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please recommend a chorus

sonicnuance

sonicnuance

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#1
I am looking for something either true bypass or pristine buffered bypass (no hiss, no distortion, no low end rolloff, etc) for subtle to mild chorus.

I wish I could describe the sound I'm looking for, but it is something that would work well with a fretless bass.

Maybe like the bass on "Come as you are" by Nirvana


I have my eye on the Boss CEB3, but the specs for noise don't look great. I realize this is judging a pedal based on paper, but I'm looking to narrow down my search. Having said that, the CEB3 youtube recordings I've heard have been really nice

Thanks
 
#2
There's quite a few chorus threads that have popped up lately, so a search could be helpful.

That being said, Analogman, Digitech Hardwire and a lot of others get some love around here. As for myself, I've used the CEB-3 for a few years and liked it enough and have recently included the EHX Neo Clone in my board. Works well enough, although there's a bit a low end loss with it.

Edit:
if you want an idea as to what the Neo sounds like, listen to Neil Young's "Keep on rocking in the free world". At the beginning of the 3rd verse, right after the solo, there's a short part where you hear only bass and drums. The Neo gets pretty close to it, IMO, with the depth switch ON and the knob @ 9 am.
 
#5
I don't know a whole lot about many bands, but when it comes to Nirvana, I've done my research. Novoselic never used a chorus pedal, but if you want that "Come as you are," sound...just grab an EHX Small Clone. It works just fine on bass, sounds dark and can do subtle, but also the wilder, watery sound.
 
#12
I'm digging the new TC Electronic Corona Chorus...It can be set to be nice and subtle, or get pretty wet if that's your thing. Plus it has the USB toneprint port for downloading custom sounds....I'm liking this Chorus a lot!
 
#13
Last week I needed a line splitter to use a remote amp live (so the drummer could hear me) and found a newly issued MXR Analog Chorus ($99), and it's pretty nice. Two outs, one effected and one not, but buffered. That way I can run the 2nd amp chorused but leave my main sound alone. The new MXR pedals are quite OK!
 
#15
Crystalman85 said:
If you want a good affordable chorus pedal, the danelectro chorus pedals would be a good choice. these chorus pedals can provide smooth retro chorus sounds and they go easy on your budget.
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agreed

I had a cool kat chorus many years ago and was amazed at how good it sounded. It is definitely a sleeper pedal. Unfortunately, I only used it for guitar and don't know how it works for bass
 
#18
I use two chorus which I like a lot.
MXR Micro Chorus: one knob wonder, sounds warm and very musical. I like the fact that there's only one thing to mess with. Great sounding pedal.
Boss CEB-3 this one is a little bit cooler in tone than the MXR, it's more tweabable but its tweaks are not always useful.
I sometimes have both on at the same time for a more dramatic effect.
 

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