Shimmer Shootout – Strymon blueSky – Empress Superdelay – Verbzilla Octo
Yesterday I posted about the Strymon blueSky Reverberator, and this morning I came across this interesting shimmer shootout, where tubescreamer (andrew stephen othling) compared the Strymon blueSky, Empress Superdelay and Line 6 Verbzilla. This shootout was only comparing the “shimmer” effect where it almost sounds like there is a keyboard behind what you’re playing. Very atmospheric and something that could be used to create some pretty interesting sound-scapes.
I didn’t think this was a fair comparison with the Empress Superdelay. I mean the Empress is an amazing pedal, but I don’t think it was pulling off the shimmer like the Verbzilla or Strymon. I think a Eventide might have been good to fill that slot. Overall, I still think the Strymon came out on top between the three. What do you think? Let me know by posting a comment below.
Pedals featured in the video:
Strymon blueSky Reverberator
Empress Superdelay Vintage Modified
Line 6 Verbzilla Reverb
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May 9th, 2011 at 10:45 am
The Strymon has a nice warmth to it, but there is something about the quality of Verbzilla’s octo effect that I like better. It would be cool to hear the two together – shimmer on steroids!
May 9th, 2011 at 11:53 am
I’m not sure when this shootout was done, but the Eventide Space would win by a pretty large margin. Not sure if it was available when this video was shot, though.
May 10th, 2011 at 12:45 am
The shimmer mode on the Strymon works better with the pre-delay set to zero. It’s good for clean over 50% mix and crazy for overdriven or fuzz under 50%. Great pedal. Haven’t heard much from the Eventide yet. Not crazy about any of the Line 6 products