I remembered when you said "I can't afford a CE1" And now you have 2 and a half :)

I'm still on my way back home and saw your notification of the tube on my mobile, immediately I had to check the first notes, then smiled, liked it and now I can't wait to get home to watch the rest of it :)

I’ve been waiting for these pedals to get some attention. I have the preamp (awesome) and am on the waiting list for the MN3007 version. Great service from Verlie and everyone at past fx! Thanks for posting this vid Dave!!

I'm always stoked to see when you're demoing something I'm interested in.

Okay, I just bought that pastfx chorus ensemble, plugged it into my JCM2000 DSL100, and that’s exactly it. That CE1 preamp driving the tube preamp of the marshall. This is the Frusciante sound. His clean / warm / crunchy sound, and which colours and limit all the pedals he puts in front of it. It makes perfect sense why he puts it last in his chain, why he always has it (even last year just for playing like 2 songs in a garden, he brought just a few random pedals but the one he was obligated to bring; his CE1 and his jubilee head + strat). It is more about the preamp than the chorus. Its the base of his sound, the secret sauce. Obviously there are other preamp/boost pedals to use as always-on to drive a tube amp. For example, with the RHCP Josh Klinghoffer prefered using the Xotic EP Booster (and CE2s for choruses). PS: the low mode does a treble roll-off, so if you want that signature sparkly clean sound, you will need to put a buffer in front of it to add trebles (no problem in high mode which brings up highs and lows). So if you want to use it in low mode / clean tones, you’ll have to put it in buffer mode, or put buffered pedals in front of it (like any boss pedals, or mxr micro amp for example). Otherwise your clean will sound too dark, not sparkly like you expect

@grantmcmichen40

2 жыл бұрын

I have a dsl 40 combo. Do you think the pedal will work for this amp too? Also what settings do you use on your dsl100?

@Harrisabd

Жыл бұрын

Okay, you seem to know your stuff, I have a grobert the one preamp pedal, when I engage it, it essentially boosts my amps volume making it hard to get unity gain because he’s volume on 6 with the grobert turned on boosts it up to 10. Is it Better to have the pedal last in my chain on break up volume then turn my head down. Or run it first to break up into the compression pedal to tame the volume jump?

@Juan-zp3bi

10 ай бұрын

Which settings u run it on

The pre-amp crunch is what I was missing from my Boss CE-2W. As wonderful as that pedal is, this is totally next level. Also, I can’t hear much or any difference between the deluxe and the MN3007 chip version. Checked their spec sheet; features are the same. I’m getting the cheaper one. Thanks Dave once again for helping me spend money on a hobby I’ll never master as well as your good self 😂

You just reminded me that I do actually like chorus pedals after all - when they're used right!

My preorder just went through. 5 stars to Verlie and the team over at PastFX outstanding customer service! Can’t wait until it arrives

@Callisto1969

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed - the service from Verlie is just as excellent as the pedal...!

Hey man, just heard of you thanks to Anderton's Music. Instant sub from me. Can't believe how much content I now have to catch up on - most inspirational stuff I've seen in ages. THANK YOU!

Intro 😍 Absolutely smashed it! My deluxe should arrive tomorrow, can’t wait!

The Similarities between you and John are crazy the tones and the playing styles j give me goosebumps. Love it Dave, rock on brother ❤️🤘🏼

I’m sure that you will be filling up venues and making headlines in the future, honestly one of the best players in the world right now🙂🙂

The sounds around 22:40 -> was amazing. It reminded me of John's live tones in BSSM era :)

Awesome playing as always and so good to watch because you can learn a lot of cool stuff

Daaaaaayyumn!!! These are wildly good!! Thanks for such a thoroughly enjoyable video. Killer playing Dave!!

Man this tone haunts me in my dreams, awesome!! Instantly ordered a Past FX Chorus, got the last one in stock hahah^^

@thedavesimpson

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome. :)

We own one too and this pedal is a masterpiece. Past fx are very kind and reactive, if you have some technical question they will answer it. Really good choice if you can not afford the original ce-1 Thanks for this great video as usual dave

Got the pedal thanks to your review! Can't wait to give it a whirl!!!!

Dripping with funk! Filthy Dave, absolutely filthy. Amazing as always Dave! Love it...

Great video Dave!! You inspired me to play around with my Boss Chorus Pedal today .

I see your 5 neighbours have disliked your video again. Can you not buy them all ear plugs? 🤔

@pjo1964

Жыл бұрын

It doesn't show dislikes here.

chili peppers need to call you for their backing guitarist im not even kidding.

Just ordered the deluxe of this. They sound awesome !!

What a magnificent guitar solo!!!

My Past FX just came today and I’m so jazzed for it! Watching your tour through it really helped me decide to take the plunge, as of course you know what sorta sound I’m looking for 👍. I especially love right around 22:50 of your demo, cause I was already really hearing I May Again Know John, and then you drop in that sweet reference from toward the end of the song. I jumped up and cheered when I heard that, one of my favorite songs, excellent work!

@thedavesimpson

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. :)

@theyrecousins

Жыл бұрын

@@thedavesimpson heya Dave! This might get buried in the fray of comments but! I just wanted to say that I love the Past FX pedal, though I also tried out a nifty trick through my AC15. Since it has two simultaneous input channels, and a chorus is just a vibrato channel mixed with the clean signal: I re-wired my pedalboard where two signal paths diverged just before the vibrato pedal (the behringer clone of the vb-2) and had them both (a vibrato signal and a clean signal) rub up against each other in the amp circuitry. It was amazing! A very lush and “real” chorus sound with no chorus pedal. Dunno if you’ve ever tried that but I’d recommend giving it a go just for fun. Anyway, thanks a million dude, I love your playing, heart, and of course, channel.

@christianromero7621

Жыл бұрын

How long did shipping take?

Sounds awesome as does your playing Dave !

Could understand very little of the description but the playing said it all and was crystal clear. As the Stones said - "I know it's only rock and roll but I like it " :) .

Was looking for a chorus and found an E-Lady by Mooer. Perhaps should've waited? Nah...will have both👍😎 Another great journey Mr. Simpson 👍😎❤

Hey Dave. Your sounds are very beautiful.

you've done the tones and techniques of loads of player (all great videos) but i think you should make a series where we can learn to sound like you! I've heard so many great things that you've played in your videos and loads cool jams at the start of your videos which I'd love to learn more about. please

It sounds exactly the way a chorus should sound

They also have a mini version of the chorus/vibrato pedal. On the mini the vibrato knob is the rate control.

Your playing is on point!!!

I was just playing around with chorus on zoom g1x4, trying to get Alex Lifeson's Red Barchetta sound.. Those are awesome pedals. thanks for the tips on "feeling the chorus"

10:42 I do agree that the CE-1 preamp won't work for John's tone ALONE due to the need of a Marshall amp or Marshall-style overdrive pedal to aid the control (i.e. compression) of the DS-2 and WH10's volume jumps. Please note though that the Marshall-style overdrive pedal should only be used with the CE-1 preamp, deemed by John's former tech Dave Lee as integral to his tone (unmodified), if the amp isn't a Marshall-style one because otherwise, both a Marshall amp and Marshall-style pedal will result in a dirtier tone. However, you missed 1 more reason why the CE-1 preamp won't work alone. That is, in a John-style pedalboard, there must be a pedal in front of the CE-1 that has a buffer. What John's pedals are like this? The DS-2 and WH10, which you obviously also have! This is probably why PastFX included an internal buffer in their clones, so that if such front-placed buffer-bypass pedals are absent, you can turn the internal buffer on. Perhaps you missed that point because you said in 13:54 that you dislike buffers, but for John's tone, a buffer is helpful in a John-style pedalboard if a CE-1 (standard or preamp-only) will be used. This importance was noted by Jordan Fresque Effects, Will Galluccio, Kentaro Kiuchi, etc.

Thanks for this video Dave, just placed my order and Imma let them know that you introduced me to them haha.

Great intro on this one, nicely done 👍

Bought one of these in the mini version 2/3 years ago as one of a few one-off prototypes on reverb.. these things are where its at for CE-1 clones. The crunch is very unique and warm, really not just a clean boost for your amp. At its extreme it will turn into a warm fuzz. What I have found is that for a mini-silver jubilee on the clean channel: the kind of push these pedals provide does make the amp break up quite a bit with the input gain at 8. For me this leads into frusciante-esque territory, even without any dirty pedal in front or broken up amp in itself. I do not experience any hard or harsh volume jumps of the DS-2 if the eq is at [bass 9, mid 7, treble 1.5, presence 4].

@naylor2006

2 жыл бұрын

Good to hear, I have a Combo Jubilee and just ordered one of these CE-1 Clones :) Always run my 2525C on the clean channel too!

@mattgilbert7347

Жыл бұрын

My mini CE-1 from PastFX warms up my AC15 like magic. I leave it on, chorus set very subtle.

@AS-tz3rl

Жыл бұрын

I tried both on Jubilee studio and I prefer MXR Microamps. cE-1 vlone sounds more synthetic.

@jaspertenkoppel5035

10 күн бұрын

Do you run the ce-1 on high or low? I'm struggling to get the tone with the same amp, on low it doesn't really add any gain at max volume. Also what master volume are you at?

Its like it hugs you with sound waves. i am getting one in the mail. anyday now. it sounds like a dream

Great beginning jam , love the chords playing , frusciante style ! very good review ! had the old boss back at the time .... "stop saying distortion" for C1 , lol, whish I had one of them new pedals , they sound great ! : )

That sounds amazing

I’ve watched this video 3 times while I’ve been waiting on my own arriving 😭

Still cant get over how i found there pedals the other night and the very next day you posted you had them haha. Id love to get my hands on them. Waiting list is a tad long currently mind.

@l33tm1lk

3 жыл бұрын

I Have the exact same

@Pauld62

3 жыл бұрын

@@l33tm1lk how long did you have to wait for yours?

@rogierguitar

3 жыл бұрын

Check out Grobert Effects. He sells a CE-1 clone too, as well as the ensemble crunch. Waiting list shouldn’t be too long, I ordered mine a couple days ago and it will ship next week :)

@Pauld62

3 жыл бұрын

@@rogierguitar ill check it out cheers So just checked them out and yeh man definitely interested.

nice pedals fantastic sounds there dave

27:16 Reminds me of Sponge Bob outro hahahah

Dave looks like i'm going to use one of your tunes for my ringtone on my phone and spread the TONE of DAVE SIMPSON all over Glasgow,but the problem is WHAT one,you have so many i'll just have to go and watch everything over and over again until i have a beard and long hair(i'm clean shaved faced and short hair)like yourself before i can choose one,but by the time you will have uploaded many more fantastic tunes,so i might never get round to the ringtone lol

Good to see Richie and Eddie on the wall next to Jimi 😄Three legends.

INSANE JAM DAVE

So can't wait till mine comes

I always thought the CE-1 was cool, but my favorite chorus sounds from John are the DOD he used in the "Blood Sugar/Niandra" era. To me, that's the John sound everyone is really trying to achieve.

@Evy-1988

8 ай бұрын

pastfx also makes a dod copy

Two of the best Chorus (for me) are the EHX Small Clone and the Boss CE-2B (on a guitar). Absolutely awesome (for my taste, obviously).

@Alex-ms1tt

3 жыл бұрын

I have the CE-3 on my guitar and it's awesome sounding, it gets the sound nice and thick. I'm in love with that sound

Bro! Great videos! Thanks!

Cool sound on this one 👍

There's a video on KZread called rhcp Slane castle backstage part 2 of 3 if you watch it it's near the beginning of the video Dave Lee was testing John's pedals and you'll hear the ce-1 as well and ds2 after that.

It's better having the crunch or chorus Ensemble so it adds crunch to your tone plus it's easier to add more pedals so it doesn't filter your sound

I use the ehx Small clone chorus pedal, it can switch between 2 different chorus styles and I love it because one sounds like Cobain's ominous chorus and the other sounds warmer like these.

@alexortiz7041

3 жыл бұрын

Would you recommend the EHX Small Clone over, let’s say, a Boss CH-1 or CE-5 to nail John F tones?

@evanstarr846

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexortiz7041 I think John's tone is simplistic enough to were any chorus pedal would do the trick, but like I said the EHX Small clone has a switch between two chorus sounds and one of them does sound like a chili peppers tone.

@alexortiz7041

3 жыл бұрын

Evan Starr makes sense. I think I’ll try to get my hands on an EHX then to add some versatility, thanks!

@featheryfemme

3 жыл бұрын

Perfect. I'd planned on getting a Small Clone, but then I discovered these and have been having trouble deciding between the two. Now I know I can just replace my old Chorus with a Small Clone like I'd planned on in the first place. Might still get one of these at some point, though.

@montag4516

3 жыл бұрын

There's a very simple two-wire and pot mod, for the Small Clone, that will allow you to vary the depth amount rather than just having the two fixed switch settings. There's a video here on YT showing how to do the mod.

This pedal makes you sound like him if your a John mad fan I would recommend this

Awesome stuff dude. Pedals are totally tubular

Save this lady vibes in the intro :) wow this is amazing! finally you have CE1 so what is next Dave? :)

Thanks Dave and cheers. Realistically and with a discerning ear what, if any, differences in sound and/or feel exist between the Deluxe MN3002 and the Standard MN3007 versions?

I'm saving up for one of these

Let the show begin :)

@shakeyourguitartutorials

3 жыл бұрын

yes!

@xRepoUKx

3 жыл бұрын

lol, indeed!

Un related Dave but I saw your video on the fender Champion 100, I ve just bought one I put my effects unit in to pwr in and linked pre out to the guitar input fx loop works a dream, not exactly send and return but it works.

Oh my good beefy juice stock, beyond belief of how these sound

Amazing playing and tone! Love it! Just ordered myself a pastfx crunch and excited! What order are your pedals in?

I really wanna see and hear those pedals on a boss katana John Frusciante tone! That would be really great!!!

You take the high mode and I'll take the low mode...I always liked that saying.

i plugged mine in a hour a go, these things are imense

Hey Dave, amazing video and quick question. Regarding the preamp Crunch. I wonder how this would work with a vox ac15. You know vox amps are bright by nature. I want a dirty boost that can add some fatness but preserving the sparkly sound with a cool punch and saturation. It seems that this one does exactly that but I want a second opinion, please!

Wow what a cool pedal! Personally I still prefer my DOD icebox, it’s so luscious and smooth...

4:35 the compression is probably what gives it that 'presence' over trebble. essentially is trebble but with the very harsh tops cut off. this'd be interesting with a massive amp to get that deep bass AND the bright tones that arent harsh

@logansullivan2632

3 жыл бұрын

Massive amp like a simultaneous/mono stereo Marshall Major and Marshall Jubilee

24:08 Brass In Pocket -Pretenders sound! Same chord it begins with -probably a CE1 or JC120 used only the recording.

Hi Dave! I have a fender Strat with Seymour Duncan ssl1 pickups. My question is this: What is the most important pedal to achieve the characteristic Frusciante tone? Thanks! Greetings from Uruguay!

You ever hear of Mike Stern? He uses an old Yamaha SPX90 to get his chorusy sound. I think Zakk wylde used one to get alot of his chorus sounds too. It is a rack mount thing, but I think it has something special to it, and they're fairly cheap nowadays.

Plays like John on a good (Slane) day 👌

I have one of these. Got it before they changed the name of the company!

Would you think my DOD fx65 would sound great with the ensemble crunch, or close to the full chorus pedal?

ive got the CE2-w, im debating on if i should get one of these ce1 preamps or if i should get the marshall jackhammer to go for the "john" dirty clean

what an intro

Hey Dave, how you doing? Does the CE-1 preamp always add gain or are you able to get away with minimal gain and still be able to control the WH10 ?? Thank you so kindly

Awesome! I love using chorus types of sounds. But, I don't use an actual chorus pedal. I use my two Earthquaker Devices Rainbow Machines for that. (a version 1 going into a version 2).

@LauraSquirrel

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/X3p_0LadZaXLpbA.html This is a great video that shows what I am talking about. This is one of my favorite channels when it comes to pedals. Knobs is a great channel too.

Where in the effects chain did you put the PastFX Pre amp crunch?

Marshall next to central heating unit... bedroom rock power!

You place them at the beginning or end of the pedal chain?

Such an amazing video! Did you find any difference between Deluxe and MN3007?

Why does the preamp crunch pedal in the low Impedance mode have no crunch but the chorus Ensemble does if you watch olly vert demoing wills chorus Ensemble pedal maybe because he uses the silver jubilee

Wait so the chorus units do bypass crunch the signal with the buffer only or unbuffered as well just to a different extent?

Hey Dave! Great stuff! Where would you place this on your pedalboard with the jackhammer, Ds2 and wh10?

@maximmoldenhauer2114

3 жыл бұрын

I'd guess he'd go guitar -> ds2 -> wh10 -> ce1 -> jackhammer... Wondering the same thing. I think the jackhammer would be at the end to do the pushed dirty amp thing. Personally, I liked the tone well enough on mine to go without the jackhammer and use it on high mode to give the extra compression/dirtiness.

@thedavesimpson

3 жыл бұрын

I'd have it either as the first pedal the amp see's or after the jackhammer.

Rick & Adrian i n the background! ( Bottom for the win ! )

Hi, Dave! Have you considered using the PastFX pre-amp instead of the Marshall Jackhammer to get the clean-ish tone?

@thedavesimpson

3 жыл бұрын

It doesn't give me the tone I want on its own.

Notification came in half hour later?? KZread fix this!! Hello Dave!

It adds crunch in the low mode if it's a valve amp

Hi! Great video! I have seen a lot of your videos. They are all amazing Little question, in your opinion the preamp crunch is enough if i add another chorus after in the chain? Something like: Guitar--> Boss Ds2--> Fuzz--> IbanezWH10--> Preamp crunch ---> chorus ---->Amp. Obviously to get the Frusciante tone. Thanks!

@thedavesimpson

3 жыл бұрын

The preamp crunch is only a little bit of getting johns tone. You need your amp to be on the edge of breakup still.

@1sebafrusciante1

3 жыл бұрын

@@thedavesimpson So... are you saying, looking your pedal chain, still you need something like the jackhammer? (sorry for my bad english)

@alexortiz7041

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, Sebastian, you’d need something like the Jackhammer for some gain to get closer to John’s tone

Does the pre amp pedal boost volume or just add gain? I have a grobert the one pre amp pedal and when engaged to get colour it boosts the amp volume so much, it’s very hard to get unity gain on my board since the pre amp pedal boosts volume so much.

@Harrisabd

Жыл бұрын

Also, I run the pedal first in my chain so the compressor tames the volume, but there’s so much hiss and hum because the pre amp is boosting volume but compressor is taming the output.

Dave just had an idea.....do a video of you using American accent....damn you can play man!!!!.. Been watching you since your hair was short way back in that music store..

anyone know if the newer boss chorus ensembles would have the same crunch effect? thanks!

Can this man play no wrong....

Hello Dave! I bought a BOSS Katana MKII 50w and a CE1 Preamp, but I can't seem to sound like John. The CE1 Crunch feels very "Bass". Can you help me? Thank you so much for everything!

@thedavesimpson

Жыл бұрын

I have a video about John's tone from the kat 50.

I would prefer using it through clean because it doesn't get filtered by the Distortion channel using a distortion channel will filter your ds2 and other pedals and it doesn't sound really nice

Hey Dave, I'm looking for a Triungulo Lab Ensemble Crunch (preamp). Any chance to control the ds2 and the Ibanez wah without a Jackhammer?

@thedavesimpson

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't get it to work myself.