The BEST bass chorus (IMO)...

[NKUSigEp]

I've been playing bass for over 14 years now and have had many basses, amps, and cabs come and go. I've had a Bluebeard fuzz since 2006 but haven't used many other effects besides it, mostly because I didn't need to but also because I couldn't ever find a tone I liked.

Chorus has been a touchy subject for me...I can recall numerous occasions where a good chorus tone would have fattened up a line and given the overall song that push over the edge but I couldn't ever find one I liked. A few weeks ago I picked up a Subdecay Echobox and was playing around with it. For those not familiar, it has depth and speed controls similar to most chorus pedals.

And there it was...the most beautiful chorus tone I've ever heard...the depth was full clockwise and the speed and time knobs were full counterclockwise. No loss of low-end, no drop in output, no crazy and unusable nonsense. Amazing.

For anyone else who has had chorus issues, give this remedy a try!

 

[DonKartofflo]

but isn't the echobox a delay? just checking if im looking at the right one

 

[NKUSigEp]

but isn't the echobox a delay? just checking if im looking at the right one

Yes, it is. Chorus and delay are basically the same if you understand how they work, so it makes sense. But I think I and others get caught up in the "labelling" I.E. - THIS is a delay pedal so it can ONLY be used as a delay pedal.

 

[andvari7]

I love chorus pedals, and I love getting the unexpected out of my pedals. Good on you for doing both. I have the same experience with a Digitech Whammy, set to Detune -> Deep, toe down. Mix that with Polly, ClusterFlux, and the Roland Jazz Chorus built-in, and you are going to vomit. Not because it is horrible, but because you will have inner-ear fluid imbalance, and no amount of Dramamine will cure you of that seasick feeling. I really shouldn't be talking about nausea - I have just watched it turn my dad into a bedridden smartass. Given my luck, come tomorrow, I'll barely be able to keep down a plate full of omelet, to say nothing about getting my work done. But, at least I'll be able to say that I have, in my possession, a combination of chorus pedals that can and will induce nausea with a mere thought.

 

[Shish]

I'm with you with using delay with modulation as chorus. I had Echobox but I sold it when I got Malekko 616. Echobox always has a little bit of delay and on 616 you can set delay time as 0. It's the best chorus for synth bass although for clean parts I'd prefer HBE THC or detune from pitchshifter.

 

[sillyfabe]

Never a fan of any dedicated chorus pedal but here is what I use and love it:

Boss PS-3 Pitch Shifter/Delay: use mode 4 or 8 for a single voice or dual voiced chorus-detune and its nice!

POG2: use the detune as well as the LPF to make my own chorus sounds

DD-7 and/or El Cpaistan: both delays but set the delay to short as possible, echo x1 and some modulation and youre in

 

[bongomania]

Of course, Jaco used a digital delay as a chorus effect, so there's precedent.

 

[xikbastard]

i dig dimension C on bass, i got a schism set-up to blend the dirt pedal and i set-it up woth a chorus as well. its amazing.

 

[NKUSigEp]

Forgot to mention the most important thing...gotta watch the "repeats" on the Echobox! Somewhere less than high noon or it's more like a cheap reverb.