Members natepink Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 Just saw this over the place that shall not be named. Strymon have updated the El Capistan, Brigadier and Lex with an internal jumper allowing for selectable TRS stereo input and swapped on some soft switches. I ordered an El Cap from Thomann at the beginning of the week so hoping I have one of the updated pedals... Here's what Strymon says: What is the difference between El Capistan and El Capistan mono input?Based on customer feedback, in May 2012 we introduced an updated El Capistan design that includes an internal jumper allowing for selectable TRS stereo input, as well as non-click footswitches. El Capistan mono input (now discontinued) was manufactured before May 2012 and includes a mono input.El Capistan has:- Serial number higher than S12-50000- Non-click footswitches- Internal jumper allowing for selectable TRS stereo input (more info here)El Capistan mono input (discontinued) has:- Serial number lower than S12-50000- Footswitches with an audible click when pressed- No internal jumper More here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 9520575 Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 so, does this mean people will start selling these at realistic used prices? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BHz_econo Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 so, does this mean people will start selling these at realistic used prices? The mono input yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mhuxtable Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 Hahaha TGP people are gonna be so pissed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members juri Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 It's already going on.... http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=1092989 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onyxrhino Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 I hear the jumper adds a digital sheen to everything, makes highs rather shrill, and in general, is just not as warm and organic as the original versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BHz_econo Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 I hear the jumper adds a digital sheen to everything, makes highs rather shrill, and in general, is just not as warm and organic as the original versions Jumpers have been known to cause digital sheen for ages. Consequently I have a mod I'm working on for the el cap to rewire the jumper area with vintage wire. This not only counteracts the the sheen but makes the signal more organic overall while adding clarity to the upper midrange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pedaltones Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 Will there be fellow TGP'ers soft-in-the-head enough to buy up yesterday's news from their high-moraled brethren at almost new prices? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brandnewzo Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 A long time ago I owned a Bluesky, and it had the hard switches. I wound up selling a few months later, and I recently picked up another that came with the soft switches. I didn't know that it they had been updating their products, so at first I thought my {censored} was broken before I plugged it in. Soft switches are cool I guess, but it never really bothered me either way. I can only imagine the flood of emails Strymon got from entitled guitar players about the hard switches though. I thought I remember them saying that they couldn't put soft switches into some of their pedals because the circuits weren't built around that certain relay or whatever. It's cool that put that much effort into updating/upgrading their products, but I feel like some butthurt is just around the corner from v1 users that can't upgrade period or do it on Strymon's dime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members delayed delay Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 Kinda stupid they didn't fix the issue that was bothering most everyone - repeats cut out altogether when you're tapping in a new tempo. :poke: I mentioned it to them on more than one occasion, and I know a lot of other people have too. They just told me "that's what most of our customer feedback said they wanted - repeats cuttin out while tapping in a tempo"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faldoe Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 They didn't fix the tap tempo issue? Strycommon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members juri Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 Kinda stupid they didn't fix the issue that was bothering most everyone - repeats cut out altogether when you're tapping in a new tempo. :poke: I mentioned it to them on more than one occasion, and I know a lot of other people have too. They just told me "that's what most of our customer feedback said they wanted - repeats cuttin out while tapping in a tempo"... Might have been too hard to write the algorithm for it, should at least make it an option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Capsule Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 It's already going on....http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=1092989 Haha and the {censored} storm begins. Though most of the people complaining are complaining rightly so... overseas buyers who paid a giant mark up on retail who bought days before the update and can't return... I would be pissed as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members six acre lake Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 The massive amount of pending butthurt is gonna be awesome. Hey disgruntled Strymon buyers, get a {censored}ing life. Your arguement is as stupid as buying a MacBook then complaining when Apple releases a new MacBook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PKTrono Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 idk. the stereo thing would be cool to have. the hard switches don't bother me.cool that they're still trying to improve it, but it'd take some big updates for me to consider upgrading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gambit Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 are soft switches the new blue LED? it'd be nice for the tap tempo, but still.. those fucking guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members juri Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 And so it begins... GRRRRRRRR!!!! just bought a El Cap here in Korea for a TON of scratch. Love the pedal Hate the mono input and hard noisy switches. Infuriating. I would have waited for sure. I was already wildly overpaying for the thing to begin with. arrrrgg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members panther_king Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 Looking forward to picking up an el cap for under 200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members delayed delay Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 Might have been too hard to write the algorithm for it, should at least make it an option. Couldn't be that hard; the repeats don't cut out on the dTape mode on the Timeline... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Taylor. Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 Looking forward to picking up an el cap for under 200. This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members juri Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 Couldn't be that hard; the repeats don't cut out on the dTape mode on the Timeline... You're not a programmer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pedaltones Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 Looking forward to picking up an el cap for under 200. Probably will be plenty of delusionals who think they can still dupe punters into still paying new prices for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members caeman Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 This is MUST WATCH viewing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 9520575 Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 Looking forward to picking up an el cap for under 200. I I'd consider it for that price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members delayed delay Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 You're not a programmer... ... that is true. But my point was I figured they already have the code for it... could definitely be wrong though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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