I respect your open way of doing things like: you turned down the money because you did not want to get biased, and you got the pedal to test it, and you will send it back when you are finished. I hope other youtubers take note of this and not give a "review" just because they got contacted by the brand to say good things about a product they don't own. Cheers from Vienna mate!
@buzzfretwear290610 ай бұрын
That first 2 minutes and 30 seconds sold me. I haven't even heard you speak one word yet and I want one. And I will get one. Gorgeous playing and tone! Nicely done!
@jeffreyduncan9894 ай бұрын
I loved the brigadier and had it for years but hated the fact that you couldn’t retap without time warp… I was stoked to see this version. I loved my memory lane but missed the brigadier. Super happy for strymon’s latest offering 👍👍👍
@chrisco19863 ай бұрын
I am currently using a new memory lane jr and love it but the brig fascinates me.. is it worth it? As an upgrade to the memory lane jr?
@jeffreyduncan9893 ай бұрын
@@chrisco1986 do it… the brig is definitely an upgrade in my opinion… it has more artifacts but the memory lane is no slouch. I could be happy with either but I’m currently favoring the brig 👍
@mr.bluenotedoobop10 ай бұрын
I just got my first Strymon pedal last week, the flint. Absolutely love it, want more strymon stuff but there seems to be a lot of overlap and it’s almost overwhelming to choose. I’m sure you can’t go wrong with a lot of it but they’re pricey
@BipityBopity938 ай бұрын
Anything but the drives are really solid! Can’t go wrong honesty.
@christopherjbutler10 ай бұрын
Insert cable, TRS to TR | TR .. I am older than hydrogen, so I have tons of em from my analog recording console phase... I bet it would sound glorious in stereo.
@marcusmood431010 ай бұрын
I like delay because it makes me sound like a real musician.
@TheBoomtown42 ай бұрын
Me too! Covers up the suck!
@cosmogang10 ай бұрын
I had one of the very first Brigadier pedals from Strymon what feels like a lifetime ago. I loved it for sure.
@mikedr154910 ай бұрын
I love Uncle Larry - but what he says is his favorite seems to change from time to time :)
@Cottonrocket10 ай бұрын
As do all of us I suppose.
@CGlover11310 ай бұрын
But considering his KZfaq channel is litteraly called 501chorusecho… I’d have guessed that would have been his fav
@saltstream10 ай бұрын
Hey Jake! Can you send John a bunch of TRS cables please. You gotta hear this thing in stereo to really appreciate it's magic.
@AmbientEndeavors5 ай бұрын
Brigadier is still my go-to delay. Love that pedal!
@m4ssi8610 ай бұрын
Nobody was using the brigadier before, now they release a new one that sounds the same as the previous with less switches and everyone loves it. Guitar player are strange.
@JTroskaTV5 ай бұрын
It was probably hard to sell people on a $300 pedal that aimed to emulate pedals that could be had from $150. I wonder how this will sell. At $250, it’s priced like a Memory Man. It can do more, but doesn’t have the clout of being “the real thing”. I bought a Brig because it can take midi clock in from my Beat Buddy drum machine for automated tap tempo. But that’s a very niche feature that most guitarists won’t care about. I’m guessing Strymon waits for everybody to buy this, then they’ll release a small El Cap and hope everybody buys again.
@onenotesolo25610 ай бұрын
The larger Brigadier sits the best in a mix of my delay I’ve had. The mini Brig is also good - I don’t think it’s quite the same sound (like the Cloudburst, they seem to have gone mega-digital sheen in tone, whereas the slightly older Brigadier feels and sounds like it’s trying a bit less hard, to my ears). Both great pedals though, and the Strymon Multiswitch gives you presets without having to go full MIDI. The only thing keeping the Brigadier off my board is the UA Starlight, which isn’t as good at that one sounds as the Brigadier, but has a really fab quarter > dotted 8th setting that does the Edge / Gilmour thing brilliantly in EP or MM mode. Happy days.
@jasonlee849710 ай бұрын
Years back I bought the TC Electronic Flashback. I can custom design just about any delay sound. My favorite I’ve created is an Ecoplex style delay minus the wow and flutter. Like a perfect tape delay.
@jamesgrobertson802410 ай бұрын
Yep it is a great delay 👍
@jubileedx9 ай бұрын
yeah i have a flashback 2 and perfectly happy with it AND whatever my Eventide H9 can spit out BUT NOW I NEED THIS AS WELL
@Grant_Ferstat5 ай бұрын
I'm struggling with my H9. Especially dialling the reverse delays etc. I think maybe I'm just not a multi-effects guy. @@jubileedx
@13aphomet10 ай бұрын
I had the Brigadier and it really does sound beautiful. I ended up selling it to fund an LVX but it really is brilliant..
@TheBoomtown42 ай бұрын
Just got one of these, so much nicer than my boss dd3. Very practical and pretty sounding. Most demos show the extreme settings and it doesn’t do it justice. Just stay off the short switch if you don’t like the “artifacts” they let in to emulate it sounding like “shit.”
@louis247710 ай бұрын
would like to see you compare it to the elephant man delay in the HX stomp
@vladrapchan533010 ай бұрын
Hey, John! Great video as always! Could you compare the Brig Delays with Helix options? Would they be THAT different?
@jeffreyduncan98910 ай бұрын
The brigadier was my favorite pedal but you couldn’t re-tap without the sound of the time warp which strymon would let you turn off… they got rid of that on this pedal so it will be returning to my board 👍👍👍
@compucorder649 ай бұрын
I demo'd it a while back, and the Brigadier is lovely sounding, very very smooth. But, in the end I decided I liked the Boss DM-101 better, for vibiness, grit and lo-fi character. I do wish it was stereo in though. Shame to go full ham on a dual BBD and then hobble the input side. Especially when there's so many nice true stereo choruses available these days (Boss DC-2W, TC Electronic SCF+), and more and more people are recording stereo amp rigs. But for stereo, I do really like the DMM in my UAD Del-verb too. And another thing that I like is running the send of my DOD Rubberneck out to the TC SCF+ mono, and then running the BBD delay into wide stereo chorus on stereo side channel amps, keeping the centre amp without chorus/delay. So it's sounds wide and shimmery, but not OTT chorus or especially flanger, and renders the BBD delay (or flanger) is pseudo-stereo. Then UAD can do this type of thing too, with flanger and phaser variations, digital but true stereo.
@chrisdaviesguitar10 ай бұрын
Love your chops dude.
@mtguitar515010 ай бұрын
It’s probably just me but once I got something that could produce acceptable results in one package like the stomp I will never buy a one trick pony delay pedal,
@masterofreality23010 ай бұрын
It sounds stupid, but I like having physical knobs. Not only that, the stuff in the HX Stomp is nice, but it cant do certain things like my Volante or Deco, not as easily or as well at least.
@giosundance564310 ай бұрын
Idk chief I have a 3rd Gen fractal and still Decided to build an expensive pedal board around a tonex….currently have a pedal board with a klon, vintage phase 90 and a memory man deluxe (the ones going for 1k) I still enjoy the knobs.
@chrisdavies914310 ай бұрын
I really do think the magic of this pedal is the stereo modulation. I do hate TRS - dual TS cables though, they're seemingly all shite quality. I have a V2 Dig and El Cap though so I have no option but to use them in a stereo rig.
@cliverkay10 ай бұрын
I use a Volante ...love it !
@bloodreyna670010 ай бұрын
Strymon Deco please
@writewheel10 ай бұрын
What happened to your Volante? I still love mine and I credit you with the discovery. Cheers.
@ksharpe1010 ай бұрын
4:24 DOGS !!!! John Cordy and his Dumbelish Dachshunds!!!
@tonyz429210 ай бұрын
I thought Larry used the brigader
@martinaddison48803 ай бұрын
you are correct, he does.
@r0bophonic10 ай бұрын
This delay sounds fantastic to me. I’d be curious to hear a Helix bucket brigade delay next to it for comparison. Also, I wonder how studio pros like Tom use stereo effects like this on a session. Do they bring two amps?
@deddiev171810 ай бұрын
Of course they have access to whatever amps they need to make it more authentic sounding. They don’t have to settle
@MsSpicynipples10 ай бұрын
two amps, or use a reamp box to send the recorded single amp sound through the delay pedal after the initial recording.
@calwells56129 ай бұрын
This delay CAN run in stereo, and sounds great, but Tom is almost always in mono.
@dinadams10 ай бұрын
This isn’t quite the same s the brigadier, the third multi mode doe example is new. I have the Brig and it is wonderful, loads of sounds but really perfect simple knob count and feature set,
@christopherjbutler10 ай бұрын
Is that an Ibanez SKB style Guitar case I see in the background? Looks familiar to me :)
@StrumBelievable10 ай бұрын
John, how are you running your signal we're hearing? Guitar -> Brig -> DI -> DAW? Guitar -> Brig -> Stomp -> DI -> DAW? I don't think you're micing cabs. If he has posted this info before and someone else knows, please share. Thanks!
@chrisdavies914310 ай бұрын
He's using a Line 6 HX Stomp. You can see the white box at 5:01. Looks like it's going into the front of the Stomp which he can do as he's using it in mono. I duspect he's going out of the Stomp into his interface. Think he generally uses studio monitors to hear himself and we're hearing the DI signal.
@juhaniranki53236 ай бұрын
Yes, reverbs off when demoing pedals!
@ahall382310 ай бұрын
A you make an FM9 representation of this one?
@musiccreation119810 ай бұрын
Sounds great. Small form factor. Yet ... Keeley Halo, Meris LVX, Boss DM-101, etc. How to choose?!? I already own the Halo and LVX. Fwiw, I'd buy the Boss DM-101 next.
@FakeGlasses10 ай бұрын
Get a suhr discovery instead
@musiccreation119810 ай бұрын
Great suggestion @@FakeGlasses
@jwright883810 ай бұрын
I don't think a TRS insert cable is an insurmountable challenge, John. Just kidding...I get what you are saying...lol.
@peterp736310 ай бұрын
I don’t see (hear) what is so special about this pedal. There are numerous good quality actual bbd delay pedals available, so why not just get one of those. Personally, I like the Maxon and Boss delays. The dm101 does everything one could reasonably want from a bbd delay. And no, I don’t want to pay twice as much for a Suhr Discovery.
@bernardmacseoin111310 ай бұрын
Kudos for doing an unpaid, unbias pedal review. If favorable opinions can be purchased for a price to potentially boost manufacturers sales, the intent is deceitful at best. Well done John !
@glyman121210 ай бұрын
Flint v2 please
@greek420699 ай бұрын
Thought the chorus echo was his favorite
@Deep_Jimpact10 ай бұрын
Hmm, I feel the inconsistency in salutation
@JosephCompton6619 күн бұрын
Volante.
@jayl91279 ай бұрын
Man you have very musical taste……..
@picksalot110 ай бұрын
Personally, I didn't hear anything magical or special in the Brig. 🤷
@TheCyberMantis10 ай бұрын
Sounds like every other delay pedal I ever heard. They all do the same thing.
@ToneDeth.10 ай бұрын
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@uwedasler42510 ай бұрын
Sounds artificial like everything I have heard from Strymon. The ultimate test for any analog delay is putting it in front of a distorted amp. If it works for that - it is good. This one does even sound terrible in an effects loop of a clean amp. Try the Mythos or Analogman devices, or if you have too much cash, the Suhr analog delay - they all eat this digital failure for breakfast. While mine has not arrived yet, I very much expect the same to be true for the new Benson delay. I somewhat do not understand the current hype about Nashville session players... They are all about being a fit for every style of music, and to my ears they all sound completely uninspiring, even if they are without doubt great players. If I would sound like Bukovac or Pierce (and they are both fantastic players) I would give up on playing guitar.
@paulrhodesquinn7 ай бұрын
What exactly do you mean by artificial? Also, if you don’t understand the hype about the Nashville players, some of whom I work with, I’d suggest that maybe you haven’t yet reached a level of playing or musicianship where you can appreciate their skills. I’m assuming you’re not a pro?
@TheBoomtown42 ай бұрын
Just got one of these, so much nicer than my boss dd3. Very practical and pretty sounding. Most demos show the extreme settings and it doesn’t do it justice. Just stay off the short switch if you don’t like the “artifacts” they let in to emulate it sounding like “shit.”