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your top five choruses:

I can tell you my two favorites for guitar, I have used them less often for bass since I use bass fx less often.

1. Roland/Boss CE1 Chorus Ensemble
2. Original EH Deluxe Electric Mistress

These are only ones I have ever liked for myself but I have not tried much of the really new stuff. YMMV

Peace,
S
 
I actually haven't tried any of the newer boutique choruses out there. I've always liked the old Ibanez UE-series choruses and haven't felt the need to upgrade (I have three of them- UE303B, UE400, UE405). I imagine the 9-series pedals from Ibanez and Maxon would have the same/similar circuits. I also like some of the chorus-like qualities of the 3D fx in the Roland SRV-330.
 
I've only owned two different chorus pedals (soon to be 3, once the EHX Stereo Clone Theory comes out...):

EHX Small Clone
Boss CEB-3

The Boss was pretty good and flexible, but it couldn't compete with the lushness and clarity of the Small Clone.

So, yeah...Electro-Harmonix Small Clone for me!