Strymon pedal names, what's the story?

Fuengi

Anyone know?

I'm guessing Flint and Ojai are from the City names in Michigan and California respectively, and I read something in the bumpf for the Dig about 'unearthing' old delays, so I guess that's the inspiration. 

A Capistan is the thing that holds the tape reel I believe. 

Brigadier, Mobius, Lex, Ola, Riverside, Deco, Orbit, all these must have a reference?

Handsome_Chris

Is the Brigadier a delay pedal?  I'm thinking about bucket brigade technology.

Is the Mobius a looper?  Mobius loop.

thermionic

The tape reel thing is a capstan, so I'm guessing it's a pun on El Capitan, the famous rock formation in Yosemite.

Fuengi

Handsome_Chris said:

Is the Brigadier a delay pedal?  I'm thinking about bucket brigade technology.

Is the Mobius a looper?  Mobius loop.

Of course! It's a bucket brigade delay. 

I didn't know what a Mobius Loop was until a.minute ago. It's not a looper though, it's a modulation pedal but I'm sure that's the reference. 

RandallFlagg

Riverside is a city in California in the greater LA region, not sure if the pedal is named after it though...

skunkwerx

Zuma is a contemporary Japanese restaurant in London... 

blobb

Deco = tape deck?

Fuengi

RandallFlagg said:

Riverside is a city in California in the greater LA region, not sure if the pedal is named after it though...

Did not know that! What about Sunset? 

skunkwerx said:

Zuma is a contemporary Japanese restaurant in London... 

Nice work Sherlock. 

MagicPigDetective

Nothing springs to mind to explain the Riverside and Sunset...??

Edit … maybe a place in LA as said above

Fuengi

blobb said:

Deco = tape deck?

I'm thinking it's an Art Deco reference, there is something about the font that makes me think that. Probably wrong. 

MagicPigDetective

MagicPigDetective said:

Nothing springs to mind to explain the Riverside and Sunset...??

Edit … maybe a place in LA as said above

Hold on, Riverside.... is someone from Strymon a Middlesbrough FC fan?

JDE

Riverside and Sunset (Boulevard) - both LA references.
Flint - Detroit.
Ojai - California.

Lex i always assumed was just a twist on Les, as in a Leslie Speaker.
Dig I always assumed was short for “digital” as it was modelled on the early Boss DD stuff.

All just my speculation. 

Gassage

The word 'Strymon' harks back to from the latin 'Strides of Man'.

It's loosely translated in modern day as 'hipster cunts.'

MagicPigDetective

Gassage said:

The word 'Strymon' harks back to from the latin 'Strides of Man'.

It's loosely translated in modern day as 'hipster cunts.'

It's not something to do with Jamaica then?

SRich

Gassage said:

The word 'Strymon' harks back to from the latin 'Strides of Man'.

It's loosely translated in modern day as 'hipster cunts.'

Now, now.................

We try to be all inclusive here do we not??..........even if we hate the ideology and ethos of the company!

My Deco and Flint are two very capable pedals, ergonomic and very functional. 

jimification

Flint was a 60's TV spy series (ie: tons of tremolo)

not_the_dj

Ola always makes me think of War of the Worlds. 

EricTheWeary

jimification said:

Flint was a 60's TV spy series (ie: tons of tremolo)

The two films Our Man Flint and In Like Flint ( from what I've googled). I don't remember them well but  I think your answer makes a lot of sense. 

Ddigger

Sunset drive and riverside drive are streets in Los Angeles.

Not overly familiar with these pedals, but they are 'drive' pedals.

Slimbert

MagicPigDetective said:

Hold on, Riverside.... is someone from Strymon a Middlesbrough FC fan?

No. He can't be.

Because no one is.

jonnygreentrees

Gassage said:

The word 'Strymon' harks back to from the latin 'Strides of Man'.

It's loosely translated in modern day as 'hipster cunts.'

you'd change your tune immediately if Gilmour started using one!