# Strymon El Capistan

> This delay & echo entry consolidates documented Strymon El Capistan variants, controls, settings and roles across dated guitarist pedalboards.

- Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/strymon-el-capistan/
- Machine-readable index of the archive: https://pedalboardarchive.com/llms.txt
- Evidence and reconstruction conventions: https://pedalboardarchive.com/methodology/

- **Category:** Delay & Echo
- **Types:** Delay, Modulation, Tape echo
- **Also known as:** dTape Echo, El Capistan
- **Controls:** Mix, Mode, Repeats, Tape age, Tape Age, Time, Wear, Wow & Flutter
- **Identification:** The model is identified.
- **Documented appearances:** 3 boards, 2015–2026

The compact pale-green dual-footswitch tape echo, its wordmark and five primary controls legible beside the reverb in the back row.

## Documented boards

Each row is an observed appearance on a dated board. A position is only an observed one where that board's order evidence says so.

| Artist | Board | Date | Positions | Order evidence | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| John Fogerty | Two-drawer offstage effects rack | 2015-05-03 | 2 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/john-fogerty/two-drawer-offstage-effects-rack-2015/ |
| Mateus Asato | Pedalboard 2026 | 2026-07-29 | 9 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/mateus-asato/world-tour-board-2026/ |
| Noel Gallagher | Official board photograph | 2025-07-25 | 7 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/noel-gallagher/official-board-photograph-2025/ |