The Strymon El Capistan dTape Echo is one of the most highly regarded tape-style delay pedals available, delivering the warmth, movement and organic character of classic tape echo without the maintenance and unpredictability of an actual vintage tape machine.

The El Capistan goes far beyond simply creating a dark analog-style delay. Strymon designed it to recreate the behavior and imperfections of real tape echo systems, allowing you to control characteristics such as Tape Age, Wow & Flutter, tape bias and tape crinkle. You can dial in everything from a relatively clean, well-maintained tape machine to beautifully worn, warbling and atmospheric echoes.

Three different Tape Head configurations — Fixed, Multi and Single — provide a huge variety of delay styles, with three modes available for each. It can easily cover classic slapback, warm vintage echo, multi-head rhythmic delays, ambient washes, psychedelic oscillation and heavily degraded tape textures.

The El Capistan also includes tap tempo, adjustable spring reverb and Sound on Sound looping, making it an incredibly versatile creative tool for both live and studio use.

One of the best things about the El Capistan is how naturally the repeats sit behind your playing. Instead of sounding like a pristine digital copy of the original note, the echoes can become progressively warmer, softer and more textured, giving the pedal the organic feel associated with classic tape machines.

Highlights include:

• Strymon dTape tape-echo modeling
• Fixed, Multi and Single tape-head configurations
• Three modes for each tape machine
• Tape Age and Wow & Flutter controls
• Adjustable tape bias and tape crinkle
• Spring reverb
• Tap tempo
• Sound on Sound tape-style looping
• Expression pedal capability
• Analog dry path
• Stereo output
• True bypass or trails-capable bypass
• Designed and built in the USA

The Strymon El Capistan is an outstanding choice for anyone looking for authentic vintage-inspired tape echo with modern reliability and a tremendous amount of control. It can be subtle and warm or wonderfully strange and atmospheric, making it equally at home with rock, blues, country, ambient, psychedelic and experimental music.

A modern classic and an incredibly musical delay pedal.