Electro-Harmonix

Electro-Harmonix Small Clone

Name: Electro-Harmonix Small Clone
Brand: Electro-Harmonix

Simple, lush analog chorus. Only one knob (Rate) and a depth switch. Kurt Cobain used it on Come As You Are and throughout Nirvana's catalog for that watery, underwater quality.

On your modeler

Helix:70s Chorus

Quad Cortex:Small Clone

TONEX:Chorus

Fractal:Analog Chorus

Kemper:Small Clone

Boss Katana:CE-1 Chorus (Mod)

Where to buy

Sweetwater Reverb Amazon

Controls

Rate0 – 10

Depthshallow / deep

Recipes using the Electro-Harmonix Small Clone

See exactly how this gear is dialed in across different songs and styles.

Kurt Cobain

grunge

Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991)

Cobain's Teen Spirit Grunge Tone

The tone that defined a generation. Cobain's approach to guitar tone was anti-perfectionist: a cheap offset guitar, a Boss DS-1 cranked for maximum aggression, and a Small Clone chorus adding an underwater shimmer. The genius of Teen Spirit is the quiet-verse/loud-chorus dynamic. The verses are clean with chorus; the choruses slam the DS-1 for a wall of scooped, angry distortion. The mid-scooped character is key to the grunge sound: heavy lows, biting highs, and a hollow midrange.

HelixQuad CortexBoss Katana

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