Best delay pedal

[cajone5]

Ditto Should be saweeet

[ptbarnum]

Please give us your impressions of the strymon..I'm getting interested in that one.

[SteveA]

Wellllllll I did it...... I just bought a El Capistan ---- my first non BJ pedal tis year

let us know how it is!

I'm just getting around to trying out the Echoczar and I have to say there's something I miss about the simplicity of the DBD. I mean, the tone is awesome (especially with the angelbaby) but the simplicity of the DBD can't be beat. I'm curious to hear about your impressions Donner with the El Capistan.

[thesjkexperience]

Wellllllll I did it...... I just bought a El Capistan ---- my first non BJ pedal tis year

I did the same and got word it shipped today! I thought it was the coolest delay I have seen for Surf guitar and has a lot of fun/twisted sounds my Nova and DBD don't have.

The funny thing is I have been on a Bluegrass kick and am playing only acoustic lately, so I am going to have to dust off the electrics!

[pulse.]

I use my Skreddy for the slapbacks and ambient delays and a timefactor always on the band delay mode
for those filtery tapped repeats. I own a Sib Echodrive too mostly used on recordings.

[mikepick]

Wellllllll I did it...... I just bought a El Capistan ---- my first non BJ pedal tis year

Donner when you get the pedal please let us know how it compares to the DBD in terms of handling distortion.

[hawaii121]

+1 curious... I have the eventide and it does great cleans, but other pedals I've had did better with distortion - Wampler analog is very nice and reasonable. trex replica was the most over-rated I ever owned.

[thesjkexperience]

I got my El Cap last night and just spent an hour with it. It can do many many things, but I am having a hard time getting the sounds I want out of it. So far the sound on sound is the feature I like best. But, I cant say I am blown away the way I was with my Orbit flanger. I am going to learn a bit more about it and watch the videos again and see if I can get it to do what the DBD does so well and get the sounds I want from it. I really want to like it, but so far it sounds/feels like something is missing.

[mikepick]

Any more El Cap experiences? Donner have you recieved yours yet?

[thesjkexperience]

I finally had a bit of time with the El Cap and it now sits on the board kicking off the Nova Delay and the DBD. The El Cap can do the DBD sound pretty well and due to the true analog bypass the El Cap sits where the Nova sat. I knew the D/A converter in the Nova wasn't perfect, but I loved the delay a lot and still wish the Strymon had reverse and Ducked/dynamic delay as those were some of my go to delay sounds for Blues/Rock. BUT, when I took the Nova out of the chain, and put the El Cap in, the dynamics increased at least 100%! My BJFe pedals now sound even more bouncy and juicy! The only downside is the El Cap isnt stereo in, like the Nova was, so I lose the stereo flanger sound from the Orbit.

So, now I get to learn more about the ins and outs of tape delay simulation, but what is really cool is the new possibilities of the sound on sound setting(s) and it can also do the magnetic drum delay which I feel captures that early Pink Floyd delay sound. I also use a tweed deluxe, and have a Bludotone Tweed Bassman on order, so the chance to add reverb with a saturated delay, that is similar to what the DBD does, creates a huge ambient solo sound. So, the big selling points are many for the El Cap, but it wont do everything I would like. But with faster processors and the clever Geeks at Strymon there may come a day....

I am going to keep the Nova Delay around for the sounds I like, but I will use it with a stereo splitter, so I can keep it out of the signal path. I think the DBD will be up for sale to help pay for the El Cap.

Now I need to wire an extension cord internally from the plug in front of the PP2+ to the underside of the board so I just need the one plug to power everything. Even the PP2+ cant power two Strymons and a Fulltone MDV-2 I hope to power the MDV-2 with the extension cord to a wall wart under the board.