Spaceman Orion - a real spring reverb pedal?

nickb_boy

Teetonetal said:

Snagged one today. Will go head to head - Empress Trem + Orion vs Flint... can only keep one option.

First dibs

Teetonetal

nickb_boy said:

Teetonetal said:

Snagged one today. Will go head to head - Empress Trem + Orion vs Flint... can only keep one option.

First dibs

Sure!

Lew

mixolyd

Lew said:

Gorgeous.

Teetonetal

Cool sounds @Lew. Mine sounds like that in a helix loop. In my amp fx loop it sounds like someone plugged a vacuum cleaner in. Sadly spaceman are not replying to my emails at all, so mine is currently serving as a paper weight.

mixolyd

Teetonetal said:

Cool sounds @Lew. Mine sounds like that in a helix loop. In my amp fx loop it sounds like someone plugged a vacuum cleaner in. Sadly spaceman are not replying to my emails at all, so mine is currently serving as a paper weight.

The first thing that I thought of was whether it worked well in a loop/at line level, so I guess you just answered that.  

mixolyd

@Lew btw which trem won out in the end?

Lew

@Teetonetal mmmm that's really poor :-( fingers crossed you get a reply. Same deal with noise in front of the amp rather than in ze loop? 

I don't use a trem @mixolyd I think you mean @Teetonetal  

mixolyd

Lew said:

I don't use a trem @mixolyd I think you mean @Teetonetal  

Right you are.

Teetonetal

@mixolyd ; I don't think it's a line level issue as the space sounds awful intron of, or in the loop. My guess is that the spring tank is faulty as the spaceman guy said there were some issues in a TGP thread. I've tried lots of PSUs, different placement etc. I will try in my other amps fx loop in a couple of days. Not had the chance yet. But he's not answering me. Assuming it's due to Namm and that he just released 2 more pedals. So I will try him again after Namm.

Very odd that it works well with helix though. 

As for terms - I scrapped that for the time being as this is either Flint or Empress/Orion. Given that the orion isn't playing, I haven't even started to compare.

mixolyd

@Teetonetal ;
That's a shame, sounds like the kind of issue that often plagues these short-run, ambitious boutique products, especially early in their life cycle.  Best of luck, hopefully you'll hear the best of it soon!