I used it last night as planned and it does have a certain 'magic' as I thought, because a few people who play guitar actually commented on how well it sounded in certain tunes.
That tells me a lot, because I didn't make it the focus of attention and the comments were based on 'authenticity', which pleased me.
I now have it in the house with me, comparing it with my Vox Tonelab LE that I have just gone back to. The Tonelab does a great all round job and I can easily make a living with it doing what we do, but there is this 'magic' ingredient that Strymon has and I can't put my finger on it at the moment. I am spending my time today doing A/B tests and although each sounds excellent, the Strymon has an edge. What I am certain of, is that the key factors are in the deep editing of the patches on the Strymon.
The burning question is, could the magic ingredient be worth £370 ?