Chorus ?

matone · March 2015

Looking for a classic sounding chorus and don`t want to spend a fortune on it ! Any suggestions.
I`ve looked at 2nd hand Boss and there are a few types ,what do they do different to each other ?
Thanks.

spacecadet · March 2015

To my ears there are basically two types of chorus. Super wet 80's style and the more subtle style. I find the Boss stuff does the subtle better and that suits things like leslie type sounds better. The super wet stuff is what I tend to go more for. The Arion SCH (which I happen to be selling one of mine) is one of the best for this along with Analogman, Tortuga and TC. Depends which sort of sound you want to go for really.

meltedbuzzbox · March 2015

whats your budget?

Moss · March 2015

I've got a CE-3 and it's great for loads of tones

matone · March 2015

Don`t really have one, quite prepared to pay reasonable money pro rata but don`t know much about chorus pedals!
Not into boutique prices though !

meltedbuzzbox · March 2015

the EHX small clone is usually a good starting point. £40 second hand.

The Danoelectric milkshake can be nabbed for about £20 (I think its a milkshake)

I dare say Behringer and Joyo do something cheap and cheerful too.

the_jaffa · March 2015

I've got a Belcat analogue chorus that I don't need anymore. Sounds very similar to the Ibanez CS-9 (which I replaced it with)

Could do for £10 posted.

Nice cheap way to give it a whirl and see what you think

ennspek · March 2015

The metal body Danelectro is very nice, Cool Cat I think. It is 18v though. I prefer it to the EHX Clone personally.

xSkarloey · March 2015

/\ That old metal Dano is VERY similar to the Boss CE-2. I always thought so anyway after I compared it to my friend's original CE-2.

I do like Boss (or Boss type) Choruses. Joyo's blue chorus is another very close relative of the CE2.

Super Chorus sounds great to me but for the flexibility and more of a 'lush' sound with a touch more swirl and depth the CE-5 is my fave.

Final shout out for the Marshall Regenerator which does all sorts of modulation effects none of which get way out and are all benchmark 'classic' tones.

JD50 · March 2015

Mxr micro chorus, 1 knob which sounds great all around the dial, warm and subtle to Leslie speaker

Johnnyseven · March 2015

Boss CH1 is great for thickening tone and adding shimmer to distorted tones, it's a bit too subtle for clean IMO. The CE5 can get most of the way to the CH1 sound, but not quite, but has lots more available - including vibrato/leslie-ish sounds. I find the CE2 to be too subtle and doesn't work well the amount of drive/distortion I like to use. I personally find the EHX Small Clone to be a bit 'chorus-y'. I used to really like an old Ibanez CCL Dual Chorus I had, which I guess is similar to the CS9.

Johnnyseven · March 2015

Also, IMO when compared side by side the analog CH1 and CE5 sound slightly warmer and thicker than the current digital versions. However if you'd never played an analog version you'd probably be happy with the digital.

DarnWeight · March 2015

Mentioned this on here the other day, but Thomann are doing the EHX Polychorus (XO) for a bit over £100 at the moment. Got mine at the weekend, and after a minor trimpot tweak to dial back the clock noise (5 minute job), I'm chuffed with it. Does a pretty fantastic Electric-Mistress-style chorusy flange, too. Maybe not the #1 choice for a warmer, woollier chorus, but there's a hell of a lot of classic tones you can coax out of it....particularly so if you're chasing alt/new-wave/post-punk sounds.

lasermonkey · March 2015

Ibanez BCL Bi-Mode Chorus or BC9 (essentially the same pedal in different boxes). Lush as you like! With two LFOs, it's very flexible indeed.

mike_l · March 2015

JD50 said:

Mxr micro chorus, 1 knob which sounds great all around the dial, warm and subtle to Leslie speaker

Seconded. Nice and simple to use, many, many great sounds.

For cheap (new) The Digitech Multichorus is also very good. Similar to the Boss unit soundswise, but half the price.

matone · March 2015

Lots of great info here ! Thanks all for your input.

ThorpyFX · March 2015

Hi I have a clone of the boss CE2 for sale, it uses all the right nos chips, sounds lovely and is in a smaller enclosure. http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/34093/for-sale-last-of-the-clones-etc#latest £69 delivered

dogload · March 2015

lasermonkey said:

Ibanez BCL Bi-Mode Chorus or BC9 (essentially the same pedal in different boxes). Lush as you like! With two LFOs, it's very flexible indeed.

This, in buckets!

I've been through several different choruses in order to find a backup for my old BC9 and ended up getting the BCL. The one down-side is that it boosts the signal a little.

All the others I have tried apart from the huge Electro Harmonix one lack the lushness of the BC9... although I guess this isn't much help as they are no longer made. They do come up on Ebay from time to time though but they aren't very cheap.

ICBM · March 2015

+1 on the MXR Micro Chorus if you want a simple, easy-to-use, great-sounding chorus. It only has one knob but there are useful sounds all the way round the range, no bad ones, and it just inherently sounds less cheesy and '80s' than most.

matone · March 2015

Liking the sound of the MXR tbh.Less knobs usually = better sounds to me !

frankus · March 2015

Which song says classic chorus to you?

I grew up listening to The Stone Roses (Arion SCH-1), The Police (EHX Mistress), Nirvana (EHX Small Clone) and Hendrix (turned out to be a univibe) - but playing a CE-2 (my Dad's).

I strongly believe what we hear at an impressionable age determines the sounds we seek .. kinda born out by Analogman who's chorus is basically an improved Small Clone.

I've got all of those or copies now plus a Fulltone CF-1 I'm suspecting the amp you put it through is a disturbingly big factor too

If I had to keep just one it'd be the Fulltone but in my heart of hearts the EXH Small Clone covers all the bases

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