Glad to hear you're digging it!
I'm still lusting after one super hard.

Just out of curiosity, is the 60's reverb more amp style or reverb unit style?

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I like my Strymon El Capistan a lot, but I haven't tried the Flint. However, anyone looking for a pedal emulation of a reverb tank should be made aware of the new Digitech Hardwire Supernatural Reverb pedal. I haven't tried one, but the demos sound INCREDIBLE. There's an SG101 thread about it already: http://surfguitar101.com/forums/topic/20152/
Check it out! Only $179 (only available through ProGuitarShop, for some reason).

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Yep, I'm easily influenced..... My Hardwire Supernatural will be here this week. Damn youse guys!

I haven't gotten a chance to try the Flint.

I really like the '63 Spring in the Line 6 M9. I also have Build Your Own Clone Reverb2 that I put together that sounds surprisingly good.

For non-spring I love the old Alesis Wedge reverb. It's a line level device, so it needs to be run in an effects loop. Still, it's great for really big, atmospheric, long, ambient reverbs.

Of course, I always prefer to use the 'verb in my old Pro Reverb when I can.

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ERay wrote:

While it doesn't top real tube/spring units and I don't see me ever using it in the studio

Hm, for me it tops real tube/spring units easily. So the Flint is the REAL deal for me.
In a studio its good to try different things. I would try the Flint AND tanks. You cant take a decision before trying it, man.

Two days ago I was in a studio for recording and the studio boss was asking me for the Flint pedal, haha! He had also Reverb tanks, but the best sound and real deal was the Flint again. (When the recording and mastering and everything is done I can send a link to the sound.)

...the BOSS FRV1 pedal is total crap for me! I sold it very fast. I know many people like it but for me it was also wasted money. The BOSS didn`t worked for me (I speak from playing live, not at home!).

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ERay wrote:

Yep, I'm easily influenced..... My Hardwire Supernatural will be here this week. Damn youse guys!

Let us know what you think. I use the Digitech Hardwire Reverb now and its great.

ERay wrote:

Yeah Ralf, it is definitely nice and I anticipate using the hell out of it but something about the modern technology doesn't quite give me the drive a real tube unit does. This is a very subjective topic, what sounds great to you may not sound so great to the next guy.

Yes, its subjective at last. And.... maybe in half a year I will say "Dont use this digital pedal!!!". This can happen. My ears are not the same every week.
At last its the same with guitar sounds: This week my Yamaha is the noplusultra in surf sound and next week its one of my Jazzmasters again.

Have a nice reverb day!

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I got the Supernatural about a month ago and used it at a few rehearsals.
General impression is that it is a very good impersonation of a spring reverb but not significantly better than the Boss FRV-1, just different.

It doesn't have the harshness of the FRV-1 and has more drip, but it is very dark sounding even with the liveliness (tone) control all the way up. Played solo it sounds great, but in a band mix it doesn't cut though in certain situations. It also has a very full sound, which again sometimes just made the overall band mix muddy.

The opinion of the rest of the band was that it sounded better for some songs but that they were very close.

In the end, when it was time for a gig I stuck with the FRV-1 and sent the Supernatural back. I will be trying out the Styman Flint though.

This was just based on the spring settings of course. The other settings sounded great.

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I initially bought my Flint for the trem side, but the reverb side is really, really good. It won't beat a tank, but I've found I sometimes like it better than the onboard reverb on my 60s Bandmaster Reverb. Since that's what they stated they were emulating, I think that says a lot.

I tried my friends FRV-1 once, and I don't think it comes even close to the Flint, much less a real tank.

I got the Strymon Flint about 3 weeks ago, and after having used it at a couple of rehearsals and a gig, I'd have to say it's the real deal.

While it may not have as much drip as a real tank, it has enough for most surf applications. It also has more drip than the Boss FRV-1 without the harshness.

I'm not sure if it is patterned after the tank or on-board reverb, but by using the the decay control, I was able to get good long & short spring simulations.
Another cool feature is being able to boost the volume to make up for any loss of bass with the extreme settings.

The tremolo settings are extra cool. My favorite being the '63 tube tremolo. The '61 harmonic tremolo setting has a great vibrato feel.

At $300 it is pretty reasonable when you consider you are getting 2 great effects in 1 box.

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