Chorus Quest

[Surfysonic]

All this chorus pedal talk has got me wanting another chorus pedal for my primary board. I have a Walrus Audio Julia on my second/travel board and it's nice. However, you guys got me curious about the CE2 and Small Clone.

Too much CE2 love in this thread for my liking -- don't forget to try the Small Clone too!

I have the Analogman Chorus which is basically a souped up Small Clone and it's an ideal chorus sound. I find the EHX Chorus more appealing than Boss -- wetter, more dark and mysterious sounding. YMMV of course.

I think your description of "wetter, more dark and mysterious sounding" sold me. I listened to a comparison between the Small Clone and the Neo Clone by Rob of Guitar Manifesto. I actually like the Neo Clone's tone between the two and I prefer the smaller pedal footprint. Order placed!

I have an old '84(?) Tokai Flanger on my primary board that has somehow survived these past 4 decades and still works great. I'll be interested to see how it plays with the Neo Clone.

[JSett]

Never really liked the Small Clone sound over the Roland-type choruses. I found they completely overpower your guitar sound to the point you could be playing any guitar in the world and it'd sound the same.

[stevejamsecono]

All this chorus pedal talk has got me wanting another chorus pedal for my primary board. I have a Walrus Audio Julia on my second/travel board and it's nice. However, you guys got me curious about the CE22 and Small Clone.

Too much CE2 love in this thread for my liking -- don't forget to try the Small Clone too!

I have the Analogman Chorus which is basically a souped up Small Clone and it's an ideal chorus sound. I find the EHX Chorus more appealing than Boss -- wetter, more dark and mysterious sounding. YMMV of course.

I think your description of "wetter, more dark and mysterious sounding" sold me. I listened to a comparison between the Small Clone and the Neo Clone by Rob of Guitar Manifesto. I actually like the Neo Clone's tone between the two and I prefer the smaller pedal footprint. Order placed!

I have an old '84(?) Tokai Flanger on my primary board that has somehow survived these past 4 decades and still works great. I'll be interested to see how it plays with the Neo Clone.

I had a couple of Neo Clones in the past and liked them a lot too. Good iteration of the circuit.

[Surfysonic]

Cool! Glad to know you like the Neo as well!

[JVG]

I agree with the chorus of responses here: CE-2w is the one to get. It was the first chorus i actually enjoyed playing, then I got a PastFX and that became my number 1.

[cestlamort]

I agree with the chorus of responses here: CE-2w is the one to get. It was the first chorus i actually enjoyed playing, then I got a PastFX and that became my number 1.

Which PastFX one did you land on? One of the CE1 or the blue one?

[hulakatt]

Love my CE-2w pretty well.

Also deeply love my AnalogMan Stereo Chorus.

Chorus in stereo is such a revelation.

[stevejamsecono]

Love my CE-2w pretty well.

Also deeply love my AnalogMan Stereo Chorus.

Chorus in stereo is such a revelation.

This is my understanding and something I've been eager to experiment with in my own rig. Problem is bringing the two amps...

[hulakatt]

Love my CE-2w pretty well.

Also deeply love my AnalogMan Stereo Chorus.

Chorus in stereo is such a revelation.

This is my understanding and something I've been eager to experiment with in my own rig. Problem is bringing the two amps...

I gigged a pair of Champs for a long time when I wanted to use stereo pedals. Mic'd up each with an e609 and panned hard L and R in the FoH mains.

[OffYourFace]

Early 80s Ibanez CS9. It's the best stereo chorus pedal and here's why.

The Boss/Roland stuff has a dry and wet output so one side is dry and one is modulated. With the CS9, both sides are wet and to my ears the imaging is much wider. For reference, all the early Stone Roses stuff is the CS9. Harmonically it sits a bit higher than the Boss stuff. I really like with synths as well.

I also have a CE-2 and a CE-2W. I prefer the CE-2W in CE-1 mode 1 and it's usually my go to for mono sounds.

[stevejamsecono]

Early 80s Ibanez CS9. It's the best stereo chorus pedal and here's why.

The Boss/Roland stuff has a dry and wet output so one side is dry and one is modulated. With the CS9, both sides are wet and to my ears the imaging is much wider. For reference, all the early Stone Roses stuff is the CS9. Harmonically it sits a bit higher than the Boss stuff. I really like with synths as well.

I also have a CE-2 and a CE-2W. I prefer the CE-2W in CE-1 mode 1 and it's usually my go to for mono sounds.

Almost forgot about this gem! I had one for ages and it got sold somewhere down the line... maybe I should try to track down another.

[JVG]

I agree with the chorus of responses here: CE-2w is the one to get. It was the first chorus i actually enjoyed playing, then I got a PastFX and that became my number 1.

Which PastFX one did you land on? One of the CE1 or the blue one?

Got this one:



It’s thicker and gruntier than the CE-2w. Both are awesome, but if i had to pick ‘desert island’ chorus, the PastFX would win.

[Spitshaded]

I recently picked up the "Everything We Don't Know About the Ocean Floor" from BSRI & it is easily my favorite chorus I've played.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XU2DfuVhgs

[Surfysonic]

I recently picked up the "Everything We Don't Know About the Ocean Floor" from BSRI & it is easily my favorite chorus I've played.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XU2DfuVhgs

Very cool! Love the pedal's name and sounds. Awesome to see that BSRI is a pedal builder out of Baltimore.

[OffYourFace]

I recently picked up the "Everything We Don't Know About the Ocean Floor" from BSRI & it is easily my favorite chorus I've played.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XU2DfuVhgs

Cool pedal but that name is so fkn emo.