That sounds fantastic. I’ve been a long time user of slight boost and have owned two CE-1s in the past, but I sold them both because they were too big. This new pedal looks mighty tasty!
great video! in my opinion the ce-1 preamp sounds best when blended with amp distortion. the ce-1 preamp clipping can be a bit inconsistent, which means it's very sensitive to picking dynamics which is nice. but if you use it for a slight crunch it will not sound quite like a good edge of breakup tone, and if you turn it up where it really clips, it'll sound muddy and make your other pedals sound weird... it's quite a finnicky pedal, it's definitely not necessary. and i think the most important thing about it is NOT the crunch, but the coloring the preamp gives your tone. using it low so it doesn't clip will still give you a different tone, and it can sound really frusciante on non-fru amps, like a 5 watt fender for example.
I think the same, CE1 can be weird as a plexi 100w tube amp can be, finding right ammount of clean on plexi and adding just a bit of CE1 color is a match for a good tone, to much ce1 breaks everything about good tone.
I love your Charlie playing! Sound of origin one is slightly thicker and more smooth than reissued one but reissued ensemble preamp is very nice option because of its price and size. I am using a preamp crunch of Pastfx and it’s very good as ensemble crunch in the video.
Hey buddie ! All your videos are fantastic. I'm a fan too of the chili peppers and play bass and guitar. With yours covers and videos I learning so much of the Frusciante and Flea Style/sound. Thank u so much and greetings from Perú. PD. I hope a cover of " She's is lover " is my fav song of the new album.
@@RedHotChiliRiffs Amazing ! What a thrill it must have been to see them and John back. I do not see the hours that they announce a tour of Latin America :D
Thanks for noticing! I love to write little songs or jingles for stuff like this. You can find the full version on Instagram: instagram.com/tv/CdxWje2jUc1/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
@@RedHotChiliRiffs Ahah yes man! I can't wait for that one, the pedal sounds incredible and has me contemplating swapping my Crazy Tube Circuits Superconductor for one.
Ok that Gong Li verse caught me totally off guard. I just bought another cheap alternative clone for the CE-1 preamp called Octopus, made by Kappa Eletronics, a brazilian company that makes handmade pedals. They are very unique in terms of design and extremely bang for the buck considering their price. It didn't arrive yet but I can't wait to try it out. I had to choose this one because the other one I was looking at, the JFX Empyrean, was very expensive even considering all its functionalities. By any chance have you ever heard of it? Really great video btw, I love your playing
Thanks Leandro! I never heard of the Octopus but I googled it and it looks really cool. I hope you’ll enjoy the pedal, let me know what you think when it arrives!
Bonjour J’ai également le preamp past fx crunch +. Mon ampli Marshall DSL1 n’étant pas équipé de master volume , ni de réglage séparé volume/gain sur le canal clean, est il plus judicieux de placer le preamp dans la boucle d’effet ? Ou en face avant de l’ampli? Merci
Maaan that Gong Li intro was sick! How do you do this trick with the flageolet at the start? I recognized it immediately but I never thought that John made this sound. I always played a simple E. You're a genius :D !
@@RedHotChiliRiffs Aaah now that you say it, I hear it correctly. I just couldn't make it out because it was so fast and sounded like a flageolet. Thank you very much, I need to learn that!
another thing to be said which took me a while to figure out, high impedance mode will not work if you're using maxed out ds2, high output settings on pedals, and a powerful boost... but high impedance sounds better. i ended up matching my output on my pedals to my dry signal, removed the boost pedal entirely (i used a boost to match my dry output to a maxed ds2/fuzz) and then i was able to use high impedance (fru used low impedance during stadium arcadium tour). high impedance sounds a bit better, and frusciante is now roughly matching his pedals to dry output + using high impedance
The DS2 + High mode thing has got to do mostly with Phase. High mode inverts phase, so the distortion pedals tone changes quite a lot.. I’ve got a video on my channel explaining this behavior
@@WillGalluccio thanks!! i still don't really understand how phase works in a signal. i get phase with like 2 amps in stereo. anyway good to know! the only thing i noticed is high impedance is louder and clips harder, i use it with the 500k pot mod on the pastfx one
Dit is een topvideo. Wat ik echter niet begrijp is dat veel mensen de bas op de Silver Jubilee op 10 hebben en de treble heel laag en dat hij toch heel 'bright' klinkt. Ik krijg dat tot nu toe nog niet voor elkaar met mijn Silver Jubilee Studio, ondanks mijn PastFX Chorus Ensemble CE-1 clone. Is dat een kwestie van de plek waar de microfoon op de speaker staat of misschien omdat het in stereo is? Ik gebruik een Fender MIM strat uit 2016 en een redelijk compleet John Frusciante pedalboard met oa mxr micro amp, ds2, wh10 v1 wah.
Hi, I have a Grobert the one pedal, which is similar to your triangulo labs pedal, my question is, because it acts as a boost pedal, to get colour I have to crank it past 12 oclock, but then it’s loud as and my amp needs to be on almost 0.5 volume (Marshall origin 50 head) which is cranking the valves, my question is, could I run it first in my pedal chain before the compression which tames the volume and keeps colour, or still run it last and just turn down the knob?
I think the best way is to turn up the CE-1 boost to get the color and grit and then go to a compressor to tame the output volume. It’s not ideal because you’re not really driving the tubes of your amp but it’s the best option of the two…
@@RedHotChiliRiffs I thought my amp was about to catch fire today lol, I had my ce-1 clone nearly full, then my ds2 into that full knobs and the amp volume essentially on nothing to have it at a normal volume, and the head was hot to the touch
@@RedHotChiliRiffs I figured it out! If you type “4,5” mm into Google, it will accept it as “45”mm because it does not recognize “,”. You have to type “4.5” mm with a “.” instead of a “,” to get Google to convert to inches correctly. It makes sense you aren’t familiar with inches, being European. I’m in California and recognized that 1.77 inches was wayyyyy too high for pickups. 4.5mm is actually 0.17 inches. Inches are dumb lol. Love your videos man!
@Red Hot Chili Riffs Oh ok that makes sense. I just watched your video and immediately bought the crunch ensemble. I've been tone chasing John's tone, and I almost get close with my overdrive pedal, but I feel like it's too aggressive. Even if I turn down the gain, it loses some of the highs and doesn't have that charm that his tone is known for. The MXR Micro amp sounds plucky like you mentioned in another video, and the crunch channel on my Marshall DSL40C just doesn't cut it
Depends on your amp. If the amp is already at the edge of breakup and doesn’t have any headroom you will only get more gain but if you’re using a very clean amp you will definitely get a big volume boost out of these pedals.
Do you mean which one of the two I use or which amp in general? If I had to choose one amp I would go for the Silver Jubilee. That being said, I used to get some great sounds out of a Roland Cube as well so don’t be turned off if you can’t afford a big old Marshall. Great players sound great on the cheapest amp in the world and shitty players using $5000,- amps will still sound shitty. Even though I love guitars, amps en pedals you’ve always got to remember that the playing is the most important part!
this dude just made a perfect cover of gong li
I was wondering how long it would take before someone would recognize that deep cut! Only 6 minutes after the video was uploaded! You’re good!
@@RedHotChiliRiffs and you are a legend! 🥰
damn the gong li intro was spot on
Thanks!
Fantastic concept !! you're unique with amazing ideas dude ! Keep it up !
Thank you very much, I really appreciate that!
That sounds fantastic. I’ve been a long time user of slight boost and have owned two CE-1s in the past, but I sold them both because they were too big. This new pedal looks mighty tasty!
Nicely done! The original CE-1 sounds a tiny bit better IMO, but the other one is 95% of the way there.
great video! in my opinion the ce-1 preamp sounds best when blended with amp distortion. the ce-1 preamp clipping can be a bit inconsistent, which means it's very sensitive to picking dynamics which is nice. but if you use it for a slight crunch it will not sound quite like a good edge of breakup tone, and if you turn it up where it really clips, it'll sound muddy and make your other pedals sound weird... it's quite a finnicky pedal, it's definitely not necessary. and i think the most important thing about it is NOT the crunch, but the coloring the preamp gives your tone. using it low so it doesn't clip will still give you a different tone, and it can sound really frusciante on non-fru amps, like a 5 watt fender for example.
I think the same, CE1 can be weird as a plexi 100w tube amp can be, finding right ammount of clean on plexi and adding just a bit of CE1 color is a match for a good tone, to much ce1 breaks everything about good tone.
I love your Charlie playing!
Sound of origin one is slightly thicker and more smooth than reissued one but reissued ensemble preamp is very nice option because of its price and size. I am using a preamp crunch of Pastfx and it’s very good as ensemble crunch in the video.
Hey buddie ! All your videos are fantastic. I'm a fan too of the chili peppers and play bass and guitar. With yours covers and videos I learning so much of the Frusciante and Flea Style/sound. Thank u so much and greetings from Perú. PD. I hope a cover of " She's is lover " is my fav song of the new album.
Thanks Danny! I’ve seen the Chili Peppers play in Werchter last week and they did She’s A Lover!
@@RedHotChiliRiffs
Amazing ! What a thrill it must have been to see them and John back. I do not see the hours that they announce a tour of Latin America :D
They should and hopefully will play South America. They have a lot of fans over there!
@@RedHotChiliRiffsDo you think will come to Birmingham?
Ensemble crunch better IMO. Great video, thanks.
preamp shapes the tone real nice and it’s so versatile. Love my pastfx ce1 clone 😊
Definitely! It’s a very important part of John’s tone.
6:30 amazing and beautiful end
Thanks for noticing! I love to write little songs or jingles for stuff like this. You can find the full version on Instagram: instagram.com/tv/CdxWje2jUc1/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
I'd love to see you do a comparison of the Ensemble Crunch against the new Boss BP-1W on CE mode.
I’ve already pre-ordered the Boss BP-1W!
@@RedHotChiliRiffs Ahah yes man! I can't wait for that one, the pedal sounds incredible and has me contemplating swapping my Crazy Tube Circuits Superconductor for one.
Great video! I think liked te ensemble crunch even more. 🎈🔥🌶🎸🤘🏽
Adjusting by ear. That must've hurt. 🤪
Haha, definitely!
Ok that Gong Li verse caught me totally off guard. I just bought another cheap alternative clone for the CE-1 preamp called Octopus, made by Kappa Eletronics, a brazilian company that makes handmade pedals. They are very unique in terms of design and extremely bang for the buck considering their price.
It didn't arrive yet but I can't wait to try it out. I had to choose this one because the other one I was looking at, the JFX Empyrean, was very expensive even considering all its functionalities. By any chance have you ever heard of it?
Really great video btw, I love your playing
Thanks Leandro! I never heard of the Octopus but I googled it and it looks really cool. I hope you’ll enjoy the pedal, let me know what you think when it arrives!
For sure! I talked to Jordan from JFX quite a bit and hopefully I will be able to try the pedal on the channel!
Bonjour
J’ai également le preamp past fx crunch +.
Mon ampli Marshall DSL1 n’étant pas équipé de master volume , ni de réglage séparé volume/gain sur le canal clean, est il plus judicieux de placer le preamp dans la boucle d’effet ? Ou en face avant de l’ampli?
Merci
Gong Li!
Maaan that Gong Li intro was sick! How do you do this trick with the flageolet at the start? I recognized it immediately but I never thought that John made this sound. I always played a simple E. You're a genius :D !
Thanks! It’s actually a hammer on and a pull-off. So it’s 0^12^0 on the low E-string.
@@RedHotChiliRiffs Aaah now that you say it, I hear it correctly. I just couldn't make it out because it was so fast and sounded like a flageolet. Thank you very much, I need to learn that!
another thing to be said which took me a while to figure out, high impedance mode will not work if you're using maxed out ds2, high output settings on pedals, and a powerful boost... but high impedance sounds better. i ended up matching my output on my pedals to my dry signal, removed the boost pedal entirely (i used a boost to match my dry output to a maxed ds2/fuzz) and then i was able to use high impedance (fru used low impedance during stadium arcadium tour). high impedance sounds a bit better, and frusciante is now roughly matching his pedals to dry output + using high impedance
The DS2 + High mode thing has got to do mostly with Phase. High mode inverts phase, so the distortion pedals tone changes quite a lot.. I’ve got a video on my channel explaining this behavior
@@WillGalluccio thanks!! i still don't really understand how phase works in a signal. i get phase with like 2 amps in stereo. anyway good to know! the only thing i noticed is high impedance is louder and clips harder, i use it with the 500k pot mod on the pastfx one
i have the Past FX Deluxe Chorus
Gong Li cover please
Yep Triungulo lab and Past FX are perfect and awesome CE1 recreations ! Definitly better options than a big / expensive / unreliable vintage unit !
how much dollars?
@@matguerra333 Which more reasonable priced amp? besides the silver Jubilee.
Dit is een topvideo. Wat ik echter niet begrijp is dat veel mensen de bas op de Silver Jubilee op 10 hebben en de treble heel laag en dat hij toch heel 'bright' klinkt. Ik krijg dat tot nu toe nog niet voor elkaar met mijn Silver Jubilee Studio, ondanks mijn PastFX Chorus Ensemble CE-1 clone. Is dat een kwestie van de plek waar de microfoon op de speaker staat of misschien omdat het in stereo is? Ik gebruik een Fender MIM strat uit 2016 en een redelijk compleet John Frusciante pedalboard met oa mxr micro amp, ds2, wh10 v1 wah.
Ik denk dat het met het volume te maken heeft. Als je hem harder zet wordt hij ook helderder van klank.
@@RedHotChiliRiffs dankjewel. Dan moet ik de buren maar eens gaan pesten vandaag 🤣
Je kan het 1 minuut testen om te zien of dat het verschil maakt.
@@RedHotChiliRiffs ga ik doen! Thanks!
The CE-1 sounds so good! None of the clones sound the same.
Did u tried the new Boss Booster/Preamp ?
@@ItaiIfrach No, I have the original CE-1. I may try it and pair it with the CE-2W.
@@fndzyi Cool, the new Boss is offering the preamp sections of CE1 and Tape Echo, very interesting
Hi, I have a Grobert the one pedal, which is similar to your triangulo labs pedal, my question is, because it acts as a boost pedal, to get colour I have to crank it past 12 oclock, but then it’s loud as and my amp needs to be on almost 0.5 volume (Marshall origin 50 head) which is cranking the valves, my question is, could I run it first in my pedal chain before the compression which tames the volume and keeps colour, or still run it last and just turn down the knob?
I think the best way is to turn up the CE-1 boost to get the color and grit and then go to a compressor to tame the output volume. It’s not ideal because you’re not really driving the tubes of your amp but it’s the best option of the two…
@@RedHotChiliRiffs I thought my amp was about to catch fire today lol, I had my ce-1 clone nearly full, then my ds2 into that full knobs and the amp volume essentially on nothing to have it at a normal volume, and the head was hot to the touch
I don’t think that’s a good idea to be honest. I set my CE-1 preamp at about 11 o clock.
@@RedHotChiliRiffs awesome, I’ll put it before everything and give it a try next practice
i’d really like to hear how this preamp works with bass
could you do something for death of a martian? i rlly think this song deserves more attention
It’s a beautiful song for sure. I’ll add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!
@@RedHotChiliRiffs yw!
Great video! Could you do a cover of how strong?
I do have that white Dunlop bass wah that Flea is using for this song. Nice suggestion, I’ll put it on the list!
is there any clone ce1 pedal that works as the original to get this kind of clean punch?
I own the JFX Pedals JF-1 Chorus and I really like that one. Maybe I’ll make a comparison video of that one in the future….
@@RedHotChiliRiffs it w’d be great mate!!
I love gong li
is there any regular overdrives you could recommend to replace the CE-1 style pre amp? if so, what are they and how would you set them?? cheers
No, not really. The sound of the CE-1 preamp is quite unique. Overdrive pedals are usually to aggressive.
@@RedHotChiliRiffs So would a clean boost into a slightly dirty amp work better? just to push it a bit more in terms of harmonics?
Yes, I think so….
Hi Red hot Chili Riffs, how high are your pickups set?
The neck pickup is 2.6mm and the bridge pickup is 4.5mm.
@@RedHotChiliRiffs I don’t think the conversion from mm to inches is correct here
I don’t know anything about inches. I just googled it.
@@RedHotChiliRiffs I figured it out! If you type “4,5” mm into Google, it will accept it as “45”mm because it does not recognize “,”. You have to type “4.5” mm with a “.” instead of a “,” to get Google to convert to inches correctly. It makes sense you aren’t familiar with inches, being European. I’m in California and recognized that 1.77 inches was wayyyyy too high for pickups. 4.5mm is actually 0.17 inches. Inches are dumb lol. Love your videos man!
Thanks for the help!
which Setting you like the most for the CE-1 High or Low Mode and which position for the Level knob? Thanks :)
My favorite setting is on High mode with the level at 12 o clock.
thanks :)
@@RedHotChiliRiffs
Hi, love the videos! How do you have the jubilee set in this video?
Thanks! Settings are: Presence 4, Bass 10, Middle 7, Treble 1, Output 7, Input 8
Hey! I have a question! How you set up the volume and tones on the guitar? Full volume & tones?
Almost always on full. I don’t think I did a video yet where the volume and tone wasn’t on 10.
@@RedHotChiliRiffs TY! Love your channel!!! ❤️
Is this a new pedal and are there any clones of this??
The Triungulo Lab CE-1 Ensemble Crunch is a brand new pedal. I received it last week.
It’s a pedal which I build from 6-7 years already
@@WillGalluccio this is from your company??
@@boimesa8190 Yes
@@WillGalluccio do u also share schematics?
You are a whiz. Beautiful eyes as well. Now do Rivers of Avalon, The longest wave, Let em cry or warm tape.
Haha, thanks! It’s a nice idea to do Warm Tape one day. I’d love to play the synth in the verses and the guitar in the chorus.
Yes!!! Warm Tape is so underrated. Would love to see you doing this song!
Do you connect the CE-1 to the front of the amp or through the FX loop?
I never use the FX loop. Always to the input of the amp.
@Red Hot Chili Riffs interesting! Have you ever tried it with the fx loop?
Thanks 😊
No because I use the CE-1 to split the signal to go to the two amps.
@Red Hot Chili Riffs Oh ok that makes sense. I just watched your video and immediately bought the crunch ensemble. I've been tone chasing John's tone, and I almost get close with my overdrive pedal, but I feel like it's too aggressive. Even if I turn down the gain, it loses some of the highs and doesn't have that charm that his tone is known for. The MXR Micro amp sounds plucky like you mentioned in another video, and the crunch channel on my Marshall DSL40C just doesn't cut it
What’s the song after charlie
That’s Gong Li, a B-side from the Scar Tissue single…
do they boost a lot in terms of volume?
Depends on your amp. If the amp is already at the edge of breakup and doesn’t have any headroom you will only get more gain but if you’re using a very clean amp you will definitely get a big volume boost out of these pedals.
@@RedHotChiliRiffs awesome, cheers!
do you run the preamp into a clean or dirty channel?
It’s a clean channel at the edge of breakup…
Speaker?
Celestion G12T-75
@@RedHotChiliRiffs I can't hardly afford the silver Jubilee that said which amp do you recommend?
Do you mean which one of the two I use or which amp in general? If I had to choose one amp I would go for the Silver Jubilee. That being said, I used to get some great sounds out of a Roland Cube as well so don’t be turned off if you can’t afford a big old Marshall.
Great players sound great on the cheapest amp in the world and shitty players using $5000,- amps will still sound shitty. Even though I love guitars, amps en pedals you’ve always got to remember that the playing is the most important part!
Where can I buy it
triungulolab.com/products/triungulo-lab-ce-1-ensemble-crunch
gong li
Which pickup r u using on the strat?
The Fender Pure Vintage ‘65 Stratocaster pickups.
You have lovely eyes.
Haha, thanks!