Fulltone CF-1 Choralflange

The pedal is extremely versatile but A little bit more complicated than your average chorus or flange pedal but the flexibility of this pedal is amazing

The finest chorus and flanger I've ever heard in my life.........i pay my fender mustang + bk butler tube driver + tc electronics booster line driver distortion + fulltone choralflange + ibanez ad80 + '59 fender bassman ltd. I use chorus sparingly, so its most important feature is the buffered by-pass is totally transparent! When using chorus, the CF-1 (mono or stereo) is bright, full, rich and warm. i like also the flager......i've had the boss ce2 ( i like it too!!!!)but the choralflange i think it's better....

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Best chorus in the world.............i love it....

Straight forward set up but not easy to get a good sound out of the unit because I don't think it has one to offer.

It should be renamed PussyFlange as the tones are weak. It is not noisy though and still better than any Major Brand name stuff Like Boss, etc. Those are a 1/10. I use it with other Fulltone pedals. Just not very inspiring to me. The Flanger is a joke. The problem I usually have with Flangers/Chorus type pedals is that they take over the tone and are therefore too much. Fulltone is excellent at not doing this and I generally think they get it right. However, I think they are just a bit too weak on this one. My least favorite Fulltone pedal except for maybe the first run Distortion Pro.

Fulltone uses quality componenets and the only trouble I have had with any of their pedals is sometimes when switching them on or off the signnal goes silent. I have to engage the switch on and off again to recover. I currently own all his stuff except the Bass stuff, limited editions, and the clean boost. The TTE is worth the grand too.

He must either suffer from shortman complex or be an only child. Maybe both as he his generally a standoffish jerk. He needs to get over it and smoke more weed or take a class on tolerance. Maybe he can't help it because he is so much smarted than the rest of us. I believe Hendrix would have been his polar opposite and probably would have laughed in his face.

I have been playing 27 years. I own mostly Gibsons and Fenders. Tube amps are my favorite. I prefer equipment that assist me in getting out of the way of the music. You can't control it or overthink it and it has taking me several years to realize it. Try Analogman's stuff too. He is a pleasure.

Very straight forward, considering its two effects in the one box, even if they are closely related aurally.
Good instruction manual, brief but to the point and helpful.

Usually an old strat into Ernie Ball volume, Blackstone Overdrive, Fulltone Fat Boost, Fulltone Choralflange, into Fulltone Tube Echo, into Voodoo Labs Amp Selector into Bad Cub 2 and Gibson Super Gold Tone.
Clearly I am admirer of Fulltone gear. This unit delivers a glorious chorus, as good as I ever heard, and all the flanger options I need.

Never had a reliability problem with Fulltone stuff. Its made tough, you pay for the quality, and they deliver.
This is built like a tank.

Quick to reply to emails, passionate about their stuff, and they will work to help you get the best out of it. Variable approach to customer care - I advise you don't worry too much if you get them on a bad day, and just keep after the information you need.

Handmade unique effect, in smart case with easy to use dials.
You will not need to bother buying any more modulation pedals.
Played a few, since the 70's, and this is the best.

The usability is reasonable. Why resonably: when going from chorus to flkanger in a concert you heed top adjust the parameters, which is almost impossible. Another thing is the fact that is had too much oparameters. Too much!!?? Well again during gigs I'm a little bit steaming and out of my head and still have problems to get a nice setting.

I play with only good stuff; Gibsons and hardwired Marshalls. My effects are all of the best quality. And I do suffer from the feared GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome). I play in a semiprofessional band in the Netherlands with 25 gigs a year. Style: mostly classic rock.
The sound of the chorus is with quite some tweaking good. The sound of the flanger is not. Comparison with my 1970's MXR is silly. The MXR is spatial and always has a good sound, no matter what parameters. The CF stays metallic, as with the MXR with the regeneration fully clockwise. Not impressive, esaecially for the price paid.

Broke down on me for no reasons after one year. Brought it to my dealer and had te wait ONE HALF YEAR. Why: the necessary components from Fulltone just did not come from overeas. Very dissapointing!! And not very strong in this price range. Have dealt with other boutique guys. Much more satisfying!

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I find myself comfortable now with my lovely MXR flanger and I'm gonna sell my CF.

A manual is included with suggested settings I found helpful.
Small volume knob, mix,rate and depth knobs. Small switches for width, and to toggle between chorus and flange. Nice quiet footswitch for turning it on and off. Simple.

I use this in my loop with a Bogner Shiva next to a DLS Echotap. These are my 2 best pedals and they aren't going anywhere. NOT NOISY AT ALL!!
Big plus there. On the Chorus I usually run the depth about 1 o clock and the rate at about 9 O clock. This is NOT a warbly shimmery 80's chorus, but if you want it, it's in there. It just makes it BIG 3D SOUNDING, kinda like a Roland Jazz. This pedal is super-transparent. No unwanted frequencys or spikes. Works great for distortion as well. The flange is cool too, maybe not the best flange I've ever heard, but I actually only use it to get a slower, phaser like effect. My only complaint is the tiny volume knob that always seems to need a slight adjustment, other than that I havent heard a better pedal chorus, yet.

Had it a year, no problems at all.

Nope. If I had too, and Mike Fuller was a big asshole to me, well then I'd have to show him he'd met his match.

I do a my own little mix of everything. Mostly a rock guy though. I like cool effects, and so far this has been a keeper. If it were lost, I'd probably get a new one, although I have to say Maxon does make one thats almost as good. Hopefully I won't have to find out. I'd recommend this one. Fulltone makes a lot of cool pedals. I'll probably end up buying a OCD here before long. THAT PEDAL will be in the pedal history books. Fulltone makes stuff for guys who've been playing awhile, and they all seem to have just the right amount of features. I see them in Guitar Center now however, with nobody ever playing them. Instead I always see these kids over hacking on Boss and Digicrap pedals. Oh well, Guitar Center is for kids mostly, and kids can't afford these pedals. Keep it up Fulltone.

This pedal has many options so there are quite a few knobs and switches to work with. The manual is poorly designed but it is actually very helpful in getting you started.

One quick glance through the manual and I got a great sounding chorus right away.

Essentially easy to use but, due to ammount of features, will demand some attention before getting the sound you are after.

Nothing short of spectacular. Shimmering, multi-dimensional chorusing and thick, swirly flanging. The best chorus I've ever heard.

I usually run a Gibson LP>>Cry-Baby Wah>Fulltone OCD>>FD2 Mosfet>>OCD>>Digitech RP50>>Dunlop Univibe>>ChoralFlange>>stereo outs to Marshall, Soldano amps. The CF-1 is as noise-free as an analog chorus pedal can be.

I acn get anything from a SRV Cold Shot tone to David Gilmour and with a depth and lushness that is unbelievable.

I strongly recommend that anyone who tries the CF-1 tweaks it about to find the best sounds. While extreme setting are not present, you'll probably get any chorus sound you'd wish with this pedal.

very reliable and seems able to withstand a lot of abuse. I would gig without a backup.

I've traded a few emails with Fulltone and they were extremely helpful, fast and cordial.

I play classic rock along the lines of Cream, Zep, Hendrix, etc. and this pedal can do it all and makes your tone fantastic.I've been playing for over 20 years and the CF-1 is head and shoulders above all the others chrous pedals i have heard or owned, including Boss, Ibanez and DOD. perhaps the TC chorus could be in the same league.

I would buy another if this was stolen because the multidimensional, thick, warm sounds it produces make me sound much better.

This has a lot of options, and is not your usual 2-knob chorus. But if you spend some tweaking time, and learn the unit, you will be rewarded!

This is a total 10....I have owned two of these so far, and they are stellar. Most recently, I A/B'ed the Choralflange with a bunch of other chorus units. The CF-1 sounded better to me than any other chorus pedal! The only chorus that came close was the Maxon CS-505, but that unit doe snot have even HALF the flexibility of the CF-1. This is the best chorus I have ever used, hands down...Goes from an airy TC Electronic spatial type chorus, to Bill Frisell seasick type warbles, to flanging, wide, narrow, oh my!

Hmmm....I have read plenty of horror stories about this unit, but both of the ones I have owned have been flawless. NONE of my Fulltone pedals have ever broken down on me, ever. I take good care of my stuff, and keep it on a pedalboard in an ATA case, though...

Well, I have noticed that most boutique pedal manufacturers are a bit difficult to deal with. I have known Mike and have been using Fulltone pedals since 1995. He's never given me any problems...but....I don't call him, I don't bother him, and I have never had to send anything for repair.

For me, this is the ultimate pedal chorus unit. I do like the old Boss Dimension C as well...but the CF-1 does what I need it to do.

My pedalboard has been a work of trial and error, to see what REALLY sounds good, and what is just taking up space....

Currently, I am trying to use as few pedals as possible.

Guitar >>> Roger Mayer Vision Wah >>>> Roger Mayer older Octavia >>>> John Landgraff Dynamic Overdrive >>>> Full tone CF-1 >>>>> Line 6 Delay Modeler (which is probably the next thing to get replaced by a better dealy unit)

I give the CF-1 an honest, well earned "10" here. I am a chorus FANATIC, have owned them all at one time or another, and this is the best FOR ME....your mileage may vary :-)

Just get used to the dials and enjoy the many many tones available from this little box!

I play mostly strats and a guild Blues 90. THD Bi-valve amp w/ a solid pine open back cab loaded w/ 2 10" fane alnico speakers! My FX are a fulltone clyde, choralflange, and a hotcake! I was using a Fender Vibratone for my vibe / chorus. I replaced the Vibratone w/ this choralflange unit and I ilke it! I did try the dejavibe and find that this choralflange dose a better vibe / chorus than the dejavibe does! Save your money and just get this choralflange 1st!! Very quiet

When I 1st bought this from Guitr Center, it wouldn't power up when i got it home, nothing at all.. Then I brought it back and they gave ne another unit that worked fine. Lat time I talked to the saleman that I was dealing with, he said that the unit that we could not get going, was working now?? I do not know how relaible these are, kindof intermittent!?!?

Never delt w/ fulltone

Good sounding unit! It replaced my heavey and bulky Vibratone!

Right off the bat, I dealt with reliability issues! Not a very good 1st impression!

Buy one, but make sure it works 1st as the manufacturer must have some QA and manufacturing repeteability problems!

No problem

I use - New Am Strat (Kinman AVn Blues p/us); Am Tele with SD little 59 p/us; 79 strat with SD APS 1 p/us; LP special; and stock new Am Tele) - into Dunlop 535 Q - into Tech 21 Comptortion - into ? into Fulltone Fulldrive 2 ? into Fulltone OCD ? into Fulltone Fat Boost ? into L6 Delay Modler ? into ChoralFlang into ? Fulltone Mini Deja Vibe ? into Fender 65 Deluxe Reverb RI

Play Rock & Blues sound in a large rocking Christian Church.

Favorite artists - Jimi, SRV, Keith, Jerry, Carlos, BB, Buddy, Eric, Freddie King, Billy Gibbons, Albert Collins, and Pete T.

I have owned Voodoo Lab Analog Ch, L6 Modulation Modeler, Boss CE-5 in the past. This effect is head and shoulders above all of those. I prefer a transparent shimmer which is no problem to get here. I can also get the exact same vintage chorus as the V Lab when I need it. The range switch is a great feature as it allows me to set up for my transparent sound and then get something deeper and more complex with the flip of a switch. Note the VL sounded very good, but much less versitile - no way to achieve a transparent sounding chorus. The VL always sounded "effected" and also produced a significant (undesired)boost which crunched up my clean sound. The Fulltone gives me everything that the VL did, plus more without the boost.

Seems well build. I depend on it w/o a backup.

I see that Mike has a bad rep in this category. I must say that he has been extremely responsive and helpful to me. People need to realize that a guy in that position must get hundreds of e mails every day. That is almost un-managable. Yet he always responds to me very quickly.

I have not had to have anything repaired, but would not hesitate to contact him if I did.

This is a quality company, which builds top quality effects.

This is the best Chorus pedal on the market, hands down. Nice Flange too, although that is not something I use a lot. I do like having the flexibility to use the flang if I want - w/o having to sacrifice any space on my board to carry it.

It take a little bit of experimataion...but it's worth it.

Set up: Guitar(MusicMan Petrucci or Ibanez RG2550 with Dimarzio Evolutions)-> HBE compessor-> Bud Wha or BAd Horsie Wha-> Boss Mega distorion (Lead boost..adds nice low boost too)-> MXR EVH phase 90-> Fulltone Choral Flange-> MXR Smart Gate-> Danelectro DanEcho-> Peavey JSX head into Mesa Recto 4x12 Cab.

Awesome on clean tones...rich...bathe in it! Beautiful! A little compression...chorus on...hint of delay...oh my god!

So far so good! Nicely built. Cool green finish. Like quality lab equipment of yester year. If it's esential to your sound...never gig with out back up. Rock gigs can be dangerous to equipment.

Good. I e-mailed and got a quick response. I resolved the issue myself so there was no prolonged email tag.

Very high rating. I've gone back to pedals rather than rack stuff. This is a very sweet pedal. A real keeper. Yes, I would replace it if it went missing. I've been playing for a long time...20+ yrs. Compared to other units out there that I have had/tried, it's just really sweet. A little pricey for some...but it's worth it. I play hard rock metal originals. This is perfect for what I do with clean tone...think "Pull Me Under" intro from Dream Theater...or Alex Lifeson clean kinda stuff. That's the tone I'm getting. It's deffinately deeper and richer than lesser units.