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• Thread starter D_Malone
• Start date Jul 25, 2019
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D_Malone

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Joined Jul 28, 2018 Posts 2,312 Location Detroit, MI ...too much of a good thing, for me. It sounds great, but it’s not subtle. Dialing back the depth control helps a bit, but then you’re left with a weird hollow tone. I’m not knocking it, it’s just more chorus than I prefer. I highly recommend trying before you buy. If the level of chorus works for you that’s great. I’ll just continue using my CH-1, which everyone seems to hate. I happen to like it a lot. The blend and EQ controls allow me to dial in a very subtle, warm swirl that you’d really only notice if I turned it off.

artdecade

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Joined Dec 6, 2010 Posts 9,251 Location Boggo Road The best chorus is usually a flanger.

D_Malone

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Joined Jul 28, 2018 Posts 2,312 Location Detroit, MI Johnny Marr would disagree.

MilwMark

Doctor of Teleocity

Joined Apr 29, 2013 Posts 13,804 Location near Arnold's You know there are 2 choruses AND a vibrato in that pedal, right? I have two. Both can get quite subtle on the CE2 and the CE1 setting. If yours can't do subtle chorus it is defective.

artdecade

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Joined Dec 6, 2010 Posts 9,251 Location Boggo Road Yeah, but Marr used to enjoy the company of Moz so his decision-making should be considered suspect.

dlew919

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Silver Supporter Joined Aug 6, 2012 Posts 12,580 Location Sydney

D_Malone said: ...too much of a good thing, for me. It sounds great, but it’s not subtle. Dialing back the depth control helps a bit, but then you’re left with a weird hollow tone. I’m not knocking it, it’s just more chorus than I prefer. I highly recommend trying before you buy. If the level of chorus works for you that’s great. I’ll just continue using my CH-1, which everyone seems to hate. I happen to like it a lot. The blend and EQ controls allow me to dial in a very subtle, warm swirl that you’d really only notice if I turned it off. Click to expand...

I love the ch-1. Most guitarists I know end up getting one and selling the ce2 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

D_Malone

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Joined Jul 28, 2018 Posts 2,312 Location Detroit, MI

MilwMark said: You know there are 2 choruses AND a vibrato in that pedal, right? I have two. Both can get quite subtle on the CE2 and the CE1 setting. If yours can't do subtle chorus it is defective. Click to expand...

Or we have different ideas on the meaning of ‘subtle’. I really like the vibrato. That might be reason enough to keep the pedal. Don’t get me wrong, the chorus sounds fantastic IMO, it’s just more than I need. H

Highway Chile

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Joined Apr 18, 2012 Posts 91 Location Maryland I agree that the CE-2 is not subtle at all, regardless of how it’s set. I think it’s great as an “effect,” but for using chorus as an “always on” it’s too much.

MilwMark

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Joined Apr 29, 2013 Posts 13,804 Location near Arnold's “Always on” ... Chorus?

D_Malone

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Joined Jul 28, 2018 Posts 2,312 Location Detroit, MI

MilwMark said: “Always on” ... Chorus? Click to expand...

Not very common these days, but Johnny Marr, Andy Summers, John Scofield, and Mike Stern, come to mind.

Axegrinder77

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Joined Mar 21, 2019 Posts 1,870 Location Springtown

D_Malone said: Not very common these days, but Johnny Marr, Andy Summers, John Scofield, and Mike Stern, come to mind. Click to expand...

Didn't Andy Summers use flanger mostly?

Edgar Allan Presley

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Joined Jan 24, 2011 Posts 4,046 Location Colorado

artdecade said: The best chorus is usually a flanger. Click to expand...

Yeah, my favorite chorus sounds come from my old Boss BF-2.

D_Malone

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Joined Jul 28, 2018 Posts 2,312 Location Detroit, MI

Axegrinder77 said: Didn't Andy Summers use flanger mostly? Click to expand...

Oh did he? I never looked into what he used, just always assumed it was chorus.

4pickupguy

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Ad Free Member Joined May 12, 2013 Posts 16,299 Location Is a matter of probability…

D_Malone said: ...too much of a good thing, for me.... Click to expand...

I just got a DC-2w and in SDD-320 mode it’s really subtle.. Plus the stereo thing is crazy big.. best of both worlds. In fact, SDD-320 setting #1 (lowest setting) is my favorite.

Axegrinder77

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Joined Mar 21, 2019 Posts 1,870 Location Springtown have you tried the CE-5? it has a blend knob. Not a bad sounding pedal at all. Jerry Cantrell uses one. M

michiganguitar

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Joined Sep 15, 2017 Posts 48 Age 67 Location Metro Detroit I prefer the CH-1 as well. Tried a CE-2w but it just took over my sound and couldn’t be dialed back. The CH-1 is much more subtle (which I prefer) but can be cranked if you prefer that.

8trackmind

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Joined Oct 10, 2018 Posts 1,741 Location Dark side of the moon

artdecade said: The best chorus is usually a flanger. Click to expand...

Boss HF-2 Hi Band Flanger.

Axegrinder77

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Joined Mar 21, 2019 Posts 1,870 Location Springtown

D_Malone said: Oh did he? I never looked into what he used, just always assumed it was chorus. Click to expand...

Well I believe he was an electric mistress user. That's the sound you hear on "walking on the moon" and "message in a bottle" T

tedtan

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Joined Nov 18, 2015 Posts 138 Location Kansas City My favorite chorus sounds come from my Hartman Analog Flanger (EHX Electric Mitress clone) and my Roger Meyer Voodoo Vibe+ (Univibe clone).

Rich_S

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Joined Dec 29, 2006 Posts 6,028 Location Buffalo, NY I’m a longtime CE-2 user and got excited when the Waza version came out. I bought one, and didn’t really like it. It was either too much or not enough. I didn’t feel it was worth the big bucks it cost, when the old CE-2 I already had did the job just fine. Johnny Marr probably used chorus a lot in the old days, but these days he uses the Detune effect in his GT-1000. Chorus-like, but different. Andy Summers’ original Pete Cornish pedalboard had an Electric Mistress flanger and no chorus. By the time of Synchronicity, I believe he was using a rack-mount Dimension D, and I’ve also seen a photo of his Cornish board, with a blue Boss pedal added on, just loose on the floor. But that early “Walking On The Moon” clang was the flanger. I use a BF-2 with the Manual control turned all the way down to get that sound. It’s my “big” chorus and the CE-3 is my “little” chorus. I like chorus. But the W didn't do much for me.

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