The Strymon Tier List

This is my attempt to rank every Strymon pedal. Affiliate links are below.
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AFFILIATE LINKS:
You can use this link to get any Strymon pedal you want from Perfect Circuit:
bit.ly/3ORTyZf
Or, if you prefer, here are individual links to each Strymon pedal (from Sweetwater):
BigSky MX
sweetwater.sjv.io/m594RX
BlueSky
sweetwater.sjv.io/k0DO7N
Brig
sweetwater.sjv.io/4POaeo
Cloudburst
bit.ly/4dc3g3P
Compadre
sweetwater.sjv.io/daNyok
Deco
bit.ly/CyberDeco
Dig
sweetwater.sjv.io/anvOBZ
El Capistan
sweetwater.sjv.io/0ZE9kV
Flint
sweetwater.sjv.io/WqWyxM
Iridium
bit.ly/3XKhqp0
Lex
sweetwater.sjv.io/Y9EVgj
Mobius
bit.ly/3ZqO3cc
NightSky
bit.ly/3L5kowy
Ola
sweetwater.sjv.io/GmPKAk
Riverside
sweetwater.sjv.io/eKy1Oj
Sunset
sweetwater.sjv.io/AWxPq1
TimeLine
bit.ly/3ZADB1I
Ultraviolet
sweetwater.sjv.io/KjaBe9
Volante
sweetwater.sjv.io/75RXey
Zelzah
sweetwater.sjv.io/MmGKXo

[@rocketdoggo]

Mad scientist ranks church pedals 😂

[@johnplayer420]

I'm so glad to see a KZbinr using an SM-58 instead of a big honkin condenser mic

[@keithklassen5320]

It's just for the punk aesthetic; he shops out the honker.

[@noyd4172]

And it actually sounds good instead of being overly crispy or bloated and picking up shit in the room.

[@JohnsDough1918]

​@@noyd4172 Good mic technique trumps expensive mic, every time. I remember reading and hearing Joe Barresi state multiple times that most of the guitar sounds he's recorded are SM57 and/or MD421-based. Fancy mics are fun, but knowing your mics through and through is best.

[@JeremyAndersonBoise]

Using a hypercardioid pattern mic just makes so much more sense than condensers, for 90% of the environments podcasters and youtubers have, Ivan fuckin’ gets it.

[@timnordberg7204]

@@JeremyAndersonBoise 58 is a reg cardioid. b58 is a supercardioid. I don't think Shure makes a hyper. Hypers/supers will also get you room reflections into the rear lobe of the mic. Sometimes for production audio, this can be nice (indoor shot, vs shotgun)

[@jdemedeiros1]

As a strymon fan boi Ive never been more excited for a KZbin video...

[@ineffablemf8113]

People are still sleeping on Mobius in the comments... It's actually the only Strymon I have, but it is stellar in it's versatility! The Pattern Trem and Quadrature (ring mod stuff) are exceptionally deep and weird. Wondering what they might add if they do an "MX" version.

[@CyberattackWorld]

I can’t wait either

[@pjforde1978]

The only reason I haven't pulled the trigger on Mobius is because it feels like the moment I do, I'm going to wake up on Tuesday and see that it's now the previous gen version.

[@crag_]

I think personally, the Volante is my greatest pedal of all time. If i could only have 1 pedal forever it would be that one.

[@MickeyDs14]

Agreed! I used an EHX Canyon for almost 10 years. Then, decided to upgrade my rig and go for the Volante last year. One of the best pedal purchases I’ve ever made.

[@jeffpodeszwik1592]

This channel from day one inspired myself and others to Iridium

[@therealone1288]

I got the dig and iridium. Both are goat

[@nottaller1993]

Mr. Strymon.

[@tonytaormina4759]

Can you do walrus next?!

[@CyberattackWorld]

I've never played any of their pedals, so it might be a while before I'm ready to rank them.

[@sagittated]

The new Mako mkII pedals look very promising. I'd love to see comparisons ACS1 vs Iridium, D1 vs Timeline, & R1 vs Night sky. I suppose the M1 would compete with the Mobius.

[@boimesa8190]

Unhinged 😂

[@KorhanErel]

Love will tier us apart.

[@killroy123]

Again

[@KorhanErel]

@@killroy123 and again and again and again (a forest)

[@Whityfisks]

funny

[@owlmuso]

Haha, well said

[@craiglizt8074]

You bastard! 😂😂😂

[@Songtitles4u]

'you have to figure out how to judge my integrity.' finally a youtuber that speaks the truth! Love your vids!

[@TeddScheckler]

I think he’s likely more honest because they gave him the pedals, and didn’t pay him on top of that. Some people who have spent a lot of money to buy several Strymon pedals will defend them to the death because they have cognitive dissonance about that investment and the value of the pedals.

[@Songtitles4u]

@@TeddSchecklermost KZbinrs that get stuff for free swear that it won’t influence their opinion. I’m not saying they are lying but this is refreshing to me

[@petermoss208]

👏 when i heard him say that, i checked my phone to see if I was already subscribed or not

[@LDC8412]

Would love a walk-through of your board, man.

[@bobflemming100]

I bet it changes a lot

[@CyberattackWorld]

I did a super annoyingly detailed walkthrough and writeup at some point on Patreon. Maybe I should do a regular video about it.

[@bobflemming100]

@@CyberattackWorld please do Ivan. It’s always interesting to see what order people place their amp sims, wet effects and drive..oh and buffers..that’s a topic that gets endless mileage on thegearpage.

[@thickener]

all i hear is mitch hedberg. i used to own these pedals, I still do, but I used to also.

[@AllofJudea]

"My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana. I said 'No, but I want a regular banana later, so....yeah.'"

[@davidharrison5873]

The lack of "MONEY!" stinger after the affiliate link speech has me reconsidering my channel subscription.

[@CyberattackWorld]

FUCK

[@nostandingonlydancin]

Breath. We will get through this.

[@satherp5]

Poor Orbit. Always forgotten. 1) Nightsky 2) Volante 3) Orbit

[@CyberattackWorld]

At some point they took the Orbit out of production-when I was working on this video I noticed it's no longer listed on their website. So that's why I didn't cover it. But if I had, it would have been in the tier of pedals I've never played anyway.

[@AC-rj1cq]

I watch all your vids even if I’m not gonna buy the gear. Your playing is phenomenal and your approach to guitar and music in general is fresh. Great to see your take on all these pedals. Thanks for always being truthful, it shows in all of your content.

[@CyberattackWorld]

thanks for the comment, really glad you feel that way

[@willcarter1210]

Deco sleeper trick- use it as an always on master volume for your board, especially in low stage volume situations. You can pull the volume back and edge the saturation up to compensate for your amp not getting optimal level.

[@kodykindhart5644]

I do this on bass I run my single pedals into an hx stomp w comp/eq/gate/amp sim/fx then out into a micro amp and from the micro amp into a la2a style comp set w a low input that just grabs the tops with the micro amp off Now if I need more uumph with out a vol boost I hit the boost into the comp Works like a charm Like a bass thickener

[@justingoers]

Man the Volante is in my personal ULTRA tier. The sound on sound alone is absolutely incredible and endlessly fun to me. I love that it’s almost one knob per function and there’s just so many amazing sounds you can get out of it.

[@pjforde1978]

I would have a Volante, but the fact that the spring module sums the stereo signal to mono is a huge boner killer for me.

[@justingoers]

@@pjforde1978 man I never noticed the reverb sums stuff to mono. Def a boner smoosher. That said I don’t actually use the spring that much. So maybe I’ll eventually put a stereo verb after the Volante.

[@pjforde1978]

@@justingoers also, I’m just jealous because I wish I could spend a few hours with a Volante to try out its moves. Fwiw checkout Nightverb, it’s currently making me very happy

[@BitcrusherTheAcidHorse-bf3oi]

9:27 your old pal Aevan?! Dwarfcraft Devices flashbacks

[@agalvin1313]

I didn't love the iridium. It is passable for a guitar tone but it sounds thin and fake to me. I have a Kingsley Page TS tube preamp running into a ox stomp cab sim instead and it sounds way better and reacts like a tube amp but offers all of the other benefits of going direct you get from the iridium

[@8FunGuy8]

Dude, you should do stand-up. You sound just like Mitch Hedberg....lol

[@strangehermitage2299]

I've been waiting for a Strymon shoot-out video like this for ages. Very entertaining, man. Nobody can offer an objective opinion on pedals but it's interesting to hear from those who have played with a bunch. And you were honest about being sent free ones and having affiliate links - didn't change my opinion of your evaluation and the transparency won you brownie points from me.

[@CyberattackWorld]

Thanks for the comment

[@kernz160]

This was fun. Time for an Iridium video!

[@Gnophkehs]

Hey, would you consider doing an in-depth composition video? Your process(es) for actually writing?

[@CyberattackWorld]

I love this suggestion. Thanks, yeah that would be extremely fun.

[@samchoate1719]

2:39 the cloudburst is quite good for its size and price. It’s simplicity is its strong suit

[@SlowToe]

Thanks. Honest break down that's both saved and cost me money :)

[@CyberattackWorld]

My man thank you. Saving and spending money is the best!!!!!

[@moreblankets]

Subscribed. You’re chill and curious. looking forward!

[@SmokinFoolz]

I don't own a strymon. Im the #1 Digitech Superfan. But those Strymon Reverbs sound so good in Demos. This video is amazingly helpful.

[@IsakuItou]

Out of Topic Random Question: Why do I want to eat something sweet after a meal?

[@mariodriessen9740]

I missed the Brigadier. I have 5 Strymon pedals and 3 of them are (almost) always on. Those three are the Deco (only the right side and barely audible. I use it as a doubler), the Flint for the reverb (just because it sounds good) and the Brigadier which is also almost always on and again set to thicken up the sound. I don’t play hardrock, but if you have ever heard the first Van Halen album, listen to it again and pay attention to the subtle delay on songs like “On Fire” and “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘bout Love”. Especially “On Fire”…., you never really notice the delay as you would on lots of other songs, but if you play Eddie’s guitar parts and you don’t use that subtle delay, it just doesn’t sound right. Of course Eddie used an old tape delay, so something like the El Capastan or the Volante may seem more appropriate for this stuff, but I don’t know…, I think the Brigadier just sounds more genuine and especially more pleasing to me. The other two Strymon pedals I use are (1) the DIG (all of them are the latest versions of these pedals), but I actually don’t use it that much. Sounds good, but I just don’t need it as often as I thought I would. And (2) the Cloudburst. When this pedal came out and I heard the orchestral sounds it can create, I knew it would completely change the way I wanted to record the songs I wrote. It blew me away. In demo videos I’ve only heard people exploring this pedal and when they come to the interesting part they hardly ever show the potential of that sound. But if you can get one guitar to sound like an orchestra, without making it too sterile (which is what I like so much about it - it doesn’t sound like a synth pad, it sounds like you’re playing with living entities with brains and hearts), imagine dubbing multiple lines with a bass guitar to ‘mimic’ a section of contra bass, cello and low brass, orchestral like chords, another guitar playing counter melodies and high up there a velvety violin like sound played with an E-Bow, all mixed and balanced well. This sounds a hundred times better to me than anything you could play using synths with real orchestral sounds. I could find amazingly good alternatives for every Strymon pedal on the market, but I haven’t heard anything (yet) that can do that Cloudburst thing. If there’s one pedal I would absolutely LOVE to have, it would be the NightSky. I haven’t heard a lot of it yet, but WHAT I heard was absolutely amazing, so that one’s high up my list. The one pedal that was good when it came out, especially for the things that both you and I use it for, but lost its position against its competitors drastically in my opinion, is the Iridium. I’ve always played and loved AC30’s, but I never heard anything that sounded even close to an old AC30. I was just about to purchase the Iridium, although there were some good competitors (I particularly liked the more ‘organic’ sound of the Simplifier) when all of a sudden UAFX brought out the Ruby (AC30), the Dream (‘65 Deluxe Reverb) and the Woodrow (‘55 Fender Tweed amp). I didn’t hesitate and bought the Ruby. Purely coincidental I bought the Dream last week, 2nd hand for €250. The level of detail is mind boggling. Especially the Dream. I never regretted this decision. They recently added a Dumble style amp to this line. I believe they have six amp types now. Of course only a handful of people have actually played a real Dumble amp and the ones who have don’t need a pedal-amp like this. So nobody knows for sure if it truly sounds, plays and reacts like a Dumble. But it sounds absolutely gorgeous. And specifically for this one they added the possibility to tweak its sound fully to your liking. Anyway, I think you made it perfectly clear that you’re happy with what you have. Still, if you can find a way to try the Dream for a week, then do it. I think you will like it a lot. Thanks for the video. I had a fun time watching it. 😊🧡

[@64north20west]

I always wondered about what Strymon pedal would rule over others. This is a crucial video.

[@HazeAnderson]

The Deco is soooo underrated ... I mean it's terrible. Don't get it.

[@GucciPonderosa]

TALK ABOUT THE POWER SUPPLIES! (Awesome video)

[@spencerkoch1]

ULTRA tier video. Mobius is in my ultra tier. I need to go back and watch your video on that.

[@taurushamilton2739]

Can you run 2 modulations at the same time on the Mobius?🧐

[@CyberattackWorld]

No, that's one thing it can't do.

[@taurushamilton2739]

@@CyberattackWorld bro I love your content! I love Strymon pedals but that Mobius is too big to me to not be able to do two mods at once! Lol. I’m about to make a primarily Strymon board w Iriduim as amp w the 3 button multi switch. So I have a Fender clean on the bypass, mArshall dirty in the fav button, a Vox clean and dirty and Marshall clean access via the footswitch. I will be running the ultra violet, Zelzah, Orbit and Sunset into the Iridium. I will probably use the Keeley Caverns or Sonicake Levitate post Iridium for my delay and reverb needs. I’m waiting on Strymon to do a dual delay/ reverb in a small footprint ala Nux Atlantic or Keeley Caverns style. I’m not so much of a reverb and delay head for the many uses of those big ass Strymon pedals like the Big Sky Timeline etc… it’s all about saving space, stealth nowadays. Again, awesome content sir!🫡

[@CyberattackWorld]

Thanks dude that board sounds rad

[@tubularbill]

The Devo V2 has been a terrific pedal. I can do rotary sounds that are not obnoxious. I like the Riverside a lot as well.

[@CyberattackWorld]

AFFILIATE LINKS: You can use this link to get any Strymon pedal you want from Perfect Circuit: bit.ly/3ORTyZf Or, if you prefer, here are individual links to each Strymon pedal (from Sweetwater): BigSky MX sweetwater.sjv.io/m594RX BlueSky sweetwater.sjv.io/k0DO7N Brig sweetwater.sjv.io/4POaeo Cloudburst bit.ly/4dc3g3P Compadre sweetwater.sjv.io/daNyok Deco bit.ly/CyberDeco Dig sweetwater.sjv.io/anvOBZ El Capistan sweetwater.sjv.io/0ZE9kV Flint sweetwater.sjv.io/WqWyxM Iridium bit.ly/3XKhqp0 Lex sweetwater.sjv.io/Y9EVgj Mobius bit.ly/3ZqO3cc NightSky bit.ly/3L5kowy Ola sweetwater.sjv.io/GmPKAk Riverside sweetwater.sjv.io/eKy1Oj Sunset sweetwater.sjv.io/AWxPq1 TimeLine bit.ly/3ZADB1I Ultraviolet sweetwater.sjv.io/KjaBe9 Volante sweetwater.sjv.io/75RXey Zelzah sweetwater.sjv.io/MmGKXo

[@ericamoretti5148]

🌶🌶

[@normdurkin6425]

Magneto and Starlab are better if someday you discover the power of modulation.. eurorack style

[@alexruizllorens4464]

I love this real KZbin content, nothing fancy, just talking about freak stuff!

[@HomeInMyShoes]

I feel bad for Zelda. I only have the Deco. I love the slightly noisy saturation that really plays well with other things, although it's not currently on the pedalboard so there's that.

[@pjforde1978]

I've been really tempted by El Cap because there's a part of me that wants to explore recreating that dank 70s dub sound. Search for the [not 70s] track "Just Landed" by Burnt Friedman for a quick vibe check. Does Timeline fw that kind of broken tape machine sound?

[@CyberattackWorld]

Yes you could do it with the TimeLine, you just gotta find the right sweet spot between the tone knob and modulation controls.

[@McAdamstry]

Love my sunset. Especially with an eq pedal.

[@bob-rogers]

Cool video. The only Strymon pedal I have is Night Sky. I like it a lot!

[@pjforde1978]

It's really interesting to me that you landed on Deco for stereo field creation. Not that it's a good or bad choice, but because I'm literally working on a bucket brigade comb filter circuit for creating a stereo field as I watch this video. Strymon tends to do everything via DSP, which is above my pay grade... but I'm intrigued to see pedals like Surfy Industries Stereomaker landing. I wonder if that's something you'd check out?

[@CyberattackWorld]

Yeah that looks cool

[@lucasgoncalvesdefaria7121]

Ok now do Boss. Just kidding buddy, great vid, love u

[@CyberattackWorld]

dude I would love to do Boss, but I've only played like 1% of their line

[@lucasgoncalvesdefaria7121]

@@CyberattackWorld thats why I'm kidding lmao, your ??? tier would be pages long

[@CyberattackWorld]

@@lucasgoncalvesdefaria7121 maybe i should just do it anyway and let most of the video be ??? tier

[@cfibanez]

Had you played the SUNSET, it’d be up there at the top.

[@waltuhhimself]

When you said there's only one pedal in the ultra tier, i just knew what that is.

[@onehellofameme6166]

I have wanted to try a zelzah for a while. Sad you never made a video on it. I want the zelzah simply for the stereo phaser controls and it sweeping left and right with the phaser sweep. If the mobius does that maybe I gotta look into the mobius

[@CyberattackWorld]

The Zelzah definitely sounds good doing what it does, but the Mobius can do most of it (including panned phasing). But also, I did make a video about the Zelzah ifyou're curious: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rH61aJiwqd2taJI

[@spillemusicstudios8515]

Man, you 100% had me up until the Iridium haha. I just don't think it's as realistic as things like the UAFX pedals, kemper player, or tonex. Everything else on the list was pretty spot on (I would probably put my bigsky higher though). Great video!

[@CyberattackWorld]

FIGHT

[@daughtersofdivorce6803]

DIG on the low tier is a call for violence, man.

[@non_brewed_condiment]

This video has the craziest energy. I love it

[@renderghost]

I expect you probably already know this but, the Quadrature mode of the Mobius can be used for dynamics controlled modulation like the envelope mode on the Ola. I don't think it can do chorusing, but it can definitely be used for reactive tremolo, vibrato, and ring mod-esque sounds.

[@CyberattackWorld]

yes the envelope stuff on the Mobius is super cool, i would not be surprised if that stuff is even cooler than the Ola

[@thecruddybug4437]

Here I am with the Orbit as my only Strymon pedal, lol. Orbit is actually great. It's a flanger but there's a mix knob, so I use it as flanger, chorus, and vibrato. You can also mix LFO and Feedback settings to get a nice phasey sound or a thicker sound, etc. You can find Orbits now for like 150 so I think they're worth it for someone looking for a good flanger. It definitely doesn't get very weird, though. Not sure why they took it out of production, I guess it didn't sell well.

[@CyberattackWorld]

Yeah I've always wondered why they took it out of production too.

[@JohnsDough1918]

I agree with your Big Sky take. I love reverb, but it took until Meris released the Mercury X for me to pull the trigger on a big box modern reverb pedal (came close to buying the Empress Reverb a few times though). The Big Sky is fun but there are many things about it that kept me away, including its workflow.

[@Telorchid]

Never had the DIG or Volante, but I would assume I would prefer the DIG. However, I totally appreciate your perspective in valuing flexibility/tweakability over the emulation capability. I think the ability to recreate other things is overvalued. 'What should we do with new tech?' 'Recreate old tech. Recreate old tech. Recreate old tech.' Could anything be more boring?!

[@fender0942]

I’ll say what I say everytime. You should be the biggest musician/review/tutorial channel on KZbin. You also have a way of keeping it interesting. Maybe a weekly podcast?

[@kasakka]

Interesting video! I think you should give the Riverside another chance if you find one used, because it pairs well with the Iridium, and is versatile enough to be your only drive pedal. It's not going to do anything crazy though. Compadre is great too, but it's more of a utility pedal where it just does its thing but is not exciting in any way. For me, the Nightsky got sold because I felt it was too much for what I wanted out of a reverb. Flint V2 is on its way out because I find the SA Collider sounds better and don't need the tremolo that much. Volante is still my favorite Strymon, with El Cap V2 and Deco V2 close behind.

[@CyberattackWorld]

OK you convinced me about the Riverside.

[@strangehermitage2299]

You missed Orbit 😉 I'm happy with my Timeline, OG Big Sky, and Orbit.

[@CyberattackWorld]

I left out orbit because somewhere along the line they took it out of production

[@81realtime]

What was your Apple commercial?

[@CyberattackWorld]

The song being used in this ad was written by me, Teddi Gold, and Jon Buscema: x.com/appstore/status/1795855230661439926?s=46 You can hear the full track here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXWsiKdpbtqHp7c

[@benjaminfowler4513]

Whats the deal with running the sd1 volume maxed out?

[@CyberattackWorld]

This is basically always how I use the SD-1.

[@MariJu1ce]

El capistan is the best!

[@zayisdead]

Okay. Jumpscare at 11:39

[@SoHungry666]

Thanks for explaining tiers.

[@alexei_u]

We need a 2nd one about source audio

[@joaquinpiriz7301]

SUNSET ABSOLUTE ULTRA.

[@jumpingman8160]

Empress >>>>>>>>>>> Strymon

[@bodenschatz10]

Oof coming in hot. you're very correct, though. Nightsky + Deco + Flint yes.

[@ericp7892]

Would’ve loved to see you love the el Cap as much as me. I get it, you have the Timeline, however you could make another kickass video out of it and I could then finally see what the hell I can use these secondary functions for lol

[@alessio-com-ar]

Made me laugh and learn

[@souljer0]

Big fan! I had the iridium for 3 years as my everything pedal and I eventually did desire a “better” amp modeler because I play in a band with someone using a UA dream and it was actually difficult to compete in the mix. I switched to a Tonex one and have had a MUCH better time in that context. Idk what it is, but there’s something about the iridium that sounds good in isolation and is fine if you can mix it in post, but just doesn’t have the same top end bite as many other amp sim pedals. The Tonex Ones are cheap enough I recommend grabbing one and downloading some free sample captures and seeing what you think.

[@Introspeckle]

I’ve had the Iridium since it came out. I have “better” modelers now, but the Iridium has consistently stayed on my big board. I know it sounds weird (and I know I’m not alone in this) but that headphone jack makes everything sound glorious. With that said, I think the chime setting is the only decent one. I’ve never tried the ToneX but I’ve heard good things

[@waltuhhimself]

Use the EQ in your mixing console. There are EQ knobs in the mixing console for a reason.

[@souljer0]

@@waltuhhimself Of course eq is there for a reason, but if I could just improve the signal coming in, why wouldn’t I just do that? Improving the signal coming in makes even MORE mixing sense than using the eq, smartass

[@flickeringmadness]

No Brigadier?? I know it's an older one, but waay different than the Brig

[@CyberattackWorld]

For the purposes of this video I treated the Brig as an updated version of the Brigadier

[@GucciPonderosa]

Can you please do an Iridium video? I love that pedal. I’d love to see how you work the software too.

[@CyberattackWorld]

I've never even touched the software, and the way I use it is pretty normal, like none of my usual glitchy abuse. But I will try to think of interesting things to say about it and then make a video.

[@GucciPonderosa]

@@CyberattackWorld and what about their power supplies?!

[@gradyburke2002]

What about the optical compressor?

[@CyberattackWorld]

Out of production / replaced by the Compadre

[@onteraction8294]

Agreed

[@randaldavis8976]

I like my El Capistan but I like old school delays. Also have a Boonar and a basic analog delay

[@pjforde1978]

I'd really appreciate it if you could do something for me. Right now, Strymon has a time-limited demo for their new El Cap VST. I generally hate working in the box, but one thing I noticed is that the VST version has a three-head mode, which makes my OCD brain go haywire. My ask is if you could try out the VST, and tell me if you miss the three-head mode going back to the physical version. In general, the UI on the VST seems legitimately slick in the way that PC interfaces can when they are done properly. They could get close if they added an OLED, but now we're in what if land.

[@btrap11]

Need to revisit your Mobius vid after this. Rock on!

[@gamezharks]

Amazing piece of advertisement for the Strymon Mobius right here.

[@CyberattackWorld]

gotta do it

[@lilSchmoob]

Killer that you dig the Iridium so much! I'm pushing 30, and ever since I was a kid I dreamed of getting a tube amp. I made my dream come true in my early twenties by purchasing a twin reverb for $1,500 and paying it off over 5 years. Never in my LIFE did I think that modelers would become so good - and that I would use them so much. I got the Dream '65 but I swapped over to the Lion '68, all while my amp sits in storage. For a modern guitarist, it genuinely makes so much sense to just invest in nice studio monitors and commit to a modeling pedal. I love my tone and the consistency - and I haven't looked back.

[@somerandomhomeboy]

No el capistan?

[@jkaznosky]

Any chance you'd consider doing a video of how you use the iridium?

[@CyberattackWorld]

yes, but I don't know how interesting it would be. I'm not really pushing it into unusual territory or doing any of my usual cyber whatever stuff. In general I prefer the Marshall amp and the Vox amp over the Fender amp. Also don't overlook that the Marshall amp can have a good clean tone with the drive knob at like 9 or 10 o'clock. These days usually I leave the room knob on zero, and instead I'll run the Iridium into a stereo reverb with a touch of room-style reverb before recording. That's 99% of my tricks.

[@jkaznosky]

@@CyberattackWorld Yep. I use them all and surprisingly the Marshall clean is good. No problem. I enjoy the shit out of your videos. Thanks Ivan.

[@petersepulveda]

Well done man

[@McAdamstry]

The Orbit says hi

[@CyberattackWorld]

hi orbit rest in peace

[@McAdamstry]

@@CyberattackWorld haha. I have it but I agree. I don’t use it much since picking up the MD500

[@lucasgoncalvesdefaria7121]

On a second note, I'd love the cyberattack treatment towards weird quirky amps. Like the new Pano-Verb amp. (yeah super $$$ but still)

[@therealone1288]

I want a timeline plug in. It's cool they have been doing plugin versions

[@linewizard]

I also had and sold the Big Sky. Right now the Cloudburst is the main reverb on my board, and I'm loving it. Iridium is never coming off of my board. The next Strymon product I'm interested is their Starlab eurorack module.

[@noyd4172]

Glad you talked about the tremolo in the Mobius, I've always wondered and I haven't seen anyone talk extensively about using it until now. Big trem fan/user here. Also glad you're talking about the Keeley Dark Side, I think it's slept on just bc it's technically a multi-effect. Thinking of picking up an El Cap v1 or a Flint if I can find one for a good price used.

[@theartistcurrentlyknownaszero]

What isn't he telling us about these pedals? Big Pedal is tricking us all!

[@TheBigtrev1234]

Love the CP-20 in the back on Piano 2 - One of the most underrated EP sounds and the keyboard itself is so cool

[@Alex_Martz]

You look like Steel Panther's Satchel without the wig!

[@NoCoverCharge]

The decco should be o of the list

[@bentropy]

this rules and is fun and confessional. You may have done this already, but I'ld love to see something like this but with your pedal board generally and pedal collection standouts -what you keep on the board and around and why. What dirt pedals etc. what combos end up being key.

[@CyberattackWorld]

great idea thanks dude

[@ColtonWalker-tq7sk]

Would love to see you compare the iridium to other amp modelers. I have the ACS1 but wonder if another modeler does it better.

[@CyberattackWorld]

The Iridium is the only one I have. Thanks for the comment though.

[@AaronBronow]

Pedal board reveal!

[@jjduncan19]

Have you experimented with 3rd party IRs with the Iridium, or have you always run stock? York has a bass cab IR that let's me get fat bass tones. Great for either a real bass or when I use the C4 for synth bass.

[@CyberattackWorld]

I've only ever used the stock ones, but I'd be interested in trying other ones that are good for bass specifically. Thanks for the tip.

[@petermoss208]

Love your channel, the best gear head on youtube in my opinion. i don’t really like Strymon personally. But the one pedal i do like you didn’t review…OB.1. Because i don’t like Strymon i’m gonna say it’s an Ultra Tier because it overcame my brand prejudice on performance alone. That’s pretty impressive since aesthetics usually dominate my product purchases unless i’m searching for a specific effect. It’s a sleeper pedal in the Strymon range. And it shows how most youtube guys just buy what everyone else does. Luckily my friend’s a corporate touring professional. And he had this pedal, only guy i’ve ever seen use it. It’s got a great feel. Replaced both the BBE clean boost and compressor he was using for years. Clean Boost is the gem that most youtubers havent discovered yet. Pick one up before they become impossible to find.

[@CyberattackWorld]

Thanks for the comment. The only reason I didn't mention the OB-1 is that my understanding is the Compadre is meant to have replaced it (but I've never played the Compadre either).

[@Lorneplumber]

Dig is no 1 End of message

[@andrewsmall4865]

Do BOSS next

[@lf1875-c4u]

Have you tried the H90? Curious your take on it compared to the Mobius.

[@CyberattackWorld]

I’ve never tried one