Strymon Flint 5-stars Reviews

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12 years ago

Luxury

I never used to be into tremolo, but another piece of kit I bought had it built in and I started to really enjoy the atmosphere it brought in. And around the same time I bought a high-quality amp that didn't have any reverb, and sounded cold as a result. So I needed a tremolo pedal and a reverb pedal. And then Strymon brought this out. The magazine reviews were good, so I took a risk, knowing that this was certainly not the cheapest way of getting those two effects.

But, if you can afford it, it's probably the best way. Both trem and reverb have three different voices. You'll probably quickly find which one you like best, but it's nice to have the choices there. And then the controls allow you to tweak the sounds to suit the song. There's a good range of sounds available, but even at the extremes they still sound good: I haven't find a single unpleasant sound in there.

Some of the hidden controls are a bit fiddly (press this button while powering on and then turn that knob, etc). But they open up a few other interesting sounds. The reverb->tremolo sound certainly gives quite a different feel by comparison with the regular tremolo->reverb sound.

The quality of the sounds is good, and the quality of the build is excellent. It just exudes a sense of being built properly.

12 years ago

Strymon Flint

Provides very high quality simulations of classic reverbs and tremolos. It is digital so I don't know how they adjust for input levels. I suppose it could be overloaded. And it does take a bit more current than most analogue effect pedals. The two red LEDs are a bit of a boring choice and it would be good if the tremolo LED pulsed in time with the trem frequency.

12 years ago