Boss CE-2 Chorus

I have no issues getting a nice sound of it. There are two knobs. That's less than three! No stereo output but I needed a nice mono chorus and this is one of the best money can buy. I'd probably laugh if I ever read the manual.

I run my 335 semi-hollow guitar into an Ampeg GV-22, a 6L6 powered, 2x12 Gemini series amp. The clean sounds are almost ethereal. My biggest love for it in leads using my Russian Big Muff to get an even thicker and cutting sound.
The speed doesn't go high at all which I think is amazing. The CE-1 was invented to simulate a Leslie but it's subsequent failure produced one of the most common effects in a guitarist's arsenal today. The CE-2 throws that high speed rate out the window and realizes it's true calling. The effect always sounds right at any setting.
Anyone who says the green label, black label, silver/black screw trash sounds better than another model is hearing with their eyes. A pal owns a black label CE--2 (I own a green) and it sounds the same. He mentioned there's an internal trim pot that does something but there's nothing wrong with the way mine sounds so I don't bother.

Boss.

I suspect the Boss customer support department is in the factory helping the engineers make pedals. That way no one will ever call.

I play what I like and this pedal works in any application chorus can be used. For a used pedal that's nearly 30 years old it's nice for it to just work and work well. These choruses go for the price of a brand new Boss chorus (which are inferior) and sound much better.

Yes, easy to use...

Main reason for posting this is to point out to anyone looking for a Boss CE-2 (they are expensive on eBay) that the CE-2B Bass Chorus is just as good with guitar as bass - the CE-2B was also made in Japan, has an absolutely identical chorus circuit - except with an extra knob to blend the amount of effect and straight signal. So the CE-2B is actually better!

They really do sound the same - I have tried both side by side and hard to tell apart with the CE-2B blend knob cranked.

The main difference is the CE-2B is usually around half the price.

Great musical chorus, not noisy.

No worries there

Superb chorus, 8/10 for the CE-2 only because they cost so much on eBay - and 10/10 for the CE-2B because they don't.

Very easy, try 10 and 2 setting.

I have several pedals on my board and the CE-2 sits well with all of them. I use vintage Fender and Vox amps in multi-amp set up with a 1960 Strat, I place the CE-2 after trem and before delay, I have the "Long Dash" MIJ one from 1980, supposedly these are the ones to have, but I hear any of them from this era are great. Awesome chorus with a slight boost, no tone coloration of guitar. I like it much better than the original CE-1.

100% reliable.

Never had to call.

Great sounding chorus, I would have to find another if this one was stolen, best chorus I have heard in 47 years of playing, very musical and rich, a must have for anyone who loves guitar effects.

Two Knobs-Easy as pie.

I got the Long dash MIJ model made in 1980, the CE-2 is more under the R than the U. This is the more collectable one. I have the CE-1 and I like this one much better, it sounds just plane GREAT. You also get a nice bump in volume and mids when engaged. Lets the guitar tone come thru in spades, GREAT chorus and I thought nothing could beat the CH-1, this pedal is awesome.

Mine is 30 years old and looks brand new, Boss pedals are totally reliable, it has no problem with my other pedals, true by-pass or not.

No experience with them, but hear they are pretty good.

I play all kinds of music, 43 years now, it has no stereo outputs but still doesn't need them. Works well in my chain, looks cool and sounds great, if you want a great no frills chorus that sounds awesome, try one of these, can still be had for peanuts.

Well mines a Silver Screw made in Japan model, dates back to 1980.

2 Knobs, how easy can you get? A couple of minutes messing around and you'll find the tone your after.

For a 29 Year old pedal it still sounds great, no hissing or buzzing and to my ears it doesn't suck tone despite not being true bypass.

I play with Telecaster and a Strat through a VOX AC30/6 Top boost.
Normally with the following set up of Boss TU-2, Boss DS-1, Boss Equalizer, Flanger, Boss CE-2, DD-2 Delay then directly into the amp.
All pedals are linked via George L's patch leads.

It's very warm sounding pedal, a pleasing sound that adds to the music instead of overwhelming it. You can go from subtle right through to crazy chorus.

Great for early Cure, Police, Chilli Peppers etc.

After 29 years of use it's still working, had to use some switch cleaner on the on/off switch as it was intermitment once but it soon cured it. Problem never returned.

The paint is chipped/flaxing off but I think that adds character.

Never had to deal with Boss

I play a mixture of Stuff from RHCP's to The Cure, Been playing for 10 years and I've owned a Boss CE-5, A great pedal but no-where near as musical as the CE-2.
I love the simplicity of it, two knobs and great sound - I even like the colour.

It adds to my tone and when engaged slightly boosts the sound which is a great feature.
If you get the oportunity to buy one cheap then don't hesitate and if you have cash to burn you can always buy one from Ebay.

Easy - Two Knobs! Can't get any easier than that..

Playing a Fender MIM Telecaster Custom into TU-2, SD-1, CS-3, BF-2 - CE-2 AND DD-2 Using George L's patch leads. No hum or buzz.. love the slight volume boost it gives when engaged.

It's 29 years Old- Serial number 0000 made Nov' 1980.
It's a bit beaten up but still works 100% - Wish everything was built to this standard!

Fantastic warm chorus... this is my 3rd one! Only because in the past i've sold them when not been in bands or strapped for cash.. I've learnt my lesson now tho, this is never coming off the pedal board!!

mine's a green-label MIJ (made somewhere between 1984 and 1988)

pretty self-evident

2 knobs, and more or less every way you turn them it makes a good sound

a solid 10

for a 20-something years old analog pedal this thing is amazing.
very little added noise even with my p90-equipped (!!!) les paul.
no static, no crackle

and the sound character is close to perfect - to my ear
I really don't know why they don't make choruses that sound like this any more. I wouldn't call it subtle - when it's threre, it's definitely there. But it's so uniqulely musical!

I suppose nothing could happen to it really, since it's made it through all these years and seems okay... I do have some worries, but not to the extent of getting a spare one anyway.

no idea. I've had several boss pedals over the years, new AND used, and none ever required dealing with customer support.

I play a weird mixture of rock, prog and blues and tend to use some fairly radical effects, but this turned out to be all I ever wanted from a chorus pedal.
After I got it I sold my reissue Small Clone and a Guyatone Micro, which wasn't so bad but had this annoying volume boost.
It's great with a delay and even sounds curiously fun after an overdrive. And I power it with a daisy-chain no problem.
Listen to it, and if you like the tone, don't hesitate to buy. It'll cost you about 10 bucks more than a new CH-1 which I believe is a useless piece of crap anyway %)))

Ok for start, this pedal has only 2 knobs which are:
left>>Rate (amount of chorus you want)
right>>Depth (the area of where you want the chorus to sound more-clockwise=focus on high freq/ anti-clockwise=focus more of lower freq)

no manual cause i bought this off e-bay but geez.....who needs a manual to operate 2 bloody knobs....some retard or gizmo freak/sound engineer but def not for me.

Mine is MIJ-Green Label

I use a couple of Ibanez (RG570 & RG320FA>>both loaded with DiMarzio pickups). my main influence is Joe Satriani and when i observed his pedalboard and found this baby there too so the hunt began for 8 months n finally got it.

Soundwise can get pretty thick, analogy(if there's such a word XD), rich harmonics, dreamy sounds on the clean channel and this pedal has got a lot of presence when activated. Immediately recognisable when its on or off. on clean i can easily nail some Satch's chorusy stuff n to my surprise, with some delay can play Satriani's 'Brother John' tone and Enter Sandman by Metallica. On the gain channel, it gives a thick and slight flanging quality to the sound. Listen to Satriani's 'Crushing Day' open riff. definitely warmer than the CH-1's but sacrifice tweakability.

also can be used to play love songs and 80s type of rock/metal love ballads so well i just flow with the sound. i advice to play around with it more too.

yes i played it during my church's christmas carols and it fits majority of church music. providing some sweet and creamy chorus to the mix....simply beautiful

hope this baby outlives me. if i go to a gig probably buy a cheaper pedal....really don wanna lose this. all good so far...since its an old Boss...i think i can trust it

nvr dealt, nvr care

Overall rating to many out there...pls don buy it cause i wanna collect more of them for backup Heehee....10/10 from me.

a very inspiring pedal....

Very easy to use, one control for rate, one for depth

Strat and PRS straight into Orange Tiny Terror and Celestions. To me this is exactly what a chorus should sound like. I don't want a deep overpowering chorus but a subtle natural effect that doesn't colour the original sound too much. This one does the job beautifully with minimal noise and tone suck (if any - I know all about true bypass and stuff but there really is very little with the Boss pedals I have used - a limited range I admit and I don't chain stuff together much). Warm and natural sounding.

It's Boss so it should be OK, this one is 25 years old but obviously liitle used. No problems with other Boss gear apart from one dicky switch 20 odd years ago on a pedal bought second hand.

Never needed it

10 = Fantastic value apparently so that's what I have given it. You can pick these up on EBay regularly for less than the price of a current digital unit, if you get the chance to do so then go for it. Having ditched various bits of digital gear I was directed to one of these via the reviews here and information elsewhere. I managed to get a black label Japanese one on EBay in 'as new' condition and couldnt be happier with it.

Simple to use. Two knobs.

This thing's just great and that's why people still use them. It's a great subtle effect. Fills out your sound nicely. Change the settings and get a lush chorus effect. Has a slight boost that works in it 's favor. Boss got it right with this one years ago. Put the best of their CE-1 in a compact pedal.

It's a Boss. Built like a tank. I've had this forever and it's still ticking. And not as some museum piece. I use it.

I've got a lot of Boss pedals and the few times I've used their customer support they've been great. Gotten parts like battery screws and gaskets from them. Plus they've got manuals for every pedal they've made online at no charge.

This ones great for any kind of music. I've been playing long enough to have bought this new in 1981. Right now I in an r&b ban but I've used it for blues, rock, country, funk, punk, reggae, etc. It's a keeper. Right now mostly playing a couple of Tele's and a Strat through a couple of old Fender amps. I've used other chorus pedals but this is the one. My pedalboard varies but I always have an OD pedal and some kind of delay. The only two pedals that are always there ar this one and a tuner. If I lost it I'd buy another on ebay. This one get's a 10.

I bought this pedal from a Pawn shop for $27 because the guy didn't know what he had.

This pedal is pretty easy to use and get a good chorus sound out of. Two knobs - Rate and Depth. Pretty straight ahead. I don't have a manual and there's no need for it. This one is a Japanese model with the green tag.

Setup - 73 Ibanez Les Paul mod w Seymour Duncan 59 and Pearly Gates w 10s, 84 American Fender Strat w Noiseless single coils w 10s, Crate V32 Palomino 212 w custom mods to pre amp. Pedal is plugged into a Carl Martin Combinator with the rest of my pedals.

Sound - It can go from subtle effect at the lower settings to a nice lush deep chorus with the Depth knob cranked up. If you are looking for a fast speed on the Rate knob, this pedal won't get you a tremolo type effect.

You can use it for country / slow ballads, funk, jazz, and rock. I really like this one over the CH-1 I have.

Its a Boss so its built like a tank. I could gig without it but it would be a shame.

n/a

I play a variety of styles in my band. We play soul, r&b, 50s, disco, funk, rock, latin, and jazz. This pedal has been great for all these styles.

I have been playing for over 25 years. I own Boss, Carl Martin, Aphex, BBE, RMC, DOD, Dunlop, Ernie Ball, Ibanez, Line 6, Morley, Digitech, Radial Engineering, and Rocktron pedals. Yes I'm a gear whore.

If it were lost or stolen, I would definitely be upset. This is the best chorus I purchased.

I just love the analog sound. It sounds so lush and deep. Its warm and not overpowering. The CH-1 is sterile and has a lot of highs compared to the CE-2. It has been a great addition to my arsenal.

I have tried other chorus effect pedals - DOD, CH-1, Alesis rack effect, POD, Digitech - the Alesis was the only one that is comparible. Great pedal.

really really really really easy to use, only two controls.

i used a musicman guitar into a marshall AVT half stack, the other pedals i use are a boss DD-3, LS-2, TU-2, proco rat 2, electroharmoix little big muff and a holy grail reverb.

no noise from it i have noticed sounds amazing just what i was expecting, thick, full sounding chorus.

IT'S A BOSS as everyone always says, BUILT LIKE A TANK is another one.

don't know never had to bother

i love it! if it was stolen i would get another if i could find one at an affordable price. i managed to get this off some bloke in a second hand guitar shop, that didn't seem to have much of a clue to be fair, for ??20 so it was more than worth the money!

i used to own a boss super chorus but i sold it my mate when i got this, new chorus pedals can't really compete with the CE-2 as far as my ears are concerned.

Very easy to use.

I use a 5150ii half stack with a Schecter C-1 Blackjak. The pedal sounds great. I use it in my effects loop.

There are 2 reasons I'm not giving it a 10. First, it isn't the clearest chorus. But the reason is becase it's an analog chorus from 1982! Thusly, it is warm and lush, but not the clearest... Secondly, it sucks tone. All Boss pedals seem to attenuate the highs pretty good, and it is very annoying. Thus, true bypass looper!

Also, there is a very slight volume boost when engaged but not very noticeable. (much less than say a CE-5 or Ibanez cs-9).

Sturdy, has some paint chips, worked flawlessly since 1982.

Was slightly confusing to find the manual online, but then when I found it I felt dumb.

Have to give this a 10, no doubt about it. I play rock, I love rush and Tool. I've been playing for 10 years. I own a lot of gear and this pedal is tops in the list.

It's one of the simplest out there. Easy.

Well, I never really loved chorus but I'll be fair anyway (or try, at least). It did sound lush and very natural. No noise to speak of. I used it with Fender Japan strat and Fender Cyclones, mainly through a 70s Vase Trendsetter valve head and Marshall 210 cab. I could emulate other artists. If you like thick, natural chorus, this is for you. if you shy away from that, like me, maybe try something more sutble, like a Boss CH-1, which is what I have gone to. Much more subtle and is stereo. (Interestingly, lots of reviews mark the CH-1 down for being subtle...c'mon fellas...horses for courses.) Anywho, the CE-2 is excellent, just not for me.

Boss 10/10. I've probably had 40 Boss pedals ove years and not one has ever given me trouble. I've had 3 Washburn pedals- all had reliability issues. Zoom, likewise. Korg, ditto. DOD/Digitech...the same. Boss are just unbelieveable.

They've started publishing their manuals online (about time) but they're not especially supportive. The bossarea.com site is the best resource (but it's not run by Boss, just by Boss fans). Bossarea is very cool. Boss are fortunate that their products are such high quality, support is very rarely needed. Although, I'm sure they factored that in to their business plan...

Like I said, I cringed when I played it because it was that classic chorus tone. While I don't love chorus, if you get a chorus, this is what you expect (and, yes, I am a clown for getting a guitar pedal I didn't really like but it was cheap and definitely worth giving a go.) Great, thick tone but not for me.

The CE-2 is pretty easy to use: rate and depth knobs, and every setting sounds nice, really nothing to it; just plug and play.

Setup (I'm just getting into the effects world, but starting with the best of course). Carvin CT6M > Boss TU-2 > Morley W/V/D II > Boss CE-2 > Boss RC-2 > headphones & soundcard or cheap amp. I love this thing, if you're really into a heavy chorus it can pull it off, with a rotating speaker sound or without, either way it's pretty thick. That is especially sweet for pulling off a John Frusciante sound although he has a CE-1, which is another point to be made, I think the CE-2 has the best features of the CE-1 in a compact package from what I've heard of the CE-1. It's a truly classic effect, I'm looking forward to getting a Tom Petty sound as well (he uses one). You can get so many great sounds out of only two knobs, which is one of the best things about this pedal.

Well, I just bought it, but everything in it is original and has lasted almost 30 years so I'd say it's pretty damn reliable. Plus it's a Boss.

I've talked with them before, not about this product though, and they were very helpful.

It's still kind of new for me as I just got it, but so far I love it and I'm pretty sure that if it were lost or stolen I'd get another one, but I'm not sure I could get such a good deal on the original silver screw again :). I've been playing for over 4 years, and it's truly a great addition to my sound, I love it and because of this am looking forward to getting more vintage analog effects. This pedal meshes with all styles of music, whether it's funk, rock, alternative, classic, etc. I chose this pedal after making numerous comparisons through online sounds and videos, and also played the newer pedals in stores, like the ce-5 and ch-1, those just didn't compare. I look forward to comparing it to more pedals, as I am sure it will come out on top, it has that mojo.

Super simple and with two knobs several cool settings.

I bought it the late 80s and tried several times to find better pedal perhaps slightly cleaner with true bypass and more versatile but never came close to the beauty and depth of this unit. Others I purchased in my search were the H20, TC Electronics,Carl Martin. Carl Marin was the best but it was not compatible with my amp switchbone pedal.So back to the trusted CE2 it can nail the classic Robin Trower tones and does a great hidden treble boost plus a good over the top chorus but no real leslie setting. I use strats, marshalls, fenders,vox amps pedals include TS9,BuddaWAh,Goodie delay,switchbone.

20 years no problems yet.

I give it a 9 only becuse it does not do a good leslie but maybe a second pedal is best for that anyways. As a pure chorus it is the best period.

Two controls - rate and depth. Since this is a somewhat subtle effect, even full depth is not overwhelming, in fact thats where I leave mine set all the time. Set rate control to taste, to my ear it sounds best in the slow range, around 9 o'clock.

I've never cared for chorus modulation - until I got one of these. With depth set full and rate slow, it adds a something special to your basic tone. This is probably the all time champ Boss effects pedal - they really got it right with the CE-2. Of course they later had to "improve" the sound and the result was the CE-3 which sounds totally sterile by comparison. I have a Japanese black label in perfect condition and a later model from Taiwan. I would say the MIJ unit is preferable but not by much, so if you get a chance to own either one by all means don't be picky.

Both of my CE-2's are approaching twenty five years of age. Everything's still tight, working perfectly.

I would never call Roland to ask for help. Plenty of people are doing outstanding repair and modifications to Boss pedals. Hello? Robert?

CE-2's add a very pleasing organic sweep to your sound. I play through the clean channel of a Mesa Express 5:50, which is beautiful tone in the first place, and allows me to set chorus, gain, and compression from my pedal board and keep a very low noise floor. It's right at the edge of distortion - amp volume does the rest. Every time I hear a jacked up Marshall amp hissing like an air hose I just smile :) I'm so glad I don't own one.

Easy to operate, only an idiot would struggle with this one as there are only 2 dials to operate.

Like many Boss fans, after reading all the hype about this pedal I just had to get one, well two actually. I bought a Taiwanese version at first, was quite disapointed (ok very pissed off and certainly not the Holy Grail of chorus effects!) so I bought a Japanese version, ok slightly better - or maybe I just want to think it sounds better as I spend the extra on it, but still not what I was expecting, its a bit of a tone sucker and at the same time tends to reduce both pinched harmonics and arpegios to mud. Sorry but my Ibanez CS9 does a better job, and sounds more organic, and preserves my ??2000 PRS tone! I'm being quite critical in this review, but only becase of how much I paid for each pedal considering the performace. There are many better analogue chorus pedals out there for the same or much less money.

Both quite old now, still working as you'd expect from Boss!

Never tried to contact them, if it broke I'd repair it myself as the components are generally still fairly easy to get hold of.

I play many styles, - other than Jazz, from fairly clean classical to thrash. If either were lost I'd be pissed as I spent to much on them, but maybe the insurace would pay for a couple of CS9's! This is a vastly over-rated pedal, think twice before you fall into the same trap as I did.

Rate and Depth, too easy.

This is the late 70s/early 80s Alex Lifeson Chorus tone in a box. Nails that classic subtle Chorus, which is EXACTLY what I wanted. Doesn't do the Leslie thing or super extreme sounds, which is great because I couldn't care less about getting those kinds of tones. It's NOT dark, soupy, watery or overbearing like most of the botique Chorus pedals I've tried. Not metallic or thin either, just a beautiful, shimmering, pristine sound that makes clean tones sparkle.

It's from around 80-81 and in great shape. Boss is the Toyota of pedals, they last forever.

I've been playing for 22 years, mostly Metal (Iron Maiden to Morbid Angel) and some Jazz. Most of my pedals are "botique" and true bypass, but so far nobody has made a better sounding Chorus pedal to my ears than the Boss CE-2. I tried a few other Chorus pedals before finding this one, Voodoo Lab (Too dark and only one usable setting), Fulltone (Too expensive, don't like Flanging or Mike Fuller), Home Brew (In for repairs so the jury is still out), Electro Harmonics (Too metallic and hollow), Ibanez (A 9 and 10 series, nice but too overbearing)etc. The Boss just sounds "right" to my ears, if you like that classic Rush Chorus sound then this pedal is HIGHLY recommended.

very easy

This is a subtle pedal and one of the best choruses I have ever heard. I use this through > Strat/Electra/Kramer/Carvin> Danelectro FAB Distortion> Boss Chorus> Ibanex FL9> Ibanez AD9> Ibanez Turbo Screamer> Boss Super Phaser> Boss noise Suppresor>Dunlop cry-baby> Boss stage tuner> Randall RG100SC/Randall 2x12 Cab. Silent Pedal. Through an effects loop it's less noisy ( it's not that noisy though) and from guitar dirset to amp it's more noticeable but you get that "analog scream" ( thing Prince- purple Rain solo).

I severly abused this pedal since 1982. This was my first pedal and it stopped working around 1997. I recently found an excelent Luthier and he repaired it in 2 days for $30. This was a mirical to me! Boss boxes are tough and can be used for commercial construction and endorsed by the DOT for any heavy machinery applications. An insider at Nasa's propulsion labs told me that unwanted Boss units are used as anti- heat tiles for re-enrry units. Boss pedals do suffer from exterior oxidation and this can eventually affect jacks.

u dun knu

metal/blues/prog 28 years - ebay sells these units for at least $120 in decent shape. I would succumb to that if the untimate sacrifice was made by this pedal. I love the subtile otherworldly-ness and organic realness of this unit. Choruses are definantly a pedal where there are differences in tastes. Do you want an obvious 1980's overload, a 1970's background flavor or a now and then swooshiness. The Boss CE-2 is classic in its subtleness and beauty. I own 15 pedals, some mentioned here and some I don't use that often and this is the classiest. I'm sorry but when it's the best, 10's are all around.

2 knobs, can't be that hard

Well, I have a Japanese Black Label which is in almost perfect condtion! the guy I bought it off has looked after it so well! anyway, I installed the CE-2 mod from www.Monteallums.com and this pedal is the ultimate, its so warm and clear, your guitar tone shines through so natural. I don't know if you can get any better than this? well, I dont think about getting another chorus, put it that way

Mine is the Black Label so its old! pushing 30!! and it works perfect, you have to give a pedal 10 for this

Such a smooth, warm, clear chorus with and without a mod :) the mod I got, gives the pedal more clarity and increases the higher speed rates but keeping the slow areas as the original. Even as the stock version, its still a top notch pedal :) I just wanted an extra sparkle

Two knobs, stomp on-off. Not much simpler than that.

Mainly use this before a reverb (either RV-2 or modified RV-5) after distortion (modified SD-1, Fat Cat, MT-2). Rich chorus sound that can go from light to heavy. Fairly quiet for an analog pedal but it will influence tone when there are too many effects in the chain (it is not true bypass and more than 2-3 Boss pedals will make your sound a bit darker and duller even when they are off). To fix this, I use and EQ (Nady 8 band) and an EH-2/EH-50 at the end to clean up the dullness. Works very well with tremelo, especially running it before a PN-2. Overall, a great sounding pedal. I wish Boss would start re-issuing some of these classics with the exact same spec's as the originals.

Hard to kill these things. I fix many effects and the Boss ones usually only break due to botched modification or crazy abuse. Otherwise, Boss pedals are indestructable when used sanely.

Boss can be troublesome to get parts out of, especially for 'discontinued' products like the CE-2. I fix my own stuff so I never call Boss unless I need special parts. I suspect they have great support for current product line.

I play mostly Jazz, a bit of Rock and classic rock. Sometimes I hammer out a metal riff. I enjoy all music. I've been playing for about 14 years, but only seriousely for the last 2. I have been massing pedals for a while now and mostly fixing/upgrading pedals to improve their sound. I really like the simplicity of the CE-2 and the analog tone. I also have an Ibanez TC10 and SC10, as well as a DC-3 Chorus pedals. The Ibanez ones win for deeper, stronger chorus (especially the twin cam TC10 which is useful for other purposes) and neither of them are as subtle and rich as the CE-2. The DC-3 is a very good pedal as well but a little more subtle than the CE-2. I would definately buy this pedal again if stolen or lost.

Easy-peasy lemon squeezy

I was surprised by this pedal. After reading all the gushings on this page I was expecting some thick, swirly, detuned mayhem but the reality is that the effect produced by the CE-2 is actually quite subtle.
Nevertheless it is a fantastic effect. I am not really a massive user of chorus, but a recent renewed interest in The Police, and listening to lots of bad late 70s guitar jazz-fusion persuaded me to use it more often.
Kicking in the CE-2 with the rate at less than 10 o'clock really adds loads of presence and fullness to your overall sound, with higher rates you do get slight swirliness/detuning. I have to admit I never used it with less than maximum depth as I found this too subtle and, yes, I did play around, for several hours, with the internal trim pot to get the exact amount of 'wetness'.

My set up consists of either a Japanese 60s reissue strat with upgraded Kent Armstrong 'Tweed Tone' pickups or Gibson ES135 with upgraded Kent Armstrong PAF-style humbuckers. These go into either a silverface Twin Reverb or Deluxe Reverb via various other analogue stomp boxes.

For the record, the model I have is Made In Taiwan. I don't know how much its country of origin matters. It seems to me that those who own MIJs are adamant they are far superior, whilst those with MITs insist there is no difference. At the end of the day: if it sounds good and is what you are after, who cares with of those two far eastern islands it was manufactured on??

Boss pedal are very reliable - even at 20+ years of age.

Great pedal. One of the best (and cheapest if you buy MIT) choruses out there.
However, I prefer the sound of my black, made in Taiwan, Ross Chorus which is much more versatile: goes from light to super-thick-nearly-flanging and rate goes much higher for fast Leslie-esque sounds.
As a result I just sold my CE-2.
Lovely sound though.

Quite elementary; a knob for rate of oscillation, a knob for depth of the oscillation. Fin.

Guitars are....'96 Gibson Les Paul Standard w/ Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Jimmy Page pickups and coil taps, and a Heritage H-535.

My current rig is...
Guitar>Peterson Strobostomp>BSM Fuzzbender>Roger Mayer 9090A modded Vox wah>Xotic Effects BB Preamp>Boss CE-2>Fender Hot Rod Deville 410

I am honestly suprised by this pedal. It was suggested to me by my guitar tech, who told me that guys like Robben Ford used this pedal not for 'chorus', but for a small decibel lead boost with a "fatness" tone boost. Being curious, I looked it up on Ebay (I am hooked-on-Ebay) and of course this lovely site, followed the models, and bought the Made in Japan black label/long dash with a black screw. I believe I got a decent deal, considering the silver screw one I was also watching ended up over $200.

Anyway, I am really a Classic Rock and Blues guy. I never liked the chorus effect; I believed it to be a really cheap sounding effect that made the guitar sound fake, ruining the tone. I probably based this on my serious distaste for 80s rock, because the guitar tones in that era were simply awful in my opinion (I really like natural tone), and the 80s chorus sound was just one of them.

But when this pedal arrived, I found some very good sounds. You can get really smooth, to really subtle, to all out tone-morhping noise out of it. For me, I cannot use any setting beyond 12:00 on the Depth, or else the tone becomes "too 80's" for me. The settings I am using now are Rate at full, and Depth at near 10 o'clock. With drive from the BB Preamp, I get a nice vowely, mature sound that gets into Jazz/Fusion territory. The sound is thick, but also transparent; not overpowering the sound, yet there. Sounds even better clean as well. There is a lot of flexibility with the sound. You just have to be a tad bit careful with overdrive before it, because it can feedback, but most often it happens with my Heritage, which can feedback quite easily at full blast since its a semi-hollow. I don't use any amp drive (I run the amp clean and use my pedals for drive/fuzz, etc.), so I don't know how it works with that. All in all, very useful, musical tones. A 9 because of lack of comparison and chorus experience by me, and because I have never heard a CE-1, the true "Holy Grail" for choruses.

Does anybody really have any concerns? If you do, you don't know guitar pedals.

Never did, probably never will. It won't break down for another couple of decades at the very least.

I went from a chorus nay-sayer to a full on supporter (it does help that I got one of the most coveted chorus's produced). I fear that, like another poster, I may use this pedal too much! Sounds wonderful. I believe I got a really good deal for a very usable and somewhat collectable pedal; its in fact the cheapest pedal in my rig! I haven't compaired it to a green label MIJ, but will soon because my bassist wants one for himself. The only real concern I have would be with the Boss passive-bypass system, but since its the only non true-bypass pedal in my rig, I don't think its a problem. Lastly, I'm not sure if this goes for all old Boss pedals, but everytime I plug it in, it turns on, regardless of if it was off or on the last time I used it. No big deal, I'm just curious if thats normal. I might get another, probably cheaper, to check out Robert Keeley's mods, but either way this one's a keeper.

two knobs, easy as heck to get it sounding good.

I use this with an Ibanez GAX70 into CS-2>SD-1>Tube works Real Tube OD>PH-2>DD-2>CE-2>Marshall 9004 preamp (in the efx loop i have)BF-2>NF-1>EH-2>DD-3>CE-3. This chorus is everything i've wanted in a chorus, thick warm and shimmery. This chorus can pull off almost everything i can imagine>the only thing that is wrong with it is that it doesn't have stereo outs ( that's why I bought the CE-3) but definitly a keeper.

I don't feel that I need a backup but I'll buy another one to have modded.