someone recommend me a good chorus pedal! Tried a few Chorus Pedals designed for guitar and found that the effect can be far too subtle on very low frequencies especially tuned B-E-A-D, so what are you using and why?
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Got Chorus?
- Thread starter Snakeman1066
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Two questions-
1. Price range?
2. digital (icy sounding) or analog (watery-warbly)?
bongomania
Commercial User
3. Did you search on chorus? (No, you didn't.)
4. Which specific chorus pedals did you try that were too subtle on the lows?
4. Which specific chorus pedals did you try that were too subtle on the lows?
would the duff mckagan's (Guns 'n' Roses songs) chorus sound be more like digital-icy or analog-watery warbly??
boss ceb-3 is more like digital-icy right?
scottbass
Bass lines like a big, funky giant
My Danelector Cool Cat Chorus (the older big 18V chorus in the seafoam green housing, not the new small plastic housed one) is one of my favourite pedals for bass. Yes it's a little weak on the lower notes on the E string, but it has good sonic mojo for bass.
There was a time that I used it as an integral part of my sound (I have the appropriate adapter), it just makes my bass sound LUSH and helped fill out the frequency spectrum, especially when used in stereo.
There was a time that I used it as an integral part of my sound (I have the appropriate adapter), it just makes my bass sound LUSH and helped fill out the frequency spectrum, especially when used in stereo.
Obviously its all subjective ridiculousness. I just like making broad generalizations
I would consider Duff's tone more icy than watery, but I'm not sure if its digital or not. I had a CEB-3 and it was definitely icy. Very cold sounding (not necessarily a bad thing, some people like that)
I like the Visual Sound H20 Chorus and Echo. Another that sounds good to me is the Ibanez CS9. YMMV.
Obviously its all subjective ridiculousness. I just like making broad generalizations
I would consider Duff's tone more icy than watery, but I'm not sure if its digital or not. I had a CEB-3 and it was definitely icy. Very cold sounding (not necessarily a bad thing, some people like that)
thanks ya
My understanding is that this pedal gives you the option to leave the low end unaffected by the chorus; my experience w/this pedal is that at full settings it's on the more subtle end of the spectrum. That being said, I liked it & will likely grab another one eventually, but I'm not sure that's what the OP is after. My 12 cents.
well, my low end gets Iced with my CEB-3, and it also has the option that you just mentioned(but I go the other way as I said)
actually i did type in the word chorus, as well as chorus Pedal, however there wee over 300 responses none of which actually had Chorus in the title, i sifted through a few but again they were all i like this one or i like that one with no real explanation or specific reason as to why....so i decided to try fresh...
So Far the Boss CH-1, The EH Small Clone, and the MXR M-134 as these are what my local Mon and Pop have in stock....
$ 200.00 or less
I think i would prefer analog (being an old shool guy), but would not be opposed to a digital pedal if the sound is good!
so again somebody recommend me a good Chorus pedal...
anybody try the DigiTech XBC Bass Multi Chorus Pedal?
- Mar 30, 2007
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If you want a heavier chorus (and I am assuming you do since you mentioned you thought a lot of chorus pedals were subtle), try the Analogman Clone Chorus...it gets a lot of love in TB. I had one, and although it sounded good, it was a bit heavy for me. I actually prefer a subtle chorus.
