Your Favorite Chorus Pedal

[d1dsj]

yeah, it really is a great pedal. a little deoxit should fix ya up

Looks like the deoxit worked a treat, quiet as a mouse now

 

[jeremy]

glad im not the only one who knows how awesome these things are. footprint is big, but the tone is killer

 

[xxxplorer]

I like the detune on a Whammy pedal for chorus.

Keep wanting to try a waza dimension chorus, or maybe the smaller detune pedal so I can have that sound and do annoying whammy things lol.

 

[elelpe]

Mine is DOD FX65. I also like detune on Pitch Fork.

 

[Mincer]

Mine is DOD FX65. I also like detune on Pitch Fork.

Oh I forgot about the DOD FX67, the Stereo Turbo Chorus. You can see a YouTube video here. It is 2 BBD choruses in 1 box, which sounds wonderful in stereo.

 

[Aceman]

OK - the DC3 Waza in Stereo is my official favorite! But given thew PITA to do stereo...I'm probably not gonna do that much unless recording. So much so, in a different class from typical pedals

That said...my favorite, in order:

Digitech CHorus Factory - TC SCF+ mode
My Washburn Stereo Chorus for Analog
Visual Sound H2O V2 Cherous on Lush setting
Boss SC2 - why not?
Mooer Ensemble King
Honorable Mention: Ibanez CF7 Chorus/Flanger in Chorus-Wacked mode

 

[Securb]

The JC-120 is a stereo boss CE-1 circuit isn't it? I remember really liking the sound of it as well, and I'm not much of a chorus guy.

Yep, it is the CE-1 circuit, which surprises me. They nailed the chorus and swung and missed on the distortion. They could have put the DS1 or Super Overdrive in the amp, but went with a strange distortion circuit. By design, the amp has no warmth; the "distortion" is to bring the warmth back in, not to be a traditional distortion. It is usable with certain styles of music, like classic rock. The great thing is the JC 120 is a fantastic pedal platform; every dirt stomp I have used with it performs well.

 

[marcello252]

I remember in the 80s almost every rehearsal room here had a roland JC40 or a JC60 (JC120 was too expensive maybe) , a 30W marshall master lead combo or a yamaha G50, you could not find anything else. And almost nobody wanted to use the roland, too much ice pick cutting....

 

[GuitarStv]

Yep, it is the CE-1 circuit, which surprises me. They nailed the chorus and swung and missed on the distortion. They could have put the DS1 or Super Overdrive in the amp, but went with a strange distortion circuit. By design, the amp has no warmth; the "distortion" is to bring the warmth back in, not to be a traditional distortion. It is usable with certain styles of music, like classic rock. The great thing is the JC 120 is a fantastic pedal platform; every dirt stomp I have used with it performs well.

The JC-120 always struck me as a cool amp. I'm kind of kicking myself as they used to go pretty regularly for pretty cheap - I remember seeing them for 200-400$ Canadian around here back in the early 2000s - and I should have picked one up then. The price they want for a new one these days (1600$!) seems stupid to me for a decent sounding but pretty basic solid state amp.

 

[Mincer]

Yep, it is the CE-1 circuit, which surprises me. They nailed the chorus and swung and missed on the distortion. They could have put the DS1 or Super Overdrive in the amp, but went with a strange distortion circuit. By design, the amp has no warmth; the "distortion" is to bring the warmth back in, not to be a traditional distortion. It is usable with certain styles of music, like classic rock. The great thing is the JC 120 is a fantastic pedal platform; every dirt stomp I have used with it performs well.

This always baffled me, as the distortion on that amp is always criticized (and it should be- it is terrible). I wonder why they never fixed it? Is the idea of 'tradition' so strong that you can't provide a usable circuit and sell more amps?

 

[Chistopher]

Boss doesn't revise circuits. Any improvement becomes a new product. I don't know if the JC-120 plays into that

 

[Mincer]

Boss doesn't revise circuits. Any improvement becomes a new product. I don't know if the JC-120 plays into that

Yeah, they don't tend to do any updates on existing products unless they are getting sued.

 

[Securb]

This always baffled me, as the distortion on that amp is always criticized (and it should be- it is terrible). I wonder why they never fixed it? Is the idea of 'tradition' so strong that you can't provide a usable circuit and sell more amps?

I can use it for some very early classic rock or hipster rock like Jack White or Black Keys. The stuff it works with is cool, but that is a very narrow scope of music.

 

[Chistopher]

I can use it for some very early classic rock or hipster rock like Jack White or Black Keys. The stuff it works with is cool, but that is a very narrow scope of music.

I never thought of it, but yeah, that is the sound

 

[AdrianSD]

Yeah, they don't tend to do any updates on existing products unless they are getting sued.

Haha true! However, since its release 4 years ago or so, the GX-100 got a few firmware updates that fixed the 3rd party IRs loading and added a few killer X amp models. Guess the next update is a long way off now, nobody touches my poly tuner, I use it almost daily.