Chorus pedal placement

[Milerky2]

I like them best in the 90s

this

 

[petejt]

Moving on...there are no hard, fast rules. If you want a more vintage chorus sound, run it into the front end. If you're looking for more of that pristine 80's style chorus, run it in the loop. I know some players who run one in each location depending on what they're going for.

Perfect summary. I'm an 80's player at heart, so loop for me, I need my Rockman flavored processed cheese.

The soundtrack for you then I take it?

 

[moronmountain]

I place mine in my gig bag...........

 

[NinjaRaf]

I loved the Hardwire chorus pedal I had. I thought the chorus pedal was gonna be the one I didnt really need, but I ended up returning the reverb over the chorus.

 

[ACShreds]

I honestly like both. For cleans I like chorus in the loop, but for distortion or high gain up front like Zakk wylde.

 

[stratotone]

A good cheap chorus that has a line level or pedal level switch is the Boss CE-20. Just FYI.

 

[petejt]

A good cheap chorus that has a line level or pedal level switch is the Boss CE-20. Just FYI.

I should have got a CE-20 way early on. But instead I became a chorus junkie and had to buy heap of other units instead....

 

[petejt]

I'm planning on trying the 'wet/dry/wet' approach again. I'm going to try running the JCM 800 into the Hotplate, and feed the Line Out to the Rockman on a really light setting (0.25Hz, 20ms, 10% wet) on both channels, as a 'stereo split' to the stereo poweramp. I'll run them with the presence really low to keep the tone dark (I don't like bright chorused sounds). I want that slow but rippling, pulsating growl sound, like an undercurrent. It's what I love about that Rockman Chorus sound you hear beaten to death by Giorgio Moroder in the Scarface soundtrack and the Grand Theft Audio clips (the same songs actually, for that 'coke music' effect) that I keep giggling at.

Meanwhile I'll have the MarkIV running dry out of two pairs of speakers, in between the wet speakers.



If I want to soup it up further, I have a couple of options (H2O Liquid Chorus & Echo, Neunaber Chroma detune) in front of the Marshall.

And if I want more swirl in front of everything- just slam on the Deluxe Electric Mistress flanger! I love that thing!

 

[sytharnia1560]

I'm planning on trying the 'wet/dry/wet' approach again

totally this...everything just sounds bigger and better

 

[1meanplexi]

TC Electronics chorus out front after the wah and BEFORE any overdrive pedals.