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Duff Mckagan chorus

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Asa Samuel

Apr 9, 2007
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#1
i have a behringer bass chorus BCH300 yes, i know its blasphemous to mention behringer but it was cheap and i was in need.

i want that sort of mid-80s sounding chorus, think duff mckagan and tell me if i can get it from my chorus pedal or if i need to get a new one and if so what do you recomend?

Thanks
 
#3
I know even less than the previous guy, but I can tell you that choruses generally have very few controls, and they are very easy to tweak. So about a half hour of experimentation is all that it would take for you to determine whether your pedal can produce the tone you want. :)
 
#4
I'm not too sure about the Behringer chorus in particular, but the Ibanez CS-9 is probably the most "80's" sounding chorus pedal currently in production, IMO. I don't know if you are dead-set on keeping the Behringer, but if you are willing to try something else, the CS-9 will probably get you closest to Duff's tone...........in pedal form, anyway. Good luck.
 
#7
Grind It Out said:
i've had good experience in getting a very similar tone using a boss ch-1 (older analog version)
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if thats the case i dont see a problem getting it with behringer one then :D :hiding: (the product was made and conceived by behringer, not boss honestly), no seriously i like some behringer stuff.

try and keep the rate/speed low and the depth about half way and you should get it easy. and yes fresh string zing helps too
 
#15
bass-shy said:
I'm not too sure about the Behringer chorus in particular, but the Ibanez CS-9 is probably the most "80's" sounding chorus pedal currently in production, IMO. I don't know if you are dead-set on keeping the Behringer, but if you are willing to try something else, the CS-9 will probably get you closest to Duff's tone...........in pedal form, anyway. Good luck.
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hey, i've got a cs-9! :hyper:

yeah, it has a very bright top end. very 80s. :cool:
 
#18
So, let's narrow it down. People have suggested the following:
GK amp -check!
Hartke speakers -no
fresh new stainless roundwounds -??
bright 80's chorus -maybe
pickstyle -check!

What hasn't been discussed is EQ. if you have access to a good graphic or parametric EQ, set correctly they will give you brightness for days, since brightness is mostly upper-harmonic content IMO. Even with flat EQ, stainless rounds through a clean amp and hi-fi speakers are so bright it hurts my ears, so maybe you'll need to take another look at your strings and speakers.
 
#20
fender_mod said:
as for the strings they should be rotosounds, thats brand.
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Yeah, Duff's a Rotosound Swing Bass 66 strings user. They're very bright, crunchy in the mids, and rough to the touch, but they're great-sounding stainless steel strings nevertheless!

A lot of people complain about their short lifespan, but I didn't notice anything dramatic like that when I used them. I did replace them with D'Addario ProSteels after a few weeks, though (I wanted to try out ProSteels), so I'll never really know just how long Rotosounds would last for me.
 

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