The Twelve Days of Chorus - Part 11

So What do I use for chorus these days? Well I do have a Keeley restored Boss CE-2, but I did manage to grab one of TC electronic's John Petrucci Dreamscape Pedals, and now that one lives on my pedal board.

It does 2 modes of Chorus, Flanger, and vibrato. One of each is meant for clean guitars, while the other is meant for overdriven guitars. Now I use it for both clean and distorted sounds, so I defaulted to using the distorted modes. They don't seem to do as much processing on the low strings, meaning the bottom end doesn't get washed out. The Flangers and vibrato modes are ok, but I kind of don't like Switching or messing with settings things alot live, or even at practice.

I do however love the sound of Chorus and Delay at the same time, so I have a dedicated loop that has the Chorus and delay. My current delay of choice is the MXR Carbon Copy. When I hit the loop, they both enter my signal chain (chorus first, delay afterwards). This does add some cabling to my board, but the loop's true bypass switch does keep my signal path alot clearer.

Most of the time in my band I play with overdriven sounds. maybe 3 times in a set I engage these two together, usually for choruses of songs, for dramatic effect. In band when I was the only guitar player I used it alot overall to fill out the sound. Since I play in a band with another guitar player, I don't need to fill up any extra sonic space. Plus, that modulation with another distorted guitar can tend to make things mushy at times, so It really only gets used gingerly.

Here's a quick sample of how I use chorus and delay in most of my setup. This 2 minute clip really shows the effect of when both are engaged at the same time. It also kind of keeps the tap dancing to a minimum. The only Pedals that are on in this setup are the TC Dreamscape chorus, MXR Carbon Copy Delay, which are in the loop pedal's loop, and my BBE Sonic Stomp. The amp is a Hotone Diamond, and the cabinet is a Egnater with a 1x12 celestion.