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Strymon dTape™ Technology – White Paper
Soon we will be releasing our El Capistan dTape™ Echo. To capture the full experience and complexity of a tape echo machine, every last tape system attribute was relentlessly studied and faithfully...
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Maxwell’s Silver Hammer of the Gods
Our very own Analog Guru and co-founder Gregg Stock recently had the opportunity to contribute an article for the March 2012 issue of Premier Guitar magazine. In 1830, Michael Faraday submitted his...
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Flint Reverb Summary Paper – Three Classic Reverb Types
The magical combination of tremolo and reverb is the earliest example of a perfect guitar effects marriage. Our new Flint Tremolo & Reverb pedal delivers three classic tremolo circuits, along with...
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Amplifier Tremolo Technology White Paper
Sometimes to understand who you are, you have to go back to the beginning, back to where it all began. Before smart phones, before computers, before integrated circuits and the transistor—the only...
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Pete explains Flangers in the September Premier Guitar
Our very own DSP Engineer and co-founder Pete recently wrote an awesome article on flangers for the September issue of Premier Guitar. It illuminates some of the finer and more confusing aspects of how...
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What Does a Pedal Sound Like?
Our very own DSP Engineer and co-founder Pete Celi recently had the opportunity to contribute an article for the March 2013 issue of Premier Guitar magazine. “Unlike a tree falling in the woods, a...
View ArticleOur most listened to songs
Recently we asked on Facebook and Twitter for you to “go to your iTunes (or Spotify, last.fm, etc) and tell us your most listened to song.” It was wonderful to see over one hundred songs mentioned and...
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BigSky reviews!
The reviews for BigSky are now appearing through the clouds of the interwebs, and we’re incredibly excited to hear what people have to say. Featuring 12 unique reverb machines – from rooms, halls, and...
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Every 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 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 (pictured on the right) thought I’d be interested in the guitar effects pedals his...
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The 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...
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Analog 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...
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Dave 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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Pete 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...
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Studio 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...
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DIG 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....
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Single 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...
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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...
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