El Capistan vs Montavillian vs Aqua Puss
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mal paso
Banned
Yeah, I was actually surprised to find I liked the El Cap the least.
Cool vid Jester!
Cool vid Jester!
smoss469
Tele-Afflicted
Loved the lick at 1:18. That an original?
Suttykins
Tele-Meister
Argh, I want an El Capistan so bad and this isn't helping!! 
The Montavillian sounds great too, very musical repeats.
Thanks for posting!
The Montavillian sounds great too, very musical repeats.
Thanks for posting!
Jubal81
Tele-Meister
I was hot for one for a while. 30 minutes after unboxing it, it was right back in the box.
Great features, but their buffer design drains out all your tone. Might be worth it if you are running a digital amp anyway.
RubyRae
Friend of Leo's
I like that montavillian a lot. Now I just need one of those too...
JonathanVL
TDPRI Member
Had the El Cap for about two months now.. And i like that one the best
Very mellow sounding, can really thicken up your sound in a non-obvious way.
From the moment i saw the first Youtube-video i knew i had to have it, and i've been practically buying nothing else but delays the last 5 years.
I've had the EHX 16SDD, memory boy, line6 echopark, DL4, and now the El Cap (and hoping to get a second one..)
Very mellow sounding, can really thicken up your sound in a non-obvious way.
From the moment i saw the first Youtube-video i knew i had to have it, and i've been practically buying nothing else but delays the last 5 years.
I've had the EHX 16SDD, memory boy, line6 echopark, DL4, and now the El Cap (and hoping to get a second one..)
All lick are mine.
Actually, I just messing around with monty and El Cap. End then I decide to record side-by-side with my another favorite delay, AP. El Cap seems like do not have enough midrange, which makes it sound more cold and "hi-fi", especially with overdrive before. On the other side it has a lot of tweakablility and other extra features. AP and especially Monty are thicker and sounds great with overdrive. Also, Monty has great ambiance sound, that CB site describes as: "the echos trail off almost forever over the horizon, disappearing into the ether rather than crash landing back to earth".
Hey Jester, your vid sound like you don't understand the many functions of The Capistan, especially TAPE AGE, LOW END CONTOUR, TAPE BIAS. So I suggest you to read many times the doc and experiment by yourself.
For certain guitarists, the effects HAVE to keep simple for them to be usable.
For certain guitarists, the effects HAVE to keep simple for them to be usable.
Why do you think so?
I found your video to be unfair for the El Capistan. You are stuck on one and only sound , a "cold and hi-fi" sound as you said, very bright. Begin to turn the TAPE AGE pot (on 10 on your demo, turn it to 4). Try the other secondary functions (LOW END CONTOUR and TAPE BIAS), and see what happen.
mal paso
Banned
Iguazux,
I don't think Jester's intent was to show off all of the various features of the El Cap, but to provide a comparison demo of what his 3 favorite delays sound like on similar settings.
I don't think Jester's intent was to show off all of the various features of the El Cap, but to provide a comparison demo of what his 3 favorite delays sound like on similar settings.
Green Lantern
Tele-Afflicted
Agreed. That riff was bomb. Totally my kind of thing.
I think I like the Aqua Puss the best and the El Capistan the least.
mal paso said:
Ok, Mal Paso. I want to say that the setting jester choosed don't let us compare the three delay. He can achieve a much warmer soud on the Strymon just by adjusting the TAPE AGE pot . I want to add that I'm not sponsorised by Strymon ( but no problem if they want to
Edgar Allan Presley
Friend of Leo's
Thanks for the video comparison, Jester. I tried to ignore the El Cap because of my strict $200 ceiling for effects pedals. But the other two sound great, especially the Catalinbread.
Ok, Mal Paso. I want to say that the setting jester choosed don't let us compare the three delay. He can achieve a much warmer soud on the Strymon just by adjusting the TAPE AGE pot . I want to add that I'm not sponsorised by Strymon ( but no problem if they want to
Yes, it can be set "warmer" (Actually just cut some more high end), but then it would become more muddy, compare with other. Actually, El Capistan, like any other delay, has it's own certain sound, which can be tweaked slightly to your own taste. Montavillian also set in one "cut" setting. On my own experience with whole three pedals, I set them to show basic sound of them. And they really sound different.
