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Connecting => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: dubalbal on July 24, 2009, 11:00:37 PM
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Hello Friends ,
I'm actually looking for a chorus pedal . I know Ebs , Tc Electronics , Boss...etc... Following your experience , which is the best one ?
Thank's
Alain
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I own a TC Electronics model . It was the one that Mark Egan was using at the time that I took a few clincs with him in the early 1990's.I have heard several others and really like the TC best. It is a chorus , flanger, and pitch modulator. it is a good sounding unit but you can ruin any effect such as this if not used tastefully! I actually do not use it that much but it is there for me if i need it.
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i have the Boss CEB-3 and love it!!!!!! it only took me about 5 minutes to find a sound that i was in love wiht(granted the unlimited possibilities) i'm not sure about any other pedal companys, but i only buy Boss compact pedals(Zoom POD, and a Dunlop Crybaby Bass Wah are the only things on my board that aren't Boss, extremely reliable and great quality(it's believed that Boss's customer support is a mere myth as no one has ever needed to contact them)
hope that helped
~Taylor Watterson
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I like different things about different pedals. Many of them color up your tone a bit too much. I use the EBS mostly these days. You can go inside it and tweek the tone. I 2nd about the CEB-3 as well. I dig the EBS for it's transparency. Sometimes that's a bad thing for some situations.
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I have the TC Electronics (http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/TC-Electronic-Stereo-Chorus-Flanger?sku=153001) chorus. It is fabulous.
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+1 for the TC Electronic Stereo Chorus Flange. I have tried the EBS and Roland units. The TC has a more liquid quality.
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I like everything from Eletro-Harmonix
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I have two TC Electronic Chorus Flange pedals, but I truly prefer the Scholz Rockman Chorus circuit. Still The TC's are great in the field for those who do not want to use the half rack space Rockman products.
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I use an early 80's MXR Stereo Chorus. It is a little dated but works well for me. An added plus is it doesn't use batteries but plugs straight into the wall.
Keith
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For years I wanted the TC pedal. The one thing holding me back. It requires AC. Which is no big deal in a pedalboard, but nothing I can throw in my bag and just put in my signal path. Let us know what you decide on!
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Hello Friends ,
I've tried the EBS chorus which sounds really nice ! On the other hand , it was impossible to give a try to the TC one just because the stores i called didn't have it !!! ( only on order ) ...too bad !!! I looked on the TC website and other reviews and in fact , most of the musicians who are using this pedal are Guitar players , not bassists... will it really work that good for a bass ?
Thank's !
Alain
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I use the Boss MB 50B bass effects unit(which I have just bought)
The chorus is really subtle BUT it is multi efects and you only require a single effect so I agree with Tmoney, get the Boss one as it is the same one in the MB50 I use and it will be specifically for bass.
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Another Vote for the EBS multichorus from me. I've never used any other chorus pedals so can't comment on any differences but the EBS gives me exactly what I want and is very easy to adjust so i'll not be changing any time soon.
Graeme
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(Sigh) I use my good ole' 1973 MU-TRON Phasor. I bought it brand new back then. Sometimes I'll hook up my 1972 MU-TRON up to the Phasor too! I bought that brand new too because of Herbie Hancock's tune Camelion (sp)
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Another vote for the t.c. chorus.
I have an old model. Still working great and best chorus sound.
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I love the Mutron phaser II's (the ones with three colors on the face). I hear that the Mutron phaser I wasn't optical. I have an EH stereo polyphase that is great for guitar, I'll have to try it with the bass today (and report back). It has some functions that I like; having the sweep triggered with note attack, and being able to specify where the sweep starts and stops.
I'll also have to try my Maestro PS-1 on bass (and report back).The Maestro has the ramping function that smoothly changes the speed when it is changed , reacting similar to the way a leslie motor does. That's the one that Page uses on 'No Quarter' in fast mode.
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We expect a detailed report!
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Will do : )
I'll use my exploiter bass.
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Anybody ever use a Univibe on bass??
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+1 on the TC Chorus/Flanger/Pitch
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I have also found the TC Electronics unit to be the one with the lowest noise level .
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Hello Friends ,
I actually own a Markbass combo 2 x 10 and looked at their other products ... i found a chorus pedal which is not already in stores i think...u can program 3 chorus or / with flange and of course , choose between them .
They also have a pedal called : Super Booster ...which features VLE and VPF filters that really sound great .
Here's to know more
Chorus : http://www.markbass.it/products.php?lingua=en&cat=6&vedi=119 (http://www.markbass.it/products.php?lingua=en&cat=6&vedi=119)
Super booster : http://www.markbass.it/products.php?lingua=en&cat=6&vedi=117 (http://www.markbass.it/products.php?lingua=en&cat=6&vedi=117)
Alain
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Think about Taurus Vechoor. It's absolutely great. No colorize, 2 effects on board, fantastic rich sound. Taurus effects win Bass Gear Magazine’s Outstanding New Product Line Introduction Award at 2009 Musikmesse. You can read more on www.taurus-amp.pl (http://www.taurus-amp.pl)
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How weird, but I've never even tried using a chorus pedal with bass, although I briefly owned a bass chorus pedal(20 years ago,used on guitar)
Maybe I need to try chorus again...Tony
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i use it all the time it's my number 1 effect i use(followed by distortion with wah, and then flanger), as in my first comment on here, i highly recommend the Boss CEB-3, sounds incredible and it won't break the bank :-D
~Taylor Watterson
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I no longer use any form of effects on my basses. I prefer clean sounds. I love the sounds of a bass chorus and I hear so much of it with fretless basses to give that full enhanced echo-ee sounds which helps hitting harmonics almost sound everlasting. Fusion Jazz, loves a chorus bass. It's nice, I must admit. I remember a Disco band, Heat-Wave push a hit recording called: Groove-Line used a very strong chorus bass sound, which I believed really made that song really pop.
Chorus sounding basses, makes more sense for fingering styles and not so good for funk riffs in thumbing and popping. Just my opinion...
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i agree with Hal, i use my chorus mainly with finger, but also if i'm playing chords with a pick, makes it sound very full and pleasing, throw a little delay in there and then its a party :-p(i have a problem when it comes to mixing pedals together, i try to get the strangest/cool sounds out of them as i can to create something unique :-D)
~Taylor Watterson
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I play in a psyche band so there is lots of swirling bass and organ sounds on the regular. On my board I have an EH stereo electric mistress xo (this is the compact reissue version), a modded out ibanez twin cam chorus (tc-10) and carl martin bass chorus. I have found that the trick to getting a full sounding chorus effect through a mono amp is to use a pedal that two layers of modulation built into one box. The electric mistress is what my tech calls a florus flanger+chorus, while the other two chorus pedals have wave shapes that oscillate at different speeds so you never get that bad out of tune sound. check out www.pedaleffectspluswarehouse.com (http://www.pedaleffectspluswarehouse.com) or www.pedalgeek.com
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..TC website and other reviews and in fact , most of the musicians who are using this pedal are Guitar players , not bassists... will it really work that good for a bass ?
Yes. It works wonderfully with a bass. That's all I use it for.
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Ive had a TC for 12 yrs ,its great
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I bought and love my Carl Martin Bass Chorus pedal - two chorus units that get set independently and a switch to choose which you want to use. Amazing sound. LOVING IT! Todd
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I bought and love my Carl Martin Bass Chorus pedal - two chorus units that get set independently and a switch to choose which you want to use. Amazing sound. LOVING IT! Todd
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And the two the best vintage chorus-flanger effects - Washburn FX: 4 Flanger and Guyatone PS-013 Analog Chorus. These are the best chorus / flanger effects I've ever used. And I used many. Fantastic, analog sound.
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Back in the mid 1990s I took two clinics with bassist Mark Egan . He was using the T.C. Electronics unit . I purchased one soon after . It really is a high quality unit and I love it .
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TC Electronics made a Nova 'tri-chorus' a few years back and it was the best I've found. Notes are clear with little color and a far reaching cinematic chorus. Highly recommended.
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I don't use it often, but I like the Pigtronix Quantum Time Modulator - got an LFO and an envelope follower, and various ways of mixing the two... very analog sounding. Great on guitar, baritone, and bass.
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Another one some of you may have lying around, but a Boss BF2 flanger with the feed back turned way down was always my favorite chorus . . . . . but then again, the best I ever heard was the old cast-iron CE1, or even better yet was the chorus of the tape-loop Space Echo. My God I'm a Neanderthal . . . . . otherwise, the AC TC mentioned above was the next best thing.
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I don't use it often, but I like the Pigtronix Quantum Time Modulator - got an LFO and an envelope follower, and various ways of mixing the two... very analog sounding. Great on guitar, baritone, and bass.
Seems like it's good all around. What are some of its shortcomings though?
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Retrosonic Chorus, a clone of CE-1
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Somewhere I have a Ross Flanger.... no wallwart. Old school hard wired power cord.
Looks like thi:
http://www.home-wrecker.com/rossflanger.jpg
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Hello friends i am new here and also looking for a chorus pedal.
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i am new here and looking for a chorus pedal. kindly Give positive suggestions
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Not a chorus guy, but what about Aguillar Chorasaurus?