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What chorus pedal do I have to use

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Pretty much any chorus will work. Since Boss (Roland) was the first out with chorus pedals, I've always considered their CE series pedals as the benchmark to compare other pedals to.

Jaco himself used an MXR M-113 digital delay rack unit, which in the 1970s was over $1000...more than his Acoustic 360 amps cost! They don't turn up used very often, but when they do they usually sell for less than $200 and only that much because of the Jaco connection.

At the time, the MXR was a bargain, the next cheapest digital delay on the market was $4500. Today of course, you can buy digital delay pedals for $50.
 
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brianrost said:
Pretty much any chorus will work. Since Boss (Roland) was the first out with chorus pedals, I've always considered their CE series pedals as the benchmark to compare other pedals to.

Jaco himself used an MXR M-113 digital delay rack unit, which in the 1970s was over $1000...more than his Acoustic 360 amps cost! They don't turn up used very often, but when they do they usually sell for less than $200 and only that much because of the Jaco connection.

At the time, the MXR was a bargain, the next cheapest digital delay on the market was $4500. Today of course, you can buy digital delay pedals for $50.
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Reading this made me so glad that guitar isn’t my primary instrument! Otherwise I’d have to pay the additional $4,450 for the vintage tone mojo. Bassists seem to be a little more practical.
 
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TC's corona chorus is the most versatile one I've tune into - between the Tone prints and controls, it's very flexible, and it has very low noise (which isn't the case with a lot of chorus pedals).
 
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Vinny_G said:
You should use the one you like the most. But if you want to know which one I recommend to you, it is this one (used if you can):

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In 2001 the CH-1 changed from analog to digital. The old analog versions had a blue or pink label on the bottom, while the newer digital version has a dark gray label on the bottom. I have a pink label analog one that I bought new about 30 years ago, and I like it a lot, though I never compared it to a newer digital one.
Here's a link with some people discussing them:
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zombywoof5050 said:
In 2001 the CH-1 changed from analog to digital. The old analog versions had a blue or pink label on the bottom, while the newer digital version has a dark gray label on the bottom. I have a pink label analog one that I bought new over 30 years ago, and I like it a lot, though I never compared it to a newer digital one.
Here's a link with some people discussing them:
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It's interesting, I didn't know that. Thank you, I'll watch this. :thumbsup:
 
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zombywoof5050 said:
In 2001 the CH-1 changed from analog to digital. The old analog versions had a blue or pink label on the bottom, while the newer digital version has a dark gray label on the bottom. I have a pink label analog one that I bought new about 30 years ago, and I like it a lot, though I never compared it to a newer digital one.
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CEB-3 went from analog to digital too, although I'm not sure it was the same year.
 

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