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Taking a Look at the Agile Guitars of Strymon Demos
Quite often, many of you have reached out to us wanting to know what guitar is being played in a particular Strymon pedal demo video. That got me thinking about taking a deeper dive into the guitars...
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Taking a Look at the Fender Guitars of Strymon Demos
I recently took a look at the Agile guitars we have used in our Strymon demo videos. If you missed it, click here! Now it’s time to dive into the Fender guitars we have used. As you can imagine many...
View ArticleEvery Instrument has a Story: Gregg’s Gibson Explorer
Welcome to the first installment of Every Instrument has a Story. Over the coming months we’ll find interesting and unique stories about instruments, from customers, well-known artists, and even us. We...
View ArticleReddit Ask Me Anything Recap
A couple weeks ago, we participated in a Reddit AMA “Ask Me Anything”, where Reddit users asked us questions about any topic. If you’re unfamiliar: it’s kind of like a press conference, but online (and...
View ArticlePete Celi’s Premier Guitar Article – A History of Doubletracking
Our own Pete Celi is at it again—tracing today’s popular guitar effects such as flanging, echo, and chorus to the early days of tape recording studios. In his recent Premier Guitar article, “State of...
View ArticleStudio Reel-to-Reel Tape Dynamics and Double-Tracking White Paper
Our journey begins with some of the earliest recording studios. The introduction of reel-to-reel tape machines and the creative engineers that used them brought on some of the fattest sounds...
View ArticleA Decade of Damage Control
It was 2005, and I was in eighth grade. I had just picked up the guitar and was taking lessons, so my friend Richard thought I’d be interested in the guitar effects pedals his dad had been working on...
View ArticleDIG Digital Delay Technology White Paper
Rack-mount digital delays of the ’80s ushered in a new era of audio effects. They generated the cleanest delays yet to be heard, but also created their own special and intriguing sonic characteristics....
View ArticleThe Sound of Strymon: Sound Designer Pete Celi
Strymon co-founder Pete Celi is responsible for the sound design and DSP algorithm creation for all the Strymon pedals that use DSP. Recently I had the pleasure of sitting down for an interview with...
View ArticleAnalog Designer Gregg Stock
In addition to being a co-founder of Strymon, Gregg Stock is the man behind the analog circuit design in every Strymon product. Recently, he was kind enough to sit down for an interview with me. You’ll...
View ArticleSingle Stage and Multistage Gain Topologies – Sunset and Riverside
Riverside and Sunset Although both Riverside Drive and Sunset Dual Overdrive share similarities, they are two very different beasts. Riverside‘s sound, dynamics, and feel are like that of a multistage...
View ArticleDave Fruehling: Strymon Co-Founder and Firmware Architect
Strymon co-founder Dave Fruehling is responsible for the digital systems behind the knobs and displays on Strymon effects and for the firmware architecture environment in which the sounds are created....
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