Description
The Strymon Olivera Vintage Oil Can Delay Pedal is built for players chasing that gritty, modulated delay character you just can't get from tape or digital echoes. It captures the strange magic of the original oil can units from the '60s-those old machines that used actual conductive oil to create their wobbly, moody repeats. If you've got a thing for springy textures, off-kilter rhythms, or ambient sound beds that feel like they're pulled from an old vinyl dream, this is your lane.
Olivera gives you a stereo signal path with discrete left/right processing, and its core sound is shaped by a brand-new algorithm built to faithfully recreate the way those old oil can delays reacted and evolved. Controls are intuitive: Time and Heads let you dial in delay length and echo complexity, while Rate and Intensity bring in that unmistakable modulation swirl. Regeneration gives you everything from short slapbacks to long, ghostly trails, and it even lets you adjust the tone of the repeats by holding the footswitch. On top of that, there's full MIDI control, spillover when bypassed, and a Class A JFET input preamp to keep things touch-sensitive and studio-ready.
This is one of those pedals that makes you want to play differently. It's rugged, compact, and designed for modern rigs-true or buffered bypass, expression pedal ready, USB for updates, and low current draw thanks to the ARM processor under the hood. It's the kind of box we trust on our own boards when we want to add something with real personality and movement.
Specifications:
- Input Impedance: 1 Meg Ohm
- Output Impedance: 100 Ohm
- A/D & D/A: 24-bit 96kHz
- Max Input Level: +10 dBu
- Signal/Noise: 116 dB typical
- Bypass Switching: True Bypass (electromechanical relay switching)
- Dimensions: 4.5" deep x 2.7" wide x 2.2" tall
- Power: 9VDC, center negative, 250mA minimum
Sku: OLV
