Strymon’s El Capistan is not a new pedal. I’ve owned mine for well over a year. So why cover it in my Fiddling With Knobs series? Because it’s so damn good and there are so many ways to use it! Regardless of how many different delay pedals I experiment with, the Cap always holds up. Judging by many other ambient musician’s pedalboards, there’s an unspoken consensus. It may be the best tape delay pedal ever created. Indeed, this pedal has been demoed to death so I’m not treating this like a demo. Instead I approached this in the way that I enjoy most; entirely subjectively sharing my favorite ways to use this masterpiece of a pedal. I’m sharing my settings below. As with all my Fiddling With Knobs videos, I use TC Electronics Hall of Fame and Flashback so you can see exactly how much delay and reverb I’m using.

If you don’t yet own an El Capistan, I hope this video inspires you to pick one up.

1. Tape head - Multi
Mode - B
Time - Max
Mix - 3 o’clock
Tape Age - Min
Repeats - 4 o’clock
Wow - Noon
Spring Reverb - Min
Low End Contour - 1 o’clock
Tape Bias - 9 o’clock
Tape Crinkle - 9 o’clock

2. Tape Head - Single
Mode - A
Time - Noon
Mix - 3 o’clock
Tape Age - 3 o’clock
Repeats - 2 o’clock
Wow - 10 o’clock
Spring Reverb - 10 o’clock
Low End Contour - Noon
Tape Bias - Max
Tape Crinkle - 3 o’clock

3. Tape head - Multi
Mode - A
Time - 11 o’clock
Mix - 1 o’clock
Tape Age - 2 o’clock
Repeats - Noon
Wow - 9 o’clock
Spring Reverb - Min
Low End Contour - Noon
Tape Bias - Noon
Tape Crinkle - 9 o’clock

4. Tape head -Multi
Mode - B
Time - 2 o’clock
Mix - 2 o’clock
Tape Age -3 o’clock
Repeats - 3 o’clock
Wow - 3 o’clock
Spring Reverb - 4 o’clock
Low End Contour - Min
Tape Bias - 4 o’clock
Tape Crinkle - Max

5. Tape head - Single
Mode - C
Time - Max
Mix - 3 o’clock
Tape Age - Min
Repeats - Max
Wow - Min
Spring Reverb - Off
Low End Contour - Noon
Tape Bias - 12 o’clock
Tape Crinkle - 12 o’clock

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