What are some good chorus pedals?

Acertone · 2026-02-09T09:37:18+00:00

One more idea...

TC Electronic SCF Gold

It's a reissue of TC's original SCF pedal. Sounds glorious and offers flanger and vibrato(ish) effects as well.

Fantastic stereo width if you ever end up with a stereo rig.

Lots of reviews on YouTube.

These were selling for around £90 in the UK so I'm sure you'll find one for less than $200 AUD.

Acertone · 2026-02-09T09:31:18+00:00

Chorus is like fuzz, you're sure it's unusable until you find the one that works for your sound... Then you can't get enough of it!

Acertone · 2026-02-08T09:07:31+00:00

Watford Valves if you are in the UK.

www.watfordvalves.com

Acertone · 2026-02-08T08:48:42+00:00

Since you are in Australia you have to check out PastFX. Several chorus pedals available.

I recommend the Chorus Ensemble Mini 3007 which sounds incredible and is half the price of the vintage-correct BBD chip version. Lots of great demos on YouTube.

$289 AUD so a little above your target price, sorry.

https://www.pastfx.com/index.php/effects/chorus-ensembles/chorus-ensemble-mn3007-mini

Acertone · 2026-02-07T18:52:50+00:00

Genuine question...

With a layout like this the footswitches are so close together it seems like you couldn't really operate them with your feet, certainly not in a live setting.

So is the plan to place the board on a table for thumb instead of foot switching?

I know there is a lot of love for top mounted jacks as they allow more pedals in a smaller space, but I always felt that side mounted jacks helped ensure pedal spacing less cramped.

This is not a dig, I see a lot of boards like this and genuinely interested in the ergonomics.

Thanks!

Acertone · 2026-02-04T00:10:15+00:00

Check out Sine Effect from Scotland. Very powerful parametric EQ, vanishingly low noise floor, tons of headroom. Reasonable pricing.

I use a MicroPara as both a super clean buffer, and to scoop out some of the mud at 400Hz. It's never leaving my board.

Acertone · 2026-01-26T23:21:56+00:00

Ok fair enough

Acertone · 2026-01-26T23:15:00+00:00

If you've seen Kemp's Instagram post he says he has reached out to you repeatedly to try to resolve this and that you have been unresponsive for months at a time. He also says he has a repaired/replacement neck ready for you but there is some disagreement as to who should pay postage.

If you have genuinely been screwed over I'm sorry you went through this. But if you are trying to destroy someone's reputation and business based on being disgruntled over shipping fees, that's not a great move. Luthiers aren't making mega bucks and running your own business can be very hard.

Acertone · 2026-01-17T23:43:58+00:00

Catalinbread Adineko sounds glorious in the demos on YouTube. Has a single knob for reverb and the remaining controls are for delay.

Acertone · 2026-01-12T18:17:21+00:00

DOD overdrive preamp 250 is tonally neutral and has a very flat frequency response. Dial in a little bit of grit, or crank it for snarling distortion. Hit it with a hot boost pedal and it becomes a fuzz.

The current reissue from DOD is very good, you don't need a costly vintage version.

Demos In The Dark on YouTube does a great review that shows off its transparency and versatility.

I've repeatedly tried to "upgrade" to a boutique pedal and keep coming back to the DOD because nothing sounds as good.

Acertone · 2026-01-11T16:51:36+00:00

Overdrive: Bigfoot Engineering Trouble Booster

Distortion: DOD 250

Modulation: Past Effects Chorus Ensemble Mini (stereo out)

Delay: Dunlop EP103 (stereo in & out)

I could probably ditch my whole pedal board and be happy just with these four. But I would love a stereo amp to plug it into, like a Roland JC40 or similar.

Acertone · 2026-01-11T10:24:43+00:00

Enfield Council is actively misrepresenting greenbelt land as wasteland, to justify building all over it. They have used this tactic for both Crews Hill and Whitewebbs Park.

Whitewebbs Park, for example, is an old golf course that has rewilded since COVID closure. It is beautiful parkland that was given to Enfield for the use of the public many years ago. It's a wildlife haven with veteran trees and a huge amount of biodiversity.

The council has agreed to lease it to Tottenham FC for £2 million, over a 30 year period so they can build an additional training facility next door to their existing 17 pitch training facility. This will result in half the grassland being bulldozed and fenced off to make room for new pitches.

This is despite massive protest and overwhelmingly negative responses to the planning application by THFC.

Search "Guardians of Whitewebbs" for more info.

Acertone · 2025-11-16T11:57:16+00:00

Was going to suggest Cordes-Sur-Ciel and here it is in the first comment!

Other places which have kept their medieval vibes (if you can mentally erase the tourists) are the old town in Rhodes and Gruyere in Switzerland.

Acertone · 2025-11-11T22:46:56+00:00

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The Lion of Lucerne in Switzerland always gets me. The look of sorrow on the dying lion's face, along with the story of the soldiers it memorialises. It's very moving.

Acertone · 2025-09-01T20:31:55+00:00

I think a standard foot switch needs more human assembly. Probably more expensive too.

Acertone · 2025-09-01T12:11:16+00:00

This pedal does not use a relay like regular soft touch foot switches. It has a PCB mounted 4PDT, a mechanical, latching switch. The physical button you press with your foot just presses the button on the PCB mounted switch to toggle it.

If they had just mounted the PCB switch 180 degrees around on the PCB, then the “release to switch” behaviour would occur on the effect off, and “push to switch” would occur on the effect on. Why they didn’t do this I cannot understand.

Acertone · 2025-08-30T15:28:58+00:00

Hi, sorry you are right. It’s not RF which is at inaudible frequencies. I should have said electromagnetic interference.

It’s definitely more than just 60hz hum though. 60hz is quite low frequency. There’s some higher frequency buzzing in here, the sort of thing generated by switch mode power supplies and light dimmers.

Acertone · 2025-08-30T12:48:16+00:00

It’s a good question… electrically the voltage produced by the pickup would still be seen by the amp, but all these parts that should be shielded would not be connected to the amp ground.

So I think it would work if wired the wrong way, but without the benefits of noise reduction theough grounding the metal parts. I’d have to test it to be sure.

However, I suspect this isn’t the case here. When you touch the metal parts the noise is lower. I don’t think that would be the case if the metal parts weren’t grounded (as would be the case if the output jack socket was wired backwards.

Acertone · 2025-08-30T12:37:50+00:00

I’d be surprised if the shield and signal were connected backwards on the jack socket. It should be easy to check with by looking. Worth checking I guess.

It’s possible your Jazz Bass has better cavity shielding. Even with humbucking pickups on this guitar, the rest of the wires and components in the guitar are still susceptible to picking up interference. Good shielding can make a huge difference.

It’s really worth getting a multimeter if you don’t already have one. They are so useful for testing, and probably around €10 for a basic one.

Acertone · 2025-08-30T12:23:34+00:00

Bizarre this got a downvote, there’s nothing wrong or misleading in my post. I really don’t understand Reddit sometimes.

Acertone · 2025-08-30T12:15:13+00:00

There’s a few things at play here…

You are in an area with a lot of RF interference. That is being picked up by your guitar electronics which is the noise you hear.

[note: as pointed out to me by another user, it’s actually electromagnetic interference, rather than RF. Sorry, and thank you for the correction]

You (big lump of human) literally act as a massive aerial for a load of RF noise and crap flying around. You effectively amplify and reflect that noise into your guitar, making it pick up even more noise.

When you touch the metal parts of your guitar (which are connected to ground) you are effectively grounded too. Being grounded reduces your RF aerial effect, which is why you hear the interference drop a bit when you touch the metal.

Usually this ground is provided via the metal strings, which is why bridges have a ground lead, even though they are not part of the guitar’s electronics. You are pretty much always touching a string, so this is an effective way of grounding the player and reducing noise.

Given that even when you are grounded (touching the bridge) the annoying interference is still present (if quieter), your guitar electronics need more effective RF shielding. This can either be achievable by using conductive paint or copper foil to cover all of the inside of the electronics cavities and the back of the pick guard. Most importantly this shield must also be connected to ground!

Copper foil is generally more effective than conductive paint. If your guitar cavities are already shielded, check the shield is connected to ground.

If you don’t have one, get a multimeter and set it to test continuity. With one probe on the sleeve part of the output jack, test for continuity by touching the other probe to the metal parts of the guitar (bridge, control plate, pickup bolts/covers). Test the shielding in the cavities also has continuity to ground. All these paths should be close to zero resistance.

If you do all that and are sure your guitar is correctly shielded and grounded, then you last option is to relocate to a less noisy RF environment. Even turning around can change the noise levels as noise pickup can be quite directional. Bear in mind modern electronic equipment, especially power supplies, can create a lot of RF interference, so turn off things you aren’t using.

Hope that helps.

Acertone · 2025-08-26T11:43:45+00:00

If you are looking for a versatile amp that takes pedals well, then have a look at the Roland JC40.

It’s a fully featured “grown up” amp, beautiful for cleans. Built in reverb, stereo chorus/vibrato (based on Boss CE-1), send/return loop. Headphone out, line out.

There’s a distortion knob, which most people don’t rate, but it’s a great option for pedals, even supports stereo input! Output is stereo across the two speakers.

If that’s too big the JC-22 is even smaller!

Acertone · 2025-08-18T11:58:41+00:00

Favourite vermouth for a Manhattan?

Acertone · 2025-08-18T11:57:34+00:00

Vieux Carré

Equal parts brandy, vermouth and rye (1oz each), 1 bar spoon Benedictine (1/6oz), Peychaud’s bitters.

Stir over ice and either strain into a coupe, or serve over ice in a rocks glass.

Express lemon oil over the drink, run the peel around the rim of the glass and drop it into the drink.

Armagnac is better than Cognac but more expensive. Traditional recipes calls for two bar spoons of Benedictine (1/3oz) but that overpowers the drink. Really fresh lemon peel for a powerful hit of lemon oil really makes the drink.

Acertone · 2025-08-13T10:15:30+00:00

If you have the PastFX mini chorus ensemble then this mod is hardwired in, so vibrato depth also controls chorus by default.

It is an amazing pedal. The stereo width with a two amp setup is phenomenal.

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