Boss CEB-3 Bass Chorus

It is very easy to use, no crazy names for the knobs...very straight forward bass chorus pedal. For those of you wondering what the difference between a bass chorus and a regular chorus is that the bass chorus usually can control how much it affects the lower registers of notes. Too much effect can "muddy" up your tone and that ain't good. The manual is good, but the pedal is really easy to dial up a good tone.

Very good chorus...good for tapping, slapping and fingerstyle. I wish there was a choice to put even more chorus into the effect, it is a little to subtle for some things I do...although very good though. Very good effect for bass IMO...

Boss is reliable, I would do without a backup. nothing much more to say here...

I have heard Roland is ass with customer support, but since these are built so well...I have never had to talk to one. That is, in my opinion, the best customer support though...good quality in the first place.

This is a very good bass chorus pedal, it would also work with guitar too. If it were stolen, I definitely would buy it again. My only gripe is I wish I could make it a little less subtle at times, but that probably is a good thing for most people. Good solid, fairly inespensive pedal...buy one

I'm using this with a guitar only, so the low pass filter doesn't really have much effect for this application. Very self explanatory controls.

For bass, I didn't like it...for guitar, GAWD! It only effects the bass frequencies of the guitar signal, so you can add a LOT of warmth and the subtle warm, dimensional swirl in the bass frequencies that's the magic of the tone of a REAL Matchless amp (something to do with the amp's transformer).

Eats batteries at standard Boss pedal rate.

If you're looking to acentuate a mild guitar tone, try this! A tight signal doesn't work as well, but this will add a lot of warmth and a unique, subtle texture.
On a bass, it sounds like a regular bass chorus, which is a sound I've never really cared for.

As a semi-new player when I bought this, I would have appreciated a text description of what the knobs should have done. Just a paragraph as to what a "Rate" knob does. I had to kinda figure it out on my own, but as I said I was semi-new and had never owned a pedal before this one. After I figured out how it works, it is VERY easy to use.

I use a Squier Affinity P bass, and have run that bass through this pedal to a Fender 15 watt POS, and an Ampeg BA115. The sound is wonderous (try playing harmonics while it's running for a wierd and eery sound). I have found that I use it quite extensively. For either a loosening up of the creativity, or to help my accompaniment

I only give it 10 because it is the highest rating this computer will let me give. I being a little bit of a klutz have accidentally dropped about a quart of lemonade on the unit. Other than then knobs sticking a little (which I pulled off the knobs and cleaned manually) there have been no issues with it. Even after I dumped the lemonade on it, it still worked jsut fine, the no shorting out or anything like that.

As mentioned above, the Reliability is too good for me to know anything about the customer support of BOSS. I assume they stand behind the product, but that is a feeling and not a statement of fact as I have never needed to contact them.

Playing in a 3 piece band (guitar and drummer with me on bass) it helps me get a fuller sound. We play everything from Deep Purple to Led Zeppelin to Black Sabbath to Queen. If it were stole or lost, I would not buy again, I would find who-ever is responsible for the theft, take it back, then beat the tar out of the thief. Then I may just beat the tar out of him again. Very satisfied with it after about a year of use. VERY reliable. VERY tough.

Just step on it and there you go ;)
The battery could be more accessible, since it wears of really quickly.

I use it with an active Kania fretless bass, Dean Markley strings, Laney RBG400 bass combo. Sounds really cool - combining it with some reverb you can easily get a nearly professional tone.
Sounds really funny when you turn all the knobs to the max. I can't imagine anyone using that sound while recording a cd...

Pretty reliable. Never broke down.
The battery plug could be tougher... Some manufacturers cover it with hard plastic instead of that delicate material. It's easy to tear it apart.

Never had any problem with it.

Pretty cool sound. I don't use it much, since for bass most effects are useless except in solos. However, if you want to sound like Mark King performing "Dunetune" that's the first step to take (after learning that song of course...).
I didn't compare it to many other products - only to built-in choruses in amplifiers and some guitar choruses, as well as to Zoom 506, which I personally hate (of course CEB3 sounds muuuuchhhh better).

GREAT CONTROLS TUNES IN FOR ANY SOUND I WANT EASY TO FIGURE OUT

SOUNDS GREAT WITH MY JACKSON C5P 5 STRING BASS EVEN RINGS ON LOW B

NO PROBLEMS

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WOULDN'T TRY ANOTHER CHORUS FOR ANYTHING

It's a chorus, what do you expect? All the knobs are labeled, so if you know what a chorus does, it's a no brainer. The only reason I even opened the maual was to find out where to put the battery.

I'm using an Ibanez SR645 and a Workingman's 15. Low filter lets through even your B if you turn it to "flat" or you can turn it down to avoid a muddy sound if you're playing higher. The unit can be a bit noisy, especially if you turn up the level, IF you run it bass>boss>amp however, running it trough your effect loop will completly quiet it, even if the effect level is all the way up.

I've never even heard of a Boss breaking down. On a gig, I'd either use an adapter or change the batteries right before. Like most pedals, it goes through batteries pretty fast, but not so fast you couldn't easily make it through a gig if you changed it right before.

I love this pedal. It is the only effect I use almost all the time. Turning the level, rate and depth to 12:00 and turning the low filter all the way flat gives you just enough chorus that your sound isn't different, just much more there. Play dry, then step on this when it's time to play your solo and stand out just enough. This is also a good setting for when you've beat your guitarist over the head a few times (you could use the pedal, it's built like a brick) and finally convinced him to let you have the melody for a song and you'll stand out. A little more level and rate will give you the Nirvana "Come As You Are" effect, which was exactly what I was looking for when I purchased a chorus and exactly what I got. Playing around with it, I can get even more. Very cool unit.

Its very easy to use if you understand how a filter works. That was the only knob I had a problem understanding. The other controls are Effect Level, Rate, and Dpeth making four knobs to tweak the effect with. To use this effect properly I reccomend that you have some understanding of what Chorus does and how it works.

The sound is great, you can get really fast chourus or the really slow almost flange like chourus. I can get any Chourus sound I ever want, and there are a million different sounds on this thing, it just has a really beautiful tone, I love it. Try it with the Boss Overdrive, it sounds really great.

Its a BOSS, need I say more?

Never had to deal with BOSS before but the website is really nice and seems to be really informative.

It's pretty easy to use. No more difficult than any other pedal that for sure.

It think this pedal sounds great. You can get a real warm and smooth sound out of it by using the low cut to leave your low end un-chorused and you can use the effect level to blend in dry bass over the whole spectrum. If you turn the rate all the way up and the rate down you can get a subtle flange effect too. Noise wise, it's nowhere near as bad as a distortion pedal. I use this pedal with a Ibanez ATK 5 string though a Mesa head and 4x10 and it really does a good job.

Boss make tough stuff, I'm sure you could throw this at a drummer and it would still survive. Its a battery hungery little guy though. If you don't mind the added hum and cost buy and adapter (and make sure you unplug your bass from the input when not in use).

Haven't needed it.

I would highly recommend this stomb box. This chorus sounds great and is very practical. I really like how it managed to add sparkle and depth to my sound without taking away punch and low end. I'm sure there are better choruses out there but not for anywhere near the $60 I paid for this pedal.

One of the easier Boss pedals. I actually like the manual's suggestions. And it's easy to understand.

I use an Ibanez EDC700 w/ a 300w fender amp. I have a Boss enhancer and a crybaby wah105Q. It's a good soundning effect and useful. Actually, it's one of the few effects all bass players should own. It's good a good sound, sounds like chorus should, nuff said

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I'd replace it instantly. I need this pedal. I highly recommend it. Use it with an enhancer too. The low filter setting makes it great for playing faster songs that are on the lower two strings.

Actually takes a bit of knob turning to get the right sound, but it's pretty straitforward. You don't really need the manual to figure it out.

I'm putting a late seventies Vantage 4-string with active electronics into a late seventies CRATE 165-B which has a 15 inch speaker. The Chorus is put through the effects loop, while my distortion, a Boss DS-2, is plugged strait into the input.

The pedal sounds amazing with distortion on top of it or all on it's own. It makes the distortion sound really nice and thick, can make an excellant slap tone and produces a really weird, trippy sound when you turn all the knobs all the way up (COOOOOOL).

BOSS says it all, it's built so strongly, I doubt you could put a dent in it. It's also good at not drying up your batteries, which I can't say about the distortion pedal.

Never had to deal with the Boss people.

Is really great for Heavy Metal if you're looking for a warped, futuristic sound. Awesome range of sounds as well. I'd definately buy a new one if it was lost or stolen.

Probably the best bass chorus pedal you can get, inspires you to play better.