Chorus pedals for Bass

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I have enjoyed using my MXR Bass Chorus Deluxe. It is easy to get good usable sound, and not particularly expensive.

 

[40Hz]

I liked the brown one more than the blue one

They did a brown CE-2?

I thought all of the BOSS chorus pedals were a shade of light blue. I know the OC-2 was brown. But I’ve never seen a brown chorus. BOSS color codes their pedals last I heard. The only exceptions are their drive/dirt boxes which seem to have widely varying colors, although the ODs seemed to have finally settled on yellow.

 

[BurtMacklinFBI]

Well I have got good news for you. Boss now make a special reissue of the CE-2 called the CE-2w. It's not particularly cheap, but used ones are relatively affordable and in my opinion it's the best sounding chorus pedal currently in production. It's special because it also contains the old Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble in addition to the CE-2 that you're familiar with. I have one and let me tell you it's a joy to play. The CE-1 mode is especially great for bass and worth the price of the pedal on its own.

Well, you just saved me writing up a post. What he said. The CE-2w is the bomb.

 

[BurtMacklinFBI]

They did a brown CE-2?

I thought all of the BOSS chorus pedals were a shade of light blue. I know the OC-2 was brown. But I’ve never seen a brown chorus. BOSS color codes their pedals last I heard. The only exceptions are their drive/dirt boxes which seem to have widely varying colors, although the ODs seemed to have finally settled on yellow.

The brown one is the old CE-2b. IMO it’s too subtle, but that’s just my opinion.

 

[40Hz]

The brown one is the old CE-2b. IMO it’s too subtle, but that’s just my opinion.

Thx! I didn’t know about that one. Learn something new every day.

 

[hennessybass]

I've had the Maxon CS-9. Nice classic chorus sounds - very similar to the CE-2 the OP posted. They are easy to find used at very reasonable prices.
A little too 80s for my taste though.

I use a Sea Machine from EQD. It can do the classic chorus sound thing, but a lot more too. It's fun to play with and makes a nice chorus sound. I had a V1 way back, and really liked it, sold it, and now have the V3 - I think I like the V1 better, but still good.

 

[BurtMacklinFBI]

Thx! I didn’t know about that one. Learn something new every day.

They had a bass flanger in the same colors too. I haven’t heard one of them in like 20 years or so though, so I can’t really give an opinion on them.

 

[Joeykun]

The Keeley Seafoam+ Chorus is very nice. There is a dip switch just for bass guitar that keeps the low end solid. Plus, has 3 modes to choose from and a Mix to make it as wet or dry as you like!

 

[Eddie LeBlanc]

Built for a bass.

 

[dalahorse]

I really dig this one, the MD 500 has some good ones tooView attachment 3649536

I love me some Juno chorus! (I have a Juno-106.) Do you know how close it sounds to the Roland original?

 

[Jamie_Funk]

I recently got one of these used for $60 - and it sounds better on bass to me than any other Boss chorus I've tried since the 80s:

 

[_One//Man//Mutiny_]

TC Electronics 3rd dimension, it's awesome on bass and I like the sound better than the boss dimension-c that it's created after.

 

[WillyW]

I have the tc corona, ‘it’s supposed to be a guitar pedal and it works fine for me, I think there are bass specific ones, but it sounds good to my ear.

 

[CapnSev]

I’m a bit of a chorus junkie and I’ve settled on the Digitech Luxe myself. The detune chorus works so much better in the low notes than an oscillator IMO.

I would like to get my hands on the Idiotbox Dark Waves though.

 

[clockworkcorpse]

I've been using an aguilar chorusaurus for a bit. I only use it set very subtle, but I like that it has enough range in it's controls to do whatever.

 

[Aidenn7]

You're looking at the ce-2b.. But try the providence bass chorus

 

[ThumbyAche]

Everytime I get a bass chorus pedal, I have gotten rid of it. Then I got the seafoam +.
Only one I have liked enough to keep.

 

[johnk_10]

i still like my tech21 bass boost chorus a lot and have found no need to search for another chorus ever since i bought it years ago.

 

[soundsupport1]

Take the easy route and get a boss ceb-3. Had mine for 18 years, no complaints!

Easy to find, so easy to test out. Ignoring the obvious would be foolish. If you can back-to-back test with an mxr, so much the better. Those are the standards.

Peace, SoundSupport

 

[BaltBass5]

I use chorus sparingly on bass. I’ve tried a lot and IMO the Aguilar Chorusaurus and the MXR Bass Chorus/Flanger are the best.