Ned a decent inexpensive chorus pedal

[vvvmmm]

Cheapest flexible one is likely to be the Digitech/DOD X- series.

I swapped mine out for the EHX Bass Clone, as it's smaller and simpler and does the job. (Add a little phaser and you can get kinda fretless-sounding.)

On guitar, I use the Electric Mistress, not least because it does flanger, chorus, and a decent Trower/Leslie thing.

 

[nilorius]

Nux

 

[Stevorebob]

I’ve used both the TC Corona Chorus and MXR Bass Chorus Deluxe. They’re really good and can be had cheap used.

 

[bass12]

I tried a bunch when I was in the market for a chorus pedal and my favourite was the MXR Analog Chorus. I found you could get very subtle with the chorus effect - unlike with some chorus pedals - and that's what I was looking for.

 

[bassliner50]

 

[Rib 13]

I would probably just get a Behringer UC200 Ultra Chorus, which actually sounds pretty decent.

Behringer pedals actually surprise me how good many of them are....in particular, I have their version of a Tube Screamer for the band i play guitar in and its pretty authentic to a TS808, better than many more expensive ones imo

 

[Jeff Bonny]

Behringer pedals actually surprise me how good many of them are....in particular, I have their version of a Tube Screamer for the band i play guitar in and its pretty authentic to a TS808, better than many more expensive ones imo

Behringer is totally awesome...if you can overlook the reason they can sell so cheap is because they’re doing away with R&D costs by stealing other people’s designs.

 

[Rib 13]

Behringer is totally awesome...if you can overlook the reason they can sell so cheap is because they’re doing away with R&D costs by stealing other people’s designs.

i thought it was the plastic housing

 

[buldog5151bass]

i thought it was the plastic housing

Yes, and yes.

 

[BobKos]

I have an old DOD FX62 bass chorus that is pretty decent. Available cheap at all the usual used gear places.

 

[rafitoprtx]

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This One ^^^^^^^^^^!!!!!!

 

[Thumpin6string]

I grabbed a vintage 1988 MIJ Boss bass chorus for under a hundred bucks. Just sayin'

The Boss works great and are very reasonable, just like the one in my sig.

 

[40Hz]

in the 80's I had the 1st boss bass chorus pedal, lent it to guitarist friend & never saw it again. it was a great pedal for bass!

I have their 80s era RDD-10 mini rack unit.

I can dial in just about any classic delay or modulation effect I want with that little brick.

Some examples from the manual:

 

[Quinn Roberts]

 

[Smooth_bass88]

I have one of these. Cool sounding unit, works great on bass.

I have their 80s era RDD-10 mini rack unit.
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I can dial in just about any classic delay or modulation effect I want with that little brick.

Some examples from the manual:

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[40Hz]

I have one of these. Cool sounding unit, works great on bass.View attachment 3519835

Cool unit. I’ve only seen demo videos of them. Never saw one in the wild. Congrats in owning one!

 

[Alfonso Alba]

I have the Boss CE-300 Super Chorus myself. Haven't tried with bass, though.

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[DJ Bebop]

Ned, a decent inexpensive chorus pedal

 

[IronLung1986]

Only possible issue with the Luxe is that it’s a fixed chorus (i.e. detuning) effect - or “anti-chorus” as DigiTech was calling it for awhile. So you’ll get the chorus thickening effect, but without the sweeping swoosh thing you get with every other chorus.

And I’ll agree with you. I think it sounds far better than a standard chorus when used on bass most times.

Only drawback for the OP is it seems to be back in vogue. So the street price has gone up quite a lot from the $49 I paid for a new one about a year ago.

If it’s only being used for one segment in one song I’d definitely consider going with a Behringer. Their CC300 Dimension-C clone (or the TCE 3rd Dimension which is pretty much the same thing) is a good choice IMO.

But for a chorusing type effect, the way I prefer to do it is with a multi-tone generator like the BOSS MO-2. Because chorus tends to get a little busy and muddy when it comes to bass. And a multi-octave effect gives you more precise control over what’s happening to your signal than a chorus does. You can always add some tremolo or mild phasing after it if you need the sensation of motion.

Here’s an example someone did using a multi-octave effect on bass:

Yes! Boss MO-2 is an awesome pedal. Not enough people know about it.

 

[DrMole]