Boss CH-1 Super Chorus

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.

Very easy to use, don't need the manual. Just turn the knobs...

I play blues, classic rock, and sometimes jazz. It's not an analog chorus, but is sound sweet. I'm satisfied whit this pedal.
My setup: FENDER STRATOCASTER MIM -> BOSS DS-1 -> BOSS CH-1 -> YAMAHA G100-115 solid state combo. Clear, classic sound...

Works great, it's a BOSS.

I'm a home musician, earlier I played with a blues-rock band in Hungary. These days I only work in studios. If you need pedals, choose BOSS. Not the best, but sounds great for a correct price. I'm 28 and playing long time ago. I think I need a CS-3 Compressor and a DD-3 Delay, too...

Quite easy to get a good sound, if you don't overdo it. Mine is a later made in taiwan model.

Sound quality is excellent for what I play. I don't want a huge swirly chorus sound, I want my otherwise dry Les Paul to sound a little lush. The CH-1 is perfect for that. It doesn't overdo the chorus effect. I play with all settings around 12 o'clock. Sounds perfect on stage and at home.

Never had a problem since early 2000.

Never used 'em.

This is a great chorus, and you can tweak it with some mods to make it sound really weird. It works perfectly well for me, since I don't need those swirly watery weird sounds. I use it all the time to add some depth and richness to my tone. I don't need anything better.

If you have used chorus pedals before, you can get the picture.
If you have not, read the manual, you paid for it!

Ok, I've had Small Clones and everything. I would not say this is the best chorus of all time but it suits perfectly to me.

I must make something clear for all tha young amateurs and begginers out there, who know nothing yeat about stompboxes:

This pedal was launched in 1989 as an analog pedal, and until October 2001 it was. In that month, the CH-1 Schematic suffered a big change and from that date on, the CH-1's are digital as they changed some analog components for digital (cheaper) ones.

So this is the story. Mine is a early 90's and sounds pretty good to me and to the music im into right now.

If your CH-1 is October 2001 or older, Im sorry for you men, you have the wrong guy.

Cliche Answer: "ITS A BOSS"

There are many types of music and many types of chorus pedals, before choosing any of them, first try to find out which sound you want and go to the store and let the sales guy show you the material hes got.

When I was young I bought a Small Clone just because this guy Cobain used it before he patheticaly shot himself. And the real story is that I was not after his sound, so my ears got mature and when I found out I wanted something else, I sold it to another iwannabecobain kid.

So my advice is: Be your selves and try to sound like your selves!

P.S: Kurt Cobain shot himself, he is not a model to any of you kids. Im ashamed he used strats and DS-1 as I do.

It takes a while to get THE perfect sound you are looking for, but once you've fiddled with the knobs the desired sound is easy to make.

The manual is as straight forward as it gets.

This may not get the deep, swirling, watery chorus you may get out of the CE-2. I tend to find the CH-1 is for achieving effects mixed with others. This pedal sounds fantastic with distortion and overdrive, achieved the sounds captured by artists such as Omar Rodriguez Lopez and Dean Deleo from the Stone temple Pilots. For a general chorus pedal this wouldnt be as high as an 8, but for the distinctive sound this pedal captures it is a very high mark.

The only problem is, is that unless the E.LEVEL is turned above halfway the effect is barely hearable.

It's a boss. You buy it. You use it. It doesn't go wrong. It won't break.

I play grunge, progressive and post hardcore music, and this pedal is great for all. Mixed with lots of different effects is this pedal's biggest strength, and doesn't drown out or get drownwed by other sounds. I play a les paul with an overdrive and distortion OS-2. If i was to lose this pedal, I would definitly purchase this same pedal. My favourite feature on this pedal is the EQ; turned all the way up it sounds like no other chorus available.

Go ahead and buy one, you'll be disappointed at first, but get to know it and you'll love it.

Easy to use. Fiddle with the dials and you quickly get the range of this box.

First -- this will not make you sound like Kurt Cobain. It's not a deep, sweeping chorus. Second -- it's meant for live performance or high-volume practice. It sounds weak and almost indescernable at low volumes. However at live volumes it really comes through and colors your tone just right. This is one of two chorus pedals I own -- the other is the MXR M-134 stereo chorus. The MXR is overpowering, and I use it for times when I want my tone to sound like it's immersed in chorus, just dripping effect.

No probs. Works great.

Never dealt with them.

This pedal is good at fattening up your tone with a nice volume boost. I like it just for that, and I feel that this is what Roland/Boss was shooting for when they designed it. Very few pro players want a chorus that dominates the tone. It takes away from solid, aunthentic tube tone, and sounds synthetic. If you want to sound like Kurt Cobain or Zakk Wylde, use what they used (Electroharmonix Small Stone for KC, and MXR stereo chorus for Zakk Wylde). In any case, ALWAYS try the unit out before you buy. If you don't, it's your fault if you don't like the effect.

Fairly easy to use, not amazingly versatile, but that's the effects fault not the pedal.

Signal chain: Cort G290 (EMG SAs and 89)>TU-2>Whammy>Cry Baby>NS-2>OD-20>Zoom PD-01>CH-1>PH-3>BF-3>DD-6
I was looking for a fairly subtle effect mostly for use on clean, and I found it, a beautiful shimmery sound, perfect for chords with delay. A little noisy with distortion though.

It's a Boss.

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I play all kinds of stuff, mostly alternative rock kinda stuff. I like creating textured and interesting guitar sounds and this is great. Satriani has used this in his rig for at least 10 years, although his is probably analogue. Still, this ounds great, even though it's digital. I spent a long time comparing this the the Chorus Ensemble, the CE-5, and found the CH-1 to be far warmer and less sterile. A great buy, especially at this price!

I bought this pedal really cheap off a guy who was selling all his stuff, and giving up music. At first, I just stuck it on the pedalboard, turned all the knobs to the middle, decided that sounded OK, and left it. After a while, I started getting annoyed by the drop in level and seemingly "thin" quality of the tone. I contemplated buying another chorus pedal, but I decided to sit down and mess with this one. I turned the level up more, and messed with the depth, and messed with the placement in my pedal setup. After a while, I found the sounds I was looking for, and now I'm really impressed by this pedal.

It's not analog, it's digital. Don't expect it to sound analog. However, with that said, it doesn't sound bad. Pretty shimmery. Can sound very full if you have the right amp and settings. The guitar you play is obviously important too. Playing a guitar with humbuckers through this made a huge difference. I'm into King Crimson and The Police as far as chorus sounds reference, and this will do those sounds easily. It doesn't get as freaky as some other choruses, but for the price Boss charges for these things, it's pretty versatile in my opinion.

I dunno much about the "correct" way to run pedals in a configuration, but I have this set as such: Line 6 DL4 > Boss PH3 Phase Shifter > Danelectro Daddy-O overdrive > Boss DD2 delay > Boss CH1 Super Chorus > Line 6 Verbzilla reverb > Akai Headrush E2 > Boss TU2 tuner. It works pretty damn well in that setup. It's perfect for enhancing the sound of modulation effects.

Seems dependable. Boss pedals seem to be very good overall in this area, though I may be having an issue with a PH3 I just bought. Still, I've never had a Boss pedal crap out on me, so that's a good thing.

I dunno. I've never called them.

It's a good chorus pedal. It's not the Holy Grail of chorus pedals, but it's worth it if you put some time into it. Why the hell would you want to spend $100 on a chorus pedal anyway? If this got stolen, I'd probably try a few other pedals, but decide that this was the one and come back to it. Go for it.

This is pretty easy to dial up a good sound. Ive never had the manual but roland has some great info on settings.

At first I thought the sound was very weak and to pop chorusy for me. I went on the roland site and found the tech doc. and looked through the effects guide. I found 2 setting that are great that I never even thought I could do with this pedal. The first is the "arpeggios" setting, it sounds great for jazz and shimmer, kinda of analogish to me with a little swirl. The next is the vibrato setting, little weak but really cool sound. I like those two settings the best. These pedals are cheap and are very versitile.

works great. boss is built like a tank.

never dealt with

This was given to me by a keyboardist and has not been used untill I found those two new setting. Go to the boss website and try those settings. They can also be found on the audio demos. Overall a great versatile chorus. If your looking for one sound like Analog players might want to check the ce-2 and the robert keeley mod at www.robertkeeley.com I dont use chorus enough to warrant buying best but this pedal is a very useable chorus.

If you can't figure this out, you're probably deaf. It's an effect pedal afterall. Just twirl the knobs 'til is sounds good.

I used it with a Fender American Standard Strat w/after market (Seymour Duncan) pickups into a Marshall amp. Sounds warm and subtle, sort of "delicate" to me. I liked it a lot. Even with the dials maxed out it has usable sound (although not for my playing style). The EQ knob really does make a difference (which I had doubted before trying it). I think it sounds really good--not metallic sounding to me, which is one thing that I HATE in any effect except distortion (where it belongs).

Boooooo!
Everyone says they're built like tanks. Well, maybe the outside is. I bought mine used (my bad) and the A Output wasn't working after I got it home. Had it evaluated by a professional electronics tech. He said it's probably a factory defect. At his shop, we called Roland/Boss. They verified it sounded like it was not working properly--since it was in Like New condition (but still used) they wouldn't even give me any help or suggestions. I took it home, I opened it up and fixed it myself. It worked fine for another week...then neither output works. The jacks are mounted to PCM boards an held to the case via washers and nuts. The boards inside the unit are NOT secured to anything but are free-floating. Anyway it probably shouldn't have had this problem.

Pffftttt! whatever!
I bought a used pistol once that turned out to have a flaw. I sent it back to the manufacturer (Beretta) they sent me a NEW one no problem.
Boss?! No way. Unless you bought it new, from an authorized dealer, and have the original receipt...you're outta luck. No flexibility on their part--they don't even want to hear it. They rest on the reputation of their pedals and not on the reputation of the company's customer service.
If you buy one of these (or any Boss pedal!), you'd better hope it never breaks. 5 year warranty IF you buy NEW from an authorized dealer only (better check your guitar store's status!) and you'd better keep that receipt. No if/and/or buts.

The design is decent and the sound is really good. I can't really fault the pedal--just the company for lack of customer service/care. The pedal has a pretty good sound to it--but it won't really give you any "weird" effect. You might try the Boss CE-5 for that or another effect altogether (like a flange). The CH-1 has more of an old skool vibe, as opposed to a digital/metal vibe. The box is solid and the dials are pretty solid too. The insides are NOT secured to anything and are fragile PCM boards.
The companies customer service is worthless! Bottom line on that: They won't back up their product. The will only fulfill their legal obligation...period.
If I can find the replacement parts (maybe guts from another CH-1), I'm willing to repair it. The pedal DOES sound good.
--but--
If it breaks would I replace it? Funny...
It DID! And I'm replacing it with something else...probably a Danelectro Cool Cat (a NEW one!).

Well if you want a lush, deep, good chorus sound this is not the unit for you - don't even bother. Impossible to get a saturated chorus sound - no usable tones here - you can barely even hear an effect in mono. I wanted something like my DOD FX 65 stereo chorus which i got in 1995 - but this was sooooo disappointing. For the $100 i paid i felt totally ripped off - for the sound it produces, it should cost $25 out the door with the ac adaptor included - for $99 it is a piece of crap - not worthy of its price tag. I returned it after about 2 or 3 days and exchanged it for an Ibanez TS9 for the same price - now there is an effect unit worthy of a $99 price tag. My opinion is that for $99 an effect unit should completely satisfy your wants/needs and it should leave you not even wanting another effect unit - it shouldn't make you regret buying it after a day or two of casual jamming. Piece of crap! I have a better chorus effect in my Digitech Desktop Guitar Processor which i bought for $99. This box is awful enough sounding to scare me away from ever buying or even testing/using/borrowing-for-just-one-show any other Roland/Boss pedal. How hard is it to get down a chorus effect? Take one signal, then split into two, then adjust the amount of signal number two, and the delay time and rate of signal number two. Whatever this pedal does, it doesn't turn the two signals into lush stereo magic, so what did i pay $99 for if not lush stereo magic? Nothing.

I am using a '73 Fender Bassman 100 tube amp head which sounds good at any setting - also noiseless - playing through celestion speakers in a marshall cab - all good gear - clear and noiseles - guitar is mahogany (e.g. gibson explorer/thunderbird). Both guitar and amp are near-flawless and in perfect states of repair. By all means, my rig will allow the best to come out in a pedal. If it doesnt' sound good in this amp it won't sound good anywhere - well, it just doesn't get the job done even with a good tube amp. Its a chorus for amatuer musicians only - even if you are a pro and are on a budget and you really need a chorus you wouldn't want anyone to hear you using this thing - this is a toy chorus to be toyed around with, no serious musician would use this in front of an audience or for recording. If i had a gig on the beach in the sand then i would use it because i wouldn't care if it got sand in it and got ruined. I wanted that big lush chorus sound like Kurt Cobain on Nevermind - the dreamy watery like shimmering wall of glass chorus - this is just some el-cheapo mimmicking box. And the guy who said he can get the Bryan Adams tone is an amatuer too if he thinks this thing sounds even half-way decent or close to the 'run to you' tone. Bryan Adams' tone on 'Run To You' is not attainable with this unit - Bryan Adams' has a much richer, more-proper, lush, penetrating, and obviously higher-quality chorus tone on that song that Roland only wishes this unit could mimmick. Don't be fooled, these guys are just stoked on a new unit, they would probably rave about anything after 5 minutes out of the box. This is a very low-quality chorus - if you are serious about your chorus tone save your money and buy something like a TC-Chorus or an Electro-Harmonix Poly Chorus.

No, you can't even depend on it to deliver ok-sounding chorusing effects, this is only the second pedal i have ever wanted to return, and its the first pedal i actually have returned. Its a terrible value.

After this piece of crap, i will never use another Roland/Boss effect unit (or any gear) again. Boss sucks, Roland sucks. The lesson? Always go boutique, if you can't afford to go boutique, just save your money until you can afford to go boutique. You will be happier to use no pedals for another month rather than affording this 'compromise' now. Go boutique, mass produced pedals are always crap.

I am into rock, Hendrix, Clapton, Beatles, Nirvana, Weezer, Modern rock, Emo, indie, i wanted a Cobain-esque watery warble for a chorus - i got some lame looking pedal that sounds like a patch effect i downloaded for free from some crappy website - you know those really cheap patch mods for your pc? this would be like an ok patch effect. this chorus sound is so weak you can barely notice it is on or off (perhaps what you want), if you want the goooood chorus sound try something three times the price.

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???

Everything is pretty self-explanatory. Level of effect, if you want the tone to be more high- or low-ended, rate and depth. Couldn't be simpler. Easy to get a good sound out of this. Manual probably explains everything, but I haven't looked at it seeing as it's so easy to use.

I run a Mexican Telecaster w/ a Hot Rails bridge pickup installed -> Fender PT-10 -> Crybaby Wah -> Ibanez DS7 -> Boss CH-1 -> Boss CS-3 -&