New MXR Micro Chorus M148 - REVIEW....

[afroman]

Just got one of the new re-issue MXR Micro Chorus pedals.


Construction
Very heavy-duty construction like the old Phase 90s. It's fairly heavy compared to my Carbon Copy and Bass Octave Deluxe. Has only a Rate knob and comes with the boot knob cover. Bypass is noiseless and smooth.

Sound
Even with the knob fully counter clockwise, there is a subtle chorus effect. The chorus goes from subtle and warm to fast and watery after passing the Noon setting. Fully clockwise the chorus is very fast and hast sort of that ring/tremolo effect.

Overall it's a very warm and nice chorus.
No bass loss that I could perceive.

Cons
It does have a little jump in volume when the pedal is engaged. I don't remember this happing with my Hardwire Chorus. The Hardwire did have a Volume knob, so I think I compensated for any boost that could occur. The Micro could have used an internal trimpot for gain or mix.

Overall
Very nice quality as all other MXR pedals I own.
I sold my Hardwire Chorus because I wanted something smaller and I only used the "Analog" setting. This MXR is very nice sounding but it is a present chorus. It will be noticed even in the lower settings, which I think is a good thing. I tried it with my Barge VP-Jr looper and I could control the Dry/Chorus sound better, but I like the simplicity of just controlling the effect pedal itself.

Heres a pic of my MXR trio...

[Sound Chaser]

Sound clips?

[afroman]

Originally Posted by Sound Chaser

Sound clips?

I'll try to record a video with my digital camera later.
Don't know how it'll work, but I'll try.

[Nerotic]

Cool little trio you've got there..

Am I the only one missing a depth knob on the chorus?

[afroman]

Originally Posted by Nerotic

Cool little trio you've got there..

Am I the only one missing a depth knob on the chorus?

I think we could wish for more knobs, but the pedal is just a simpler version of a great chorus pedal.

Do I wish it had internal mix and depth knobs?? SURE!

[DLM]

Anyone else have thoughts on the MXR Micro Chorus?

[zombywoof5050]

Originally Posted by DLM

Anyone else have thoughts on the MXR Micro Chorus?

I had GC order me one, because they didn't have a demo for me to try out. Unfortunately, I ended up returning it because I didn't care for it. It seemed to have a slight volume boost when engaged that I didn't like, and I also decided it was too limited (not tweakable enough) for what I wanted. I have an old 'pink-label' Boss CH-1 that sounds much better to me, so I'm just sticking with it for now. I even decided that I prefer this old CH-1 over my EBS UniChorus. All my recent comparisons of these 3 pedals were in mono mode, since I don't go stereo when playing live. But don't take my word for it, try out a Micro Chorus for yourself, you may just love it.