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Initially, I was buying this for the fantastic Shimmer Plate reverb. If you've not heard it, it's a fantastic swelling, room-filling organ-esque effect that melts your ears. If you have heard it, you're probably in love with it. And believe me, it sounds just as good when you manipulate it for yourself.
I was never much of a reverb user - my amp has a basic reverb built-in, and that suited what I needed. I did not have a reverb pedal and I felt that I did not need one. The lure was in the Shimmer Plate reverb. The biggest conflict I faced was: 'Can I justify spending so much on a pedal I only really want one sound from?'
Well, I did it. It had been on my mind for so many months, I had to buy it. As I've said, the Shimmer Plate sound lives up to its expectations. But now that I'd bought a reverb pedal, I decided I had to learn to implement reverb effectively to justify buying such a pedal. I can honestly say I've already learnt so much from this pedal about the different kinds of reverb. This pedal can really do it all. A brilliant selection of core settings (Normal, Modulation and Shimmer) and core variables (Plate, Room and Spring) to start you off, as well as the five adjustable knobs mean you'll be able to tinker around with different sounds and find many new ideas along the way.
I would definitely recommend keeping a pen and paper handy to make a record of all your settings, as, while this pedal does throw out so many useful sounds, you can easily forget where you found what. The pedal offers a favourite mode, meaning you can quickly save at least one sound you like and have it as a go-to. I don't know if you can favourite more than one sound, but that would be a really helpful feature to allow for quick select.
One of my favourite features of this (that is not everyone's cup of tea and thus, is not defaulted) is that by holding down the bypass switch as you supply the pedal with power and it switches to an analog bypass, meaning you reverb trails off as you disengage the effect, rather than an abrupt cut out.
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The Bluesky does not dissapoint and has lots of tones from subtle to over-the-top wettness. It has a loveley (semi-hidden, so RTFM!) tails feature, so that bypassing the pedal does not cut the effect dead, but carries on fading away, especially usefull if you have an epic long reverb running.
There are a fair number of combinations, with different types of reverberation. Modulation is nice, and can add a subtle twist to your sound. The vanilla reverbs sound crystal clear, but of course you can shape the top and bottom end to get a darker tone or ethereal high end only.Everything is just a knob twist away, so no menu diving. Easy.
Overall, there is nothing to dislike. True bypass is there if your inner tone-junkie needs it, but the analog bypass with trails is a winner. I found no issues with tone-suck.
In a lot of cases, unless you are after a specific effect, this pedal can be considered an essential, in the line, set and forget - just gives air and room to your sound; or of course you can get massive long reverb tails that you hone and save as a favourite setting, so you can punch it in when needed.
If you don't need memories and MIDI - but just want the Strymon Reverb Sound, this is brilliant. I love it.
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Great pedal, but I'm personally not finding too much use for it myself.
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If you like the idea of modulated reverb, the Bluesky has two really unique settings, mod produces a chorus effect, and shimmer adds beautiful octave overtones. Unlike other modulated reverbs I've used (e.g. the Holy Grail's Flerb), you'll probably use these quite a lot, rather than be mildly repulsed by them (*cough* Flerb) and never use them again.
Like all Strymon pedals the Bluesky sounds fantastic, lush and super high quality. I also have the El Capistan, and it's more or less impossible to dial in anything bad-sounding on either, yet the interface is simple enough to find the tone you're looking for. Highly recommended.
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The pedal is well built with a sturdy enclosure. Wonderful and silent switches perfect for use when creating those ambient soundscapes the BlueSky lends itself to so wonderfully.
Having been a little concerned before receiving the BlueSky that it would only do ambient shimmers well I was delighted to find that the normal and mod settings are also fantastic and provide great sounds that are easy to dial in.
I am incredibly happy with my purchase, an excellent pedal built to the highest standard.
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The build, look, quality and manageability I give 5 stars. Absolutely flawless. As sound goes it's great for basic reverb and the shimmer option gives a lot of extra ambiance, however I find the tail of the shimmer quite cheap sounding on its own. However while playing with other instruments you wouldn't even notice.
A good idea is to turn down the high damp knob a bit and raise the low dampening to get a fuller and rounder shimmer.
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The only problem I've ever had was one of the screws for the output jack likes to come off, and this has happened multiple times, where I unplug my Planet Waves patch cable and the screw + rubber O-ring is stuck to the cable. I've lost the O-ring as a result, but it's not too big of a deal.
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This is the ultimate stomp box reverb. Yes it is at a boutique price, but worth the piece of mind that I am 'done' wondering about potential successors. (for many a year at least ;)
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For the price, it is very light weight and does seem a little flimsy or that it could break easily but thankfully it has been solid as a rock. Highly recommended on any pedal board! Strymon are making unbelievably good pedals.
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I like the delay-ridden U2 sound of the The Edge's guitar, and the addition of a 'shimmer' effect was something I was looking for. I checked out various reviews of alternatives, but settled on the Blue Sky.
Needless to say, the pedal has proven a delight to use. Although it adds the shimmer effect I was hoping for (and then some!) the pedal is far more versatile than I imagined. The build and - especially - the audio quality are stunning.
Not cheap, but nevertheless highly recommended.
Great service from Thomann and I have purchased many times with absolute confidence - and I am not associated with the company in any way.
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Highly recommend.
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