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By David Gedge DECO CHAMBER Best Echo Box Strymon DECO Tape Saturation and Doubletracker Pedal Strymon's journey in creating their Deco Pedal began with in recording studios of the '50s and '60s, and the introduction of reel-toreel tape machines and the creative engineers that operated them brought out some of the fattest sounds imaginable. These early machines really were the first effect pedals– they just wouldn't have fit on a modern-days guitarists' pedalboard, until now. From the inherent warmth of analog and vintage tape saturation – to the forgotten art of how these machines were manipulated – tape machines were capable of creating a huge range of beautiful, distinctive, and enveloping sounds. Deco brings this original inspiration back, giving users vintage tape effects from the earliest recording studios, straight to the pedalboard. Deco's Tape Saturation smooths out sounds with classic tape compr \