![]() Dial in a very short delay time, the mix to 100 percent, and the feedback all the way off. Send “A” to your first amp and send “B” to the delay pedal on its way to the second amp. If you have a simple mono delay pedal and two guitar amps, try placing the amps a few feet apart and running your guitar into an ABY box. Delays can be used in simple, creative ways to create a larger-than-life tone, but without the obvious modulation of a chorus effect. (Eddie Van Halen relied heavily on this sound for over a decade.)ĭelays can be used in simple, creative ways to build a larger than life tone, but without the obvious modulation of a chorus effect. This technique can sound fat and like a subtle chorus in mono, but in stereo, it can sound positively huge, which is why it became a staple sound throughout the ’80s and into the ’90s. (Trevor Rabin’s solo on the Yes classic “Owner of a Lonely Heart” is a good example.) Other players discovered that a harmonizer could be used to create a sort of “still” chorus effect-accomplished by slightly detuning the core guitar tone by generally +/- 9 cents or less. ![]() Harmonizers came on the scene in the late ’70s, and some guitarists used them to create dense harmony lines with multiple intervals. Notable guitarists in trios, such as Andy Summers and Alex Lifeson, have used stereo chorus units to great effect for thickening and widening their tones to fill up sonic space. The initial aim of choruses was to create an illusion of more than one guitar playing-hence the “chorus” moniker-and that was accomplished by delaying and modulating the core guitar signal and then blending in that modulated signal with the core tone. When chorus units came on the market in the ’70s, they found favor by providing guitarists with a quick and easy way to make rigs sound thicker, while also helping to create a stereo setup (when desired) by running the output of the chorus to two amplifiers. ![]() So, with that out of the way, we can get to the fun stuff. It should go without saying, but clean wiring will help ensure that you are starting with a robust, core tone that’s free of loss due to capacitance and free of ground loops or extraneous noise. ![]() I’ve previously touched on both the virtues of buffering your signal when appropriate and the benefits of a clean, properly wired rig. Whatever the case may be, I’d like to share some strategic ways to fatten, thicken, and widen your guitar signal. It might be that you wish your acoustic or electric guitar didn’t sound so small, mono, and pinpointed in your in-ear monitors when playing live. Perhaps you play in a guitar/bass/drums trio and you need to fill up quite a bit of space sonically. But what about those scenarios when your standard “full tone” isn’t big enough? Perhaps there are songs where you just need to get truly massive in the choruses to set them apart from the verses. Now, you can change your vocal sound mid-performance, as easily as stepping on a switch.No matter what style we play or whether we use a clean, crunchy, fuzzy or heavily distorted tone, most of us guitarists crave a sound that’s balanced and full. Why leave your vocal sound to the "sound guy" or "sound gal" when TC-Helicon gives you the freedom you want and deserve! The new VoiceTone series of effects pedals puts guitar-style tone control right under your toes. TC-Helicon VoiceTone D1 Doubling and Detune Vocal Effects Pedal
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