Am I crazy to be considering selling my Bigsky for a Flint?

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Am I crazy to be considering selling my Bigsky for a Flint?

Post by Reg18 »

Apart from the convenience of syncing my Strymon Timeline and Bigsky with a midi controller I’m pretty much using a darkish plate Reverb with expression controlling the decay length 90% of the time.
Seems like over kill right?
Never quite managed to get the Bigsky to replicate the Flints reverbs either.

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Re: Am I crazy to be considering selling my Bigsky for a Flint?

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As a man who has done this exact scenario twice...keep the Bigsky.

Each time I've regretted going back to the Flint eventually - having control over the lows of the Reverb is really useful.
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Never had a Bigsky but by 'eck the Flint is good.

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Re: Am I crazy to be considering selling my Bigsky for a Flint?

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The Flint is very special. I returned a recently purchased Big Sky for a Flint when I heard it, but now have got the Big Sky back again, though kept the Flint. If there’s any way about it, just pick up a used Flint and go both for a while. See how you go?
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Re: Am I crazy to be considering selling my Bigsky for a Flint?

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There is never a good reason to sell a Flint :winky:
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All down to what you think really...I’ve still got a Flint after being through everything else (some several times) but YMMV...

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Re: Am I crazy to be considering selling my Bigsky for a Flint?

Post by jeremyb »

I dunno in my mind if you get that sound in your head from a device then it's worth hanging onto for that reason alone, cause that sound in your head may change in time and the bigsky is wayyyyy more flexible in that regard :)
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Re: Am I crazy to be considering selling my Bigsky for a Flint?

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I think you should swap your Bigsky for my Flint.

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Evidence points to yes: you are insane. :lol:
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Re: Am I crazy to be considering selling my Bigsky for a Flint?

Post by Cdog »

But... If it's not doing it for you, weigh it up and make the call. There's lots (LOTS) of good reverbs out there these days, be a chance to try something new. Plus bigsky is one heckuva footprint if you only use one sound. 2c

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