Musician Gear & Tech Discussion

I purchased a Corona chorus about 2 years ago I loved this pedal perfect sounds for me! Last October I was setting up at one of the best gigs anyone could want. When I turned everything on no signal after about 20 minutes of stress I figured out it was my beloved chorus pedal. The switch was out, at that point it was out of warranty for 2 months. after a failed attempt at getting it replaced I put my digitech chorus on my board. I decided to get a new one recently went to GC and picked one up. When I put it on my board yesterday I noticed the switch wouldn't click like the old one. First thought is TC Electronic was using a different switch. Then I tried downloading one of the many chorus sounds my favorite Sweetwaters Dimension M and it wouldn't load it was making a weird sound and I also noticed it didn't prompt me thru the steps like it is supposed to do. After 2 hours of frustration I boxed it up drove back to GC and returned it. DAYUM made in China parts! My Digitech Multi chorus is back on my pedal board to stay this time!

Have you tried Electro Harmonix stuff? Made in NYC. Built like a tank. Sound great (to my damaged ears, anyway ).

yeah, i've got one of those Digitech chorus pedals. they're pretty solid and sure give you lots of choices/options.

"I don't often use a chorus pedal....but when i do, i prefer my 30 yr old Japanese made ARION!"

it's got a real cheapo plastic housing and the battery cover is long missing but it has a really cool thing going on.

Those old Arion pedals were the cheapest things ever LOL. Now years later I've come to discover some of them have insanely good tone......who knew? I picked up a SF3 flanger a year or so ago and that has the most incredible tone. Definitely head a shoulders above any other I've ever tried.

Mark the Digitech chorus I have is the "Chorus Factory". I was able to get a really good chorus sound out of it at rehearsal last night. It has almost all chorus models in it 7 in total, including the Electro Harmonix Small Clone, 2 flangers. Given all that I still prefer that circuit in the TC pedal, its just not dependable enough for me.
I use to have an Arion delay pedal back in the 80's I could get that same flutter sound Steve Stevens of Billy Idol got at the end of the solo in Rebel Yell. Wish I had kept that one!

Boss CE2 simply the best.
that said... for about $40 you can find a dod performer 565 made-in-usa. 18v and uses sm mn3007 chip as a ce2 and has a wider range. most underrated chorus ever.
right now I have a ce2, ce2b, 565, 565b, vintage micro chorus, vintage stereo mem man (awesome chorus)... then i have several digital chorus's... I play the boss the most.
my 2 cents.

oh, and old arion... bbd. that's the dif. real bbd. most of those arion pedals used mn3007, flanger is likely a 3007 or similar. cheap enclosure, I don't imagine plastic provides a very good shield... not the greatest buffer when off... but when on - they sound great.
seriously... look at some of the old dod pedals. fx65 - you can get em for less than $60 and they are all analog bbd chips.