Favorite ANALOG chorus

[Meriphew]

What’s your favorite analog chorus pedal? Not digital or analog simulator, but actual analog chorus.

I’m actually looking to use it on Bass for some Joy Division/New Order vibes.

 

[Indiana Jones]

Shallow Water
Tefi’s Golden Era

 

[Chic-Pop]

"Goo goo g'joob"
Oops! Wrong Analogues!

I like the Choral Reef (VFE)

 

[Rod]

#1 choice…….AnalogMan Mini Chorus
#2 would be MXR Analog Chorus

 

[fuzzaholic]

CE-5, the BBD version. Pretty much nails the sound of a CE-2(W), for less than half the price, and it has stereo outs.

 

[TheReplicant]

I second the Shallow Water. Its random modulation makes it a bit atypical for chorus pedals but also more authentic to tape deck chorusing. I could see it scratching a Martin Hannett itch.

 

[SubApathy]

Ibanez SC10

 

[satherp5]

Warped Vinyl Hi-Fi

 

[steelers88]

I have an original Way Huge Blue Hippo that is
so good I use it as an always on, set to zero tone shaper.
Adjust when needed/wanted.

 

[slide13]

My two favorites have already been mentioned but I'll add my vote.

For a simple analog chorus the Analogman Mini Chorus is the pedal that convinced me I do in fact like chorus. Super warm and musical sounding pedal, just works simply and beautifully and sounds good at every setting.

For a more advanced and quirky (potential) chorus, the CBA Warped Vinyl HiFi is what I have on my board right now. I actually don't use most of it's fancy functions, I don't ramp this one or anything, I just like it's basic chorus sound a lot and like having the tone and lag knobs available to shape things a little further.

 

[Ramblin390]

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Empress red witch

 

[olejason]

Ibanez CS-9 sounds great with all settings

 

[rck]

Mine in order:

DC-2W and 2 things I'll add is after reading a majority of users saying it pales thin if used in Mono vs. Stereo, that is not my experience. It sounds excellent in both. The O.G. DC-2 did have a fatter sound a little bump in the mid range and was really nice and I a/b'd the Waza vs the O.G. I chose the Waza because it has the extra modes which I like and it does introduce a little high end content when it is on.

The CE-2W and CE-5 Analog version as mentioned above are also both great. The CE-5 could get the most transparent of the Chorus's I tried. It got too transparent though so I launched it. The CE-2W like the DC-2W has the extra modes and the CE-1 mode in it is dynamite. I would go with the CE-2W out of those two.

 

[Bucksears]

Ibanez CS-505
Maxon PAC9 (modern/updated production version of the CS-505, IMO)

 

[T00DEEPBLUE]

 

[cj_wattage]

The old CE-2. I wouldn't pay those prices. Just build a clone and you're done. Such great tones.

 

[Stig Ø]

Really enjoy my JHS Emperor mk. I

 

[Fantastic Cook]

Favorite is Asheville Music Tools ACV-1.

Runner up is Dr Scientist Cosmichorus v3.

 

[GA20T]

Warped Vinyl HiFi
PastFX Ensemble (though I'm not sure about that pre w/ bass, probably not)

Fave on bass so far (digital): UA Astra CE-1 emulation

 

[Paul Conway]

Oh, still the SCH-1.