Strymon Bluesky 4-stars Reviews

Brilliant for any spacey sounds and post rock.

I use the Strymon BlueSky for home use and amateur recording. I play experimental and post rock music with this particular piece of equipment. But it really is versatile and can fit many playing styles if used correctly and not over played up front, but rather shining away in the background.

The build, look, quality and manageability I give 5 stars. Absolutely flawless. As sound goes it's great for basic reverb and the shimmer option gives a lot of extra ambiance, however I find the tail of the shimmer quite cheap sounding on its own. However while playing with other instruments you wouldn't even notice.

A good idea is to turn down the high damp knob a bit and raise the low dampening to get a fuller and rounder shimmer.

Strymon Bluesky Review

I bought this with the intention of using it regularly for recording in the studio and for live in a proggy guitar band. It's one of those pedals that is instantly likeable; the shimmer setting is awesome for an immediate wow factor and the more standard reverb types and effects are pretty useful. Overall I found the pedal was less practical in the studio and more often than not I found myself battling to fit anything in a mix. Live though is where the pedal excelled for me. The shimmer setting is outstanding and probably marginally better than what you get with something more pricey such as the eventide space but it is a lot less flexible. This is probably just because the pedal is soooo bright! Even with the hi end rolled off it was still ridiculously bright and in your face; not a problem live but on a recording it was a bit of a nightmare. I fell on a great deal for the eventide space and had I not gone for that I would still own the bluesky; it's really, really nice.

Lush ambience for the spirit of the New Age

This unit is a fine addition to any pedal board.The spring reverbs are really authentic Fenderesque, room, plate and hall reverbs are gorgeous with modulation available if this floats your boat..on the face of it, seems a bit pricey compared to Boss rv5, EH holy/holier grail etc but the sonic quality of this unit by far exceeds those units and as for the price, I remember paying what felt at the time like an EU country`s fiscal deficit for a Lexicon PCM70! This unit is worth every penny.