EBS_freak Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Anybody here with a Strymon deco? More interested in the saturation element of it really... tell me about it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Yeah I'm all ears for this thing - I love what it does and can imagine it being a staple in any Cure tribute band or for anyone playing a baritone. The drive on it does sound great but I'm only going byt the demo's I've heard not first hand experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosi Y'Anarchy Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 I had one of these and the flint for a while. I loved them both and regret selling them. I LOVED the saturation on the Deco, I think I've got a video I did of just the saturation side, if I can find it I'll upload it to YouTube for you. In short, at low gain it fattens up the tone and adds a little compression. I believe if you step on both stomp switches at the same time you can actually access a 2 band EQ for it so I never noticed any loss of low end. Sometimes it beat out the Hudson Broadcast and Smallsound/bigsound Mini I had at the time. I enjoyed the Doubletracker too and could get chorus and flanger sounds as well as simple delays out of it. I really loved the saturation on guitar too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GisserD Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 (edited) ive been on the lookout for a Deco at a good price for about a year now. Some of the Bass demos of the saturation side really impressed me!! I just snagged one on ebay so i guess ill get to try one at last edit. heres a thread i started earlier this year... Edited September 17, 2018 by GisserD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GisserD Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 So it's here!!! And I really like it It's not like any drive pedal I've ever played. Its character is warm and smooth. It compresses the signal fairly heavily above noon on the saturation dial, but in a nice thick gooey way. I'll try and get some sound clips loaded up to explain. But I'm initial reaction to it is that it's great!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Cool!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GisserD Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 as promised here's a very quick demo... DecoTest.mp3 1. clean bass, Fender Jazz elite 5 with nickel rounds. both pickups, active mode 2. saturation at 50% 3. saturation at 75% 4. saturation at 100% 5. clean Slap 6. slap with saturation at 50% I think it illustrates what the saturation does at differing amounts. Below 50% I love the way it warms up the signal in a really old school way. kind of like chucking a set of used flats on. i'm working on a new track where i intend to use the Deco on the bass so ill post it here and you can see how it sounds in a mix. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosi Y'Anarchy Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Sounds great, now I miss mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Sounds good on the lower gain settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GisserD Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Yeah I prefer it below 50% saturation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 Boss! Thanks all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GisserD Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 just for the sake of completeness i recorded a demo of saturation at roughly 30%. i don't know why i didn't include this in the first demo as its where i prefer to leave it set. 1. clean bass, Fender Jazz elite 5 with nickel rounds. both pickups, active mode 2. saturation at 30% DecoTest 2.mp3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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