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'Always On' Chorus

Someone should make a bass guitar oriented 'treble booster'...like a Dallas Rangemaster for bass or something :)

I've used a few pedals that had those qualities- either adding a bit of octave-up, or just emphasizing and/or slightly clipping only the high frequencies. The most musical octave-up type I've tried was a clone of the Dan Armstrong Green Ringer, and the best high-end emphasis one might be the Ross clone compressors.
 
Ahh..! The brightness-thing: I have found profitable use for my CEB-3 - as most of you know, a simple 'vibrato/doubler- type', with a frequency-adjustable low-cut on the effect-part of the signal - as a 'brightener'. It's really, practically-speaking, not 'chorusing' to speak of when I turn that highpass way-way up there - but it DOES act as a kind of high-boost that comes-off smoother than if I were to have just boosted highs with EQ.

Joe

Interesting you say that Joe...I have been using the CEB-3 but really not digging it much as a true chorus...but it does add a nice bright crispness that I like. Thats why I typically leave it on (except for bluesier stuff that requires a fatter thump). I just ordered an analogman Clone Chorus and was going to try running it and my CEB-3 together... and turn the depth and rate down on the CEB-3...This is just an experiment...

Has anyone ever ran two chorus pedals in a configuration like that? I'm not really sure what I'm trying to accomplish...But Joe's comment about the "brightness thingy" got me thinking