10 Uses of Chorus Effect in Grunge/Alt.Rock | Catalinbread Callisto (Pedal Demo)

[@simonjenkin]

i always just assumed that slight chorusy tone on nutshell was a 12 string. cool to learn something new!

[@LetsPlayAll]

I think some of the guitar parts on that album would have likely been double tracked too which gives a similar effect, but pretty sure he used some chorus on that album :-)

[@diegoambrosio9121]

Dude, I have always hated chorus. But, you made me look at this effect differently now. Very cool video! Thanks for the perspective.

[@LetsPlayAll]

Ah thanks so much man, really glad you enjoyed the vid!

[@Leon-Coils19912]

Why would you hate Chorus? 😢

[@Matheus.Richard]

Mentioning the live version of No Association was so unexpected and welcomed! Great video!

[@LetsPlayAll]

Thanks mate!

[@Sir_Gonzo]

I forgot how awesome Nutshell is. You nailed it. Great vid!

[@LetsPlayAll]

Thanks mate!

[@pedrog7663]

Yes! Thx for showing Silverchair some love lol

[@LetsPlayAll]

No worries! More silverchair lessons to come!

[@gonebymidnight2881]

That’s a really nice chorus pedal. It nails so many different iconic chorus tones

[@JeremyBeut]

I enjoy your videos so much! Awesome selection of songs and also guitars, they all look and sound amazing. Thanks for sharing ☺️

[@LetsPlayAll]

Thanks so much! Glad you're enjoying them mate!

[@claffertymusic]

This was great! Thanks boss!! Love my Julia by Walrus and these riffs with the chorus is perfecr!! Haha I loved your comment on Come as You Are lol

[@LetsPlayAll]

Haha I would never be that lazy mate 🤘😀

[@ruvchbrevth]

How would you use this for bands such as Foals, The 1975, LANY, The Band Camino etc for alternative? Fantastic video! ☺️

[@LetsPlayAll]

Good question! Maybe i need to do an Indie version of these too :-)

[@ruvchbrevth]

@@LetsPlayAll sounds like an awesome idea

[@DelScully]

I would love to see someone do the 1975 guitar tone, Adam Hann is insane with his sounds, sgood.

[@robertcaple5165]

I'm generally all or nothing with my effects. For chorus effects, I always look for the warbly seasick sounds. You have given me occasion to revisit my chorus pedals in their more subdued settings.

[@LetsPlayAll]

that's good to hear mate, lots of ways to use chorus :-) h

[@DelScully]

I find choruses/flangers/phasers sound best when either the the depth high and vibrato low or depth low and vibrato high!

[@GtarWizard]

Just the video I was looking for!! I was looking at chorus demo videos and grunge is my favourite, but none of them had nice grungy riffs 👍

[@LetsPlayAll]

Awesome, glad you found it useful mate! Loads of chorus in early Soundgarden stuff too!

[@chip9649]

Would love a full cover on Plush

[@nine9whitepony526]

Then pick up your guitar and play it. It's not that hard.

[@Zergei]

@@nine9whitepony526 🤓

[@tanz5229]

@@nine9whitepony526 🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@regularnimnule9715]

Excellent video - I thoroughly enjoyed that, thank you!

[@LetsPlayAll]

You’re welcome mate! Glad you enjoyed it 😀🤘

[@heisenberg1576]

Chorus Is a amazing!

[@kkrsnn5632]

Yeaaaah the SG bit and other song choices 😎 The pic on the pedal suits the band Ghost 😂

[@LetsPlayAll]

Cheers mate!

[@b500l8]

Jerry Cantrell in London tomorrow night, going to be superb

[@LetsPlayAll]

boom! see ya there!! can't wait!

[@b500l8]

@@LetsPlayAll if I see you in the foyer i'll say "Lets play all!" :D

[@b500l8]

@@LetsPlayAll THAT was a superb gig, wow, felt like a celebration of AIC and Jerry's music , the atmosphere and crowd were amazing :D Was that you on the first tier in the middle with your mate at the front hanging over the front with rabid delight?Would have come and said hello but you must of run off. I was down on the floor in front of the right speaker on the side barrier, excellent view apart from when a tall dick left the front and came back 20 mins later and stood in front of me for 2 songs, grr but he soon sodded off into the mosh pit haha but other than that I think it was better than AIC there at 2018 9.5 (-0.5 because of lanky dickhead) Got myself a Jerry Cat-rell tshirt, weird but wonderful

[@LetsPlayAll]

@@b500l8 that was an epic night!! Yea that was us on the first tier haha. Man that was such a great show, we did the meet snd greet beforehand and Jerry was awesome! 🤘😀🤘

[@b500l8]

@@LetsPlayAll oh cool i saw some people with wristbands? decent guy ol' JC. Was the meet and greet tickets a bit more expensive?

[@chip9649]

Love the list! usually people just put come as you are.

[@LetsPlayAll]

Haha which I would never do 😀🤘

[@leftturnlarry1974]

Nice. Love the Callisto.

[@STRATMAN1969]

I'm so glad Mine has the original art .Not a fan of the new graphics .Whats up with Catalinbread changing their art? I have the original Perseus ,also hate what they changed that to .

[@karllongbottomguitars9192]

Cool pedal, the mix knob is very interesting indeed 👌

[@LetsPlayAll]

Cheers buddy! The Fulvia snuck in for a little taster before blowing people’s minds too 🤘😀🤘

[@EddieScissorz]

Hey again, I'm working on building a pedalboard and am stuck on a chorus to pick. This one sounds great, but even the used ones are more than I'd like to spend. You have any recommendations at or below $125ish? I was looking at probably the small clone, ehx eddy, or fender bubbler. Small clone is the easy choice since Kurt used it, but the single knob turns me odd, I like more options. You always do such great gear demos I figured I'd ask. Thanks!

[@LetsPlayAll]

There’s loads tbh, depends what features you’re after. Some will have vibrato modes too which are cool so you may want to factor that in. Cheapest option is the Behringer ultra chorus, it’s about £25 and has a plastic enclosure (based on a boss super chorus), but personally i always like my modulation effects to have a mix or level knob so I can decide how subtle or crazy I want it to sound. The MXR analog chorus is decent value, haven’t tried the fender bubbler but they do make excellent value pedals, great deals s/h on those and I think that has a level control. Not sure if that’s volume or mix of effect tho. The walrus audio elements chorus is excellent value too and has a mix control if you can’t stretch to the Julia (which is fab and has vibrato too) - it’s digital rather than analog hence it’s cheaper. There’s a bunch to choose from tbh so really depends what you’re after. The boss ce-2w is another one and a very lush sounding chorus. I should probably do a buyers guide at some point haha - anyways hope it helps!

[@EddieScissorz]

​@@LetsPlayAll thanks so much. I'll loo into those you mentioned. I mostly going for a nirvana/Alice in chains vibe. Don't think I'll need much vibrato. Just some good chorus but definitely want knobs to tweak the sound. I may just splurge and get this one since it sounds so good. Found a used one for $130

[@EddieScissorz]

@LetsPlayAll and yes, please do a buying guide. All these reviews I watch just shred and noodle or play jazzy stuff. I wanna see how they work with what I play, 90s alt rock. I think that's why I'm struggling so much to pick a pedal, cuz it's hard to imagine how it sounds in my music when everyone's just playing jazz in every demo. You can grab a whole new audience

[@LetsPlayAll]

@@EddieScissorz nice!

[@LetsPlayAll]

@@EddieScissorz I’ve got a bunch of chorus pedal demos already too haha so do check those out even if for inspiration of what songs use it 🤘😊

[@savoirfaire8979]

That acoustic guitar, tho!

[@matt1191]

Great demo! What are you using for distortion on Plush?

[@LetsPlayAll]

Thanks mate I think the Funny little boxes 1991 🤘😊

[@shawnshipstad9281]

I wonder, are you pushing the amp for overdrive or a pedal? I do like Catalinbread pedals, except for the Bellepochdeluxe. It is sucking power and tone even with a buffered boost pedal. The origional smaller one-no problem. I may be doing something wrong. Great video-Thank you.

[@LetsPlayAll]

I’m using a distortion pedal for a couple of the tunes (Empress Effects Heavy) 😀🤘

[@solomonsanchez1897]

Shawn, do you have the BED in trails or true bypass mode? Depending on whatever pedal is before or after, it could probably use you opening the pedal and flipping the switch opposite of whatever it is set to now. You should have a description of the switch in the product manual, but if you don't have one, Catalinbread has a downloadable pdf manual on their website.

[@smizznoe]

When running gain and chorus together, what order do you have them in? Great videos!

[@LetsPlayAll]

Thanks! Chorus after gain

[@KurtCobain-vh2sd]

I get an ad for teen spirit wow

[@CletoFrost]

in the plush example, the chorus is before or after the gain?

[@LetsPlayAll]

After the gain 🤘

[@jewski]

cool

[@attillal4821]

Ahhhaaa he snuck it in 🤣🤣🤣

[@LetsPlayAll]

I have no idea what you mean 😀🤘

[@kdakan]

Chorus sits very nice on slow sections or lead lines, but bothers me on faster sections and faster chord changes.

[@bryanthomason6936]

Great video! But that was Jane's Addiction not Porno for Pyros.

[@LetsPlayAll]

Thanks Bryan, Hard Charger is a Porno for Pyros tune :-)

[@STRATMAN1969]

@@LetsPlayAll I think the confusion was when you said Dave Navarro (guitarist for Jane's not porno ; )

[@LetsPlayAll]

@@STRATMAN1969 Dave’s played some live shows with them too 😀 Check out the live version of Hard Charger, Peter Di Stefano is on guitar too but Dave and Flea played some shows with them, and the particular riff im talking about is Dave’s part 😀🤘

[@b500l8]

Whats the In bloom guitar? never seen that shape, its great

[@LetsPlayAll]

ahhh sneak preview for Friday's vid haha. It's not even on his website yet (I don't think) but it's called Fulvia and is his offset guitar karllongbottomguitars.com/our-selection/ really cool axe!

[@b500l8]

@@LetsPlayAll cheers, i'll check out the site

[@djc5897]

more chorus the better i got a ce2w but another chorus wont hurt

[@LetsPlayAll]

haha that's the spirit! the blend knob really makes it super versatile. all modulation pedals should have one!

[@itsmahboi_peter4767]

That tele is beautiful, what guitar brand is it if u don't mind?

[@LetsPlayAll]

thanks mate, it's a Seth Baccus Shoreline T in shell pink, cracking guitars!

[@pwhite102]

What is that gold guitar?

[@LetsPlayAll]

Fulvia by a UK Luthier called Karl :-) karllongbottomguitars.com/our-selection/

[@djc5897]

He was strumming nutshell and listening through my phone you couldn't even tell the chorus was turned on it just sounded like he was playing an acoustic guitar without any effects...very subtle chorus pedal for almost 300 bucks it isn't worth it just get a boss ce2w wazacraft

[@LetsPlayAll]

I read all the comments so feel free to comment directly :-) The point is it's a subtle use on that track. Maybe use headphones? It has a blend knob so it can be subtle or crazy, just depends what your taste is. Same price as a CE2W (another great pedal) in this country, but both in that boutique bracket

[@BluesBrogio]

Very tasteful use of chorus. As opposed to the super cheesy 80's power ballad use of chorus 😂

[@LetsPlayAll]

I quite like a big 80s chorus too tho 😂

[@BluesBrogio]

@@LetsPlayAll that's a secret guilty pleasure of mine, I'd say 😅

[@299charles]

$200 I’m good….

[@leftturnlarry1974]

Nice. Love the Callisto.