I guess I'm a chorus pedal guy now -thanks -you bunch of ******

NegativeEase said:
Well, I was a little unhappy with my single note tones at full volume with a loud group -it was lacking enough body/fullness if I brought out enough bite and brilliance in the mid top to have the intelligibility I wanted -as I'm doing a lot of walking around and riffing against a wall of bass and another guitarist's chordal assault.

After much experimentation, I added a rack mount Boss Chorus unit without pre delay of heavy effect -after my second OD (before delay, Trem, Reverb) and just added in a subtle touch of chorus and boom -thick tone in all 3 pickup positions with all 3 gain conditions I use and the chorus doesn't sound like chorus as an effect yet.

I know this is an old trick, but it really solved my needs.... no plans to cart around rack gear -so I guess I'm in the market for a chorus pedal for this purpose -small footprint is a bonus as it will be an always on pedal at the amp that is not interacted with during a gig.
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I once saw a chorus pedal shootout, and the Walrus Audio Julia is a pedal I would love to try someday. In that video, it was the most "transparent", for lack of a better word. Rather than coloring your signal, it enriches it.
 
Rabelais said:
I once saw a chorus pedal shootout, and the Walrus Audio Julia is a pedal I would love to try someday. In that video, it was the most "transparent", for lack of a better word. Rather than coloring your signal, it enriches it.
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This is good feedback -thanks... yeah I'm looking to thicken not use chorus as an effect fundamental to the sound -so it sounds like the Julia would be a great option.
 
I have been using a Homebrew Electronics THC for exactly what you are looking for for years. It's great. HBE is no longer in business but their pedals are still pretty consistently available.

Over the years, I have had probably 15 different chorus pedals and now I only have the THC, a BBE Mind Bender and a Boss CE-2 clone that I built.

The others are just too "effected" without a means of dialing back the 80's flashback for my taste.
 
Dudeman7 said:
I have been using a Homebrew Electronics THC for exactly what you are looking for for years. It's great. HBE is no longer in business but their pedals are still pretty consistently available.

Over the years, I have had probably 15 different chorus pedals and now I only have the THC, a BBE Mind Bender and a Boss CE-2 clone that I built.

The others are just too "effected" without a means of dialing back the 80's flashback for my taste.
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How'd the CE-2 clone turn out?
 
NegativeEase said:
How'd the CE-2 clone turn out?
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It's great! I have it on my bass board and I use it much the same way as the THC. Depth is set pretty high and the Rate is just slightly higher than all the way down.

I used the BYOC Analog Chorus PCB and sourced the components separately. Funny enough, I just ordered the full BYOC kit yesterday.
 
The chorus was something I used for the first 20 years of playing. My favorite was clearly the Digitech Chorus Factory that Ace mentioned. Then one day I had enough, and since then its been a phaser as my modulation choice.
 
Mincer said:
The chorus was something I used for the first 20 years of playing. My favorite was clearly the Digitech Chorus Factory that Ace mentioned. Then one day I had enough, and since then its been a phaser as my modulation choice.
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I think a move to Phaser is more like "Chorus wasn't enough - I move on to harder things..."

Eventually, it will be Flange or nothing, and then the Moog pedals start showing up!
 
GuitarStv said:
You don't need 7 different choruses . . . you need one very good flanger with subtle settings. :P
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I suggested my buddy get one because he didn't know what he wanted. After a while, it seems he likes the EHX and the TC. It saved him a lot of back and forth to the music store chasing tone.
 
Aceman said:
I think a move to Phaser is more like "Chorus wasn't enough - I move on to harder things..."

Eventually, it will be Flange or nothing, and then the Moog pedals start showing up!
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I still haven't moved past 4 stage phasing. Everything else sounds like a seasick mess.
 
Being a big fan of both VFE and phasers you can consider me officially jealous! I never realized the enterprise had a 3-stage too.

My Maxon pt9pro+ phaser can do a beautifully rich dreamy chorus sound. It can not do a more subtle chorus so I only apply it to cleans when using it like that.
From my normal settings (distorted leads) I back off the depth and feedback then turn the rate up. I prefer it over the script90 for cleans.
 
I've enjoyed using the Plethora for pedal types on which I wouldn't normally waste money or space. It's nice being able to click over to a chorus or phaser every now and then and just get stupid, without having to commit to having one on my board full-time.
 
The Chorus Factory is a much better pedal than the distortion one. Another good one is the Line 6 Modulation Modeler (the blue one).
 
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