The Strymon Volante is a Strymon delay pedal. Close alternatives include the Dunlop EP103 Echoplex Delay and the Dunlop Echoplex All-Analog Dry Path Delay. It pairs well with the Hiwatt Custom DR20H and the Peavey MiniMAX.
Strymon Volante
Strymon · pedal
The Strymon Volante is a magnetic echo machine that packs three classic magnetic delay types, drum echo, tape echo, and reel-to-reel studio echo, into one intuitive stereo pedal, with a built-in spring reverb. Its drum echo convincingly recreates the warm, harmonically rich, saturated Binson Echorec sound made famous by David Gilmour, while the tape mode adds vintage warble and the studio mode offers a cleaner, more hi-fi tape voice. An Input Level control mimics analog saturation and signal fry, getting vicious and greasy as it is pushed, and multiple playback heads, sound-on-sound looping, and modulation expand it into evolving, unstable, characterful echoes. The spring reverb simulation is deep and aggressive. With a strong personality and inspiring feel, it suits ambient, psychedelic, classic rock, and experimental players wanting authentic vintage echo textures, lush repeats, and saturated, vibey delay and reverb in one box.
- echo
- spring reverb
- analog
- stereo
- studio
- binson echorec tone
- delay
- saturation
Good for
- Live
- Studio
- Worship
Genres the Strymon Volante is commonly used in
- Classic Rock
- Experimental
- Ambient
- Rock
- Lo Fi
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Rockabilly
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
Amps that pair well with the Strymon Volante
Hiwatt Custom DR20H
Hiwatt
28% matchFeed a saturated signal into Hiwatt Custom DR20H and it comes out closer to tight
Peavey MiniMAX
Peavey
27% matchFeed a saturated signal into Peavey MiniMAX and it comes out closer to tight
Peavey MiniMAX II Bass Head
Peavey
tonal matchPeavey MiniMAX II Bass Head takes that saturated character and pushes it toward tight
Gallien-Krueger MB115MK2
Gallien Krueger
tonal matchStack Gallien-Krueger MB115MK2 on top and a saturated tone tightens toward tight
Hiwatt DR504 Combo 1x12
Hiwatt
tonal matchHiwatt DR504 Combo 1x12 takes that saturated character and pushes it toward tight
Hiwatt Leeds GO40
Hiwatt
tonal matchHiwatt Leeds GO40 pushes a saturated tone toward tight
Hiwatt Custom 20/40 'Studio/Stage' Head
Hiwatt
tonal matchFeed a saturated signal into Hiwatt Custom 20/40 'Studio/Stage' Head and it comes out closer to tight
Hiwatt Leeds AC60
Hiwatt
tonal matchHiwatt Leeds AC60 pushes a saturated tone toward tight
Pedals that stack with the Strymon Volante
Browne Amplification Carbon
Browne Amplification
26% matchRun Browne Amplification Carbon after it and the warm edge settles into something more bright
Colorsound Overdriver
pedal
24% matchWhere this leans warm, Colorsound Overdriver answers back bright
Walrus Audio Lillian
Walrus Audio
16% matchPut Walrus Audio Lillian after Strymon Volante in the signal chain, clear of Strymon Volante's own gain stage
Caroline Guitar Company Parabola State Tremolo
Caroline Guitar Company
15% matchPut Caroline Guitar Company Parabola State Tremolo after Strymon Volante in the signal chain, clear of Strymon Volante's own gain stage
TC Electronic Spark Booster
TC Electronic
tonal matchStack TC Electronic Spark Booster on top and a saturated tone tightens toward clean boost
Boss GEB-7 Bass Graphic EQ
Roland
tonal matchBoss GEB-7 Bass Graphic EQ leans bright right where the warm tone needs it
Amptweaker Tight Drive
Amptweaker
tonal matchAmptweaker Tight Drive takes that saturated character and pushes it toward clean boost
Revv Tilt Boost (Shawn Tubbs Signature)
Revv
tonal matchRevv Tilt Boost (Shawn Tubbs Signature) leans bright right where the warm tone needs it
Alternativessee all similar tone character →
Dunlop EP103 Echoplex Delay
Dunlop
75% similarityShared character: delay, reverb, classic_rock
Dunlop Echoplex All-Analog Dry Path Delay
Dunlop
74% similarityShared character: delay, reverb, classic_rock
Donner White Tape
Donner
73% similarityShared character: delay, reverb, ambient
Boss RE-2 Space Echo
Boss
72% similarityShared character: delay, standout, reverb
Roland RE-2 Space Echo
Roland
72% similarityShared character: delay, reverb, ambient
Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man
Electro-Harmonix
71% similarityShared character: delay, ambient, classic_rock
Keeley Magnetic Echo Delay v2
Keeley
70% similarityShared character: delay, classic_rock, modulation
Keeley Magnetic Echo
Keeley
70% similarityShared character: delay, ambient, clarity
Crazy Tube Circuits Echotopia
Crazy Tube Circuits
69% similarityShared character: stereo, delay, studio
Binson Echorec Delay
Binson
94% similaritysimilar tone character
Echoplex EP-3
Echoplex
94% similaritysimilar tone character
Catalinbread Belle Epoch
Catalinbread
93% similaritysimilar tone character
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Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Strymon Volante?+
The closest matches in character are the Dunlop EP103 Echoplex Delay, the Dunlop Echoplex All-Analog Dry Path Delay, the Donner White Tape.
What pairs well with the Strymon Volante?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Hiwatt Custom DR20H, Peavey MiniMAX, Peavey MiniMAX II Bass Head — Feed a saturated signal into Hiwatt Custom DR20H and it comes out closer to tight.