Strymon releases Brig dBucket Delay, successor to the Brigadier
November 1, 2023 · 3 sources
Strymon announced the Brig dBucket Delay on July 14, 2023, describing it as a successor in lineage to its Brigadier pedal. "Even though it shares lineage with our classic Brigadier pedal, Brig is a new thing entirely," the company wrote1. Guitar World reported the Brig as "a spiritual successor to the larger, now-discontinued Brigadier delay pedal"2.
The pedal offers three delay voices. Guitar.com describes the 3205 mode as a digital emulation of a single Panasonic MN3205 used in pedals like the Boss DM2, the 3005 mode as based on a dual bucket brigade circuit reminiscent of a vintage Deluxe Memory Man, and the Multi mode as using two cross-coupled virtual BBD chips with golden ratio timing3. Guitar World describes the second as recreating a dual MN3005 BBD chip for a softer quality, and Multi as two dBucket delays aimed at "complex soundscapes and a huge stereo soundfield"2.
Controls are Time, Mix, Filter, Repeats and Mod knobs, a voice-selecting toggle switch and a single footswitch that handles bypass and tap tempo2. Strymon lists artifact-free tap tempo, a footswitchable Infinite mode, USB C, TRS MIDI, stereo in and out, 300 presets, a discrete JFET analog front end and a back-panel mono-stereo routing switch1. Guitar.com notes a low impedance TRS stereo output and a TRS MIDI/expression input3.
The Brig is priced at $25932. Guitar World called it Strymon's most compact and affordable delay pedal yet, listing the TimeLine at $449, the Dig V2 at $379 and the Volante at $4292. Guitar.com rated it 9 out of 10 and called it "a more than worthy successor to the Brigadier," while noting that one switch controlling both tap tempo and bypass is "a bit fiddly"3.
"With three custom voices based upon different bucket brigade circuits, it has a huge sonic palette"