Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Dmoney on June 25, 2009, 10:22:51 PM
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i dont want anything super rare or boutique unless its SUPER good value.
I want to use a bit of chorus at my bands next gigs, but its only going to be for one riff, so i want something with great value for money, dont mind if its short on features as long as it sounds good.
help me out chaps
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analogue or digital? the tonerider one's pretty nice for £67 if you want an analogue one, I know several of the other members here have one too (twinfan told us all about them) :)
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I got a rather good Visual Sound H20 off the bay for around £47.00-very nice.
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i'd probably prefer analog.
at the moment. ill check these ones out. cheers both of ya
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I've heard good things about the Digitec Chorus Factory, several in one. I might get one myself... seen them new on the Bay for £65 ish.
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I've got the Visual Sound H20 as well, but I don't really know what I'm talking about when it cames to pedals.
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the H20 looks a bit too much for me,
the tonerider looks good. i just looked up electro harmonix and nothing there takes my fancy.
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Tonerider is superb - it's on my board. Sounds just like an old Boss CE-1 but with true bypass. They're a bargain :)
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i think im gonna go for the tonerider, im also thinking about replacing my dd-3 with the analog delay.
that means all my pedals will be true bypass, im not so much into the pops i get from my tuner, but the ubder has a bypassable fx loop which is handy, ive not played with that yet.
my avenger (the amp of choice) has no loop. doesnt seem to be a problem mid tune when i kick my wah in, but when im not playing i do get pops when i engage pedals.
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wow, tonerider has an analog delay now? or at least, one in the pipeline? Sweet. Almost regretting getting that daphon one now (well, not quite, was hard to go wrong for £17.50 :lol:)...
if they'd just make a wah now, that'd be awesome :D
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DLS chorus vibe is the best chorus ive ever heard...
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that looks cool but its out the price range!
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Woah ...... hold everything. Has to be the Danelectro Cool Cat Chorus. At about £25 -£30 it is a steal.
But ignore the price, it is also a great chorus pedal !! Metal case, true bypass and chassis-mounted jacks too !!
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the tonerider is excellent, and maybe you'll end using it on more than just one riff!
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Talking about Visual sound, here's an interesting shoot-out video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQI7nqB0tmE&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQI7nqB0tmE&feature=related)
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i just found twinfans demo on youtube!
i like the idea of using it more. its not something 'bands like us' use. well, by that i mean effects in general. using a wah is rare! but if i can work it into the next record in places it would be cool.
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That's a VERY rough clip. Sorry :oops:
You can get the idea though, it's a great sounding chorus :)
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One thing that hasn't been mentioned, do you need a stereo chorus? I don't think the Tonerider is stereo, and neither is the Visual Sound H2O, but the standalone Visual Sound Liquid Chorus is.
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i don't really think i need a stereo chorus. unless i want to start using two amps into a stereo cab.
i think the tonerider is in the lead still. seems like the best value for money.
im thinking of sweet chorus swirls on clean guitar before busting out into some heavy rhythms that just make you want to stomp around and pretend to be a rhino or something.
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i like the idea of using it more. its not something 'bands like us' use.
an excellent reason to do it!
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i like the idea of using it more. its not something 'bands like us' use.
an excellent reason to do it!
Agreed!
in addition to the chorus, twinfan, your video make me want to try the orion even more.
how far can you push it, whats its sonic versatility? maybe that question needs a new thread.
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Start a fresh one then, and I'll answer ;)
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I love my old CE-2, theres nothing fancy about it though....
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Ibanez (stereo chorus) CS-9.
I have an old one from the eighties. Simple but effective and great tone.
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I've just got a Carl Martin Classic Chorus.
It's analog and has a vibrato footswitch as well. It's very warm sounding so if you want a more clinical 80's chorus look elsewhere but for vintage warmth it is great. It was £69 (with a tenner of as it was chipped)
It's pretty chunky though :(
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i tried two pedals.
first in vintage and rare... the water fall.
this was £179, hand paint and built in greece so im told. it did sound REALLY cool and had a vibrato function. but, i didnt want to pay that much while not really getting much use out of it, and i didnt need the vibrato, so i was paying for extra functionality that i didnt need. so although it sounded good, i decided not to take that route.
second i tried the Belcat CHR-504 analog chorus. simple rate and depth controls. small case. played this in rockers on denmark street with a gary moore bfg and a fender amp, cant remember which. it was actually not that bad sounding!!
i had some fun with this little box.
i opted for the Belcat, having listened to the Tonerider via the website (which is cool!) and weighing up the costs and so on, £179 for the water fall, £60 for the tonerider, and £50 as a deal from rockers on the belcat.
id like to hear the belcat vs the tonerider. both similar price range. im happy with my buy i have to say. im hoping to get stuck into using it.
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I've just got a Carl Martin Classic Chorus.
It's analog and has a vibrato footswitch as well. It's very warm sounding so if you want a more clinical 80's chorus look elsewhere but for vintage warmth it is great. It was £69 (with a tenner of as it was chipped)
It's pretty chunky though :(
Tom, does that pedal do just the vib on its own?
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i tried two pedals.
first in vintage and rare... the water fall.
this was £179, hand paint and built in greece so im told. it did sound REALLY cool and had a vibrato function. but, i didnt want to pay that much while not really getting much use out of it, and i didnt need the vibrato, so i was paying for extra functionality that i didnt need. so although it sounded good, i decided not to take that route.
second i tried the Belcat CHR-504 analog chorus. simple rate and depth controls. small case. played this in rockers on denmark street with a gary moore bfg and a fender amp, cant remember which. it was actually not that bad sounding!!
i had some fun with this little box.
i opted for the Belcat, having listened to the Tonerider via the website (which is cool!) and weighing up the costs and so on, £179 for the water fall, £60 for the tonerider, and £50 as a deal from rockers on the belcat.
id like to hear the belcat vs the tonerider. both similar price range. im happy with my buy i have to say. im hoping to get stuck into using it.
I agree with you on the JAM Waterfall- I wouldn't use the vibrato at all- i'm tempted to email the guy that builds them, and see if he could change that part into a tremolo, as that'd make that pedal perfect :)
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yo.
my OWN belcat chorus, cheap and chearful as it was, came broken out of the box.
a knob is poorly formed and doesnt stay on, and when i kick in the pedal it make NO chorus noise and just adds hiss.
i dont have much use for an "added hiss" pedal. so im gonna take it back and order the tonerider.
and so begins the arduous task of getting a refund in cash
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I have 2 different Chorus pedals, 1 on my main board and 1 on my smaller board.
The Chorus on my main pedalboard is a BOSS CE3 Chorus, which cost me about £30 of so. This is a very thick sounding Analogue that sounds great (imo atleast).
The Chorus on my smaller pedalboard is a BOSS CE5 Chorus Ensemble, which cost me about £40 about 7 years ago. It's a good sounding chorus in it's own right but it's 'thinner' sounding to my ears than the CE3 (which I prefer), hence it being on my backup board.
Both are good pedals depending on what you're looking for and neither were overly expensive.
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I'm currently using a DIY Small Clone build
I have built it using the PCB from Tonepads http://www.tonepad.com/getFile.asp?id=97
The key to getting the best from this unit to replace the 3x 1uf electroylic caps to 1uf metal film, do the depth mod plus cap switchcing mod. Make sure sure that the components used are rated above 12V (i.e electroylics Tantalums 25V) and run it off a 12V supply for better headroom. Running it on 9V it sounds a bit dull, However, running it on 12V sound crystal clear and lush. Rate about 11 O'clock Depth 1 O'Clock.
The CE-2 Clone is also good http://www.tonepad.com/getFile.asp?id=101 and I would recommend adding the effect level mod.
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got chorus,
and tonight at practice i busted out two parts that use it, including a volume roll off to clean up for one.
oh my word! when did i get so TECH!