How Mayer Sets His CE-2 For The Sob Rock Chorus Sound
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ค. 2024
- In today's video I provide some tips and tone samples to help you guys get Mayer's CE-2 Chorus sound! Remember pedals naturally have some varying degree to their sound (parts tolerances, drift, etc) and in older pedals this will be more apparent! Use these settings to approximate the tone and then tweak ever so slightly if necessary using your ear! Hope this helps!
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Thanks for the recommendation! I love my CE-2W. Great video Justin!
I’d love to see you do a video on JM’s reverb sounds…he’s gone through so many phases, it could be really interesting!
I use a CE-3 and get it pretty good results. The beauty of chorus, when it's subtle, is how it just makes everything stand out just enough in a mix while staying relatively the same.
Thanks for this analysis Justin. On a similar note, I did a deep dive into Paul Kossoff’s tone from the great Free years as clearly there was something other than just a Marshall going on. Turns out there was a broken Lesley in the studio and he used the non-rotating speaker to add some dimension to his tone. I bought a rotary pedal with a “stop” function, and there was the sound. You can hear this all over his recordings, and most clearly when he guested on All One for David Elliott. Same principle, I guess.
Very cool to know that, thanks!
Awesome timing. My CE-2 came yesterday, green label MIT. I got it for a good price but the seller didn’t mention a sheared screw for the button lid. Ended up doing more damage than hoped trying to remove it from the pedal body but got the in the end.
I saw your story on Insta! That’s so lame but at least you got it going now
Good video . Where does John put the Chorus pedal in his signal chain ?
If u drop the depth and rate down to zero does the signal become virtually a dry signal?
what about the waza craft version? how is it compared to the vintage one?
Hey Justin! Do you plan on doing a TS10 and Klon/centura settings and how to stack them klon>ts and ts>klon?
I think this and showing how to use a BB style pedal would be useful.
Yes with the BB .. the trio if you will
Yup I am planning a few videos on this. Just figuring out exactly how I want to structure them and everything. But they will be coming soon!
@@JustinJeske right on man!
Came to the comments to ask the same question 🤙
Maybe it’s because I’m old and remember the 80’s, but am I the only one who actually liked the crazy over the top chorus sound? 😂
Hey Justin - is the CE-5 bad?
Hello Justin, sorry to do here this question and also to do the "most tipical" question... But I'm undecided what purchase... I like the tone of Continuum, and also other artists like John Frusciante and more. What is the best Strato to start on this tone: Fender John Mayer signature or PRS "new 2021" SIlver Sky? I view on other videos that the Fender JM is not the true tone of John Mayer. Is a great guitar with special pickups but not the Mayer gear. Thanks, best regards
Thanks man! Sorry this took so long to get back to you! I think if you really enjoy other artists as well as JM being a main influence, a nice used CS Strat or something similar would be a great way to go if you want to cover a lot of ground. The price JM Sig Fenders are going you could almost snag a used Custom Shop and that would be the better way to go in my opinion! The Big Dippers in the JM Sig are nice but John has never really used them, so they aren't the closest pickups you can get. But you can't really go wrong with anything you are choosing from though!
@@JustinJeske thanks Justin. Right now the main focus are the PRS SS, I’m waiting the stock on my local store to try and maybe buy one of them. New 2021 model. Also try a CS Fender. Thanks, best regards
Two Rock sounds ridiculously amazing. When you were just doing the chord progressions without the chorus at 4:00… 👍
Hey Justin I know you just got a two rock but have you ever messed around with a Ceriatone JM which is a reverse engineered John Mayer Two rock. For a 15% of the price
Never personally messed around with one. I think they are great amps for the value, nothing else you can buy for that price really, demos from people I know with them sound great.
But the JM based on everything I'm aware of isn't a 1:1 JM Sig nor thaaaat close to one. At least that's just what I've heard from people who own actual JM Sigs and others in the industry with first hand experience on the circuits. So I personally wouldn't say you are getting one for 15% of the price, something in the realm, but not identical. For people looking in that price range it is a great option though. Just my opinion so keep that in mind.
Great video! Could you do a video showing how can we make a TS808 or TS9 sound like the TS10 that John uses?
All at 12 o'clock but I think use that based on the amp he's using
Years ago I messed with the trim pot inside my CE-2 thinking that it would change the speed of the modulation. Now it gives a slight volume and mid boost when I turn it on. Watching your demo made me realize that it is not supposed to do that. Any one knows how to get it back to the stock setting?
This isn’t going to be super easy. I know the Trim pot affects the bias for the BBD circuit delay of the chorus and they have that because of part tolerances. Basically you are not supposed to touch it without the proper equipment to measure it. The good news is you could have made it worse, either a ton of distortion or no chorus effect at all. I would take it to a local tech to see if they can fix it. You can attempt to readjust it by ear but that won’t be easy.
There are a few threads online I’m sure that can help you out. Maybe message my friend Chris on Instagram @maninsuitcase and he may be able to provide more guidance.
@@JustinJeske Thanks.
Send an email to Boss, I am pretty sure they will fix it for you.
My mate's brother in law liked my playing and gave me his black label CE 2 as a present. "I dont use it mate, as least you will." His words.
Hello Justin, is there a difference between the green label and the Black label ? Do you know what john uses ? Green label are older and cheaper, but i what about the sound ? Thanks man
Mine is a Green Label MIJ! I think it sounds killer personally! MIJ is what is important cause the MIT ones actually have some slight differences
@@JustinJeske thanks !
Do you have a ce2w?
👍🏼🔥
Thoughts on vintage CE-2 vs Waza CE-2?
Ce2w in standard, well sounds good 👍, l personally compared it with my black label MIJ
Eric Clapton uses the CE-1, it's been said he used rackmount effects during the 80's with the Soldanos but the chorus you hear on 24 nights (Running on faith) is a CE-1, witch the BOSS Ce2w does very well...!
how did you set the trimmer inside of pedal?
That’s part of the bias circuit, not really something to mess with.
@@themaninthesuitcase yeah that's bias parts but you really think like that? lol
I don’t touch it, and I wouldn’t recommend messing with it unless you have the equipment to calibrate it or are hearing the Chorus effect with distortion that shouldn’t be there.
You gotta get some Pete Cornish cables my guy.
One rule for the CE-2, SLOW and LOW
starting at 8:47 is exactly *what I want the chorus to sound like* lol.
It’s a great sound but not if you’re trying to get johns tone! I love it too more Mac demarco!
Love is a verb has a lot of chorus tho !
Love Is A Verb is Rotary/Leslie, not Chorus ! (Though John has used a chorus pedal to emulate the sound before on tour)
God this guy loves talking Jesus
CE-2 has 2 knobs. Video is 10 minutes. Kinda 5 minutes per knob
You know damn well that when he’s recording he ain’t using that guitar. Lol