Boss CH-1 Super Chorus

Its not easy to get a sound sound out of it, i idnt realy find any.

This pedal is lifeless.i bought it second hand on a rush and thought it would be ok. she sound is thin and barely does anything. only by tweeking it to extreme settings i got a decent sound.

it will probably pass many hands and stay the same

i play blues rock, im an amature but i play pretty well. if you are looking for a lush sounding pedal, this isnt it.

The CH-1 is a 4-knob Boss and largely intuitive to use. I bought my CH-1 secondhand so no manual but its lack was no drawback. Controls are clearly labelled and straightforward in their functions.

I had long resisted chorus type effects but getting into a playing situation where material almost demands such effects meant that I had to bite the bullet.

A combination of logical controls and experimentation soon revealed some usable chorus settings. I don't like extreme modulation effects so by choice I have limited myself to what the CH-1 can produce. Used in harness with a DD-3 and some really great 'spacey' sounds are there.

Sound quality is fine. No appreciable noise and no perceived decrease in signal level when engaged. It adds a bit of chime and zing when needed, but is not a crucial pedal in my set-up like a wah or my Rat 2. Not so much meat-and-potatoes but more a dash of seasoning....

Sits on my pedalboard which is mains powered so no danger of battery death mid-gig. Pedalboard runs into either a Hiwatt DR103 [through 2x12 or 4x12 cabs], Lab Series L7 or Marshall MG30.

Pedalboard comprises:- Boss TU-2 >> Monte Allums CS-3 >> Blubber wah >> Monte Allums BD-H2O >> Monte Allums SD-808 >> Rat 2 >> Boss CH-1 >> Boss DD-3 >> Boss RV-5.

The overdrives/distortion form the basis for my sounds. Everything after the Rat is a bit of gloss on the fundamental sound. In that respect the CH-1 satisfactorily does its part.

The answer is a four-letter word.

B O S S.

No contact whatsoever.

As I wrote earlier, the CH-1 is an addendum to my sound and its loss would not cause a problem. It is useful to have that chimey gloss, but I would rank its necessity below reverb and delay [in order of importance]. Forgive the analogy - if the Rat is black/white, the CH-1 is pastel pink.

Not too difficult to figure out what the knobs do. I've seen better and I've seen worse in this department.

This pedal blows in this area. I've had this CH-1 for over a year now and have NEVER been able to get good sound or tone out of it. I read many of the reviews below and noticed many users have the same experience.

Even when I use this pedal alone, it drops the volume of my amp down by almost 50%. It does the same thing in my pedal board, no matter where I locate it. This is a BIG problem when you are playing out because you have to turn your amp volume WAY UP,turn the volume knobs WAY DOWN on your guitar - and that plays havoc with you sound and tone. I play a 1971 Les Paul Custom thru a Fender Bandmaster and cannot get any good sound from this pedal. The volume drop is unnacceptable for a pedal this pricey.

This pedal also ruins the tone. I have been unable to get any good sound or tone out of this pedal for over a year.

The bottom line is THIS PEDAL IS WORTHLESS.

NA. I got rid of it because it sounds like crap.

Never called them

This pedal is useless, it kills your volume and tone. I expected a LOT more out of BOSS and a pedal in this price range. Even Danelectro's and Behringer pedals sounded better when I tried them at The Guitar Center (though I'd never buy Danelectro or Behringer junk).

I'm looking at Rocktron Chorus pedals to see how they are.

SAVE YOUR MONEY AND BUY A GOOD CHORUS PEDAL - PASS THIS LOOSER BY.

Quite easy to use. Not the easiest chorus to tweak though.

I hate this pedal. It noisy, it sends the signal up dB. Its absolutley the worst chorus ever! Got a retrosonic on order!!! harraayy!!

Pedal is really well built, i could trust it without backup... but this pedal isnt for me at all.

Ive spoke with the company on several occasions, and they are very friendly and helpful.

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i would say this pedal is not that easy at first to get it sound just by tweaking straight out of the box, so i refer the manual and test drive all the knob to hear what it do (this is my 3rd pedal from the Boss series), editing patches would be a bit frustating until u get use t it, and the manual are decent. It did help to refer but it sure take some time to tweak it.

For guitar right now, im using this with an Ibanez RG350 and a modified JEM jr, Fender and Squier Stratocaster, a Peavey Wolfgang and a Dillion Les Paul copy. For amplifier, live i just go thru any amp the gig provided, at home i use a Marshall MG15DFX combo.

It doesnt get noisy at all even at the most extreme setting, except if u use it with a distortion pedals with full distortion or high overdrive on the amplifiers. The effects could be weak and great, it depends on ur setting and how u set the other pedals, u need to compromise unless u are into wicked, nasty (but great) sound \nn/ hehehe.

I can get close to certain sound that i want, i dont really try to emulate a lot of other guitarist with the chorus, but mostly either it a subtle, very obvious or something in between. But one my friends do said they heard one of my setting sound like the early 80's sound.

Well yes i can depend on it now, after getting use to it and for now i dont really need backup, it from Boss, they are reliable and this pedal have been with me for quite a while (around 7 years and i have 2 of them).

no comment.

This is a great pedal either by itself or with other pedals combination, and i either use it on my crunch sounds or clean sounds. I dont really prefer to use a chorus pedal on my lead unless im playing a cover song but usually they use it very very subtle that sometimes u can just ignore and people wont notice :p hehehehe, and i have been playing for 9 to 10 years already and start more serious in the last 7 years. And the other pedals that i use are a Vox Wah, Boss BF-3, CS-3,DS-1 (x2), DD-20 (x3), FV-50H/L, GE-7 (x5), LS-2 (x4),MT-2 (recently bought this back), NS-2, RV-5 and SD-1 (x2).Previously i owned a Boss DD-3's and some from Digitech and Ibanez pedals.

If this pedals were stolen, i just bought it back if i had the cash at that time. My favourite feature on the clean sound is when i set the effect level, tone control and the depth around 3 to 6 o'clock and the rate around 6 to 12 o'clock. For a subtle effect i just set the effect level at 12 o;clock, the tone around 9 to 12 o'clock, the rate around 6 to 12 o'clcok and the depth around 12 to 3 o'clock. Im still trying to find the best setting for my crunch.

My setup right now, the guitars--FV-50H--Vox wah--LS-2 (x2) [the first box, dictated either im going dirty or clean, meanwhile the second one dictated either im going crunch or lead:-
1) clean- CS-3 + GE-7 + CH-1
2) crunch- GE-7 + DS-1 + GE-7 + BF-3 + CH-1
3)lead- GE-7 +SD-1 (x2)
4) from the 1st LS-2 i'm using the A output to a NS-2 and put the
and LS-2 in the loop of the NS-2 and the NS-2 output back to
the 1st LS-2.

--#rd and the 4th LS-2 (which consist of 2 x DD-20 in the A loop and one DD-20 in the B loop with a Boss RV-5, meanwhile the 3rd LS-2 use to cut off the effects from the 4th LS-2.

Simple and straight forward. Not hard at all.

I think it is surprisingly good. I use it to cover worship songs and standard pop/rock songs and so far I have been able to dial in exactly what I have needed. Works for beefing up the acoustic guitar as well. I am giving it a ten because the dusche bag below doesn't know what he is talking about.

It's a Boss so, usually they hold up well. Got mine used and it still works fine.

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It doesn't have the most plush chorus sound, but what it delivers is good quality chorus with tweakability. It's a good pedal.

very easy to use

I hate this thing! It has NO character at all. It's not versatile at all! It's weak sounding. I have a BBE mind bender and EH polychorus that put this thing to shame. I used to have an old Boss chrus from the 80's that sounded amazing, and I thought this pedal would be in the same ballpark. Well it doesn't come close. Anyone who has played a real chorus pedal will immediately notice that this pedal blows!

It's a Boss pedal, so they work well.

Like I said, I have played REAL chorus pedals and in my opinion, this pedal sux.

I'd say to find a good sound out of this pedal is pretty easy, sometimes if you haven't used it for a while it does take some practice but after about 10 minutes you can dial it in pretty close. Pretty easy design to click on as are most boss pedals just press and go.

I'm using my les paul with this through a palomino 30 watt 2x12 amp and it sounds beautiful and adds a nice texture. I usually don't use distortion with this but sometimes using a wah effect adds a nice control over the chorus. Sometimes it does sound overly chorusy but then you just dial down the effect level and play on.

Well being a boss, and having a solid metal frame its pretty durable. I haven't seen any dents or anything with it but i usually take pretty good care of my pedals.

Never needed repairs so i don't know

Overall it matches my style of music well (rock-blues-to anything). If it were lost or stolen i would buy another as i like the sound texture it adds to my setup. I compared it to the CE-1 chorus ensemble and i picked this one because the other one just sounded fairly light.

Takes a little time to get your sound, after which you can just leave it and forget it.

The actual chorus effect itself - the way it modifies the tone is quite nice, but the overall output sounds rather thin and wispy compared to the clean guitar tone. This makes single coil strat pickups sound tinny and a humbucker Les Paul sound like P90's. Ok for an entry level player, but there are better true bypass pedals out there.

Ok so far, not had a problem with it. However I'd ALWAYS get a backup because two of my other boss pedals have flaky behavior, one with the power supply and the other with the switching - makes a loud noise when disengaged.

Not used.

It's an ok pedal for the price. You could gig quite nicely with it. However if you're serious about it and you're in it for the long term, invest in a better made pedal preferably with true bypass and one that doesn't SUCK tone.

Let me just say that those looking for an easy way to dial in a perfectly usable chorus sound need look no further. This pedal is infinately more user-friendly than the finicky Boss CE-5.

Those wishing to emulate a similar sound to the glory days of Joe Satriani (e.g. the 'Surfing with the Alien' era) need look no further, this is the pedal for you! The minute I plugged this pedal in at the guitar shop I could instantly dial in the perfect 'Z.Zs Song' tone. this pedal handles both clean and distortion well, and whilst tone-snobs may turn up their nose at this cheap chorus alternative, this pedal is perfectly capable of producing a professional sounding chorus for practical circumstances.

Though there are 'lusher' pedals out there (T.C Electronics chorus & Boss CE-2 spring to mind), the bell-like chimes of this pleasant chorus pedal will certainly not disappoint. For the price this is simply unbeatable! Try and see if you can get a 90s MIJ version second hand.

Boss is the shite when it comes to robust design!

Never had to use them!

This pedal is fantastic value for money, and you simply cannot argue with the quality at this price! Sure there are better boutique chorus pedals out there, but alot of professionals and some of the best guitarists in the world actually still prefer the good old sound of a Boss chorus pedal! A great alternative to the astronomically expensive CE-2.