Strymon Riverside

Jonathanthomas83

Glad you liked it fella, thats a lovely board!!

RandallFlagg

Interesting

Wazmeister

I think I'm gonna have to try one of these...

VJIves

That board's like a greatest hits of drive pedals.

BintyTwanger77

You can use an external favourite switch as a boost as well. If you don't use fuzz, dirt-wise you could pretty much do a whole gig with just the Riverside.

BintyTwanger77

Wazmeister said:

I think I'm gonna have to try one of these...

Sorry, mate, this can't be helping anyone's GASeousness.

Teetonetal

BintyTwanger77 said:j

You can use an external favourite switch as a boost as well. If you don't use fuzz, dirt-wise you could pretty much do a whole gig with just the Riverside.

I can also easily do a whole Gig without it!

BintyTwanger77

Teetonetal said:

BintyTwanger77 said:j

You can use an external favourite switch as a boost as well. If you don't use fuzz, dirt-wise you could pretty much do a whole gig with just the Riverside.

I can also easily do a whole Gig without it!

Because Double Decker and Helix?

Teetonetal

BintyTwanger77 said:

Teetonetal said:

BintyTwanger77 said:j

You can use an external favourite switch as a boost as well. If you don't use fuzz, dirt-wise you could pretty much do a whole gig with just the Riverside.

I can also easily do a whole Gig without it!

Because Double Decker and Helix?

Home use tools for me all my giging  dirt needs covered by the rather wonderful brunetti pleximan also trying to talk myself out of gas!

I must admit I'd like to hear one of these in the flesh.  The strymon stuff I've used has been very good. Is this a 100% digital pedal?

BintyTwanger77

Teetonetal said:

BintyTwanger77 said:

Teetonetal said:

BintyTwanger77 said:j

You can use an external favourite switch as a boost as well. If you don't use fuzz, dirt-wise you could pretty much do a whole gig with just the Riverside.

I can also easily do a whole Gig without it!

Because Double Decker and Helix?

Home use tools for me all my giging  dirt needs covered by the rather wonderful brunetti pleximan also trying to talk myself out of gas!

I must admit I'd like to hear one of these in the flesh.  The strymon stuff I've used has been very good. Is this a 100% digital pedal?

No, it's very much a hybrid, it has analogue gain stages and a DSP.

Teetonetal

Interesting. Question is: are you keeping or returning?

BintyTwanger77

Teetonetal said:

Interesting. Question is: are you keeping or returning?

I'm pretty sure I'm keeping it. It's very very versatile, sounds good and works very well with my amp. Keeping the Friedman OD for higher gain and the Fairfield comp. The ideal for me was Fender cleans and Marshally distortion, and I've the latter in both pedals, plus a Klon or TS style OD in the Strymon.

Luminous

Christ that was boring...I gave up watching before I heard the thing

Wazmeister

I think that the Strymon stuff often appears 'mainstream', but are often much more versatile and creative...

I owned the Deco, and the OD section of that is very very good indeed; the whole pedal is underrated, and most of the YT vids sound cack too..

Jonathanthomas83

So tempted by a Deco. Ive got just about every other Strymon :-/

meltedbuzzbox

I'm still yet to try a Strymon. I am worried at the prospect of falling in love and spending a small fortune. The timeline sounds spectacular in all the demos I've heard. 

Not sure I could spend Strymon monies on a dirt box though

BintyTwanger77

Wazmeister said:

I think that the Strymon stuff often appears 'mainstream', but are often much more versatile and creative...

I owned the Deco, and the OD section of that is very very good indeed; the whole pedal is underrated, and most of the YT vids sound cack too..

I think that the fact that the Riverside has a DSP might put people off and think that their dealing with a digital dirt pedal. This is very much a hybrid, it has analogue gain stages, and works with your amp. You can hear every movement of your hands on the fretboard so clearly, it's so articulate and responsive. Rather than being a straight MIAB (though you can dial that sound in) it works with your amp. If you have an amp you love, which I have, the Riverside brings out your amp's characteristics so well. The demos do not do this thing justice.

Also, it has a LOT of gain on tap, it can get very roary and Ratty (though it's so much more articulate and less compressed than a Rat). It doesn't have as much gain as the Friedman OD (which is why I'm keeping it), but it covers clean boost, various OD tones, medium gain and Rattish punk so well. And with the favourite switch (and the facility to add an external switchable boost of +6dB), it was a no-brainer. It's bumped the Tumnus and the Kilt off the board, so they're now both up for sale. 

The Riverside is staying.

BintyTwanger77

meltedbuzzbox said:

I'm still yet to try a Strymon. I am worried at the prospect of falling in love and spending a small fortune. The timeline sounds spectacular in all the demos I've heard. 

Not sure I could spend Strymon monies on a dirt box though

You are right to worry. I have spent a fortune on these things. Totally worth it though.

BintyTwanger77

Luminous said:

Christ that was boring...I gave up watching before I heard the thing

The demo is incredibly dull. Does not do this pedal justice at all.

WarpedSounds

How long has Heisenberg been working for Strymon?