Boss CE-3 Chorus

two knobs, one mode switch, stereo outs, pedal. if you can't figure it out than your a complete (insert insult here). Easy as hell to get a good sound out of.

I run it in the EFX loop of my marshall 9004 preamp ( to take advantage of the stereo outs) sounds really good a nice spread of sound. in mode A the sound is very thick, and shimmery. in mode B the effect isn't as pronounced but sounds good nonetheless. This is an underrated boss pedal that is a secret weapon in my setup.

Yup I can depend on it.

I can repair it if it breaks down and if I can't then I know someone who can.

One of the best chorus' out there.

i got it used with no manual...still dont know exactly what the last knob does, but i have a pretty good idea so 9.

Made In Japan, Green Label

Agile Hornet, Boss(ns2,mt2,ds2,sd1,hf2,eh2,dd5,cs3(not neccesarily in that order)) plus 2 wahs --->Kustom Lead II. I havent used the ce3 with all of these at once, but with some here and some there...i find the effect to be just right...not faded, or not overwhelming...i find clean, you can get some very nice tones...i was able to get the Sanitarium intro sound using it clean...with my mt2, i got a good Into The Lungs Of Hell type sound(kinda dark)...personally, i think it sounds better clean...even just on chords, it dresses em up nicely. it can go from a nice soft chorus, to a harsh vibrato type sound. pretty versatile.

i read on someone elses review "if there was a nuclear war, 2 things would survive. Cockroaches, and Boss pedals." couldnt have put it better myself...i now own 9 boss stomps, and they are all working fine.

from metal to blues, to country, a chorus can be used...i didnt even compare it to the ce2, ce5, or ch1, so for all i know they could be better.

NOTE!!!!!!! The one that i purchased was made in Japan...a friend and I were jamming a while ago, and he had the same pedal, but his was made in Taiwan...i gave them the direct test, straight to the amp, and put the settings EXACTLY the same...and they sounded a bit different...The Taiwan-made ce3 sounded slightly thinner, and not quite as "in your sound" it sounded more like "on/behind your sound." whether as the Japan one was "in your sound."lol I dont know if that really makes sense, and could have just been a problem with his pedal, but i do know that Japan models are apparantly higher quality. anyways, 10 overall...great pedal, get it...

and its sparkly-blue!!!

Easy to use.

Excellent sound quality

Not impressed. During the 1.5 year that I've owned it, I've probably used it twice. It now requires servicing for some kind of short that has developed inside the unit. (Make sure you read the customer support section.)

Take heed my friends, support for these pedals is a joke once you're beyond the warranty period. In the San Francisco Bay Area, where I live, the two designated reps for Boss (in San Jose & San Mateo) charge as follows: San Jose: flat fee of $65; San Mateo: $95 per hour, with a $75 minimum fee. Sending the pedal to Boss for servicing is the best deal: $45 per hour (charging on the quarter hour). Frankly, I couldn't believe the first two service companies. In my opinion, they're robber barrons.

Love the pedal, but not impressed with the support network.

Easy, 3 knobs: rate, deph, stereo/mono.
Nice blue metal-flake colour.

Using various guitars and amps. Usually placed in the effect loop. My favorite setup is: G&L Legacy Special--->Morley 70" PWO Wah--->Marshall JH-1--->Crate GXT-100, then in effect loop BOSS RDD-20 delay--->BOSS GE-7--->Boss CE-3, and from the output "B" of the CE-3 to a Sound-Research SS amp (all the processing of the guitar tone is already achieve, this amp just reproduce the same tone for stereo).

Not noisy at all, it sounds great on clean. With distortion it depends on what you are looking for, it is focus on mids and removes a bit of bass and soften the attach of your notes, I find a little lost of volume when on as well, sometimes it can be desirable, sometimes not, this is when the GE-7 comes handy.
But nothing can beat that stereo option. You get a huge surround sound effect that can only bring smile on your face.

It gets a nine because you need an equalizer to compensate the increase in mids and decrease in bass.

I play with it since the last 23 years, I bought it new in 1982 and it's still like new. Almost always on. It did cost an arm and a leg back in 82 (around 260.00 Can $)but it pays off over the years.

I play blues (my own songs), classic/progressive rock (like Rush, Pink Floyd, Dream Theater),...I play since 25 years.
Stolen of lost ? I would search for another one right away, I cannot play in mono any more, it is so much more Huge in stereo.

Sehr leicht, eigentlich nur zwei Regler plus der Mode-Schalter...Stereooutputs, sollte man mal ausprobieren, sehr schon....

Pony Custom Electric Guitar (very hot pickups, straight from hell)--> Marshall DriveMaster-->Dunlop Crybaby from Hell--> MXR Doubleshot Distortion--> Mesa StudioPreamp | Loop --> EHX Holy Grail --> Boss CE-3 --> Boss OC-2 --> Boss Ns-2 /| --> Marshall 4100 & 2210 Poweramp --Y Marshall& Laney 4x12 Cabinet

Keine unerwunschten Nebengerausche; zumindest nix das das Gate nicht eliminiert. Habs nie ohne Gate getestet.
Insgesamt ist es ein angenehmer und weicher Chorus, der aber gerade auch durch seinen leichten Mittenboost immer ausreichend stark ist, er hat einen eigenen Charakter, den muss man mogen, ich finde ihn gro?artig/retro, sehr schon. Mit viel Disto und Depth ganz auf wirds bei meinem Setup etwas zu dick, aber so weit will ich das Ding eh nicht aufdrehen. Wirklich die Sonne geht auf bei cleansopunds und den Stereooptionen der kleinen blauen Kiste, schade dass ich nie clean spiele...wie auch immer...

100%

...es ist ein Teil das einfach Vintage ist und auch so klingt, tatsachlich finde ich das hier wirklich gut! Sieht nebenbei auch noch gut aus, blau-metallic! Einziges Bossteil mit drei Knopfen in einer Reihe, leider sieht man dadurch die LED schlecht, aber man hort den Unterschied deutlich ob die Kiste an ist oder nicht...

This thing is very easy to use! Just set the knobs is the postition you like the sound ;)

I use a 30 Watt Marshall Amp and a WH10 when i turn the chorus on its a little bit noisy but just when high volumes but its not bad! I thinnk the CE-3 Sound great but to get a great sound it good wehn your make your amp trebly i recorded a Song called under the bridge ;) with treby setting and i sounded like the original version that recorded with a CE-1! Yes it sound like my favorite artists ;) I would use it with Dist it sound to muddy then just for clean sounds

hmm yes you can

no

I play mostly Funk and Rock and its good for this. When it was stolen it were a reason for me to buy a CE-1 ;) a CE-3 is good to but CE-1 is better :D I love about this Pedal that ist very warm i hate that you have to sett your amp in other positions. Its a good chorus which can sound good with the right settings ;)

Very easy. Nice little variation in the mono selection through output A or B, the nobs are pretty obvious.

Set up is a Les Paul special (P100s) through CE3 into modified peavey classic 30, or the same setup with a Maton acoustic. When kicked in there is a little noise from CE3, but only myself or the very occasional mixing dude will pick it up in a live setting. I found that the peavey effects loop was strangely more likely to generate noise, so if I'm using the CE3 I put it inline to the amp. When inline or in the effects loop the CE3 does colour your sound a little when switched off, seems to just steal a little treble sparkle. That's fine by me as if I'm not going to use it, it's nowhere near my rig!

The chorus itself is good simple chorus, nice shimmer, can be taken to the light Phasey edge, or right down to slow gentle reverby sound. Does good cheesy chorus too, but I'm not going to use that too often. Doesn;t rob me of the inherent warmth of my set up but adds that litlle bit of depth for the lone guitarist situations.

I have no idea how old it is, Got it second hand 5 years ago, but it's never let me down. I gig once a fortnight, and treat my gear with respect but solid use. It certianly travels well enough, and stands up to the usual mishaps (dropping, stepping on wrong part accidently etc)

Never, ever needed it. They don't have a very usable kind of history/ old product section.

Playing for 8 years. Play some blues, light rock, pop and country with this thing. I prefer to play hard rock (foo fighters, spiderbait) and dirty blues, but you don't play too many of those in a row at a pub gig. If lost or stolen I'd search out another old boss chirus, maybe a CE2, but i'd grab another of these jast as happily. My fave feature is the light shimmer and thickness it can add, I like the colour too.

I've compared it to all sorts of multi effects and stand alone chorus. I can't justify the money given that chorus isn't my fave effect Other stand alone chorus sound remarkably similar given the cost and every multi I've tried so far seems to lack a little warmth and flexability.I like that I can just take this out of the rig during a break, without playing with patches etc etc.

Doesn't get much easier than this, rate and dept plus a two pos knob which selects the type of chorus if used in mono, In stereo it creates two seperate wave forms which sound huge when put across a stage.

I'm using a Non-reverse gibson firebird, Various distortions & Fuzz boxes (Boogie V-Twin -> Roger Mayer Vision Octavia -> MXR M-151 Shibby!) -> Fender Blender (home made from orig schematics tho...))
then into the mod effects ~ CE-3 -> BF-2 -> OC-2 all rigged up in a crazy way through the effects loops on the JCM, plus two on a Boss LS-2 (boss' greatest invention!) and one on a boss noise suppresor then finally into a vox wah & a DD-3.

I always use this in mono (not that the rig looks that way - bit embarasing when i pull the board out at a venue!) the stereo mode is nice but have to draw the line somewhere otherwise i'll run out of leads. The chorus is very nice a subtle, without causing any noise at all. I can only here extra hum, if i get my boogie on at the same time, but thats crazy talk.

The effect is not a strong effect and if you want that swirly whirly curly GIRLY kinda chorus my advice is - buy a cat. It really does add a new dimension to your clean sound (thats mostly what i use it for) allowing you to OOOOOOO and AAHHHHH all night. similar vibe? it goes from nothing to that nice chorus sound on The Nirvan unplugged Gig - even some early metallica - if you like that sort of thing.

I only use it with a power supply so i don't know what the battery consumption is like.

Boss = Chieftan Tank surounded by a big strong thing indeed, inside a bigger tank - or something equally as strong

this pedal is very old and not even the paint has scratched!

Never had to bother about this pedal but i once needed a manual for a dd-5 (which i didn't own!) and they posted it to me next day

so i'm gonna give 'em a 10

Fantastic pedal - for what it does.

Remember, if you really want a big ass chorus pedal - stop

Easy. There are only two knobs, virtually anything sounds good.

It sounds very good- I am content. You can get those early Metallica clean sounds, dark and mystical. Also, it may sound quite psychedelic when used with disortion, although I wish that it could be tweaked up to higher speed, as this would sound sicker, almost Jimi Hendrix. Does not matter what kind of gear you have. It is a nice option to be able to use it in stereo also. You can also use a switch (in mono) to turn off the chorus effect and make it sound like whammy bar fluttering. It does create some noise though, especially with distortion.

Mine is a well-used unit that looks kind of beaten up. I inherited it one year ago. Still no problems, I use it without backup.

havent dealt with them.

Good chorus in every sense apart from the minor noise. I dont know wether I'd replace it with the same type or not. I'd probably try something newer and more extreme.

I found it really easy to get a good sound out of this pedal, owing mostly to the fact that it only has the two dials. I got mine second-hand without a manual, but the dials are self-explanitory

My current set-up (owing to my status as a poor student) is an Ibanez GRX70 into Boss MT2, Danelectro pastrami overdrive, this CE-3 and then an RV-3, all run into a 60's secondhand-store amp made by Dynamic Musical Enterprises of Japan (If anyone knows anything about this amp/company, I want to know.) I found the pedal went really nicely in my setup, not creating any extra noise. A big word of warning here - this pedal is best suited to certain types of music. I'm very into a lot of 80's new wave/"goth" stuff, as well as shoegazing and drone, and I found this pedal was wonderful for these genres. However, probably not the best pedal if you don't like the retro sounds. That said, the pedal is capable of a wide range of sounds, from just a slight hint of chorus to a really big swirly sound. It sounds a bit queasy if you turn both dials up really high, but I found it safe to either boost the rate right up and hold back on depth or vice-versa. The pedal plays really nicely through the reverb, and adds a lot to either of the distortion pedals. It adds a nice dimension to feedback, also

It's boss - what could I say that hasn't already been said?

Never had to deal with this

For $75 (that's about $140 US) this pedal performs excellently. It matches well with most of the stuff I play, from the aformentioend shoegazy "goth" stuff on the higher settings to jazz and folk stuff when you turn it down. Short of a small clone, this is probably the best chorus pedal i've tried - certainly on par with all the other boss stuff. Unless I suddenly come across a lot of money, this will stay my primary chorus pedal. If you like bands such as The Cure, the Church etc, or anything like Slowdive, you shouldn't pass this up