Boss CE-3 Chorus

2 knobs and a rotary switch, seems simple to me.

Its great. No noise, and it sounds perfect, you can nice subtle shorus or overly obvious watery chorus.

Its 20 years old and going strong. Boss pedals kick ass.

This pedal was about 20 years old when i bought it, and it still kicks ass. Sounds awesome. get one.

Easy to use man, rate, depth and stereo/mono. Pretty simple man!!

You can get some cool sounds out of this little box. I use mine with a tele a cry baby, fx86b, dod tuna and a dod overdrive preamp/250 ran to either vox or crate amp.

Has not failed me yet

haven;t used it

i wanted an older dod chorus but got out bid on it, but i've grown to love tis one.

2 dials: rate + depth
1 dial-switch: Stereo/Mono
all clearly labelled... how hard can it be?

My setup is
Ibanez RG320GP->Boss DS-1->Boss MT-2->DOD FX-17->Boss CE-3->Peavey Backstage 110 + Yamaha 10watt
obviously i haven't got the best amps yet... so i use the peavey to cover the lows and mids and the yamaha to get some treble from the setup...
The setup as a whole create a bit of background hum... but the effect on its own creates virtually nil.
I normally try to keep the rate bellow the 11 o'clock mark, but by turning it all the way up max i can create a really odd flange-type effect. As For the depth, i normally try to keep it reasonable high to access the more lush tones the pedal can create.
Now for the stereo/mono switch to really be used u either need a stereo input amp or two amps (like i have)... there is no more enjoyable sound than a guitar running in stereo (well, maybe if it was running through a mesa boogie amp, i can but dream) OR if you want to be a lil experimental try running in stereo into only one amp. This creates a very phased sound, that it (literally) almost half missing (this is due to how the stereo effect works)

Its a boss pedal... ie built like a tank
If ur performing live you litterally can throw it at hecklers in the crowd and not worry about damaging the thing, trust me, i've seen it done

You'll probably never need it unless you pedal is some how involved in a Road Traffic Accident with a very heavy truck...

This pedal is great for playing any style of music, infact you don't even have to create music, this pedal creates such an enjoyablwe sound on its own that you can simply sit back and enjoy the sound of playinmg single notes in stereo for a good 10-25 minutes

Rate, Depth, and a stereo/mono switch, could it be any simpler?

It isn't as swirling as other choruses and is a little weak. At first I really didn't like it and I still don't, for a usual chorus sound. But when I switched the stereo\mono switch to stereo and only used the effect out jack, I got an amazing sound. Alomst a phaser/ delay sound. It rocks. I am giving it a 4 as a chorus and a 10 for a crazy sound.

It's a boss, they are indistuctable.

Never dealt with them.

If you took Incubus, Chili Peppers, Rage, Nirvana, and Hum, threw them in a blender on frappe for 45 second to a minute you would get my music. This pedal is great if you like freaky sounds this pedal is for you, if you want a rich luscious chorus get a super chorus or chorus ensemble. For what I do this pedal rocks.

This vintage Analog chorus is a great pedal for everything. You can get a good vibrato/tremolo sound in one mode, and a parallel de-railing creamy sound in another mode. There are only rate, depth and mode switch. It is horribly easy to use...

I play a Yamaha Pacifica with duncans and I run that through a Boss PSM-5 >> CE-3 analog chorus >> DD-3 Delay >> BF-2 Flanger >> PH-3 Phase shifter >> Jim dunlop gcb95 Wah >> Peavey Bandit 112.
Its not noisy at all and the effect always sounds great. I think it runs good with a lot of different music styles...probably A dark metallica "one" sound or somethin.

This pedal is OLD...and works PERFECTLY. Its BOSS

Didn't have to deal with em but I hope I never have to. Their websites aren't great at all for this though.

If it were stolen or lost I would get another one just because I like to screw with this pedal for a lot of reasons. But Its not for proffessional stage use. Helps me make music.

I had to tweak lots on this hog. i really could never find a sound i really liked out of the ce-3. no manual, got it off ebay.

guild AAA blues bird>bossHM2>MarshallChorus>Ce-3 Chorus>IbanezDelay...
it isn't noisy, but i can hardly hear it. way too weak.

boss is swell

noproblems

its okay, but i didn't really like it.

It's very easy to use.Just tweak the knobs.

It's a lot different than other choruses.I find it not as SWIRLY as the others.But it does add a great ambiance to my sound,especially with vocals.The CE-3 has a cool bathroom-like sound.The second mode has a gargle sound to it,or some kind of pitch bending.This silly sound always makes me laugh,I love it! I use it behind the Boss PH-2
Super phasor,it produces an unbelieveable shimmer and swirl.This is great for rythym guitar.It doesn't sound so good with bombastic amounts of distortion,in my opinion.But with a good overdrive,the CE-3 really delivers.I have other heavy-weight choruses,but I use this one a lot.

It's pretty sturdy,but it's old now.Use a backup?Depends on the tunes
I'm gonna play.For ambiance,yes.For swirl,I'll use something else.

If it breaks I'll get another one.

The CE-3 is very useful.I gig with it and record with it,so it gets a
lot of work.It's small,handy and gets the job done.It would be very unfair to compare it to a VOODO,MXR,EH Small Clone.The CE-3 kinda cool
for the price and it's quieter than the Small Clone.I've always liked
Boss's modulation effects,good quality at reasonable prices.And as I
said, the second mode(gargle)tickels the hell outta me.I like this little box!

Easy to use, great chorus sound.

I use this with a fender jazz bass with a peavy tk0150 amp.

I can depend on my pedas. I would use it at a gig without a backup.

I play blues and it gives a good vibe background sound with a guitar. I have been playing for 3 years. I own a custom built bass with a peavy tko150 amp. I like the sound of the pedal I am just looking for other effects such as a bass balls pedal and if interested I would trade.

Simple the knobs do what the say pay attention to using stereo or mono and how the type affects the output though.

I play this through an all boss pedal board with Fender Jazzmaster/ Telecaster, Danelectro U2, Carvin Electric 12 string and it just doesn't do what the old blue D.O.D. chorus did the only down pedal in my boss setup but because mixing pedals makes stomping on them a pain in a live situation this is on my live board but stays home when I am in the studio

Hasn't let me down yet

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Not what I expected have to go with dod for stomp box chorus

Very easy- I bought mine used so I had no instructions, but I didn't really need them. You can adjust it by ear to get the sounds you want.

Used with a Gibson LP & Marshall amp, the effect is buried at times. But it seems that this combo of guitar and amp bury most effects under their heavy sound. Still, at times the bright shimmery tone of the CE-3 comes through, and it is nice and lush. I've used it for recording through other amps and the tone is bright and crisp. A very nice effect for filling out your sound.

I've never had a problem with this pedal. I've owned it for 3+ years now and the only complaint is that it sucks batteries dry (but don't all pedals?) Still, its not the worst offender in this category.

Never dealt with the customer support. Boss is a big enough company that I imagine it wouldn't be too difficult to find a service center.

Very nice sound- but in my experience it works best when you have a bright tone to begin with. It's shimmery sound can easily get lost below a mountain of distortion.