Stereo Chorus Sounds With A 1982 VB-2 Vibrato (Wet/Dry)

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This is a video I've been asked for a LOT when posting videos of vintage stereo modulations! Pedals such as the CE-1 Chorus Ensemble create their spacious stereo effects by splitting the dry signal away from the wet effect, and running them into two different amplifiers....so very few of them are 'true' stereo; they're mostly Wet/Dry.

Whenever I've done this, people have asked - if one side is dry and the other is 'pure' pitch vibrato, can you create a similar effect using a vibrato pedal running in a Wet/Dry rig? The short answer is...yes! So that's exactly what we're doing today - using two amplifiers, but with a vintage 1982 Boss VB-2 going only into one of them.

What do you think? Huge, epic tones? Or do you prefer to keep things mono? Comment below!

Guitar is a Heritage H-535 w/ Monty's PAFs. Recorded through a Dr Z Z-Wreck (Celestion AlNiCo Gold) and a Hughes & Kettner Puretone (Celestion G12H Creamback), both mic'ed with sE Electronics RNR1 ribbon mics, and with a Schoeps CMC6 room mic. The two close mics are panned hard L&R in Pro Tools...details on screen! :-)

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[gilguajardo]

This is exactly what the Walrus Julianna does in stereo mode with D-C-V knob set full CCW. I leave it on all the time, mainly because I love the resulting Haas effect it creates in my IEM mix. 🙌🏼

[enricopallazzo]

The VB-2 in stereo is really amazing.
It would be cool to hear a comparison in stereo with the Magnatone vibrato.

[riverstone]

Oh hell yeah I’m gonna try this. Sounds great. Love my vb-2w. One of my favs.

[gcvrsa]

The VB-2 is just a mono version of the CE-3 with more controls (rise time, unlatch momentary).

[davidsanderson]

Hi Joe, I bought a CE3 thanks to your recent video and I love the vibrato setting. I made myself a magnavibe clone pedal and I really like that sound but it's different from the CE3 vibrato, less extreme and has a particular warble. How does the Vb-2 compare to the CE3 vibrato?

[reneotten]

Would this also work with a spring reverb, the wet/dry split? Also are Monty PAFs any better than DiMarzio PAFs? I want to put them on my Ibanez RG550.

[gcvrsa]

You should really try it with a much slower LFO rate, less then 2 Hz, less than 1 Hz, even.