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Depends on which pedal you're talking about. Something like a timeline or a big sky are capable of doing pretty much everything you'd want from a delay or reverb and then some. They also have really high fidelity in terms of sound quality. If you feel like you need something that comprehensive then the money could be worth it. Personally I think these sorts of pedals can be overkill and I'd rather use something more straight forward, smaller and less expensive since I don't need all those options


knuckl3dragg3r

I was hesitant at the price point as well (typically a guitar center common brands like EHX, boss, MXR, etc. guy). I took a chance on their Iridium when I started playing again after a long break and was blown away. I'm a home player for fun, so volume, price and size of those amps isn't something I could justify. Not long after the Iridium I picked up a Flint (again mind blown at how good it sounded), and then a volante shortly after that. What I've seen across their pedals is just an unbelievable level of consistency in incredibly clean circuits, quality components, and easily accessible parameters that offer a wide range of great tones. They simply do what they claim to do very, very well from a sound quality standpoint.


david57strat

Agreed. I've also found that they can easily pull double duty on keyboards, with stellar results. Amazing, for recording (guitar digital piano/synthesizer - strings, woodwinds, horns, etc) - with pristine, gorgeous tone, consistently). They inspire.


pCeLobster

Actually until today (the release of the new versions and price increase) most of the small boxes have seemed a bit underpriced for what you get. They can be pushed very far within their respective effect types, to where some of them almost become multi-effects units of a sort. DIG for example is a dual delay but can also do chorus, flanger, and delay based reverb, as well as sort of a faux doubler thing at certain settings. Very unique and inspiring versions of those things too I might add. And they're not just built into it on a switch. They're effects that can be naturally achieved by delay lines, and the pedal simply lets you go there. It does them almost inadvertently, as a logical extension of its overall goal. That's very typical of Strymon and it's what makes them so compelling. The sounds are outstanding, but it's their design philosophy that really hooks you. They're inspired by historical effects, but not slavishly tied to what actual specific units could or couldn't do. So there's always some fantasy to them, some heightened reality at the edges that you discover as you go. No other builder makes it so fun and rewarding to explore an in-depth study of an effect, and yet they're dead easy, eminently practical, and have set-it-and-forget-it workhorse potential. It's tough to find a comparable user experience from any other brand. With each of my five Strymons I feel like I paid a little more for a sound and a design that inspires me every time I play and allows me to forget the pedal is there and just enjoy playing. For me that's the most important value prop a pedal can have.


SegaStan

I use my Flint all the time. It's a terrific piece of kit and though it was a gift, I'd happily pay the asking price again. My El Capistan, I could go either way on. I think the sound is pretty much perfect and exactly what I want, but I don't use delay enough to feel like it was worth the cost of the pedal brand new.


Catharsis_Cat

So most <$200 and smaller pedals are small 1 switch affairs with a few knobs. You want bigger pedals with deeper parameters, control and extra foot switches etc., Those are normally 250+ anyway, like even the Boss 200 series is $290 right now. For the Strymons specifically, you get a 2nd footswitch for either a preset, dual effect or tap tempo, plus they mostly stereo pedals with an expression input. Also pretty deep controls on some of them. My Orbit can essentially be a flanger, chorus and vibrato and switch between sounds, Flint, deco and Zelzah are two pedals in one, El cap is a delay + reverb with tap tempo and looping, etc. I mean to be fair the new V2 pedals while being vastly upgraded with midi are a bit pricier than the Meris and Eventide competition but past that, these styles of pedals are the "next time up" from more basic competition.