Thursday, March 19, 2026
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Ultimate 80’s Rack Tones with Pedals


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Tricerachorus – https://thmn.to/thoprod/529760?offid=1&affid=1517
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Originally posted by UCrlsD6OalGm8pIqKVo81k6A at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Beck-jzBF1w

50 thoughts on “Ultimate 80’s Rack Tones with Pedals

  • I was born in 68' so i was a teenager in the 80's….i love those guitar tones, big part of my youth! Golden era of guitar tones, no grunge for me….????

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  • Hola León, Magnifico sonido Profesional.
    Una pregunta, ¿ que previo utilizas? , ¿ y que pedal va conectado al Previo ?, ¿ la guitarra, va conectada al Imput del Previo ?. Saludos.

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  • Came here RJ's video and I love how he recreated the tone on his board. The Tricerachorus might be the closest thing to a rack trichorus but i don't know if it runs them in parallel. From that video it seemed that the signal after the stereo chorus ran into a line mixer which then added a detune and reverb in parallel before running out to a delay and two speakers for stereo delay. I generally run the signal from a compressor and EQ into my headrush MX5 where I can do the parallel routing just like its mentioned above. Then go out to my dig (I think it js the best sounding delay ive ever heard especially the 12kb mode) right into my monitors and it sounds amazing. I'm sure other modellers sound better but I generally use plugins to reproduce this sound so never felt the need to upgrade my MX5.

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  • @LeonTodd did you try the tricerachorus with overdrive? I'm wanting to get that Zakk symphonic sound and a lot of people point to this pedal as an option. What are your thoughts on how the tricerachorus compares to the symphonic setting?

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  • For someone as myself that's on a tight budget. I use the Zoom G9.2 TT.

    Picked it up for $200 off of Reverb. When these were released they were like over $400 retail. So I consider that a bargain. It's got a great sound for a compact budget unit.

    The only thing I haven't been able to do is get that detune sound to put behind the chorus or in the chorus. I have not been able to find any quality tutorials on this unit. Most of them are just the sounds out of the box which with most units like this it's going to sound like crap.

    But playing along with really good guitar players on YouTube like Dann Huff for example, I've been able to match the sound pretty closely.

    But this is a good video for starting point. Although this covers stomp boxes, at least it shows the signal chain of how the effects should be placed in order.

    Good job explaining it! ????

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  • Awesome sounds and playing! If I was building a board like this I'd even go as far as adding something like a "Wetter Box" to run the delay and reverb in parallel… as is tradition.

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  • You still can get close with just a regular chorus and an analog echo. I know that is not exactly the same but imho it is close enough and affordable.

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  • Tbh? Trichorus is good, needs. Little lighter depth or slower rate, it’s great though

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  • Used to lug a couple of 4U racks around in the 80s and 90s to get all these tones. And a stereo amp set up with a couple of 2x12s. Probably why my back is stuffed

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  • Late to the game, but gotta know… is the tricerachorus worth buying if you only run it in mono? If not, which chorus pedal would you recommend for mono? thanks

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  • Well, as usual i am late to the party. For these effects, would you put all 4 in the loop and keep the gain obviously infront of the amp?

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  • Sounds fantastic! Going to have to get that chorus pedal. Then, all I will need is a keyboard player and vocalist to go with my guitar playing and will be ready to rock!

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  • I really dig this classic 80s clean sound. It would be perfect if you could try to re-create the same sound in Fender Tone Master Pro!

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  • Marshall Shredmaster is a must have, sounds exactly like a hot rodded boosted marshall and more like tube distortion than any other distortion pedal I’ve ever tried

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  • Any chance you could share your secondary settings for that magic tone? I set my knobs as you have them and it just doesn't seem to sound the same…

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  • It’s sounds so good I have to order one myself ❤
    So nice that the micro pitch is in there too.
    Thanks for your great demos ????????????????

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  • You literally sold me on the Tricerachorus, I just bought one. You're my new favorite YouTube guitar channel. Big love, Leon! ????????????

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  • This came up as I'm watching your 2 flangers from PRS pedal so I had to review.. What a great title!
    Thanks brother!

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  • I'm looking for a 80's liquefied chorus found on the Rockman delay chorus (BBD100a). What would be a good pedal clone of these awesome sounding Choruses of the 80's? I want that hardcore Def Leppard Hysteria sound. I have a boss CE-1 and yeah it sounds great just not that liquid lush that comes from the Rockman. Anyone have thoughts on a pedal clone of a Rockman or something that sounds pretty similar? This eventide sounded pretty sweet!

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  • What reverb alternatives do you guys think fit the bill? aside from the bigsky I've bee eyeing the Talisman, Polara and Oceans 11. Probably my favourite video on youtube right now!

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  • I have a kind of poor man's version of all of this for my band (we do a sort of punk-tinged UFO/Saxon/Judas Priest thing), and with me being an 80's kid, I just HAVE to have some shimmer and depth in my leads. I'm running a 2000 LP into an MXR Phase 90, MXR Q zone (both for my EVH and Schenker fix), a Digitech Multi Chorus (very effective bargain bin modulation), a Freidman Dirty Shirley for the crunch, EHX Silencer, then for lead boost into send return of a Lehle lop box I have a Boss GE7 eq for vol and slight 1k bump, A DD7 for echos btwn 300-400 ms, and a TC Flashback for 40-70ms delay. One push on the Lehle engages the EQ and delays. Chorus/Phase etc to taste. These all go from pedalboard into a Quilter Tone Block 202 amp (great pedal platform) and out of a 1960A cab with 2xV30s and 2x G12T75s. Cheap but really does the job and compact for a quick gig occasionally hehe. My vintage Gallien, ADA and Alesis etc rack stuff stays in my office, looking like some Star Trek console. Cheers

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  • The reverb stopped working on my old early 90s crate, can I use the mercury 7 to just add reverb and still keep the sound i get from my amp settings?

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  • Somewhere in the 9 minute point in the video you kicked in a great sounding overdrive/distortion tone, what pedal was that? Is it from the fractal that I think you’re using?

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  • Is that "One Simple Thing" by The Stabilizers at the 4:00 minute mark you are playing? Perfect tone by the way!

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  • Amazing tones! However, I want to find a pedal that emulates the dbx160a. That thing just slams the guitar signal in a way I haven't heard in pedals, and just has "that 80s compressor" sound.

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