Strymon Deco V2

This is a pedal you didn't know you needed , until you get it.

The saturation gives you a beautiful warm fat tone. The new cassette setting is great and adds a more compressed saturation. I wasn't sure how different this would be but I prefer it to the standard setting. The addition of the tone control is really helpful and can brighten up a dark amp or other pedals.

The double tracking side is way more flexible then it looks. The type, lag, wobble and blend all interact to give a wide variety of sounds. I'm using midi to switch between Flanger, chorus and a nice warm basic delay that I've set up as presets. I've left the saturation always on and bring in the double tracker side as needed.

The V2 version is more expensive and I did consider the V1 to save some money but on balance the MIDI, tone control and the improved JFET inputs are more than worth the extra €.

In conclusion I love this pedal. It's given my sound a warmth and a lovely soft overdrive I couldn't get with anything else.