Boss CH-1 Super Chorus

Like all Boss pedas a breeze to use if you know what you bought the pedal for!?

level -> EQ -> Rate -> Depth

Normal chorus knobs, eq will provide hours of head scratching trying to decide where you like it best. But all useable.

My setup is Ibanez RG770 or Ibanez JEM 7vwh -->cs-3 --> sansamp gt2 (valve emulator) ---> ds-1 ---> BOSS CH-1 CHORUS --> dd-5

It seems like a clear pedal with no noticeable noise.

The chorus sound is great. Its a bog standard useable chorus i.e made for a sutble standard effect rather than weird wacky stuff. BUT that is what I bought it for.

TERRIBLE...fell apart the first time I "stomped" on it. Man boss pedals suck big time. Those switches are nasty aren't they!!! I cant see this pedal lasting longer than a few months! (STOP INTENSE SARCASM!!!!!!!!!!!)

never had to deal with them

I play a bit of everything. This pedal suits most things fine.

Played 10 years other fea stated above.

I'd probably get another, or at leats look at the other boss chorus's before purchasing.

Its a cool work horse!!!!!

Plug in and play - there's not much more to it. The manual for this particualr model is kind of confusing at first, but I see no need for it anyway. The most attractive feature on this pedal is it's simplicity. It's the reason I bought it instead the slightly more sophisticated CE-5.

The sound I get out of this pedal is great. The simpicity helps as well. I play and Epiphone Scroll 550 through a Peavey Bandit 112 and it sounds great. I personally prefer a reduced rate of pitch and greater depth, but you can create a cool underwater sort of sound if you max out all the dials. Combined with distortion it sounds terrible, but I think that's to be expected. When played clean it sounds awesome and even better when combined with and acoustic simulator. My only suggestion is that for the price unless you use a chorus pedal a lot it's not worth the price wait till it goes on sale. What's the point of buying a pedal you'll need for maybe 2 songs?

Will last a lifetime - even if abused.

I play mainly hard rock, so this bad boy doesn't get used often, but it is a great pedal. If you have to pay full price than I suggest getting a CE-5 Chorus Ensemble - they are the same price (street) and that pedal seems like a better investment. If you're not going to use it a lot and if the pedal is full price, save your money and buy a better guitar or something, but if you can get it on sale this pedal is awesome. I bought it for that reason and the simplicity factor. The CE-5 seems like it has too many bells and whistles, something I didn't need. Overall a good pedal.

this unit is very easy to use & to achieve a good sound out of...

I really like this pedal, i use it mostly for creating a fairly light chorus (i use en EH Polychorus for heavy chorusing)
And just for the record this pedal is ANOLOG!!! the reviewer below obviously doesn't know what he/she is talking about. the Boss CH-1 & CE-5 that are still in production are anolog pedals... belive me this debate has already been covered!

I've had my one since 1991 & it has never let me down.

I had one boss pedal fail me about 6 years ago but it was replaced straight away.

im going to have to go with the 10 rating here mostly because of how long i've had the thing for and that im very happy with it.

Very easy. Took me only few minutes to get the chorus sound I've had in my mind.

Okie. Here is where it counts. I won't compare this with those vintage or analog chorus pedals. The CH-1 will only give you a normal chorus effect and no more. No warble, no wacky stuffs. Just a standard chorus sound. But that's all I wanted in a chorus! This is just a basic chorus that can make you sound like all those chorus you hear out there. Why are all the people slamming this chorus, saying it sound like shit. If it really make you think it sound bad, either you did not spend enough time tweaking or you're just sprouting nonsense.

It dosen't get prisitne sound quality from me of course. It's not a prisitne sounding chorus. But it does all the things a chorus should do.

I bough this used. It's a few years old already. Never heard of anyone saying they could not depend on BOSS pedals..

This is a digital chorus, if you want warm analog, then buy an analog chorus pedal, you should never be looking in here. I got this because I'm on budget, and for the price I paid (only US$30), it's definitely worth the money. Although it's a second hand pedal, but after some polishing and wiping, it now looks exactly like new. I'm more than happy.

hard to use if you are an idiot

i use my favorite guitar,a tele.and fender amp too.it sounds good to me,sometimes it can be heard as a phaser,anyway i want a small stone or a mxr phase 90,i mean,it's chorus but it has a little bubble sound.some guys say that it's too digital sounding but it's false
i don't know what are they looking for?
of course i can't say small clone or univibe and that stuff maybe are better than this but you know this one is not very expensive

you can destroy it if you are osama bin laden

i like pink floyd,radiohead pearljam but i'm not trying to copy their sound
if you do that you are a looser
be yourself
this is one of the good boss pedals,not all of them are good pedals
boss that i like:sd-1 overdrive,tr-2tremolo,ch-1,dd-5delay,ls-2line selector

Very easy to use...It's a no brainer'

Excellent pedal! It gives you a nice chorus effect without camouflaging your amps tone. I tried many differnt brands of pedals but nothing came close.I bought the Boss CE-5 previous to this but it seemed to lack body/fullness.I play through a late 70's Marshall JMP MkII 100w head,so I'm very particular about the tone.This is one of the most killer sounding heads' that I've ever played through.
I didn't want a pedal that was going to change my sound other than to give me chorus...which the pedal does very nicely!

Used by 4 of my favorite guitar players!(Steve Vai,Y.Malmsteen,Zack Wylde and Jake E.Lee)It must be good!

Emailed them with a few questions that I had and responded very quickly!

Go out and buy this pedal... You wont be disappointed!

If you know what a modulator does, it's as simple as can be...

*I'm using this one with a (believe it) bass guitar...if you're into Goth or other Dark stuff, it's probably more the way to go compared to a dedicated bass-pedal, because it's more extreme with a bass.
If you're looking for very crazy sounds like MEPHISTO WALZ did it, try this: Put two cables into the outs to activate the stereo-mode, but only feed the wet signal to the amp, letting the 2nd one alone (you could also use just a plug for that): BOIOOIOIOIO....!
*Noise in modern pedals is a little less.

It's a die-cast boss pedal ... u all know them.

Hm? They gave 5 years warranty - but I think this will work for 50 years +

Very easy. All the knobs are simple to work out.

Excellent. It does a chorus effect without colouring your original guitar/amp tone. I tried a Boss CE-5 but it seemed to thin out the sound so the guitar sounded artificial somehow. With this CH-1 I can set it so that there is a strong 'wibble-wobble' chorus effect or with a subtle barely-there effect with no change to the original sound and tone at all. The trick is the EQ knob. I have it down low and I can get a nice subtle effect that makes my guitar sound richer and more lush without sounding effected. Abit like 2 guitars playing the same part. If I turn it off the guitar just sounds drier. A more pronounced effect is possible as well with a turn of a knob.

It's a Boss.

I do abit of everything in a wedding/bar band. I use teles and Fender amps and I'm pretty fussy. I like a simple good sound that leaves it up to me to create textures and variety....much like a good quality acoustic guitar does. A good Telecaster and a good tube amp does that so any effects I use are pretty subtle. A Boss EQ pedal as a slight midrange solo boost, this CH-1 to add a bit of lushness and a Danelectro PB&J mini echo pedal. It's sometimes hard to tell if I have any of them on or not....the idea is to make the sound richer and a little better without being obviously effected. The CH-1 does it really well. It suits me perfectly.

The CH-1 has four knobs: Effect Level, Equalization, Rate, and Depth. Not a complicated pedal, really.

My setup is as follows: 1977 Fender Stratocaster > Ernie Ball Volume pedal > Electar PBX-1000 Pedalboard (which contains the following Boss pedals: Boss CS-2 Compressor/Sustainer > Boss PH-3 Phase Shifter > Boss BD-2 Blues Driver > Boss OD-3 Overdrive > Boss PS-5 Super Shifter > Boss DD-5 Digital Delay > Boss DD-3 Digital Delay > Boss PN-2 Tremolo/Pan > Boss BF-3 Flanger > Boss CE-3 Chorus) > Korg G4 Rotating Speaker Simulator > Alesis Microverb > stereo into two silverface Fender Twin Reverbs.

You'll note that I do not have the CH-1 on my pedalboard. This is because I returned the CH-1 the day after I bought it. (My mistake: I gave it just quick check at the music store and thought I could tweak it to my tastes when I got it home.)

The CH-1 made my tone unbearably antiseptic and sparkly--so clean and sharp it almost made my ears bleed. No matter how I tweaked it, the CH-1 sounded digital and cold, sapping all of my tone's warmth and character. Plus, when used in stereo, the wet-signal-in-one-amp/dry-signal-in-the-other combination sounded lopsided to me; I prefer the more balanced and aesthetic inverted phase-type of stereo chorus, like the Boss CE-3 (Boss' best stereo chorus ever, in my humble opinion).

The CH-1 is great if you're looking for a really clean, sparkling chorused sound, like, say, the clean tone of Kirk Hammett or Mark Tremonti or Eric Johnson. This sound is superb for these guys; however, it doesn't fit my style.

C'mon...it's a Boss. Heaven forbid, but if nuclear weaponry or any other method of mass destruction ever annihilates Earth, the only things remaining will be cockroaches and Boss pedals.

I can't speak intelligently on this particular subject. I've been an ardent Boss pedal user for more than twenty years, and I've never had reason to contact Boss' customer support.

I play kind of an eclectic blend of jazz, blues, and rock--kind of a "Bill Frisell-meets SRV-meets Alex Lifeson" style. I have been playing for 26 years, and I love to write and record my own tunes, as well as play live.

Like I previously mentioned, the CH-1 in and of itself isn't a terrible pedal; it just isn't suited to my organic and earthy style.

In buying the CH-1, my intention was to have a back-up for my 18-year-old Boss CE-3 Chorus. However, after quickly realizing that these two chorus pedals are completely different beasts, I returned the CH-1 and found another CE-3 as a back-up. (Not that a Boss pedal really ever needs a back-up; it's just that Boss no longer makes the CE-3, and I feel better if I have a back-up for a discontinued pedal that's an integral part of my sound.)

This pedal is very easy to use, just mess with the controls for a couple of minutes and you can quickly get the sound you are looking for. thew controls are easy to use, and they arent to small or fiddely.

Im using a Mexican Strat, a Boss MT2 Metal Zone and a Hughes & Ketna 40w combo. I love the clean sound of Stats anyway, and with the Chorus pedal and some reverb it sounds brilliant. When i bought it, I said to the bloke in the shop that i wanted a pedal to get a clean Metallica sound. Straight away, he went and got this pedal, plugged it in and played the intro to Welcome Home (Sanitarium). I decided to buy it there and then.

the pedal is good for making a subtle difference to the sound. I personally dont like the sound it creates with all the controls on full. I dont suppose it is designed to be used in that way, but at least it offers the range of sounds. I can also get some interesting sounds when i use it with the Boss Metal Zone, both when i put it before and after the the Metal Zone in the chain.

Ofcourse, like with any pedal, you get humming when using a mains adapter, so if you want it to sounds its best then use a battery.

If, like me, you want to get a 'clean Metallica sound', then this is the pedal to buy.

Fine so far.