This Pedal Is NOT Cheap But Sounds Amazing | Chase Bliss Automatone Preamp
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ค. 2024
- The Chase Bliss Automatone Preamp MKII is a seriously impressive guitar pedal with a wide range of tones available. But for $750 who is this pedal really for?
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I’m an editor in TV and you should definitely get into scoring and composing for film and TV. The tracks you make in your demos are so cinematic. This one would slide right into a Tarantino picture and bring the scene to life. Well done!
Thank you!
The good guy just walking out a full on mass assassination of bad guys with blood flowing everywhere at the movie ending hahahahaha
Yep
Omg. I commented that before I read yours. Hahahaha. Your right. Totally has that 60s vibe.
mbolanowski have to agree...Rhett, very high quality job!
the sliders moving on their own is more than enough to get me to buy this lol
looks cool, but it's mostly a gimmick, sound is most important imo, i don't wanna spend £700 for good overdrive tones, there's so many good overdrive pedals way under that price tag.
@@crabbtrixexp thats very true, he said it himself about just using that money to buy a complete pedal board that does that and more lol
There's a line of brain implanted cockroaches inside with cords attached to their backs, who have been trained to jump to command. If you don't feed the pedal, over time it will cease to function.
Hey, I'm Martin Heath. I did not comment above. The internet is a strange place.
Until you see the price 😂
Pedal aside, this video is a really good demonstration of how to layer different guitar parts/tones on top of each other. Useful no matter what gear you’re using 👍🏻
Yees, I loved the layers upon layers of guitar parts and it was very cool
You've helped me so much in my journey of learning guitar, just wanted to tell you to keep doing what you're doing
Love the video editing at the end! You keep getting better, not only with better tracks, but better video editing every time! One of the best guitar channels on TH-cam. Period.
Rhett to himself: "yo, how much reverb you want on these tracks?"
Rhett to himself: "yes."
Kind of sad the name for the live show isn't Live at Tilly's
Seconded
Yeah, that was my idea and it had the most likes too. Oh well.
thirded
Forth’d
Coming back to this in 2021. This track and the one you did for the Volante are my favorite ones you’ve done. Really creative and musical
Rhett your new camera and audio gear is SICK!!!!! Can’t wait for your July 11th show!!! Thanks for doing this and keeping the music alive! Aloha from Oahu, Hawaii 🤙🏼
I love how your drumbeat has a hip hop feel to it since I'm into oldschool hip hop as well as rock music.
Great video Rhett. I enjoyed the "behind-the-scenes" look at how you tailor tones for individual tracks. Dunno if that aspect of the video was premeditated, but I found it very interesting. I would love to see more of that sort of content.
That’s a lot of pedal for $750. I was expecting closer to a thousand. Great demo and playing. Love this channel!
Haha you do loooove the reverb =) awesome stuff though man! I've been playing and recording music for 20+ years and I've still learned a ton from watching your channel. Thanks for all the hard work and sharing your knowledge!
I paid £750 for mine, and as result I could sell my AP Broadcast, a couple of my Rockett pedals, and a nice TS; the Chase can do them all, so in that respect it's not that expensive.
What a kick ass track you came up with!! Great job Rhett!!
Dude I loved that pice you put together. It was amazing. Very Quentin Tarantino killer movie track. I'm getting this pedal based on your video. Great job brother!!!!
Your channel has grown on me as a go to for a real informed opinion on gear. Your playing is very inspiring.
Thanks brother!!!!!!
This is my favorite track you have put together for a vid... amazing. So I guess the pedal is for you :) Also just got my Serus T and I am 100% so freaking happy I found them through you. I'll tell them to let you keep the Solus.
I feel like one of these days Rhett is going to show us his day job. No, just kidding. I love your channel Rhett!
Great video and great track! The preamp will be a fixture in most studios I think. And agree with your point - the MIDI options mean it is just a monster in a live situation.
Such a great channel you have Rhett.
Sounds great. That track was sick!!
i’m glad to see that you have an api lunchbox as well as two EL8s. every studio needs an EL8.
You are very fortunate. I would love one of these. It is a "Bank Breaker" for me at this stage of the game. They look and function great. The whole fader this is wonderful. This is the type of item you do not let laying around casually. If these get dirty nothing but problems. Thank you, great video.
Love your channel Rhett👍
holy crap i need one now, wish i had the money but with something like this id say you cant cheap out. you also need to release an album of the songs you make in your videos, id listen to something like you made in this one all day long
This was a good lesson in how to lay tracks using different tones. And a very cool pedal
Between you and Pete Thorn I'm gonna go broke with all this gear you make me buy! Fantastic Rhett, I'm a huge fan of your playing and tone construction. Just brilliant all around.
Thanks @rhettshull! I saw Paul Davids video too. Looks like Josh Smith got one of these. Looking forward to his review too.
Any Chase Bliss pedal is worth the money! Amazing stuff as always and your song was really dope!
I literally just got in my Chass Bliss Brother's pedal today... It's so good. Don't know much about this preamp pedal but I can already tell you that Chase Bliss Audio makes quality gear.
Stellar video Rhett!
it's so cool!! thanks Rhett
Really love your sound and musicianship !
Leave aside the high quality standard we're used to with CBA, at that price I would buy 2 JHS Colourbox V2 (who does pretty much the same) and get stereo.
Love it. Those flying faders are awesome! They’re also the first thing to fail. I’ll see how the early adopters get on for the next year. Until then, I’ll stick with the Strymon Riverside.
I think you nailed it- works well for a touring pro who can use midi to cycle the settings through the setlist. Makes the pedalboard simpler. Downside is it becomes a single point of failure if breaks mid- set.
I actually waited for your review for this epdal and I'll definily buy it!!! Thanks rhett. Greetings from Israel.
I bought one and have to say it did not disappoint. It sounds incredible. It has a fidelity that needs to be heard to understand it and the operational features are not just gimmicky. The faders moving to a position gives you instant visual feedback to where you're at and you can make instant adjustments to the sound. I control it using midi so get the full feature set experience. I also gasped at the €800 price tag but now that I have one I completely understand what I paid for.
RHETT, I have to admit your past tracks in these kinds of videos were pretty standard cool stuff BUT, the track with the cowbells, seems like your getting more creative making these cause that sounded GOOD, loved the percussion
Love the innovation and creativeness. I’ll admit I’ve been a pedal junky since the early 90’s. The past few years have been somewhat repetitive and boring with exception of a handful of builders. Nice video, Rhett. Interested now.
Great drumming on that track.. great drum sound, too
You know this is some quality stuff when the faders move on their own
That actually says nothing whatsoever, except that the faders move on their own.
Rotary encodes would have been more practical
Unless it's controlled by thought, not sure.
For the price point idk if I would bring it out on the road. I love every thing about it. I can see it’s value no doubt; especially that it makes work follow seem so much easier. I’m curious to see how it holds up when musicians start touring again (hopefully).
Thanks, Rhett!
Considering everything it does, how good it sounds and how cool it is, I actually think the price is pretty reasonable. Even looking at it from a pure functionality point of view, the presets and tweakability are giving you a range of sounds that you'd probbaly need several 'standard' pedals to achieve
Your demos are always well thought and sound great. I think the price is fair since it could potentially replace 3-4 pedals but don’t think it’s for a gigging musician due to possible fader damage from beverages et al. It is great for the home player who wants to simply their rig. The 5watt world guy should be jumping all over this pedal.
I have the jhs color box v2. I love that pedal, but I always wish I had more because there are so many sounds you can get out of it. This is similar, but with like 9 of them on your board in a sense. Definitely worth the $750.
Rhett, what drum sounds do you use in your videos? they sound incredible! Excellent video btw, I love the midi functionality of this pedal
When are we gonna get some of those bass tones my dude?! They sound killer
Sounded excellent! All of your reasoning for and against are on point! The fuzz sounded nasty which is what i look for in a fuzz. A lot of great innovation in that pedal. When the money is lying around or i can pick it from trees i will get one! Lol Thanks Rhett!
The drums on that track are really great. What are the loops called/where are they from? Cool pedal too. Seems to be really worth the price IF you have that kind of cash to burn which isn't most if us these days. :)
I'd love to hear more of the low end on this pedal; particularly if it can go either flubby and/or tight
Rhett, I really dig the track! The chord riff reminds me a bit of jam in The Beatles' "The End," but the overall tonal vibe has a bit of a surf tinge to it-like if Dick Dale showed up for the *Abbey Road* sessions! 8-) As for the pedal, "Who is this pedal actually for?" is exactly the question that came to mind when I say Paul Davids's review of it. I couldn't come up with a good answer; you kind of did. A key phrase for me regarding your own anticipated use is at 17:59: "It's something that can sit on my desktop...". I can't imagine wanting motorized faders on a floor pedal. In my home studio, I'm amazed at how quickly dust accumulates on my pedals. On a gig, well, the kinds of places I play at are cafes and rooms without a raised stage, with people coming and going, and my cables and pedals need cleaning after every gig. It seems to me motorized faders are begging for trouble in a floor pedal. Why wouldn't sealed encoders with LED rings do just as good a job, without the mechanical Achilles heal of a fader slot and half a dozen servos? (Not to mention the added expense.) -Tom
Good questions... but by all accounts they tested the heck out of them for durability. I think they're about as sturdy as a footswitch, based on the Chase Bliss videos I've seen.
I find the sequence of the equalizer faders counter intuitive: I'd expect the bass left, then middle plus frequency, then treble to the right.
Great demo! How do get your drums?
If I were recording and touring and wanted a small piece of gear that could reproduce a ton of sounds easily, it replaces a lot pedals? Matched with a couple of midi time based pedals you would have an amazingly powerful set up that you could pack onto a carryon bag.
Though to be fair The Strymon Iridium could function pretty similarly with a couple of OD/Fuzz pedals? Maybe?
This pedal seems to have incredible Tone shaping abilities?
All of this more than I need right now. But, great to think about if I start recording stuff?
Cool video, I really enjoyed the fact that you incorporated its functionality into each different guitar part, brilliant. Whilst it sounded great it’s out of my price range unfortunately. Great video though.
Hello Rhett. Thank you for this. That preamp is a bit down the road for me. But quick question about the Revv which is on my radar. How are you getting along with the Revv? Maybe a follow up video to let us know? Thank you, Best, Joe
So I messed around with the Preamp for like half the day today. It is incredible, this thing can touch overdrive, distortion, boost, and fuzz sounds. I have presets on my G2 and each one calls a different preset on the Preamp to match its purpose. There is a ton of tone shaping possibilities. Its going to be always on on my board, but presets on the pedal itself change around. So far I’m using 5 presets on it.
Hey Rett that is great 👍. Love your vids What drum plug or drum loops do you use with your Logic ? I really like your tracks and intro musics
In my own experience, and having owned and sold/return three chase bliss products, I think this is another incredible desktop/studio product designed for the producer at heart. Not a pedalboard or musician product. CB pedals come with a huge regret factor, and you quickly realize that beyond two things they won't serve u and then the regret intensifies like crazy. This one is no exception, and at that price point I would say avoid at all costs UNLESS you are running a studio, then this is a priceless tool.
I completely agree, except for the last statement. It's an interesting tool for the studio, but not priceless. There are a lot of other ways to do what this pedal does, and I feel like those methods will be much more reliable in the long term. This pedal looks very breakable. If you want the ultra-modern wow factor in your studio, that's what this pedal sort of does... though the aesthetics kinda look dated, like early 2000's gear. The tones this pedal creates are good, but I think there are better ways to achieve them.
@@Dartheomus I was trying to end on a nice note for CB😂 I like Joel. But you are right, this pedal could never replace a solid fuzz for example.
Nice work brother 👍
What a great track! Are the drums samples or did you record them yourself? Love the contrast between the two drum tracks at 12:56
So I bought this pedal direct as a b stock item, and have it dedicated on its own to Fender Twin Reverb until I can afford a 78 by bliss also. It is so dynamic with options especially adding a Morningstar MIDI just to geek out. I would never travel with this, but to have it dedicated it is great special, remember it needs a 500amh power source to function at 100%.
You have quite a few very cool guitars. Would be a cool video to see you go through them and share a story on how you got each.
Rhett, awesome job all around!! What are the drums? Sounds great!
Cool Demo, dude! Might want to watch your input level on your Apollo. Looks like you're hitting the red in the video. I'm sure you weren't while recording the actual takes. I try to stay in the green as much as possible on mine. The converters tend to sound their best when they're not being pushed hard. \m/
Nobody:
Absolutely nobody:
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That's very slick. The diode selector is way innovative. The faders moving themselves would scare my cats though.
I have one. It’s amazing. Dropped my fulldrive, bunrunner, jhs soul food, and volume pedal out of the chain. Now my mini volume pedal is used as expression for each preset and more. Cleaned up my signal a ton. Sounds amazing and super easy to use.
I'm sure it cleaned up your signal... now wait until you gonna gig a lil after quarantine, if you're a fulltime player, I give you 3 weeks top before you need to have the to clean the faders. Moving faders on a pedal you gonna put on the ground and step on? Hell nah. Great studio tool, but all techs like me are cringing quite hard thinking about live use of this.
Seems like a killer piece for session players!
I saw an add on instagram about this pedal yesterday and I thought: "surely Rhett will make a review video"... It took him less than a day.
It’s multiple things in one. I have the same thoughts about the eventide h9 max. Pricey? Yes. But go buy a good reverb, delay, chorus, phaser, etc and see if combined they’re about the same.
I think this pedal is dope, love the console feel of it! It's just too expensive for me at the moment, especially when all my gigs have been cancelled until further notice :/
My interest was piqued at the thought of a midi-capable servo-actuated eq. The fact that it's also got various tasty dirt, too, puts it firmly on my "eventually, because of cost" list. Really liked your track you created for this, too, very Black Keys.
That’s one cool pedal. Remembering seeing that at NAAM.
hey Rhett, love your work! can you tell me what you are using for backing track? like ez drummer or else? cheers!
I wanted it after seeing Paul Davids' video, this made it moreso... it'd certainly be an easier decision if it was available through some place with interest free payment plans, which does sound odd for a pedal.
My first thought watching the video was: this is a studio pedal. It's worth the money if it's the only dist/od/fuzz you need and it looks great as a table top fx. Or for session players in studio: again, you don't have to carry loads of pedals to get the tone the producer wants, and that's great.
One important consideration is looking at the cost of the pedals this replaces - If you consider that it's a Benson Preamp ($250) combined with a Chase Bliss Condor ($350) plus a fuzz (let's say $150 or so) you're already there. Add the fact that it can give you boost or overdrive sounds that you would typically need more pedals in the $90-200 range to get those sounds and it starts to look better. Additionally there's things that are impossible to price, like the presets and midi control, expression control, and while it's a large pedal, it's also going to take up less space on your board than the 3-5 pedals this is replacing, which is incredibly valuable to me since I don't want to lug a pedalboard the nice of an aircraft carrier to gigs.
100% this is not for the beginner. It's for pros who understand the versatility this pedal can bring & know what sound they want out of it.
Mine arrives tomorrow - planning on it replacing my preamp & two fuzzes I currently run, not sure I'll be able to part with my beloved Lightspeed tho, gonna try and see how gain stacking the two goes :)
New camera Rhett? 😂 The video quality is insane!
New aspect ratio
I would like to see how it behaves as an amp in a pedal thingy, if you would use it as the pre amp and a cab sim/ir loader, and go straight to the interface or a PA... that's where I think it sits, a ampless pedalboard, very travel friendly.
Very impressive. What's it do for bass guitar? Doesn't matter. Totally buying one of these. Expression pedal input?! Where do I sign? Really just the thing if I ever get back the pedal steel.
Sounds amazing. I couldnt purchase another pedal with faders, i accidentally let a drop of sweat right into the fader of the Doubleland Special and it almost ruined the pedal 🙁 this may have a better system to keep that from happening but its always in my head now haha
Rhett, how do you do the drum tracks on your videos? Is this built into your DAW?
Hey Rhett, do you think this pedal could withstand road life? The impression I get is that while this is a really good studio tool, it would not survive the constant beating of touring, with the sliders and such. Any thoughts on that?
It’s for me but when I’m middle aged and overloaded with too much cash and too much time on my hands! Can’t wait for the 11th!! 🤘🏻🎸🖖🏻🔥
I love Chase Bliss and all of their pedals, but since I already own a Source Audio EQ2 and a CB Brothers, I don’t think I could justify this. Super cool though!
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I get it for the studio or at home. Flying faders on a pedalboard for a tour however, is completely crazy. I don't want to be relying on something that could fail on me if it gets a rogue knock/kick/splash of liquid. In that scenario having 3/4 small boxes to replace it is blatantly a better option.
Thoughts about using this as a preset for tones for different guitars? I currently have everything from a Tele to Les Paul with P90s to Rivolta Combinata etc. looking for something to have presets that saves me from amp tweaking for every guitar I pick up. Worth the price tag for that?
You could get an Eventide H9 or a Line6 Helix stomp for less money. These may have more going for them than a pre-amp/EQ/fuzz pedal. If you have the other FX covered, then this would be the icing on the cake as it does sound good.
Watched this video when it came out. It popped back in to auto play after I watched your Night Sky demo...a delayed counterpoint came to mind: ‘You could buy a really nice pedalboard for $750.’ Yes, but given a compact MIDI controller, how many pedals could this replace? You don’t need multiple pedals for multiple settings, you don’t separate OD, fuzz, distortion + clean boost pedals. Of course there are legitimate pushbacks to that kind 1-dirt pedal setup. But the flexibility of that 1 pedal not just in range of sounds but save-able and accessible presets is impressive.
Sick jam! Maybe add it to the set for a Backstage Live show.
Not only is this a guitarist's wet dream of a gear showcase but, also, it reminds me of the opening credits to that show Californication. And that's really dope.
If it has a diverse tone range, that's really good and rather versatile. I don't know about the price range, but it's definitely something I'd try out for a more affordable price.
“Chase Bliss” and “affordable” are not words that exist in the same sentence
@@tompoynton You're probably right haha
Check out the Analog Drive made by Elektron... if you can deal with the center-positive 12v at 1A power requirement then it could be worth giving a shot. Could probably find one on reverb or somewhere like that for 1/3 of the price of this.
RC32 How would you suggest they make it more affordable? Reduce features, sub-living wage labor, sell it for a huge loss?
@@louderthangod They could go away from motorized faders. That was save a couple of Benjamin's right there. This is obviously meant to be a premium product though.
Would be interesting to hear how this pedal sounds directly into power amp. If it gives you a great tone that way, it could be an additional selling point.
I just wish I had you motivation to record.
The use/application of this preamp is pretty vast and way beyond my needs but I have no doubt there are many homes for it despite price.
3:56 you had me at motorized faders and presets. I already love it. and it sounds good too? totally worth the price.
that song is dope too!
Could this be used straight into a power amp + cab or straight into a cab sim and into a DAW or mixing desk? Would it sound good that way? I mean... If it's a pedal that can allow you to get great tones ampless, that should be another way to look at that price tag...
Firebird pickups ARE minihumbuckers, they're just not the same minihumbucker design as those found in Les Pauls, etc. with the pole pieces. It's not a single coil, and it's not full-sized...so it's a mini...humbucker. If you really think it's important to make a distinction, call them "Firebird minihumbuckers," but it's misleading and inaccurate to say that they're NOT minihumbuckers.
There is some odd nomenclature in the pickup world for sure. I’ve seen people make a distinction between single coils and P90s too, as though the *size* of the coil is what makes a pickup “single.”
No slight at Rhett intended, as I’m sure he knows what’s what.