Great episode, great pedal and Zac is always on point. Some guys are great guitar players on TH-cam but rare is a guy like Zac who’s a natural when it comes to being a TH-cam “personality.” PS - Anyone else notice the orbs at the top of the video?
Hello Zach, I was watching your video and then it hit me....I used to be a salesman at Clawson's Music. I am forever indebted to you for giving me a 1 minute lesson on how you were playing the intro to Wind Cries Mary. So it is LONG overdue (about 30 years) but, thank you so much for taking the time to show me that intro. Funny how such a small thing helped shape my guitar playing. Wishing you the best. -Eddie
I had the pleasure to meet John. An incredible player and very nice man. It took me a few times to understand the pedal difference, but now I get it. I was expecting more of a waza, but now.
Man. John is just amazing. Saw him live last year playing gypsey jazz. What a monster. He had Martin Taylor play a few solo tunes. Holy cow! Front row seats to monstrous musicianship. Really love your interview with John. I listen at work all the time.
One thing I like about the Waza series is it allows me to keep the old vintage pedals at home and gig with new versions. Also I could afford to buy a Boss Vibrato pedal now
I've had a VB2 for nearly thirty years and I love it for its Lonnie Mack sound. Try the Rate at about 2 o'clock, Depth at about 10 o'clock and the Rise Time at about 12'oclock, add a little fur and it's Wham land! Love Truetone Lounge and this new channel too.
Yeah I saw the orbs too!. It was the tone for angels! Also agree with the Tele and Bigsby. I once owned a MIJ 60's Tele Custom with Bigsby and not only did it feel weird to play but it had the old threaded bridge design which just robbed any sustain. I could have changed that I know but I just couldn't bond with it and sold it. I love some of the Boss Wazacraft stuff too. I own the Boss Waza Craft CE-2W chorus and its great.
Brent Mason has said a few times in interviews that he tried putting a bigsby on his grey tele and mentions the exact same thing. Must be something about that, I've actually heard people say it more than once.
I’m late to the ask zac party but what a gem all these videos are!! Thank you for doing this!!! Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes (fellow Tele guy) uses this pedal a ton very tastefully, specifically the nothing is wrong record. Love everything that is happening here, God bless this channel
Pretty much any chorus, flanger, or phaser can be converted into a vibrato effect, simply by lifting/disconnecting the dry signal such that only the modulated wet signal remains. HOWEVER, there remain two important differences between doing that, and a more pleasing vibrato like the VB-2, and the vibrato setting on the old CE-1 chorus ensemble. First, where chorus, flanging and phasing sound decent using a triangle wave LFO, vibrato sounds less "musical" unless using a sinusoidal LFO. Indeed, for my money, that was the special characteristic of the CE-1; it used one waveform for chorus, and another for vibrato. The other virtue of the VB-2 is that the modulation depth can be ramped up, to more closely mimic the way that vocal vibrato, or that on wind instruments like flutes, fades in as you run out of breath. I suspect that some other digital pedals might be able to achieve that with an expression pedal controlling modulation depth. But I think the VB-2 is the only all analog pedal automatically doing so. And since I have to field queries about the topic from time to time, note that vibrato is the sort of effect that becomes imperceptible at very slow speeds. Flangers, phasers and even choruses can still be quite audible as effects when operating at slow speeds (e.g., slower than 1-2hz). Not so with vibrato. Unless the pitch deviations are huge roller-coaster sweeps (and pleasing vibrato really aims for mimicking the sort of gentle wobble in the human voice), you'll begin to wonder if the effect is on when attempting modulation speeds slower than 2hz. So if you have anything that incorporates a vibrato setting, make sure you don't run it too slow. FWIW, I recently experimented with stereo vibrato. The Magnatone amps have stereo vibrato, but their vibrato is essentially complementary, driven by a single common LFO. That is, whenever one side goes a little sharp, the other side goes flat by a similar amount, such that the effect moves from side to side. I used two independent LFOs, one for each channel, that occasionally come into sync for a moment and move quickly out of sync. The effect is immersive, enveloping, and the sort of thing you just want to move into and live there; something I'd love to see in a commercial product.
@@adamnesbitt11 Actually, it's the reverse. "Chorus" consists of pitch-wobble combined with clean "unwobbled" signal, mimicking what happens when 2 or more people try to sing the same notes in synchrony, and vibrato simply leaves the clean out The thing is that when there is clean signal going head-to-head with the time-modulated signal, triangular shape works just fine. When there is *only* time-modulated signal, one's attention is directed more strongly to the shape of the sweep, and sinusoidal sweep - where the "turnaround" at the two extremes of sweep is subtler - makes for a more relaxed and musical sound. Optimal sweep shape is also connected to sweep speed. As mentioned in the initial post, vibrato has to modulate faster than chorus to be perceptible AS vibrato. One can easily convert any chorus, flanger, or phaser to produce vibrato, by simply lifting the resistor that mixes in dry/clean signal. BUT, only a small fraction of the speed control becomes usable at that point. One of the elements that has differentiated great flangers from ho-hum ones is the shape of the sweep. Forty years back, a number of designers/writers touted the virtues of a "hypertriangular" sweep. This is a sweep shape that is triangular as it approaches the "top" of the sweep, but becomes sinusoidal as it sweeps toward the "bottom". This has the virtue of accentuating small movement/change when the comb filtering moves through the range of fundamental frequencies and low-order harmonics, and quickly passing through the range where only the highest harmonics reside. Such a sweep is a big part of what made the Electric Mistress such a popular flanger. BUT, as great as it sounds with very slow sweeps, it's terrible when the sweeps are fast. I've built a number of clones of the old black Ross Phaser. It is essentially a clone of the first EHX Small Stone. *That* pedal's "color" switch selected between hypertriangular LFO for slow sweeps, and triangular for faster ones. The Ross clone only has hypertriangular. While it sounds great at long slow resonant sweeps, turn the speed up and it's really jarring and unpleasant. I recently modded one of my Ross clones to produce ONLY triangular sweep, and found it far more usable across the entire speed range, if somewhat less majestic-sounding at the slowest speeds. This is the long way of saying that the virtue and "musicality" of the *shape* of the LFO sweep covaries with speed. Boss wisely chose to soften the sweep shape of the LFO for vibrato, since it relies on faster speeds than chorus. And yes, I am a well-trained psychologist with a strong background in cognition, and had the privilege of being taught by the godfather of "auditory scene analysis", the late great Al Bregman.
@@markhammer643 In your eagerness to display your knowledge you've missed my point entirely. Both the 'chorus' and 'vibrato' modes of the CE-1 are a blend of dry signal and vibrato, therefore they're both chorus sounds and not true vibrato. The only way to get an actual vibrato out of that pedal is by inserting a dummy jack into one of the stereo outputs to trick it into sending the dry signal through your dummy jack, leaving you with just the wet vibrato signal. Edit: congratulations on your prowess in the field of psychology though, I guess?
@@adamnesbitt11 *Available* due to the two jacks, but not *blended* . There's a difference. What exactly do you think vibrato consists of, if not ONLY pitch modulated signal? The VB-2 provides no path for clean signal when the effect is engaged.
I have the Waza craft version and love it. I didn’t know about the hiss issue with the older ones. Glad a got the new one! Great episode, thanks for the history and explanation.
Not much of a country guy, but I love telecasters; the tones you get are beautiful. I was thinking maybe an esquire is the way I need to go, but the video where you talk about taking the tele neck pickup out of the tone circuit opened my eyes to how wonderful that pickup design can be, and I am actively shopping for a tele because of it. So thankful your channel popped up in my recommended videos a few weeks ago. Hoping you make a tremolo pedal video (one of my favorite effects). Sorry it took so long for me to subscribe, but I am glad I did!
This is great! Long time user of the VB2 and I as much as I love the pedal it really does change my guitar signal up having it on the board. I think the old BBD adds some thickness to the tone but I also lose some clarity. Mine isn’t super noisy, but I’ll try out the VB2W anyday! Thanks for the video!
This is the best explanation and demo of its use. I fell in love with the pedal after seeing Jimmie Vaughn back in 88 using one Live with the Thunderbirds… couldn’t find one anywhere for years. More recently there’s a passage in Rammstein’s “Ich will” where they put a clean guitar through it for 16 bars and it sounds incredible. Pretty much all of the other demos just show players who are clueless as to its application. If not managed right, the pedal can sound like shit. Subtlety is the key. Thanks for your great content.
Great video. Time to break out my tc electronic shaker pedal and have fun! I feel like hearing you and Adam levy have a conversation would be awesome. Super informative and super relaxing
Also, I bought 2 VB-2w’s because I never wanted to be without one. And I totally use it as my “foot-operated Bigsby.” They’re also really nice to use with an expression pedal.
Again many thanks Zac for the knowledge you impart in these sessions. Adding to my notebook constantly. Nice info on the Waza Craft and I kinda like the vibrato. BTW hope you and yours came thru the storms. Seemed awful nasty on the news this am. Congrats on the new subscribers. Cheers and waiting for the next class. RIB Reggie Young
Most guys don't know how to use a vibrato pedal. They turn up the depth control to get that seasick tone and wonder why they sound like shit and totally out of tune. Just take a look at all these TH-cam vids on this pedal, they are all terrible. But this vid here is really great, in fact it is THE best demo of the VB-2 by far, no doubt about that.
Early to mid 90's. 80-ish bucks ....my Boss CH-1 "SUPER Chorus"....it's spelled exactly like that ..the capitol letters are right. Been with me in every thing I do. It's even the only D.I. box I used for two years til I got my IMP Whirlwind II. I have that thing just as long almost.
I really like the Wazacraft line. I got a Ce-2W chorus a couple of weeks ago, and it has vibrato too. Is it basically the same vibrato as the VB-2? It does sound good.
Haha. Almost every episode of yours that I watch I hear/see something that I concur with totally. This episode was the "Bigsby on Telecasters = NO NO !!". Couldn't agree more if you didn't get it from the exclamation points. Haha.Great episode as per, Zac.
Thank you very much Zac. This tele sounds absolutely brilliant! Sure, boss ... makes good pedals. But to create vibrato sounds, I prefer Roger Mayer's pedals. I saw Michael Landau with it and he told me ... this is the best you can get. And indeed, he played the Hendrix-Licks very faithfully and frighteningly dynamically than the original. In your opinion that this sound fits perfectly to a Telecaster!
Wondering if you have any plans for t-shirts with the Ask Zac logo? That's a great graphic. Also, "Tremelos don't belong on Teles"...I've got a '90 Tele Plus. I think of it as my 2nd Strat with a humbucker. Love the guitar, but I don't consider it a Tele. Ha!
Had one and sold it because I actually liked the Behringer clone better... It just goes a bit slower and more subtle than the Boss. Still think it's the best color of any that Boss has put out though ;-)
I have a Vibroverb (reissue- bought it in '96) I like to hit the vibrato button on the last chord of the tune. I have the 'intensity' on 10 and the 'speed' on 1. it sounds a lot like a Rhodes. I have no pedals. great review though.
Only just seen this new channel Zac, If it’s half as good as the Lounge It’ll be Ace, Speaking of which, I’ve always been a great admirer of you’re Music and all things related knowledge, and would love to know what you’re top 10 favourite Albums of all time are, Would this be a possibility for an episode ?
Zac. I would love to see a video or an article on your opinion of country music as a whole today. Why amazing songwriters and musicians, in this underground movement. Are not validated, mentioned, or given any thought by Nashville. From someone like you and me. who know all the old classics, and understand the genius of it. How come an artist that writes an amazing song lyrically, and musically , is over shadowed by processed , autotuned, and basic lyrical writing. I personally will never like the modern sound, its a game of catchup to pop, and rap music. pop and rap should be its own thing, and country should be it's own thing imo. I honestly think country would stand on a bigger lyrical and musical leg, with these amazing artists. Rather than another single about lifted trucks, clubs, cleshay lyrics, name dropping so they "seem" like they know what they're talking about. Ik im not alone. There is a lot of us on the underground side that dont listen to the radio, or watch the awards. Because 90% of the songs are the same. the people we see as real poets, and musicians. Are never mentioned. Cody jinks honestly does not have a bad song, his stuff is country gold. whitey Morgan has that outlaw sound mixed with his personal twists down to a t. Sturgill simpson was and still is amazing in his own way. Ward davis, what a great songwriter. Tyler childers with that bluegrass meets outlaw country . hank 3 will always be a favorite of mine. His music is not radio worthy, but he's more real than a lot of people. And many more. I dont have my studio fully finished , i plan on making a channel and podcast. To talk about these points, and the amazing old artists/ studio musicians .
I have a real rookie question, Zac. What's the difference between vibrato and tremolo?? I have a Seymour Duncan Shape Shifter, and so how does it compare with your Boss pedals?? Otherwise, always great information. I never miss an episode!! ~Frank
Great episode! So glad that the weakness in the original was addressed. Also good to hear of your confidence in the Waza Craft version. I have been thinking of getting a Waza DC-2W at some point.
Nice. Start all over again, I still believe in you and He’s back and I’m blue. Zac you were also very impressed with the Boss Dimension 2 John uses a lot. Could you review that pedal too? Or the three pedals? ( DC-2, DC3, dC2 waza)
You might want to look at some of the live Phil Keaggy acoustic videos that are in stereo. He's been using a Dimension C in his rig for at least a decade, maybe two. He basically just exaggerates the stereo spread with it.
Great episode. My new favorite guitar channel. I mentioned on a previous post about me playing with Jerry Reed in the early to mid 1980s and yes that was me playing guitar and fiddle with him on Austin City Limits. How can I get in touch with you if that is at all possible...?? All the best, David Blackmon
I see a video from you and I click the like button right away. I'll figure out why I need to do that after I actually watch it :-) I had never seen this pedal before but I dug the sounds you got out of it. Especially the Bigsby style vibrato part. Not sure that I can agree with you about the Bigsby on a tele - have you heard Jay Leonard J? :-p
and... looks like it might have been reworked and added to the TC Electronic range. All of their "affordable" range were reworked Behringers, so the tailspin vibrato is probably the behringer circuit with reduced to a simpler unit. AFAIK Behringer only have the one vibrato pedal.
Wait a minute. I think I have one of these(original VB-2) in a box of junk somewhere! Anyway, check out Luke Cyrus Goetze's "Bigger Sounds From The Danelectro U2". He utilizes it in a different way and gets incredible sounds.
I love what Reggie did on Merle’s “I think I’ll Just Stay Here and drink” I especially love that fast pull off lick that he does towards the end of the song. I us that as a warm up lick sometimes. It’s a great lick for the right and left hand. Could you demonstrate that lick for the viewers?
Zac ......I love you, but no body ever gives the tremolo in the deluxe any respect. I know it drops the volume down sometimes, but you can just turn up your Tele. I know the Brown face era get all the attention, but I have a BFDeluxe Reverb, a BF Princeton, and a BF Vibro Champ. The vibrato on all three sound fantastic. They are all a little different, but they all sound as good as that pedal to me. And they dont hiss.
The blackface amps have tremolo, volume fluctuation, not vibrato, pitch fluctuation. I do love the tremolo in my Deluxe. But in this video, I am addressing vibrato, not tremolo. Sorry for the confusion that Fender created by calling their vibrato arm a tremolo, and the tremolo in their blackface amps, vibrato. Fender created the confusion.
I got one of those used it in the saloons in the mid eighties and 90's until i got a POD,. guitar sounds great but i got it turned all the way up and have hard time hearing your voice. can you make it louder run a mike to the amp hold the mic closer something ?
Wow what a great idea 💡 I love the bigsby sound I can't believe it.. I thought this was worthless garbage until I came across your demo I love it !!! Waza going to pick one up now
Great episode, great pedal and Zac is always on point. Some guys are great guitar players on TH-cam but rare is a guy like Zac who’s a natural when it comes to being a TH-cam “personality.”
PS - Anyone else notice the orbs at the top of the video?
Grateful for your kind comments. Thank you, Alfred
I saw it too! They look like a floating spec of dust that caught the sunlight just right :-) Awesome effect.
Unfortunately when it’s time to go you can’t take your guitar with you so next best thing is to get spiritual with those on an earthly plane.
Great episode. You teach me stuff with every episode.
Thanks for watching, Keith!
@@AskZac Ask Zac and FWW are my two favourite channels and they communicate with each other. Go figure.
@@skinnykarlos710 I am proud to say Keith is my friend.
Hello Zach, I was watching your video and then it hit me....I used to be a salesman at Clawson's Music. I am forever indebted to you for giving me a 1 minute lesson on how you were playing the intro to Wind Cries Mary. So it is LONG overdue (about 30 years) but, thank you so much for taking the time to show me that intro. Funny how such a small thing helped shape my guitar playing. Wishing you the best. -Eddie
Thank you, Eddie. I loved hanging at Clawson’s, where they treated me like family. So glad to reconnect
I had the pleasure to meet John. An incredible player and very nice man. It took me a few times to understand the pedal difference, but now I get it. I was expecting more of a waza, but now.
Cool
Zak I greatly appreciate this video as you really explained how this thing works and decided to get one so thank you for a great demo.
Man. John is just amazing. Saw him live last year playing gypsey jazz. What a monster. He had Martin Taylor play a few solo tunes. Holy cow! Front row seats to monstrous musicianship. Really love your interview with John. I listen at work all the time.
Thank you
One thing I like about the Waza series is it allows me to keep the old vintage pedals at home and gig with new versions. Also I could afford to buy a Boss Vibrato pedal now
I've had a VB2 for nearly thirty years and I love it for its Lonnie Mack sound. Try the Rate at about 2 o'clock, Depth at about 10 o'clock and the Rise Time at about 12'oclock, add a little fur and it's Wham land! Love Truetone Lounge and this new channel too.
Great sound
Yeah I saw the orbs too!. It was the tone for angels! Also agree with the Tele and Bigsby. I once owned a MIJ 60's Tele Custom with Bigsby and not only did it feel weird to play but it had the old threaded bridge design which just robbed any sustain. I could have changed that I know but I just couldn't bond with it and sold it. I love some of the Boss Wazacraft stuff too. I own the Boss Waza Craft CE-2W chorus and its great.
Brent Mason has said a few times in interviews that he tried putting a bigsby on his grey tele and mentions the exact same thing. Must be something about that, I've actually heard people say it more than once.
I’m late to the ask zac party but what a gem all these videos are!! Thank you for doing this!!!
Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes (fellow Tele guy) uses this pedal a ton very tastefully, specifically the nothing is wrong record.
Love everything that is happening here, God bless this channel
Thank you!
Pretty much any chorus, flanger, or phaser can be converted into a vibrato effect, simply by lifting/disconnecting the dry signal such that only the modulated wet signal remains. HOWEVER, there remain two important differences between doing that, and a more pleasing vibrato like the VB-2, and the vibrato setting on the old CE-1 chorus ensemble. First, where chorus, flanging and phasing sound decent using a triangle wave LFO, vibrato sounds less "musical" unless using a sinusoidal LFO. Indeed, for my money, that was the special characteristic of the CE-1; it used one waveform for chorus, and another for vibrato. The other virtue of the VB-2 is that the modulation depth can be ramped up, to more closely mimic the way that vocal vibrato, or that on wind instruments like flutes, fades in as you run out of breath. I suspect that some other digital pedals might be able to achieve that with an expression pedal controlling modulation depth. But I think the VB-2 is the only all analog pedal automatically doing so.
And since I have to field queries about the topic from time to time, note that vibrato is the sort of effect that becomes imperceptible at very slow speeds. Flangers, phasers and even choruses can still be quite audible as effects when operating at slow speeds (e.g., slower than 1-2hz). Not so with vibrato. Unless the pitch deviations are huge roller-coaster sweeps (and pleasing vibrato really aims for mimicking the sort of gentle wobble in the human voice), you'll begin to wonder if the effect is on when attempting modulation speeds slower than 2hz. So if you have anything that incorporates a vibrato setting, make sure you don't run it too slow.
FWIW, I recently experimented with stereo vibrato. The Magnatone amps have stereo vibrato, but their vibrato is essentially complementary, driven by a single common LFO. That is, whenever one side goes a little sharp, the other side goes flat by a similar amount, such that the effect moves from side to side. I used two independent LFOs, one for each channel, that occasionally come into sync for a moment and move quickly out of sync. The effect is immersive, enveloping, and the sort of thing you just want to move into and live there; something I'd love to see in a commercial product.
The VB-2 has some magic. Would love to hear a Magnatone.
The Chorus and Vibrato settings on the CE-1 are both actually chorus sounds so your commentary on LFO shapes doesn't make sense there
@@adamnesbitt11 Actually, it's the reverse. "Chorus" consists of pitch-wobble combined with clean "unwobbled" signal, mimicking what happens when 2 or more people try to sing the same notes in synchrony, and vibrato simply leaves the clean out The thing is that when there is clean signal going head-to-head with the time-modulated signal, triangular shape works just fine. When there is *only* time-modulated signal, one's attention is directed more strongly to the shape of the sweep, and sinusoidal sweep - where the "turnaround" at the two extremes of sweep is subtler - makes for a more relaxed and musical sound.
Optimal sweep shape is also connected to sweep speed. As mentioned in the initial post, vibrato has to modulate faster than chorus to be perceptible AS vibrato. One can easily convert any chorus, flanger, or phaser to produce vibrato, by simply lifting the resistor that mixes in dry/clean signal. BUT, only a small fraction of the speed control becomes usable at that point.
One of the elements that has differentiated great flangers from ho-hum ones is the shape of the sweep. Forty years back, a number of designers/writers touted the virtues of a "hypertriangular" sweep. This is a sweep shape that is triangular as it approaches the "top" of the sweep, but becomes sinusoidal as it sweeps toward the "bottom". This has the virtue of accentuating small movement/change when the comb filtering moves through the range of fundamental frequencies and low-order harmonics, and quickly passing through the range where only the highest harmonics reside. Such a sweep is a big part of what made the Electric Mistress such a popular flanger. BUT, as great as it sounds with very slow sweeps, it's terrible when the sweeps are fast.
I've built a number of clones of the old black Ross Phaser. It is essentially a clone of the first EHX Small Stone. *That* pedal's "color" switch selected between hypertriangular LFO for slow sweeps, and triangular for faster ones. The Ross clone only has hypertriangular. While it sounds great at long slow resonant sweeps, turn the speed up and it's really jarring and unpleasant. I recently modded one of my Ross clones to produce ONLY triangular sweep, and found it far more usable across the entire speed range, if somewhat less majestic-sounding at the slowest speeds.
This is the long way of saying that the virtue and "musicality" of the *shape* of the LFO sweep covaries with speed. Boss wisely chose to soften the sweep shape of the LFO for vibrato, since it relies on faster speeds than chorus. And yes, I am a well-trained psychologist with a strong background in cognition, and had the privilege of being taught by the godfather of "auditory scene analysis", the late great Al Bregman.
@@markhammer643 In your eagerness to display your knowledge you've missed my point entirely. Both the 'chorus' and 'vibrato' modes of the CE-1 are a blend of dry signal and vibrato, therefore they're both chorus sounds and not true vibrato.
The only way to get an actual vibrato out of that pedal is by inserting a dummy jack into one of the stereo outputs to trick it into sending the dry signal through your dummy jack, leaving you with just the wet vibrato signal.
Edit: congratulations on your prowess in the field of psychology though, I guess?
@@adamnesbitt11 *Available* due to the two jacks, but not *blended* . There's a difference. What exactly do you think vibrato consists of, if not ONLY pitch modulated signal? The VB-2 provides no path for clean signal when the effect is engaged.
I have the Waza craft version and love it. I didn’t know about the hiss issue with the older ones. Glad a got the new one! Great episode, thanks for the history and explanation.
You are welcome
Not much of a country guy, but I love telecasters; the tones you get are beautiful.
I was thinking maybe an esquire is the way I need to go, but the video where you talk about taking the tele neck pickup out of the tone circuit opened my eyes to how wonderful that pickup design can be, and I am actively shopping for a tele because of it.
So thankful your channel popped up in my recommended videos a few weeks ago.
Hoping you make a tremolo pedal video (one of my favorite effects).
Sorry it took so long for me to subscribe, but I am glad I did!
Thank you for subscribing. Yes, I feel the changed wiring really opens up the neck pickup. Yes, a tremolo pedal video would be fun.
This is great! Long time user of the VB2 and I as much as I love the pedal it really does change my guitar signal up having it on the board. I think the old BBD adds some thickness to the tone but I also lose some clarity. Mine isn’t super noisy, but I’ll try out the VB2W anyday! Thanks for the video!
I have the Boss WAZA Craft Delay DM-2W. I love it. Will have to save up for the vibrato now! Great video as always.
Thank you, Brent
This is the best explanation and demo of its use. I fell in love with the pedal after seeing Jimmie Vaughn back in 88 using one Live with the Thunderbirds… couldn’t find one anywhere for years. More recently there’s a passage in Rammstein’s “Ich will” where they put a clean guitar through it for 16 bars and it sounds incredible. Pretty much all of the other demos just show players who are clueless as to its application. If not managed right, the pedal can sound like shit. Subtlety is the key. Thanks for your great content.
Great video. Time to break out my tc electronic shaker pedal and have fun!
I feel like hearing you and Adam levy have a conversation would be awesome. Super informative and super relaxing
Love Adam's work
Love Adam's work
I met John Jorgenson when I was in middle school. Got to have lunch with him. Could NOT have been a nicer guy.
Also, I bought 2 VB-2w’s because I never wanted to be without one. And I totally use it as my “foot-operated Bigsby.” They’re also really nice to use with an expression pedal.
Loving these videos. Let`s get the channel growing!
Please help spread the word, by sharing it where you can
I just bought a very good condition used Boss VB-2W from a retailer off of Reverb. Can’t wait!
Love it!
Great videos. Thanks Zac. Looking forward to more content.
Thanks Dee
My new favorite channel. Thanks Zac!
Thank you, Chris
Again many thanks Zac for the knowledge you impart in these sessions. Adding to my notebook constantly.
Nice info on the Waza Craft and I kinda like the vibrato. BTW hope you and yours came thru the storms. Seemed awful nasty on the news this am. Congrats on the new subscribers. Cheers and waiting for the next class. RIB Reggie Young
We were safe. Thanks for asking.
Thats the sound on Start All Over Again. I loved those records
He actually used a similar sound from a Roland GP-16. But the VB2 sounds close
Man, what a sweet tone you’re getting! - vibrato or not.
THANKS!!!!
Agreed, nice sound
Most guys don't know how to use a vibrato pedal. They turn up the depth control to get that seasick tone and wonder why they sound like shit and totally out of tune. Just take a look at all these TH-cam vids on this pedal, they are all terrible. But this vid here is really great, in fact it is THE best demo of the VB-2 by far, no doubt about that.
That was a very useful video. Thanks!
Early to mid 90's. 80-ish bucks ....my Boss CH-1 "SUPER Chorus"....it's spelled exactly like that ..the capitol letters are right. Been with me in every thing I do. It's even the only D.I. box I used for two years til I got my IMP Whirlwind II. I have that thing just as long almost.
Great pedal!
I agree with the "No bigsby's on a tele" thing. :)
Yep
8:02 I completely agree. Telecaster is perfect as is, and putting a bigsby ruins it.
Thank you, Roy.
Not. Great to have both.
What a lovely bell-like tone.
Thank you, Mark
I really like the Wazacraft line. I got a Ce-2W chorus a couple of weeks ago, and it has vibrato too. Is it basically the same vibrato as the VB-2? It does sound good.
I want to check out that pedal too.
@@AskZac I love it. I don't know what I was waiting for! And having the vibrato too is a cool bonus.
Haha. Almost every episode of yours that I watch I hear/see something that I concur with totally. This episode was the "Bigsby on Telecasters = NO NO !!". Couldn't agree more if you didn't get it from the exclamation points. Haha.Great episode as per, Zac.
Thank you very much Zac. This tele sounds absolutely brilliant! Sure, boss ... makes good pedals. But to create vibrato sounds, I prefer Roger Mayer's pedals. I saw Michael Landau with it and he told me ... this is the best you can get. And indeed, he played the Hendrix-Licks very faithfully and frighteningly dynamically than the original.
In your opinion that this sound fits perfectly to a Telecaster!
The Mayer pedal does a lot more.
Wondering if you have any plans for t-shirts with the Ask Zac logo? That's a great graphic. Also, "Tremelos don't belong on Teles"...I've got a '90 Tele Plus. I think of it as my 2nd Strat with a humbucker. Love the guitar, but I don't consider it a Tele. Ha!
Thinking about merch
Had one and sold it because I actually liked the Behringer clone better... It just goes a bit slower and more subtle than the Boss. Still think it's the best color of any that Boss has put out though ;-)
Aren't they the literal same circuit? I have a Behringer and it sounds great, but I thought it was a 1:1 copy of the Boss.
nice episode, always learning new things here. Great playing too zac.
Thank you, Cooper
Great Zac, now I need one of those AND a Tele.
TC have recently brought out a pedal called a Tailspin,its very similar sonically but,without the additional features ,its true bypass and very cheap
Cool
I have a Vibroverb (reissue- bought it in '96) I like to hit the vibrato button on the last chord of the tune. I have the 'intensity' on 10 and the 'speed' on 1. it sounds a lot like a Rhodes. I have no pedals. great review though.
Cool!!!
Only just seen this new channel Zac, If it’s half as good as the Lounge It’ll be Ace, Speaking of which, I’ve always been a great admirer of you’re Music and all things related knowledge, and would love to know what you’re top 10 favourite Albums of all time are, Would this be a possibility for an episode ?
Dave Burgess great idea
Hey, Zac - Would you run this like your Boss Trem and put it in front of drive?
yes
Zac. I would love to see a video or an article on your opinion of country music as a whole today. Why amazing songwriters and musicians, in this underground movement. Are not validated, mentioned, or given any thought by Nashville. From someone like you and me. who know all the old classics, and understand the genius of it. How come an artist that writes an amazing song lyrically, and musically , is over shadowed by processed , autotuned, and basic lyrical writing. I personally will never like the modern sound, its a game of catchup to pop, and rap music. pop and rap should be its own thing, and country should be it's own thing imo. I honestly think country would stand on a bigger lyrical and musical leg, with these amazing artists. Rather than another single about lifted trucks, clubs, cleshay lyrics, name dropping so they "seem" like they know what they're talking about. Ik im not alone. There is a lot of us on the underground side that dont listen to the radio, or watch the awards. Because 90% of the songs are the same. the people we see as real poets, and musicians. Are never mentioned. Cody jinks honestly does not have a bad song, his stuff is country gold. whitey Morgan has that outlaw sound mixed with his personal twists down to a t. Sturgill simpson was and still is amazing in his own way. Ward davis, what a great songwriter. Tyler childers with that bluegrass meets outlaw country . hank 3 will always be a favorite of mine. His music is not radio worthy, but he's more real than a lot of people. And many more.
I dont have my studio fully finished , i plan on making a channel and podcast. To talk about these points, and the amazing old artists/ studio musicians .
It sounds like you are more geared up for that than me. Tell me when you get your channel going.
@@AskZac will do man.
I have a real rookie question, Zac. What's the difference between vibrato and tremolo?? I have a Seymour Duncan Shape Shifter, and so how does it compare with your Boss pedals?? Otherwise, always great information. I never miss an episode!! ~Frank
Great question! Tremolo is fluctuation in volume. Like the Tremolo on a BF Fender amp. Vibrato is a fluctuation in pitch.
Hi Zac, have you tried the Wazacraft version? How does that compare to the original? Looking to buy one on reverb. Sorry just watched on and saw it
I am using the Waza in the video
Great episode! So glad that the weakness in the original was addressed. Also good to hear of your confidence in the Waza Craft version. I have been thinking of getting a Waza DC-2W at some point.
Buddy, I want one too!
I met him in a record shop I New Haven Ct
Always great Zac.
Thank you, friend!
I have the CE-2 chorus by Boss. Could I get a vibrato tone from it or do you prefer the vibrato pedal
The VB-2 is different. Chorus has dry signal in it, Vibrato does not.
Fender Deluxe Reissue or Vintage? Its delicius ❤❤❤
YES! No Bigsby on a Tele!
Agreed
Nice. Start all over again, I still believe in you and He’s back and I’m blue.
Zac you were also very impressed with the Boss Dimension 2 John uses a lot. Could you review that pedal too? Or the three pedals? ( DC-2, DC3, dC2 waza)
I'll look into it. I stupidly sold my original DC-2 and DC-3
You might want to look at some of the live Phil Keaggy acoustic videos that are in stereo. He's been using a Dimension C in his rig for at least a decade, maybe two. He basically just exaggerates the stereo spread with it.
@@wildbillhackett I love Phil's work. Seen him use the DC-2 live.
I have the Waza Chorus and Waza Dimension C with the Waza delay on the short list. Looks like the Waza vibrato just got added to the list!
@@AskZac You really had to see him back in the 70's. He had no peer back then.
Great episode. My new favorite guitar channel. I mentioned on a previous post about me playing with Jerry Reed in the early to mid 1980s and yes that was me playing guitar and fiddle with him on Austin City Limits. How can I get in touch with you if that is at all possible...?? All the best,
David Blackmon
I remember!! Very cool
My email is zac (at) askzac.com
Ask Zac Thank you so much.
Agreed this is quality stuff. Been a True Tone Lounge fan for years!
I see a video from you and I click the like button right away. I'll figure out why I need to do that after I actually watch it :-)
I had never seen this pedal before but I dug the sounds you got out of it. Especially the Bigsby style vibrato part. Not sure that I can agree with you about the Bigsby on a tele - have you heard Jay Leonard J? :-p
I’m glad I’m not the only person who thinks this :)
I think the first time it was really heard was on the divinyls record -- the tc and behringer clones are not bad. I have those as well as an original.
Great Video!!!
Thanks!
Thanks zac!
You are welcome
The Behringer copy is a great alternative, btw.
Yes it is. I should have mentioned it
and... looks like it might have been reworked and added to the TC Electronic range. All of their "affordable" range were reworked Behringers, so the tailspin vibrato is probably the behringer circuit with reduced to a simpler unit. AFAIK Behringer only have the one vibrato pedal.
I prefer these over any chorus, flange or overused phaser
Would love to hear you interview Bill Lloyd.
Great idea!
A Les Paul in the background? Wow!! :D
Yes. Maybe it will be in a future episode...
Wait a minute. I think I have one of these(original VB-2) in a box of junk somewhere! Anyway, check out Luke Cyrus Goetze's "Bigger Sounds From The Danelectro U2". He utilizes it in a different way and gets incredible sounds.
I just watched it. He used it on one amp, so he used it like a chorus. Great sounds!!!
I have a tone master deluxe reverb and it has a tremolo setting on it do you think it would be worth getting this?
Yes, Tremolo and vibrato are different
Gotta do the Waza Metal zone now Zac.... challenge extended😏
Double dog dare?
2:40 aren't you describing the danelectro baritone guitar?
yes
Thanks Zac!
Thanks Tom!
I love what Reggie did on Merle’s “I think I’ll Just Stay Here and drink” I especially love that fast pull off lick that he does towards the end of the song. I us that as a warm up lick sometimes. It’s a great lick for the right and left hand. Could you demonstrate that lick for the viewers?
Great idea
Zac ......I love you, but no body ever gives the tremolo in the deluxe any respect. I know it drops the volume down sometimes, but you can just turn up your Tele. I know the Brown face era get all the attention, but I have a BFDeluxe Reverb, a BF Princeton, and a BF Vibro Champ. The vibrato on all three sound fantastic. They are all a little different, but they all sound as good as that pedal to me. And they dont hiss.
The blackface amps have tremolo, volume fluctuation, not vibrato, pitch fluctuation. I do love the tremolo in my Deluxe. But in this video, I am addressing vibrato, not tremolo. Sorry for the confusion that Fender created by calling their vibrato arm a tremolo, and the tremolo in their blackface amps, vibrato. Fender created the confusion.
New subscriber here, love your channel
Thank you, Scott!!
Doesn't the Deluxe Reverb have a beautiful built in vibrato though?
It has tremolo
@@AskZac Thank you, I am an idiot. I blame Fender's erroneous name for their vibrato arms for my confusion!
@@seanylewl They caused the problem. I am with you!
Lool! Found an old one in norway for 36 usd today! 50 usd included shipping. Still laughable low!
KILLER PRICE!!!
Hey , you have Ghost Orbs in this video, check it out. They are floating around your head
That happens in real life.
I guess this is similar to the Boss CE-2w in vibrato mode.
Similar
I have an original one from early 80’s and get no hiss whatsoever...🤔
You are very lucky!!!!. The hiss is why there is the second mode called "bypass." It mentions it in the original manual.
Ask Zac 🤷🏻♂️
Be blessed
I got one of those used it in the saloons in the mid eighties and 90's until i got a POD,. guitar sounds great but i got it turned all the way up and have hard time hearing your voice. can you make it louder run a mike to the amp hold the mic closer something ?
How much does the vb2 costs now
The new one, like I am using in the vid, is around $200
Bill Frisell would like to have a word with you about a Bigsby on a Tele.
I would love to chat with him, and would be happy to hear his thoughts on the Bigsby
@@AskZac I’d love to hear that chat! It seems to be his go-to bridge now, but I don’t see him touch it very often. Definitely interesting.
100% no Bigsby on Tele!
Yes
Vin 30 speaker?! 🤯
VB2w $199 new
Great vibrato pedal!
Wanna sell your VB-2? :)
Are you the devil?
@@AskZac Not as far as you know!
@Ask Zac Love these episodes by the way!
@@guitarkirby Thank you!
Too much talk :-(
I watched one of your videos.
Wow what a great idea 💡 I love the bigsby sound I can't believe it.. I thought this was worthless garbage until I came across your demo I love it !!! Waza going to pick one up now