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Post subject: Re: Chorus pedal
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 3:05 pm
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Big Easy Blues wrote:
Wow that Ola Pedal is amazing and paired with the El Capistan gave me goosebumps. Beautiful sound.

Strymon makes some good products.
If you like the sound of a Leslie check out the Strymon Lex.
Best Leslie simulator available, IMO.

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Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 11:45 am
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BMW-KTM wrote:
TC Electronics makes a very good quality traditional chorus.
Strymon makes a slightly unconventional chorus pedal that sounds amazing and is extremely high quality.

BOSS made a very unique pedal back in the day called the Digital Dimension that I do not believe has ever been successfully copied. There were a couple of versions. One with rotary dials and one with push buttons. The knobs are better but either will sound good. If you can find one on the used market you should jump on it quickly. This pedal has chorus ranging from mild to wild but the kicker is that it does it without the shimmer and/or warble. You can put a lot of chorus in your signal chain without getting that oscilating in and out of phase sound. You likely won't find one priced under $200 if it's in very good shape but I'd still jump on it. Best chorus ever made in my opinion. I bought mine in the mid 80s and I doubt I will ever part with it. I don't use a lot of chorus anymore but when I do it's the BOSS. I have the Strymon as well and I would use it if I needed a really wide range of options on the chorus.


A guy has a Boss DC-3 digital Dimension for sale. He said that it is digital vs. the DC-2 which is analog.

Exposing my pedal ignorance here but do I want digital or analog? The one he has for sale is over 20 years old so to go analog one has to get a really old one!

I appreciate your suggestions.

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Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 12:30 pm
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I'd be inclined to go analog.
And I wouldn't be necessarily looking at Boss pedals.

This one sounds good ...



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Post subject: Re: Chorus pedal
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 3:45 pm
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matonanjin wrote:

A guy has a Boss DC-3 digital Dimension for sale. He said that it is digital vs. the DC-2 which is analog.

Exposing my pedal ignorance here but do I want digital or analog? The one he has for sale is over 20 years old so to go analog one has to get a really old one!

I appreciate your suggestions.

In this case but not every case you want the digital one. Typically digital effects can sometimes sound a little bit sterile. When it comes to the BOSS Dimension you want the Digital one. Understanding of course that the Dimension effect is not exactly like most Chorus effects. It is a more subtle effect than the average chorus pedal. It is chorus for people who don't like chorus. Another chorus pedal for people who don't like chorus is the older BOSS Bass Chorus which works surprisingly well on guitar. On that pedal the effect completely ignores the lower frequencies. The pedal passes the lower frequencies straight through and only higher frequencies are processed.

Concerning digital effects versus analog there is much debate but the basic things to keep in mind are:

Real sound waves are analog in nature.
Digital processing always introduces some level of signal degradation because the nature of digital is to take smooth curving 5lope and turn it into a squared off set of steps.
Analog chorus pedals are not perfect either and frequently colour the sound with more than just time based effects.

To go beyond those three points would likely invite argument and I don't really want to become embroiled in that kind of debate right now.

In this particular instance you want the digital one

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Post subject: Re: Chorus pedal
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:26 pm
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BMW-KTM, thanks for your reply. I'm just learning and it's only couple hundred bucks. It will give me something to play with while I learn and I am just assembling a few pedals to start learning about effects. If he still has it I'll get it.

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Post subject: Re: Chorus pedal
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 8:00 am
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stratmangler (love the user name :lol: ) I can not find the Voodoo Lab chorus. After looking at the video I checked ProGuitarShop.com and they don't list it. Sweetwater doesn't either.

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Post subject: Re: Chorus pedal
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 12:16 pm
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I don't think they sell these new anymore, but the Danelectro Cool Cat pedal sounds great. Be careful if you decide to hunt down one of these as I think they use the Cool Cat name for a different pedal. Use the pic below as a guide.

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Post subject: Re: Chorus pedal
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 4:14 pm
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I don't think they sell these new anymore, but the Danelectro Cool Cat pedal sounds great. Be careful if you decide to hunt down one of these as I think they use the Cool Cat name for a different pedal. Use the pic below as a guide.

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That's is exactly correct. The Cool Cat name no longer refers to the Cool Cat pedal. I had one of those for a while. It did OK as far as sound goes. All Danelectro pedals of that era seem to do OK in the sound department. Their issues usually centre around lack of flexibility in the adjustments, particularly the Fab Tone and of course, reliability. The housings were built like Sherman Tanks but the electronics inside were weak. The Cool Cat you posted requires an 18 volt AC adapter or 2 batts. More recent pedals don't have the nice heavy housings and are even less reliable.

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Post subject: Re: Chorus pedal
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 12:36 pm
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matonanjin wrote:
stratmangler (love the user name :lol: ) I can not find the Voodoo Lab chorus. After looking at the video I checked ProGuitarShop.com and they don't list it. Sweetwater doesn't either.


From Voodoo Labs site http://www.voodoolab.com/us_dealers.htm

I pleased that you like the username - it reminds me to practice more often :D


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Post subject: Re: Chorus pedal
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 4:59 am
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From Voodoo Labs site http://www.voodoolab.com/us_dealers.htm

I pleased that you like the username - it reminds me to practice more often :D


Dang you stratmangler!!!!! I checked that link. My local guitar store is a dealer.

Which means I'll go there.
Which means I'll shop.
Which means I'll go in there with my check book.
Which means..........................................

Well. You know.

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Post subject: Re: Chorus pedal
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 2:58 pm
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matonanjin wrote:
Dang you stratmangler!!!!! I checked that link. My local guitar store is a dealer.

Which means I'll go there.
Which means I'll shop.
Which means I'll go in there with my check book.
Which means..........................................

Well. You know.


SWMBO will give you some serious evil eyes and cold shoulder treatment when she finds out?
Best of luck, Buddy :D


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Post subject: Re: Chorus pedal
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 8:41 am
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SWMBO will give you some serious evil eyes and cold shoulder treatment when she finds out?
Best of luck, Buddy :D


No, not at all the wife. She really doesn't care what I buy. I just knew that I would get GAS.

First off they did not have the Voodoo Lab Chorus. But I got quite a surprising disappointment when I got there. Yesterday was their last day of business! I guess another casualty of Guitar Center coming to town :evil:

So everything was on sale. I did get an H2O dual Echo/Chorus pedal. I don't know if it is any good or not. Bought several books and stocked up on some strings. But I wish I had know this was going to happen. I sure would have done some planning and checked out the guitar inventory! :cry: As it was I was going to meet my wife at a movie and had no time to shop.

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Post subject: Re: Chorus pedal
Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 3:29 pm
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I went with Carl Martin Classic Chorus however its not even near to what I wanted. Its got that pulsating (rather quite) noise in the background and it make my guitars sound thin. Off to eBay it goes.

Currently bidding on Boss DC-3 and CH-1 (anyone with CH-1 to provide some feedback?).

Any feedback on TC Electronics Corona Chorus?! :?:

I can tell, this will go on for a while until I get something I really like.


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Post subject: Re: Chorus pedal
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 10:40 pm
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No one here has TC Electronics Corona Chorus?


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