Chorus pedal for 90’s sounds

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Rob Shaffer
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Chorus pedal for 90’s sounds

Post by Rob Shaffer »

Looking at getting into a 90’s country tribute situation and thought a chorus pedal might be helpful. What were guys using then? I have a CE-2 Waza I can take from my tele board, but I wouldn’t mind having something specifically for my steel board.
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I used a Boss CE-2 throughout the 80s and into the 90s and was always happy with it when applied judiciously to the overall sound.
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Post by ajm »

In all honesty, probably any chorus pedal will do.
Especially if you don't have it on all of the time.

One alternative tip: Don't overlook using a flanger.
A chorus and a flanger are essentially the same circuit, EXCEPT a chorus does not have a REGEN control.
If you set the Regen to zero/off on a flanger......Presto.
You have a chorus.

Also, there are many really inexpensive pedals out there made overseas.
A few years ago I put together an entire pedal board for a friend of mine using cheap import mini pedals.
Chorus, flanger, two delays......I didn't pay more than $20 for each of them.
Cruise Craigslist and look for brand names:
Donner
Mooer
Moen

There is a potential down side to these mini-pedals: There isn't room for a battery, so you need to use a wall wart.
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Post by Tim Sergent »

If I'm not mistaken, I think Sonny Garrish used a Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble. The gray one with 2 foot switches. I could be wrong though. I thought I was wrong one other time, but I was wrong
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Post by Frank Freniere »

Tim Sergent wrote:If I'm not mistaken, I think Sonny Garrish used a Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble. The gray one with 2 foot switches. I could be wrong though. I thought I was wrong one other time, but I was wrong
You may be right this time, Tim.
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Post by Jack Stanton »

Well, if Sonny didn't, Paul Franklin definitely did!
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Post by Stew Crookes »

I never thought I'd get into those cheap mini pedals but the Flamma FC05 Mod pedal has a great chorus, a nice phaser and cool rotary effect and more and it's only $35... I put together a very compact board and it's the perfect utility effect for me, super easy to tweak on the fly.

All I wanted was a phaser but figured I'd try this out and have been really happy with it!
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Post by Ken Metcalf »

I have a pitchfork effect that I bought for drop tuning, but found that it has a very above average excellent chorus.

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