Boss CH-1 Super Chorus

Very easy to use, just step on it.
It will take time to find the ideal chorus tone you want as it has 4 dials.

My setup is Ibanez RG350 > Boss Ds-1 > Boss Ch-1 > Marshall combo.
The CH-1 is noiseless and I can get classic tones from it like Bryan Adams - Run To You, Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet and Joe Satriani's - Crushing Day.

Very useful pedal.

The construction of the CH-1 is masterful but the reason im giving this a 6 as the battery life isnt very long, its about 2 weeks before i have to replace the batteries.
I would gig without a backup but i would remember to bring a set of batteries just incase the unfortunate happens.

Havnt dealed with boss.

I play shred and instrumental rock.
I would definatly buy other Boss products as they rule. The CH-1 adds much more colour to my clean sounds and makes them sound very dream like.
I would reccomend this to anyone.
I think the CH-1 could be improved by making it more distortion friendly and one less dial.

This thing is really easy to use.
Effect depth, effect level, effect EQ and effect speed is not too complicated. The manual is ok, but there's not so much to say.

I'm not a guitarrist, I'm using all my guitar stuff for my Fender Rhodes and my Hammond XB-2.

My setup looks like this:
Setup 1: Rhodes => BBE Preamp + Sonic Maximizer => Boss CH-1 => Fender Hot Rod. Perfect for having some fun at home, for small gigs or rehersals. Sounds great.
Setup 2: Rhodes => BBE => Boss => STEREO P.A. system or similar. Not so aggressive as Setup 1, but more cool, sophisticated, floating, spacey...you know what I mean :)

It produces a bit noise, but not much.

And yes, I get all my favourite sounds.

Well...it's full-metal and it's Boss and I'm careful with my stuff.

Never needed.

No matter what style you're playing, the chorus is one of the classic effects for the Fender Rhodes piano. It matches almost everything...some cool chords for HipHop tracks, funk, jazz...you're hardly wrong with it.
I would definitely buy it again, unless I find something that sounds even better. Boss pedals are not exactly cheap, but seem to be worth the money.

Really easy to get a good sound out of this pedal, unlike many pedals there is no real terrible settings. Except I don't like the rate up all the way just makes your guitar sound like an out of tune, alien spaceship. Many comes with some sample settings, I prefer just to mess around with a pedal to get sounds I want out of it.

Not noisy, cuts a bit of gain but it's allright it fattens up the sound and with the EQ knob set a little warmer than without the pedal I expect that. The sound was allright-pretty good, but then I bought a new amp and used the pedal in stereo it sounds amazing especially with my new amp powering the old amp.
Sound Quality 7.5 with mono, 9 in stereo.

Boss is amazing, never had a problem with them.

Amazing customer support, quick response.

I play all types of music this is great for heavy distorted guitar and really nice for clean guitar and added with reverb sounds delicious. Perfect for fattening up single coils and even humbuckers. If I lost it and became rich some how I would get the MXR Stereo Chorus, it's the best chorus I've ever heard. If it was stolen, I would have to wait a while but eventually I would get this back into my rig, unless I managed to get ahold of a cheap stereo chorus.

8.6

Straight ahead. Using the recommended setting and go from there.

I have used this with my 87 and 91 Charvel, 84 American Strat, 05 Squire Tele, and 73 Ibanez. I have used the pedal with Crate, Marshall, Tech 21, and Vox amps.

This pedal is great with level all the way up or for subtle levels of chorus. Great for all types of music: latin, r&b, blues, rock, runk, and tejano.

Great with delay

It has been a good pedal and reliable

This pedal has seen a lot of work.

Very easy. sounds good straight out of the box!
Manual is very basic, but you won't need it. Use your ears.

I use this with both a Gibson Les Paul and a Fender USA Telecaster, through a Laney VC30 class A tubeamp.

Fantastic sound. Not as deep and luscious as my EHX Small Clone (which is nice too), but thanks to its crisp character the CH-1 is definitely more suited for 80s/new wave/gothrock sounds. Exactly what I was looking for.
By the way, Robert Smith of The Cure uses this!! Sounds good with distortion too, but back off with the depth control.

My favourite setting:

E.LEVEL: 2 o'clock
EQ: 1 o'clock
RATE: 2 o'clock
DEPTH: 2 o'clock

Boss!!! BOSS!!!!

I traded this for a EHX Big Muff... Best deal I ever made, as I HATED that crappy big muff (I wonder why it's so popular?!?).

What I love about the SuperChorus, is that it can be very subtle if I want it too. It enhances my clean sound, without being too obvious. On the other hand, with the rate at 0 and depth at 10, a flanger-like sound can be achieved.

This is a perfect match for the music I play. My current band plays dreamy indie rock with new wave influences and occasional noisy outbursts... Imagine The Cure meets The Cardigans meets Sonic Youth, or something like that.

I've been playing for about 15 years, owned tons of different gear, but this is definitely a keeper.

It's not too terribly difficult to use. There are 4 knobs (as many already know) and 2 outputs. It's not to difficult to figure out, as mine didn't come with the manual. I'm used to the old 2 knob chorus pedals out there like the CE-2 and Ibanez CS-9, but it's not like there is a big learning curve with the 2 extra knobs.

I use this through a Bad Cat Cub II and a Fender Super Champ, and sometimes when I don't feel like firing up a tube amp, my Peavey Studio Pro 112('03 model). Adds a little noise but nothing worth complaining about. The effect is pretty subtle (which I like) and while it sounds good, it's not over the top great. Keep in mind too that I only use chorus on clean sounds for a little atmosphere. It is analog, but it's not quite a warm as the older CE-2 or a Choralflange (of course).

Boss stuff has never failed me yet.

These are very good units if buy them used, as I did. I can't say that I would pay $80.00 for a new one, I'd most likely get the Ibanez CS-9 RI instead. Seeing as I don't use this effect very often, I'm not too picky about the sound, but this is a nice sounding unit. Again, I'd recomend finding a used one for half the price of new.

Easy as can be.

Pretty good. Sounds good in mono, and you can get a lot of variety. My only complaint is that there is not a whole lot of depth, especially in stereo mode. It just kind of "sits atop" your sound. To counter this, I turn the "wet" amp's bass up a lot more than the "dry" amp, and that helps, but it's still pretty transparent. It is a really nice chorus if you want a slow, watery chorus. It reminds me of Rush-just a subtle, fairly slow chorus.

One word-Boss.

The sound has some left to be desired. A CE-2 sounds way better; fuller and deeper, but it's a mono unit. For a good stereo unit that is fairly affordable, this is about as good as it gets. I really like the Uni-vibe chorus, but it's fairly expensive, and it's not the "traditional" chorus sound. But this unit is way better than a DOD ice box or anything else in this price range.

Very easy to use, the 4 knobs are self explanatory. Of course, like any effect, one must tweak it & play with it to get the desired sound.

I run this through a Marshall slit channel 50 watt reverb amp. I use a Washburn EA-20 acoustic, a Washburn C-64-CE electric nylon, & a 1979 gibson Les Paul Custom with it. It has a tad bit of noise, but no more than any effect pedal.

Like I've read so many time on here: "It's a Boss!" There are no reliability problemns.

Never had to contact them.

This is the best chorus pedal I've ever used. It actually enhances the instrument's tone & sound the way a pedal is supposed to do! I also got it at a fantastic price. I highly reccommend using e-bay to buy effects pedals. There are lots of them on there, & you can get them at a reasonable price. Just watch the auctions closely, set a maximum price, & wait. If you lose an auction, just go to another. It took me 4 auctions to get this pedal at the price I wanted, & I'm glad I waited! The Boss CH-1 Super Chorus is a fantastic pedal that delivers the goods.

Easy to use. The manual is pretty good.

I'm using this with super strats mostly. Marshall TSL 602 combo and a 1960A cabinet. It's not noisy. Boss stuff is high quality. I can get a Leslie cabinet like sound with this. Think 'It don't easy' by Ringo Starr. And if I really want it over the top I can add a Boss DD-5 digital delay to it. I mostly like adding a little swirl to my lead sounds. It kind of reminds me of Pink Floyd. The sound is more pronounced the cleaner the amp is. It also sounds good with distortion too. You can go stereo with this pedal. I chose this over the Boss CE-5 chorus ensemble because I felt that there was too much going on with that.

It's a Boss. Unless I go throwing it at trains or something it should last a longtime. :)

Boss is hard to contact. I wish their website had more information about specificatons etc.. But they make really great products! So I can't complain. I mean, a great reliable product doesn't need customer support.

I play 70s and 80s rock and metal. I've been playing 28 years. I like the simplicity of it. And the fact that it's a Boss. It's a fun pedal. I started using it again after buying it about two years ago. I don't know if I'd buy it again. Maybe. Or maybe I'd buy an Uni-vibe.

Easy as. No editing really. Requires some knowledge of the parameters of modulation effects but very simple. Bought it 2nd hand, so no manual but not required.

THIS IS NOT A CE-1,2,3 OR 5. It is made with a different function. Why does everyone whine about it not sounding like a CE-5? Why, then, would Boss make 2 different pedals that sound the same? IT IS MEANT TO SOUND DIFFERENT TO A CE-5 PEOPLE. It is obviously a lot more subtle and it does what it is meant to do incredibly well with no tangible noise and at a decent price.

Only problem sometimes is a very slight lass of treble if you have it set to high. My setup:
88 Fender Strat->Boss OS-2->Boss ME-50->Boss CH-1 then to two amps: a Vox Cambridge 30R and Yamaha G50-210. This is a dreamy setup and the CH-1 completes everything by splitting the signal into a lush stereo signal. I hate the stereotypical chorus tone but the CH-1 just fills out the tone and makes it stereo. That's all I ask.

Boss...

I just worked out that I've owned 16 Boss products over the years. NONE of them has EVER given me a problem. Out of all the brands of any product, I would choose Boss. I've even had trouble with Sony, Panasonic and Toyota, but never Boss.

Here's where they fall apart. Maybe they're relying on the quality of their products, so they don't bother with customer service. But as soon as they don't make it anymore, they wash their hands of it. Pretty ordinary stuff, especially when compared to companies like Zoom, who don't have the quality of product, but have an excellent 'discontinued items' page on their website.

We range from slightly aggressive emo to ambient guitar indie pop and I have been playing for 15 years. As I said, I only wanted a chorus to fatten my tone and after all the other effects, split it to stereo. This CH-1 does that, no complaints. And at a reasonable price. I just wish people would stop comparing it to the CE-5- it isn't a CE-5, it doesn't pretend to be. If you wanted a CE-5, why did you buy a CH-1???