a good little chorus

[Dmoney]

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.

[Twinfan]

That's a VERY rough clip.  Sorry  :oops:

You can get the idea though, it's a great sounding chorus  :)

[Philly Q]

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.

[Dmoney]

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.

[dheim]

i like the idea of using it more. its not something 'bands like us' use.

an excellent reason to do it!

[Dmoney]

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.

[Twinfan]

Start a fresh one then, and I'll answer  ;)

[Henk]

I love my old CE-2, theres nothing fancy about it though....

[Ratrod]

Ibanez (stereo chorus) CS-9.

I have an old one from the eighties. Simple but effective and great tone.

[tomjackson]

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 :(

[Dmoney]

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.

[MrBump]

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?

[Oli]

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 :)

[Dmoney]

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

[Brow]

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.