Modulation Pedal Basics - Which One Do I Need?

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You only have to dip your toes into the world of guitar effect pedals and you’ll be sucked into a whole new world of tonal discovery. The guitar is an expressive instrument and pedals and effects are a great way to further shape your sound. In this video, Ayla Tesler-Mabe gives us the rundown on modulation pedals.

What are modulation pedals?
Modulation pedals are a type of guitar effect that takes a characteristic and continuously changes it. They have two main parameters: rate and depth. Rate controls the speed or frequency of the effect while depth controls the intensity or amplitude of the effect.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:56 - Basics of modulation pedals
2:00 - Tremolo
3:51 - Vibrato
5:35 - Flanger
6:45 - Phaser
9:24 - Chorus
10:53 - Combining Effect Pedals
11:48 - Uni-Vibe
13:01 - Outro
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About Ayla Tesler-Mabe:
Ayla has been making waves in the world of guitar playing as a professional guitarist, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and composer, since the early age of 14. After only been playing for two years, her first YouTube video (a rendition of John Mayall’s “Hideaway”) put her on the map and kickstarted her music career. She has since been featured in Rolling Stone magazine, become a member of the Ernie Ball and Fender family of artists, and earned various Berklee College of Music scholarships. Musically, Ayla finds great pleasure in exploring the numerous avenues available to her through various styles of music, as seen through her work with Calpurnia and Ludic.

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[nicolasoliver]

...a true student of the intricacies of the electric guitar and the legendary songs players of years past. There is hope for good music with kids like you carrying on! Blessings..

[benmaguire]

Ayla this lesson is a classic .. just the basic facts & a nice clear demo' of the sounds ... I love that strat & your playing is so cool . Not showing off too much but inspiring for guitar players everywhere & of all ages . And yet your tone & the ease with which you play is fabulous . So classy . Often on my screen u tube will display other bits of content based on my previous likes & today we have once again " Since I've been Loving you " it says 5 years ago . It has been a real pleasure to follow your career . Big love to you & all your followers Stay safe & be kind to yourself over the Holidays Season . I hope you get what you wish for . I already bought my Present early as I will be 65 & my birthday is near Christmas so one big present instead of two .. I got a DTX M12 & I started watching Drumeo .. Such fun Bye

[mhicks]

"flan-jer is correct. It comes from "flange" because originally, the effect was created by someone slowing down a real-to-real tape by putting pressure on the flange, or outer rim, of the tape real.

[rgerwin.]

I use the Wonderland Ambient Reverb and am purchasing the Marianne Modulated Reverb Today. Huge Cocteau Twins Fan!

[ThirstyKnife]

Love the Mac DeMarco tone references. As usual, great video!

[VonBluesman]

Remember Johnny Winter ? As great of a musician he was, he plugged straight in and used the effects of his amp and got a fantastic sound. I am guilty of chasing tone and having a lot of pedals that I do not use only to find myself glued to YouTube demos of the next best greatest pedal that a musician has to have in their arsenal.

[KingXanadu]

I was not expecting to see you rip into Spirit of Radio at the end haha, AWESOME!

[gioknows]

Fun video. My first pedal ever was a Flanger and I never realized it was used on Barracuda. Cheers from Ottawa, Canada.

[davemusic]

Thanks for the helpful explanation of the different mod pedals. Much appreciated.

[acefrehley]

Am enjoying these videos! Thumbs up & subscribed! 👍

[brandnewyou]

These are videos that I really like I don't understand why they don't get more views from more guitar players

[tomt]

Great video. Thanks for showing and explaining each pedal, this helped me out a lot.

[nckwlch]

Another priceless video from Aila. My favourite is the phaser (think Bold As Love) . Also like the signal generator used by hawkwind.

[brandonosborne]

I love the boss chorus pedal. I am definitely going to add it to my board. Will be my 6th pedal😊

[SomeKindOfMadman]

Ayla, your uploads are Rad; keep ‘em coming! Much love : )

[guitaristlespaul]

Hi Ayla, I been watching Guitarreo since you been teaching, you got lot of knowledge of guitar and it been really helpful for me and I am always learning something new from you and keep up with the awesome lessons, you are awesome Guitar Player to. Thank you for inspiration to.

[jimmannella]

Keep it up. While researching mod pedals this video came up. You’ve got an endearing delivery and you’ve also got the chops 😎👍

[andrewlaw]

Excellent video, loved it. Actually sorted out my confusion between flanger/phaser/chorus/reverb. All subtley different. Just off to Internet land to look at phaser pedals!!

[jeffbriggs]

Thanks Ayla - great video! I use chorus, tremolo and a phaser. I can now see where the vibrato fits and the flanger you used sounds better than most I've heard.