Bluesky to Bigsky, worth it?

zepp76

I have had a bit of a thing for reverb for a while now and am pretty sorted on that front, I love my Strymon Bluesky but was wondering whether it was worth upgrading to a Bigsky? Is it worth the extra spondoolies I'd have to fork out? What more can it offer me over the Bluesky? Your opinions and advice are greatly appreciated, thank you.

Jonathanthomas83

What are you looking for that the BlueSky doesn't give you, mate?

If you're spending, check out the Ventris too. BigSky is stunning though.

frank1985

What kind of stuff do you play? 

Wazmeister

The Big Sky is probably one of the best pedals ive owned personally. 

The presets is the hige advantage, as well as brilliant factory presets. For example, the swell setting is one of the best I’ve used.

Unlimited potential with the Big Sky imho 

Fretwired

In theory yes as the Big Sky offers much more (I own one) but it's whether you would need it. In fairness the Strymon demos will highlight the differences. I know people with both pedals on their FX board.

TimmyO

Honestly if you're into your reverb then just having one to mess around with is probably worth it! 

zepp76

Jonathanthomas83 said:

What are you looking for that the BlueSky doesn't give you, mate?

If you're spending, check out the Ventris too. BigSky is stunning though.

Hi mate, long time no speak. The Bluesky is superb but I just want, well, more! I want a few preset options that I can flick between, a couple of different ones for my Peter Green playing and a channel for messing about combined with a bit of delay (el cap) for, I don't know how to explain it but I just want to play mellow, chilled out noodly stuff if that makes sense. Sometimes I want to stop the formal practice and just get lost in a sea of reverb and delay!

Thank you to everyone for their comments so far, I'll give it some thought as it's a lot to splash out on for one pedal but I have pedals I'm not using that could go up for sale to help out. I'm loving everything I hear of the Bigsky, it's so tempting!

JohnPerry

I upgraded from Blue to Big a few years back and was amazed by the improvement in quality of the sound. The extra DSP power makes a big difference. You’re not just paying for extra presets and tweakability

Jonathanthomas83

I never quite got the Big Sky to sound like my old Flint, and that sounded superb and would do for Peter Green stuff. I loved that pedal. Doesn't help you in this case, but worth thinking about, maybe.

zepp76 said:

Jonathanthomas83 said:

What are you looking for that the BlueSky doesn't give you, mate?

If you're spending, check out the Ventris too. BigSky is stunning though.

Hi mate, long time no speak. The Bluesky is superb but I just want, well, more! I want a few preset options that I can flick between, a couple of different ones for my Peter Green playing and a channel for messing about combined with a bit of delay (el cap) for, I don't know how to explain it but I just want to play mellow, chilled out noodly stuff if that makes sense. Sometimes I want to stop the formal practice and just get lost in a sea of reverb and delay!

Thank you to everyone for their comments so far, I'll give it some thought as it's a lot to splash out on for one pedal but I have pedals I'm not using that could go up for sale to help out. I'm loving everything I hear of the Bigsky, it's so tempting!

Go for it man, it's a fantastic pedal and has endless options and sounds in it. Great for lovely ambience.