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I'm looking for a small, good quality stereo chorus pedal with knob adjustments instead of buttons. Years back, there were only a few choices, now the lineup and brands are endless. Boss seems to be a frontrunner. Any opinions and suggestions?
Thanks again.
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08-15-2013 05:40 PM
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Digitech Chorus Factory. Models of various classic choruses plus several parameters. No presets so you have to set it up for one sound at a time. I got one a little while ago mint for $50, and I think it sounds very good. Fun to explore the various voices. Eats batteries but it takes a standard adaptor IIRC. Might be out of production. Boss pedal-sized.
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I recently bought a TC Electronics Corona and am very pleased with it. It might not be a small as you want but it has 4 control knobs which can be adjusted to give a wide variety of effects. The Toneprint facility, which I initially thought to be gimmicky, is actually useful.
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1- never use chorus
2- how much would you like to spend?
3- how small?
4- what kind of sound? subtle shimmer, heavy modulation, or a particular tone you might be after...
5- see #1
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Not that small, and will be hard to find. RocketRide Asteroid. Worth seeking out. Really beautiful chorus sound on this one. I don't even like chorus much, but love this pedal.
MD
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Funny, but Ouch! Feet, what don't you like about chorus? Too ____?
Originally Posted by feet
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i just don't. cannot abide. and a own a jazz chorus. its just too cheesy and dated and i can't stand it. chorus was always shorthand for the "my clean tone sucks, but this'll fix it!" approach i hate. its tolerable in some contexts/instances, but i'd rather not. to each his own, and all.
to be fair, i did run in the wrong circles where it was abused.
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I am also pretty allergic against overly chorus heavy guitar tones. However, if one uses a tiny amount of chorus, such that one does not even perceive it as "ah, chorus", then it can add something fat/woody to the tone that I like quite a bit for jazz guitar. Since this use is rather subtle than blunt many pedals will probably do the job. I have experience with BOSS, TC Corona and Mad Professor Blue Chorus and would say that they all qualify. In terms of a more recognizable chorus effect the mad professor pedals is the best (also the smallest) - at least to my ears. The smallest footprint is probably offered by these funny looking tiny Mooer pedals (also cheap). I haven't tried any of those though.
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I can relate to the distaste for chorus. It's one effect I never wanted. Hearing the Red Witch chorus changed my mind a bit. Not much, but started to hear the possiblities. Then traded into this rocketride asteroid chorus, which more or less put aside all my objections. Not sure why or how ... it just sounds great.
Even so, I more often use a Bigfoot magnavibe to get into that realm of sound. It's the best of the magnatone true pitch shift vibrato pedals, and evokes chorus somehow without actually being one. Like the original magnatoe effect, it changes, gets even more slippery and wobbly as volume goes up. At the lowest speed, higher intensity, it can stand in for chorus very well.
MD
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Interesting; you use this for jazz stuff? That effect always struck me as a "surf/rock" pedal ... Originally Posted by mad dog
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I'd second on the digitech chorus factory, I've had mine for 7 years and find it to be great,very useful. It has a level adjustment where you can control the amount of the effect blended with the original signal from the guitar, this prevents that over-chorused tone.Worth every penny.
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Marc:
I only wish I could play jazz. Not sure what to call it. A blend of rock, blues and some fusion maybe. Here's how the magnavibe sounds with an original:
SoundClick artist: Blue Shadow Dogs - page with MP3 music downloads
With some clean boost, reverb and reverb. Les Paul. This magnavibe has become my favorite pedal.
MD
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I used to be a chorus hater (the '80s, man) but listening to demos of the TC Corona, especially its tri-chorus mode which sounds richer and minimizes the woblle, has got me wanting that pedal. Going to order one today!
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I've sold all my pedal choruses...I do not like that effect today...:-)
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This is an effect singers ask you to use when there's no piano player.
Talking 'bout funny, uh?
*I* don't use chorus either... unless I'm asked to play some Metheny. Which is rare nowadays.
I do use reverb, though.
What was the question again?
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I like to crank mine way up and pretend I'm a Hammond player. Nothing subtle about it at all. I go on ebay and find the oldest, cheapest, 2 knob analog chorus stompboxes I can find, they sound the coolest.
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Just ordered the TC Corona. May God have mercy, mercy, mercy on my soul.
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Yeah, it's fun messin' with chorus if you're in that mood. Think I'll experiment with my Digitech Chorus Factory tonight. Originally Posted by cosmic gumbo
There was a point some years back when Scofield was using a chorus, rather notably set to (IMO) a wobbly, seasick quality. It really grabbed your attention. I think he may have been going for an "organ" tone, but it also sounded like he was just havin' fun, kicking it in for brief moments. (Dunno, maybe he still uses this sound but I haven't been following his newer stuff lately since I have so much of his older stuff.) I heard him doing this on a few albums, for example, IIRC, Chris Potter's Unspoken (1997 with Dave Holland on bass and Jack DeJohnette on drums). Great album, lotsa great Sco stuff including the warbly chorus sound. For the vast majority of the time, though, he played it pretty straight-ahead.
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What about one a these? I know . . . not small . . .
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Ha! I still have one of those.
Not small and actually rather heavy. Great effect although kind of a tone sucker. Eh that's older technology I guess.
Yikes though. What kinda mods were performed on that poor ol' CE-1?!
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Didn't Roland (Boss) invent the Chorus pedal? I always thought they did. Please correct me if I'm mistaken.
I met Ikutaro Kakahashi the guy who started Roland back in the 80's when I worked in a music shop. He used to come out to the dealers. I asked what the difference was between a Chorus effect and a Dimension D effect......as they had just released the Dimension D.
He said "Chorus is like heavy fruit cake. You can only eat a little. Dimension D is like white bread. You can eat all day"
I always remembered that.
Still lots of Alt and Indie bands using good old chorus. The Mobius pedal by Strymon has some very useable modulation fx.
BTW that Boss Chorus pedal pictured above is now a collectors item and much sought after. Many will claim that no Chorus sounds better than that original pedal. Legendary status!Last edited by Philco; 08-27-2013 at 04:43 AM.
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This, often. Originally Posted by cosmic gumbo
Allied with an Electro-Harmonix POG, it's not a total Rich Hall job, but it's a worthy effort. As CG says, though, "subtle" doesn't help.
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The mod is just the amp switches for my 80s Fender (Rivera era) Concert. Channel switching & reverb on/off. There was room in there so that Chorus unit became my entire pedal board. Originally Posted by ooglybong
Ha! I still have one of those.
Not small and actually rather heavy. Great effect although kind of a tone sucker. Eh that's older technology I guess.
Yikes though. What kinda mods were performed on that poor ol' CE-1?!
Heck, I modded a bunch of stuff when it was just gear that you used and not some vintage collector's item museum piece horses#*t.
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Yeah, I suppose there must have been some room inside with all that width of metal. Pretty cool idea, though, I guess. Funny what 30-plus years of 'wisdom' later will do to our perceptions, eh? Originally Posted by Phlatt Wound
Actually, Analogman (Boss Effects Pedals and Modifications > bottom of the Boss FX Mods page) performs mods to the CE-1 in order to create a true bypass signal along with making it less susceptible to such easy signal overloading. (Personally, I used to not mind it running it into the red so much back in my rockin' days.) Maybe one day, though, I'll have them work some magic on mine. It's still a great pedal.
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Got it this Wednesday! The first thing I do with any new pedal is dial it up and overuse it to get that over with. Now I'm using the chorus subtly and really liking it. I like it on the dark side, meaning no over the top shimmer on arpeggiated chords, and the tri-chorus switch is handy if you don't want a noticeable throb or wobble on held chords. Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles
I haven't downloaded toneprints for my TC pedals yet, but I keep telling myself to try that.
Verdict: works for me, without bringing back any memories of the Chorus Decade.
I think my next pedal with be the Spark booster. I'm on a TC streak.
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