the Brigadier is lovely sounding, very very smooth. But, in the end I decided I liked the Boss DM-101 better, for vibiness, grit and lo-fi character. I do wish it was stereo in though. Shame to go full ham on a dual BBD and then hobble the input side. Especially when there's so many nice true stereo choruses available these days (Boss DC-2W, TC Electronic SCF+), and more and more people are recording stereo amp rigs. But for stereo, I do really like the DMM in my UAD Del-verb too. And another thing that I like is running the send of my DOD Rubberneck out to the TC SCF+ mono, and then running the BBD delay into wide stereo chorus on stereo side channel amps, keeping the centre amp without chorus/delay. So it's sounds wide and shimmery, but not OTT chorus or especially flanger, and renders the BBD delay (or flanger) is pseudo-stereo. Then UAD can do this type of thing too, with flanger and phaser variations, digital but true stereo.

[@christopherjbutler]

Is that an Ibanez SKB style Guitar case I see in the background? Looks familiar to me :)

[@jeffreyduncan989]

The brigadier was my favorite pedal but you couldn’t re-tap without the sound of the time warp which strymon would let you turn off… they got rid of that on this pedal so it will be returning to my board 👍👍👍

[@ksharpe10]

4:24 DOGS !!!! John Cordy and his Dumbelish Dachshunds!!!

[@r0bophonic]

This delay sounds fantastic to me. I’d be curious to hear a Helix bucket brigade delay next to it for comparison. Also, I wonder how studio pros like Tom use stereo effects like this on a session. Do they bring two amps?

[@deddiev1718]

Of course they have access to whatever amps they need to make it more authentic sounding. They don’t have to settle

[@MsSpicynipples]

two amps, or use a reamp box to send the recorded single amp sound through the delay pedal after the initial recording.

[@calwells5612]

This delay CAN run in stereo, and sounds great, but Tom is almost always in mono.

[@chrisdavies9143]

I really do think the magic of this pedal is the stereo modulation. I do hate TRS - dual TS cables though, they're seemingly all shite quality. I have a V2 Dig and El Cap though so I have no option but to use them in a stereo rig.

[@GearAGoGo]

John, how are you running your signal we're hearing? Guitar -> Brig -> DI -> DAW? Guitar -> Brig -> Stomp -> DI -> DAW? I don't think you're micing cabs. If he has posted this info before and someone else knows, please share. Thanks!

[@chrisdavies9143]

He's using a Line 6 HX Stomp. You can see the white box at 5:01. Looks like it's going into the front of the Stomp which he can do as he's using it in mono. I duspect he's going out of the Stomp into his interface. Think he generally uses studio monitors to hear himself and we're hearing the DI signal.

[@mtguitar5150]

It’s probably just me but once I got something that could produce acceptable results in one package like the stomp I will never buy a one trick pony delay pedal,

[@masterofreality230]

It sounds stupid, but I like having physical knobs. Not only that, the stuff in the HX Stomp is nice, but it cant do certain things like my Volante or Deco, not as easily or as well at least.

[@giosundance5643]

Idk chief I have a 3rd Gen fractal and still Decided to build an expensive pedal board around a tonex….currently have a pedal board with a klon, vintage phase 90 and a memory man deluxe (the ones going for 1k) I still enjoy the knobs.

[@bloodreyna6700]

Strymon Deco please

[@dinadams]

This isn’t quite the same s the brigadier, the third multi mode doe example is new. I have the Brig and it is wonderful, loads of sounds but really perfect simple knob count and feature set,

[@ahall3823]

A you make an FM9 representation of this one?

[@tonyz4292]

I thought Larry used the brigader

[@martinaddison4880]

you are correct, he does.

[@musiccreation1198]

Sounds great. Small form factor. Yet ... Keeley Halo, Meris LVX, Boss DM-101, etc. How to choose?!? I already own the Halo and LVX. Fwiw, I'd buy the Boss DM-101 next.

[@FakeGlasses]

Get a suhr discovery instead

[@musiccreation1198]

Great suggestion @@FakeGlasses

[@glyman1212]

Flint v2 please

[@jwright8838]

I don't think a TRS insert cable is an insurmountable challenge, John. Just kidding...I get what you are saying...lol.

[@juhaniranki5323]

Yes, reverbs off when demoing pedals!

[@bernardmacseoin1113]

Kudos for doing an unpaid, unbias pedal review. If favorable opinions can be purchased for a price to potentially boost manufacturers sales, the intent is deceitful at best. Well done John !

[@peterp7363]

I don’t see (hear) what is so special about this pedal. There are numerous good quality actual bbd delay pedals available, so why not just get one of those. Personally, I like the Maxon and Boss delays. The dm101 does everything one could reasonably want from a bbd delay. And no, I don’t want to pay twice as much for a Suhr Discovery.

[@Deep_Jimpact]

Hmm, I feel the inconsistency in salutation

[@greek42069]

Thought the chorus echo was his favorite

[@jayl9127]

Man you have very musical taste……..

[@picksalot1]

Personally, I didn't hear anything magical or special in the Brig. 🤷

[@TheCyberMantis]

Sounds like every other delay pedal I ever heard. They all do the same thing.

[@uwedasler425]

Sounds artificial like everything I have heard from Strymon. The ultimate test for any analog delay is putting it in front of a distorted amp. If it works for that - it is good. This one does even sound terrible in an effects loop of a clean amp. Try the Mythos or Analogman devices, or if you have too much cash, the Suhr analog delay - they all eat this digital failure for breakfast. While mine has not arrived yet, I very much expect the same to be true for the new Benson delay. I somewhat do not understand the current hype about Nashville session players... They are all about being a fit for every style of music, and to my ears they all sound completely uninspiring, even if they are without doubt great players. If I would sound like Bukovac or Pierce (and they are both fantastic players) I would give up on playing guitar.

[@paulrhodesquinn]

What exactly do you mean by artificial? Also, if you don’t understand the hype about the Nashville players, some of whom I work with, I’d suggest that maybe you haven’t yet reached a level of playing or musicianship where you can appreciate their skills. I’m assuming you’re not a pro?

[@ToneDeth.]

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[@TheBoomtown4]

Just got one of these, so much nicer than my boss dd3. Very practical and pretty sounding. Most demos show the extreme settings and it doesn’t do it justice. Just stay off the short switch if you don’t like the “artifacts” they let in to emulate it sounding like “shit.”