All Time Most Bestest Favoritest Chorus You Have Owned , Played or Heard?

[Fama]

I like a more subtle chorus, so my favourite is probably ITB versions of Dimension D, presumably the closest pedal one would be the DC-2W?

 

[temol]

Wonder why no-ones done this in pedal format.......or have they?

Jazz Chorus (JC 120) sounding chorus pedal? - FX Discussions on theFretBoard

This might be various degrees of stupid as a) I've sold off a couple of perfectly good cheap chorus pedals b) presumably the answer is Boss (although which easily available one?) and c) I'm not really that big a fan of chorus (yet making my guitar believe it's 1982 is part of my shtick).

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[fontoponto]

MXR M 234

 

[Cybercow]

For me, the most flexible chorus is the GuitarPCB "Mini-Me'. I put two of them into one enclosure for a super dual chorus - the "Stereophonic Gizmotronic Symphonic Harmonic Perambulator Dual Chorus". The circuit is fundamentally an EHX Small Clone with a few super mods for wider range of speed & depth. Two of them in box allows for an extremely wide range of from super subtle to wild wobbly thick richness. Can be run as two single/mono choruses; a mono chained/sequential (one running into the other); or as a stereo chorus.



DEMO (of the original build; minus the added Speed mod)

 

[jwin615]

I really like my Peavey DSC4(dual clock chorus) for slow chorus. Setting the two clocks just offset from each other makes for some very subtle but ear catching movement. Dead quiet and it's pink!

 

[matmonster58]

I use a DC-2 most often on my HX stomp. Every setting just sounds good and I don't have to mess with anything

 

[VanWhy]

I haven't tried a lot of Chorus pedals, but I was content with the Small Clone on my board for many years.

This is totally my response as well. It's all personal taste but the Small Clone (Aion FX Lithium) just works best for me.

 

[andrewsrea]

My favorite chorus would be considered a sub-genre these days, as it is a Lesile unit I salvaged from a scrapped Hammond C3 (pictured below).

From what everyone may consider 'chorus', my favorites are Roland JC120 (which I am currently building a PedalPCB 'Cephied' into a 'Julia,' using traditional JC120 BB & clock chips), an Ibanez SC10, and a 1980 DoD 690 (currently restoring).

 

[bhcarpenter]

It may or not be right for you depending on what kind of chorus sound you’re going for, but my favorite is actually the PPCB Unison.

 

[djmiyta]

MXR M234

I looked this one up and it sounds pretty good
I forgot to mention I also have a small clone clone which sounds really lush but sometimes it'd be too much so I added a mix pot to it to tame it a bit

How about preference of chips in the chorus pedal? My small clone chorus uses mn3007 , cd4047 , lm358 & a 4558 Being the only one I've built and oddly enough Have never opened up the other chorus boxes to look inside but I'm kinda feeling today is that day

Opened the Psk and it uses c3198 transistors mn3101 , mn3007 , 4558d and a chip I've never come across jrc022d real similar to a daphon chorus

 

[djmiyta]

For me, the most flexible chorus is the GuitarPCB "Mini-Me'. I put two of them into one enclosure for a super dual chorus - the "Stereophonic Gizmotronic Symphonic Harmonic Perambulator Dual Chorus". The circuit is fundamentally an EHX Small Clone with a few super mods for wider range of speed & depth. Two of them in box allows for an extremely wide range of from super subtle to wild wobbly thick richness. Can be run as two single/mono choruses; a mono chained/sequential (one running into the other); or as a stereo chorus.

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DEMO (of the original build; minus the added Speed mod)

Your SGSHPDC is a great idea and sounds really good . what size box did you use ?

 

[spi]

MXR M 234

This is the one I have, and it is good for me. I like the tone and level controls because I can filter out some of the highs for a deeper sounding chorus and make it pretty subtle.

I haven't built a chorus yet, but I have a Sea Horse PCB waiting to be built.

 

[fontoponto]

I love it exactly for the nice controls as you describe it. And I also want build the Sea Horse!

 

[Cybercow]

Your SGSHPDC is a great idea and sounds really good . what size box did you use ?

The enclosure size is 1590X.

 

[ICTRock]

the warm audio ce-1 clone ... for DIY, the karaoke chorus ... in the vintage market probably a MIJ Dimension C

 

[djmiyta]

Hmmmm that MXR M-234 seems like it could be cool hard to tell from videos on u-tube but at $80-120 that is'nt too bad a gamble on it. I tend to keep all my pedal purchases NOT because I'm a pedal hoarder (well I am but that's not why) but because I continually change my pedal train always looking for cool tones and THAT one could be the missing link (for that days tone chase). Seems that there's a lot of pedals that can do what a lot of other pedals can do and some can do more (aside from the straight out clones) but most do it with slight variations to an already well established circuit take the big muff for instance apparently there quite a bit extra things still to do to it and people are finding ways to get something different out of it mild and /or subtle but different and that is just another of the many reasons I love pedals and building them.
My See Horse and I haven't quite bonded as I hoped for, but with patience and a non-biased non- exclusionary perspective my therapist says we will soon. I just have to be more accepting and be willing to change and not force any of my issues. Maybe its time for some one on one away from the others to delve deeper into its subtleties ? I know its a cool pedal Just having a hard time finding a setting I like .

 

[Feral Feline]

For subtle, I like my Boss CE-2B;
My Cool Cat Chorus is the cat’s posterior at 18v;
However…
Nothing beats my Cosmichorus.

Here’s some of the reasons why:

https://reverb.com/ca/item/22404786-dr-scientist-cosmichorus-v3-discontinued-beauty

2x expression-pedal
Toggleable clock-speed
Mix
Treble
…
Really, just read up on it.

 

[Diynot]

For subtle, I like my Boss CE-2B;
My Cool Cat Chorus is the cat’s posterior at 18v;
However…
Nothing beats my Cosmichorus.

so you’re going to send that to our man @Robert and let him trace it, right!?

 

[jimilee]

Jenny Greenteeth is labeled as a weird chorus, and it lives up to its name.

 

[Paradox916]

Hmmmm that MXR M-234 seems like it could be cool hard to tell from videos on u-tube but at $80-120 that is'nt too bad a gamble on it. I tend to keep all my pedal purchases NOT because I'm a pedal hoarder (well I am but that's not why) but because I continually change my pedal train always looking for cool tones and THAT one could be the missing link (for that days tone chase). Seems that there's a lot of pedals that can do what a lot of other pedals can do and some can do more (aside from the straight out clones) but most do it with slight variations to an already well established circuit take the big muff for instance apparently there quite a bit extra things still to do to it and people are finding ways to get something different out of it mild and /or subtle but different and that is just another of the many reasons I love pedals and building them.
My See Horse and I haven't quite bonded as I hoped for, but with patience and a non-biased non- exclusionary perspective my therapist says we will soon. I just have to be more accepting and be willing to change and not force any of my issues. Maybe its time for some one on one away from the others to delve deeper into its subtleties ? I know its a cool pedal Just having a hard time finding a setting I like .

I have never played an actual MXR stereo chorus but I have yet to find a physical pedal that sounds as good as the VST even though the stereo spread is really good I have my doubts if this is an accurate emulation of the real thing. But I still find myself with the actual pedal in my cart but never pull the trigger, because I have a CH-1, small stone, Caesar, and various FV-1 mono and stereo algorithms. And often eye balling the Blueshift (DC-2) , I still need to sit down and see how The FL9 sounds with a chorus setting.