This Drive Pedal Is Outstanding – Strymon Riverside
In today’s video I have Lee Abraham join me with his latest purchase, a Strymon Riverside Overdrive pedal.
The Strymon Riverside is slightly different from a lot of other drive pedals as it has a JFET input with a digital drive circuit, and I think this pedal sounds FANTASTIC!
Here is what Strymon says about the Riverside.
Riverside’s cascading gain stages create harmonically rich tones that are immensely musical and natural—from silky clean overdrive to colossal distortion, and all points between. Our analog JFET front-end ensures that Riverside responds to your guitar with uncompromised dynamics and feel. The precision crafted DSP generates dynamic complexity and pleasing harmonics at every stage, letting your amp shine at any gain level. Riverside takes your amp to places you never knew it could go.
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Originally posted by UCW-S0JAM1Rtte4lU0HsD8BA at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig1YQhMFQpA
I’m a bit late to the party, but I recently picked up a Riverside and I’m loving it.
So natural and amp-like. Cleans up beautifully. Couldn’t ask for more.
Great demo, great pedal.
With the Tone X why use drive pedals, when you can used a captured cranked Amp? Then you can just cycle through its presets changing the gain stages as needed. PS I have used the River Side Drive to push my Clean single Channel Amps and separately a Tone X into the return of an Amp Head and Cab for additional options.
Fantastic demo.
Someone let Lee know that he (and Paul) partially inspired me to give this pedal a shot. I seem to be about 5-7 years behind the current tech, but at least I'm in good company with Lee and co.!
Watched a bunch of review videos on the Riverside and Sunset by Strymon. Decided 2 channels was more useful to me. For digital equipment they both sound very whole toned and musical. I still would like to get an Okko Twinsonic Mk2 eventually. I love dual overdrive pedals. Thank you for the video.
Because of you guys I had to go out and buy me one of these Riversides…Thanks LOL !
WOW! outstanding drive. I'm building a new board with my ToneX and GigRig so this is next purchase. Thanks
This pedal sounds very convincing! What amp and what cab model did you use in the Tonex?
if you have to choose between the riverside or the duelist, What would be your first option?
If u can't afford the Tonex, pair up the Riverside with the NuX Amp Academy. That is my actual setup. As for my "wet" effects (modulations, delays, reverbs, compressions, wah, etc…), i have my Boss MS3 connected to the NuX Amp Academy's effect's loop. The Boss MS3 also acts as my MIDI switcher for my Riverside, to recall any of the 16 presets that i have saved in the Riverside (anything from edge of break up right up to really high gain & with anything in between). As for the NuX Amp Academy, i use mostly the Fender Twin Reverb with it's matching IR, as the main amp tone (so, i don't have to rely on any given backline amps…i just use the backline guitar amp's effect's Return). I then send the 1/4" output of the Amp Academy (with the Cab IR bypassed) with the Riverside sound (or without) & the "wet" fx from the Boss MS3, into a guitar amp's effect's Return while the Amp Academy's built-in DI out (XLR connector) WITH the Cab IR, sent to FOH or for recording without having to mic up the actual physical amp's speaker cab….
FYI… pedal is analog… just digitally controlled…
Nice playing Sir????????????????
That setup sounds great
They mention the pedal and the IR but apparently not the pretty obvious reverb and delay that's been applied. Like are we hearing this straight off the TC unit, or what else is involved? There's definitely more than just the 2 pedals featured. Be nice to know the entire signal chain.
I'd love to see this side by side with the Boss OD200.
Hell. Yes. I've had the Riverside for about 2 years and I don't think it will leave my board. The BE OD Deluxe made me consider it for a moment, but they're very different. Keeping both!
Also, love your channel dudes.
I did the same thing… I used the Riverside as my pedal platform amp-in-a-box style pedal, paired with the tc electronic impulse loaded with custom made IR. Great stuff! With a midi controller I can program some interesting tones, from squeeky clean to muff style distortion. Amazing value for money. It stands in also as a clean boost and a noise gate.
The one thing that's not mentioned is the built in noise suppressor/gate in both this and the Riverside which is amazing and very easy to set. It makes both pedals super quiet and live, for me, a joy with the high gain settings. Definitely not to be underestimated here.
Something slightly fizzy on top that wrecks it for me but totally useable for average gig. Was that just the IR or was there a delay?
Dude looks like Bill Burr ????