Strymon Sunset vs. Strymon Riverside | Comparison

Products used: http://tho.mn/fwh9f

There's a new drive in town - Strymon came out with their second overdrive pedal, the Sunset - just a few months after the Riverside. So what is the difference between them? Kris found out for you!

Interesting bits and pieces:
0:00 Both Drives: Loop with Humbucker | Playing
0:55 Introduction
2:19 Setup for today
4:14 TOPIC 1: Sound | Talking
5:53 Strymon Riverside: Highgain, without Mid-Push | Playing, Humbucker
6:46 Strymon Sunset: "Hard" Setting, Drive at Noon | Playing, Humbucker
7:33 Riverside vs Sunset: Trying to set them the same | Playing, Humbucker
8:20 Riverside vs Sunset: Trying to set them the same | Talking
8:48 Strymon Riverside: "Texas" Setting, Drive at 10 o'clock | Playing, Humbucker
9:27 Riverside vs Sunset: Different Approaches | Talking
11:05 Strymon Sunset: Stacking the Drives | Playing, Humbucker
12:56 Strymon Sunset: "Germanium" Setting, Drive at 10 o'clock | Playing
13:48 Strymon Sunset: "JFET" Setting, Drive at 10 o'clock | Playing, Humbucker
14:06 Strymon Sunset: "JFET" Setting, full Drive | Playing, Humbucker
14:28 TOPIC 2: Setup Possibilities | Talking
15:04 Setup: Sunset | Talking
15:59 Setup: Sunset: "Texas" and "Hard" | Playing, Singlecoils
18:32 Setup: Sunset: Parallel Drives | Talking
19:43 Setup: Sunset: Parallel: "Treble" and "Hard" | Playing, Singlecoils
20:35 Setup: Riverside | Talking
21:40 Setup: Riverside: Two Different Core Sounds: 1: Clean Boost | Playing, Singlecoils
22:22 Setup: Riverside: Two Different Core Sounds: 2: High Gain | Playing, Singlecoils
23:16 Setup: Riverside: High Gain Solo Sound | Playing, Singlecoils
24:35 TOPIC 3: External Options | Talking
25:07 Strymon Riverside: External Boost Switch | Playing, Singlecoils
25:38 Strymon Riverside: Expression Pedal | Talking
26:43 Strymon Riverside: Expression Pedal | Playing, Singlecoils
27:48 Strymon Sunset: External Favourite Switch | Talking
28:45 Strymon Sunset: External Favourite Switch | Playing, Singlecoils
29:12 Strymon Sunset: Expression Pedal | Talking
29:49 Both Drives: Loop with Singlecoils | Playing
30:12 Conclusion: What's the better Strymon drive for me?
31:24 #MusicBelongsEverywhere
32:18 One Last Loop

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