Lauzon Music · Est. 1945
Strymon
Strymon pedals in Canada, from Ottawa. Strymon designs and builds its pedals in the USA. We keep its delays, reverbs and modulation on the shelf, test every one on our bench, and ship it insured.
Strymon buying guide and questions
Strymon
Buying guide
Strymon pedals at Lauzon Music
What Strymon is known for
Studio-grade delay and reverb in a pedal. Strymon grew out of Damage Control Engineering, started in 2004 by engineers Pete Celi, Gregg Stock and Dave Fruehling, and launched under its own name in 2009 with the all-analog OB.1 compressor. Celi leads the DSP work and Stock the analog circuits, which is why the range covers both: deep digital machines like the BigSky MX alongside fully analog drives like the Fairfax. Every Strymon is designed and built in the USA.
The models we carry
What's on the shelf changes week to week. See every Strymon delay, reverb and modulation pedal in stock, and the Ojai power supplies to run them.
- BigSky MX. The flagship reverb: twelve reverb machines, two running at once in series, parallel or split, 300 presets and stereo impulse response loading
- TimeLine. Strymon's multi-machine delay with presets and a stereo looper, for players who want every kind of echo on one pedal
- El Capistan. Tape echo with three tape machine types, from slapback to long, gritty feedback, with spring reverb on board
- Volante. Drum, tape and reel-to-reel echo with four playback heads, a Sound on Sound looper and a vintage spring reverb
- BlueSky and Cloudburst. BlueSky gives you plate, room and spring with shimmer; Cloudburst is the compact ambient reverb, with an Ensemble engine that follows your playing
- Deco, Lex and Fairfax. Tape saturation and doubletracking, a full rotary speaker, and a miniature Class A amp in an all-analog drive pedal
What a Strymon costs
Strymon pedals on our shelf run from about $200 to $1,000 today. The compact pedals like the Fairfax, Olivera and Cloudburst sit at the lower end, and the big-box units like the BigSky MX and TimeLine at the top. Ojai power supplies and cables are on the same page, below that.
Buying a Strymon from us
Every Strymon is tested on our bench before it leaves and ships insured, free over $200 across Canada and the US, with no duty on US orders. We're guitar players, so if you're choosing between two reverbs or two delays, ask us in the chat and we'll tell you how they differ on a board. Anything Strymon makes that isn't on this page, ask us about too.
Questions
Strymon questions, answered
Where are Strymon pedals made?
In the USA. Strymon designs and builds all of its products there.
BigSky MX, BlueSky or Cloudburst: which reverb should I get?
The BigSky MX is the workstation: twelve reverb machines, two at once, 300 presets, stereo in and out, MIDI and impulse response loading. The BlueSky is a smaller three-mode reverb (plate, room and spring) with shimmer and 300 MIDI presets. The Cloudburst is Strymon's compact ambient reverb, built around its Ensemble engine for pads and string-machine textures. If you want one pedal to cover a whole set, the BigSky MX; for a classic reverb on a smaller board, the BlueSky; for ambient washes in a small footprint, the Cloudburst.
El Capistan, Volante or TimeLine: which delay?
El Capistan is tape echo, with three tape machine types and spring reverb. Volante adds drum and reel-to-reel echo to tape, with four playback heads you can set separately and a Sound on Sound looper. TimeLine is the do-everything delay, with many delay machines, presets and a stereo looper.
What power supply do Strymon pedals need?
Strymon makes the Ojai for its own pedals: five individually isolated outputs at 500mA each, and you can add Ojai expansion kits as your board grows. Each pedal's listing carries its power spec, and we're happy to check your board in the chat.
Do you ship Strymon pedals to the US?
Yes. Every Strymon is tested on our bench and ships insured, free over $200 across Canada and the US, with no duty on US orders.
Real people, real answers
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