Strymon El Capistan V1
pedal
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Why this number?
The typical used price is the median of 117 used sales observed in the last 90 days, with outliers removed and the figure rounded. An observed sale is often the last asking price rather than a confirmed hammer price.
| Typical used price | €180 | median sold, rounded |
| Most sold between | €170–€190 | 25th to 75th percentile, same window |
| Window | last 90 days | the tightest of 90 days, 6 months and 24 months with 8 used sales |
| Sample | 117 used sales | solid sample |
| By condition | same as typical | excellent, median of 52 sales, same window |
| same as typical | very good, median of 44 sales, same window | |
| same as typical | good, median of 19 sales, same window | |
| 90-day change | +0% | vs the 90 days before |
| Time to sell | 11 days | median of 47 listings watched from listing to sale |
| Live asks | €239 | typical ask across 33 listings, 33% above typical used |
| Outliers | dropped | beyond 10× the product’s own median: bundles, parts, typos |
| All-time | €190 | 4,408 used sales, 2013–2026; not used for deals |
| Sales on record | 4,507 | all-time, all platforms |
| Closest new | €422 | Strymon El Capistan V2 at Thomann; a relative’s price, not this model’s |
Typical prices are rounded (to 5 / 10 / 50 / 100 by size, in whichever currency you read); asks and the chart are exact. As of 19 October 2026. Full method, including what each badge means
About the Strymon El Capistan V1
The El Capistan V1 is a digital tape echo pedal, made in the USA in a grey anodized aluminum case. Two things matter when you buy one. Early units have a mono input only, while later ones have an internal jumper that makes the input TRS stereo; the output is stereo. And it needs a 9V center-negative supply that gives 250 mA. New, it came boxed with a supply, a manual and a sticker. A common aftermarket mod adds a jack for an external tap tempo switch.
Two three-way switches pick one of three tape machines and one of three modes for it. Fixed varies the tape speed with the playback head fixed; Multi plays two of its three heads at once for rhythmic repeats; Single moves the record head while the tape runs at a fixed speed, and its third mode is a Sound on Sound looper with 20 seconds of tape at slow speed or 10 at fast speed. The dry signal stays analog. The five knobs (Time, Mix, Tape Age, Repeats, Wow & Flutter) each have a second setting, reached by holding both footswitches: spring reverberation, tape crinkle, tape bias, low end contour and a 3 dB boost or cut. Holding Tap gives infinite repeats. An expression pedal can take over any one knob, or an optional Favorite switch recalls one saved preset. Bypass is true bypass by default, with a buffered trails mode.
For sale right now
The best-priced as cards, a row of them; every other ad as a line, by ask. Each ask is the seller’s own number; the platform’s mark opens the listing. Each one says when we last confirmed it at its source: the price and availability are from that visit, so check the marketplace before you go.
1 local pickup ad in Portugal, on OLX Portugal. Showing 1 local pickup ad in Portugal, on OLX Portugal. Local pickup near you, in Portugal: 1 ad on OLX Portugal.
OLX Portugal
Reverb
27 more live · €200–€383 · typical ask €239 · 18 United States · 5 United Kingdom
- €20011% over typicalexcellent ·
United States · Reverb · confirmed 8 h ago - €20413% over typicalgood · United States · Reverb · confirmed 8 h ago
- €20413% over typicalvery good · United States · Reverb · confirmed 8 h ago
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- €22726% over typicalgood · United States · Reverb · confirmed 23 h ago
- €23128% over typicalvery good · United States · Reverb · confirmed 8 h ago
- €23128% over typicalvery good · United States · Reverb · confirmed 8 h ago
- €23933% over typicalexcellent · United States · Reverb · confirmed 8 h ago
17 more · €239–€383 · United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy
- €23933% over typicalvery good · United States · Reverb · confirmed 8 h ago
- €24436% over typicalvery good ·
Canada · Reverb · confirmed 4 days ago - €24637% over typicalgood · Canada · Reverb · confirmed 8 h ago
- €25441% over typicalexcellent ·
United Kingdom · Reverb · confirmed 47 h ago - €26547% over typicalgood · United Kingdom · eBay Germany · confirmed 4 days ago
- €26648% over typicalvery good · United States · Reverb · confirmed 8 h ago
- €27251% over typicalvery good · United Kingdom · Reverb · confirmed 23 h ago
- €28961% over typicalvery good · United States · Reverb · confirmed 8 h ago
- €28961% over typicalvery good · United States · Reverb · confirmed 8 h ago
- €30268% over typicalexcellent · United States · Reverb · confirmed 8 h ago
- €32078% over typicalvery good ·
Italy · Reverb · confirmed 8 h ago - €32882% over typicalexcellent · United Kingdom · Reverb · confirmed 23 h agocheck this is the same pedal
- €32882% over typicalvery good · United Kingdom · Reverb · confirmed 8 h agocheck this is the same pedal
- €33787% over typicalnew · United States · Reverb · confirmed 8 h agocheck this is the same pedal
- €33787% over typicalnew · United States · Reverb · confirmed 8 h agocheck this is the same pedal
- €33888% over typicalnew · United States · Reverb · confirmed 8 h agocheck this is the same pedal
- €383113% over typicalnew · Italy · Reverb · confirmed 8 h agocheck this is the same pedal
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Price history
What it sold for, quarter by quarter, since Apr 2014: 4,405 sales in quarters with at least three, and the bars along the floor show how many each quarter. The shaded band is where the middle half of sales landed.
Recent sales by listing date
117 used sales · last 90 days · middle half €170–€190 · solid
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | €169$190 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 15 Oct 2026 | €178$200 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 15 Oct 2026 | €178$200 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 11 Oct 2026 | €178$199 as sold | good | United States | eBay United States | Details |
| 10 Oct 2026 | €172$194 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
A date is the day the ad went up. Marketplaces do not publish the day a sale closed; each of these had sold by the time we recorded it, in September 2026 and October 2026. A price is what the listing last asked, converted at that day’s rate.
Show the last 50 of 4,507 recorded sales
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Oct 2026 | €178$199 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 10 Oct 2026 | €179$200 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 9 Oct 2026 | €173$194 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 6 Oct 2026 | €227$255 as sold | very good |  Australia | Reverb | Details |
| 6 Oct 2026 | €178$199 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 4 Oct 2026 | €196$220 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 3 Oct 2026 | €178$200 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 2 Oct 2026 | €204$229 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 1 Oct 2026 | €284$320 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 30 Sept 2026 | €177$199 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 28 Sept 2026 | €183$205 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 26 Sept 2026 | €177$198 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 26 Sept 2026 | €202 | new |  Germany | eBay Germany auction | Details |
| 26 Sept 2026 | €187$210 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 26 Sept 2026 | €186$210 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 26 Sept 2026 | €184$209 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 25 Sept 2026 | €185$210 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 25 Sept 2026 | €176$200 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 23 Sept 2026 | €237$267 as sold | good | United Kingdom | Reverb | Details |
| 23 Sept 2026 | €179$201 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 23 Sept 2026 | €245$275 as sold | good |  Spain | Reverb | Details |
| 22 Sept 2026 | €114$130 as sold | parts | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 22 Sept 2026 | €66$75 as sold | parts | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 21 Sept 2026 | €187$213 as sold | good | United States | eBay United States auction | Details |
| 21 Sept 2026 | €173$197 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 20 Sept 2026 | €149$170 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 20 Sept 2026 | €162$185 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 19 Sept 2026 | €176$198 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Sept 2026 | €186$209 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Sept 2026 | €187$209 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Sept 2026 | €193$220 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Sept 2026 | €259$290 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Sept 2026 | €188$210 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Sept 2026 | €185$207 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 16 Sept 2026 | €170$190 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 14 Sept 2026 | €201$225 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 14 Sept 2026 | €201$225 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 14 Sept 2026 | €141$160 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 13 Sept 2026 | €179$200 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 13 Sept 2026 | €179$200 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 13 Sept 2026 | €201$225 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 12 Sept 2026 | €168$189 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 12 Sept 2026 | €165$185 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 11 Sept 2026 | €153$175 as sold | fair | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 11 Sept 2026 | €143$163 as sold | very good | Canada | Reverb | Details |
A date is the day the ad went up. Marketplaces do not publish the day a sale closed; each of these had sold by the time we recorded it, in September 2026 and October 2026. A price is what the listing last asked, converted at that day’s rate.
Where it’s cheapest right now
What sellers are asking today, by country. Asking prices, not sales; shipping, fees and any customs or import VAT between you and the seller are not included.
| Country | Live | Median ask | Cheapest ask | Cheapest vs typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 7 | €265 | €66 | €114 under (63%) |
| United States | 24 | €222 | €177 | €3 under (2%) |
| Canada | 2 | €245 | €244 | 36% over typical |
| Italy | 2 | €352 | €320 | 78% over typical |
In one paragraph
The page's figures as one paragraph, assembled for quoting; not written by hand.
Listings of the Strymon El Capistan V1 we watched from listing to sale typically went in 11 days (47 watched), a fast mover; it sells for a median of €180 over the last 90 days across 117 recorded sales, with most examples landing between €170 and €190. The closest version sold new, the Strymon El Capistan V2, costs €422 at Thomann (read 9 October 2026). There are 33 listings live right now across Reverb, eBay Germany, from €177 asking, a median ask 33% over the sale median. Figures computed 19 October 2026 by Doirado from cross-platform listing data.