COOL GEAR ALERT: Strymon Flint
Check out this great video of the new Strymon Flint Tremolo & Reverb pedal. This video features several audio examples of the ’65 Photocell Tremolo and Reverbs within Flint. Go here for more info.
REVIEW: Strymon TimeLine Delay
There are so many different delay pedals out there. Digital, analog, hybrid… some give you a huge amount of features, but are fiddly to use. Others are dead-simple but they don’t offer much flexibility. I guess the ideal for many players would be a delay that offers incredibly fine control over every parameter like a rack unit, but in an easy-to-digest pedal format.
Ladies and gentlemen, the Strymon TimeLine.
I’m not going to waste time here: the TimeLine is probably – no, scratch that: definitely – the best delay pedal I’ve ever used. I like it so much that I’m not even going to save that grand statement for the end of the review. In fact I’ll say it again. The TimeLine is the best delay pedal I’ve ever used.
So why? What is it about this pedal in particular that gets it so right? Well it’s a combination of things: ease of use, quality of sound, depth of available editable settings, flexibility in sound types. Let’s break it down and see exactly what’s going on.
NEWS: Strymon Lex Rotary almost ready
Strymon is putting the finishing touches on their Lex Rotary pedal. I had the pleasure of hearing this incredible little device first-hand in January. It sounds amazing and I was really blown away by just how accurately it captured the minutiae of a real rotating speaker. Check out some pics of the Lex Rotary’s creation here, and watch the demo video below.
Hi! I'm Peter Hodgson. I write for Gibson.com, Australian Guitar, Australian Musician, Mixdown Magazine (including my instructional column, 'Unleash Your Inner Rock God,' which has been running since 2007), Blunt, Beat (including their weekly hard rock/metal column Crunch) and The Brag. And I'm Assistant Social Coordinator with Seymour Duncan.
I've been playing guitar since I was 8 years old, and I've been writing for magazines since I was 18. I've also worked as a guitar teacher (up to 50 students a week), a setup tech, a newspaper editor, and I've also dabbled in radio a little bit. I live in Melbourne, Australia, and my hobbies include drinking way too much coffee, and eating way too much Mexican food.
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