Fulltone CF-1 Choralflange

A little bit more complicated than your average chorus or flange pedal but the flexibility of this pedal is amazing. The manual is very helpful and a great starting point for exploring the sounds in the unit

This is the end of line in chorus for me. I've been using a boss CE-2 or a Dodfx-65 for the last 15 years or so but was never really satisfied. The choralflange sounds fantastic and is dead silent. This is the last chorus I'll be buying and the other pedals are now for sale. I love the mix control on this, so if you want you can turn it down and it becomes VERY transparant. Although I don't use it much, the flange sounds are great too. I really can't say enough about this pedal, and for the price you'd want to be impressed. It cost almost as much as my amp! But sometimes for that extra sound quality you've got to pay a bit more

Hard to say I've only had it for a couple of weeks and haven't any experience with other fulltone pedals. Other reviewers seem to think they're pretty sturdy

Emalied Mike once about a power supply to suit Australian 240 volts. He was quick with a responce and helpfull.

I play mostly guitar pop stuff and the pedal works really well for me.I've always liked a bit of chorus on clean sounds but found boss and dod pedals a bit too much and very '80s sounding. Finally a pedal that's not overbearing, in stereo, has a mix control, true bypass, and comes with a flange as well. Thankyou Fulltone!!

Easy. Everybody's already brought up everything else about it, but it sound great on *acoustic guitar* too. Just as easy to get good sounds as with an electric.

As everybody else agrees, it sounds great. I got it because it is extremely transparent and doesn't screw with the sound of an acoustic at all. The only a/b tests I've done with it were with the Boss chorus (CE-1 or something) and the Voodoo Lab analog chorus. Both took off enough of the acoustic shimmer to make it noticable.

The ChoralFlange keeps the acoustic sounding like it should sound but adds a great chorus (or flange). The flange is great also, although having to flip the switch and adjust the settings makes it a little difficult to use both settings live.

I haven't tried it in stereo, but I imagine it shines there too.

You could stop a medium-sized animal with it, no problem. I've thought about getting a "backup" so I could use two different presets with it (chorus or flange etc.) without having to bend down and change it, but they're too expensive.

I play soft, primarily acoustic based love rock, with a Taylor 612, a 614, a Guild thinbody acoustic/electric, and a 90s American strat. The Choral Flange works great with each. I'm playing the acoustics through an Ernie Ball mono volume pedal, Choral Flange, and LR Baggs Para Acoustic DI. I use a Fulldrive 2 and Boss delay and octave pedals on top of it all for electric.

If it were lost or stolen, I'd get another. I really couldn't imagine getting another chorus pedal because nothing sounds as clean on acoustics. (I haven't tried any rackmount units, but in a pedal, this it's great.)

It took me about 20 minutes to dial up the Chorus and Flange sounds I liked. More than likely, your setting will not match up when you flip the Chorus/Flange switch, but it's all good, it does it better than any other. The manual is very nice and explanatory, but who really needs these things?

My advice is to have the unit off when you flip the Chorus/Flange switch, otherwise you get a nasty POP..normal. The unit it TRULY transparent. There are even some ways I can make it sound like a 'Vibe unit on a low setting. I use a custom JCM 800 w/ a Mesa 4x12 and some other Fulltone effects w/ a 335 and a strat. Sounds beautimous! Too much signal into the unit can...mess the sound a touch..im considering re-configuring my pedal board set-up to rectify this.

It's a Fulltone.

I haven't communicated w/ Mr. Fuller in a while, but he's always been very friendly and helpful.

It does many great sounds, it does what I need it to do and more! I have been playing for 6 long serious years and Fulltone is still my choice. I'd buy another if it were stolen of course. Mr. Fuller, can't wait for the Distortion Pro!

This is a no brainer pedal. Easy to understand and easy to get a great sound from.

Absolutely the finest chorus and flanger sounds available at any price. Great control with no coloration to your guitar signal.

Have been using Fulltone pedals for 2 years..no problems

Nice people..questions answered promptly, emails returned

It doesn't get any better than this. If you want studio quality buy this and all of Fulltone's pedals..They are the last pedals you will have to buy. You get what you pay for...that's for sure

After 15 minutes of playing with it, it'll yield up what you're looking for. Only problem is the perfect chorus and perfect flange settings for you probably won't match up exactly, and will require playing with knobs between songs if you want to switch between effects. Lucky for me, they do just about match up, so there's no issue on stage. If you have this problem, have one of your guys tell a little story or a joke or something to occupy the audience while you fiddle with a knob or two.

Sound quality is breathtaking. I run my Anderson Hollow Drop Top through a wah, Danecho, and this little guy into a Carvin tube preamp, tube power amp, and 212 cab. Chorus effect is thick and organic, warm and swirly. It won't give you that crisp, biting overtone that you get from some digital processors, but will rather giver you a lush warble. Helps nail some Eric Johnson tones on low mix settings. Flange is warm and fluid, perfect for giving thick clean tones that something extra. Very 3D effect, even in mono.

Never needed repairs, but Mike will email you right back if you ask him about the pedal or want to comment on it.

Outstanding value and quality of tone. Beautiful range and variety of tones, all of them warm and alive.

This thing has only 4 knobs and 2 mini-toggles, can't get simpler than that. And, if anyone has previous experience with a chorus effect, you'll find this one easy to use and more versitile.

The manuel probably helps, but I haven't read it.

I put my Tom Anderson Classic Strat into the FullDrive 2, Utimate Octave, then placing the ChoralFlange at the end of the effects chain just before my Dr. Z MAZ 18 Jr. amp.

The best sounding Chorus and Flange I have ever used. I've tried everyting from Boss, TC Electronics, Yamaha, and more from expensive rack mount units to simple foot pedals. Everything seemed too metalic with no warmth.

Well, the ChoralFlange solved all my chorus problems. Super rich and warm with no tin-like overtones. Not sure what some of the previous reviewer were referring to when they mentioned the lack of response from this unit...I found the very opposite. It's so responsive that maxing out the mix knob would be overkill. The ChoralFlange also works well with my other Fulltone pedals mentioned above.

They way Michael Fuller builds these things, they could get hit by a Mack Truck and still work that night for a gig.

No problems!

Really no opion since I've never needed any support. Like I mentioned above, these thing are bullet proof.

I play jazz, blues, hard rock, and anything in between. It definately fattens up the sound of my Dr. Z MAZ 18 Jr. amp. This is a must have, so I would definately throw down for another one if this one should get lost or stolen.

Nothing IMO can compare! Also, it is a fantastic value given that Michael Fuller uses only the best quality parts that cost up to 10 times as much as the offshore counter parts. No skimping here.

The pedal is extremely versatile, so it's not going to be a no-brainer-pedal to use. It has both chorus and flange and both can be tweeked in a number of ways. This is a good thing! It takes time
to find your personal settings on this pedal, but it's worth it.

Thick and Analog yet note are distinct and chords sound great. I A/B it with my TC Electronics (my previous favorite) and this pedal won out.

My first one actually had a bad input switch, but Mike told me to return it and he'd send me out a new one out asap. Other than that,
it's a Fulltone - you don't get much more reliable than Fulltone products.

Ok, time to set the record straight. Everyone has their opinion on Fulltone's customer service. If you ask me, Mike Fuller's service is 10+. People wine that he doesn't engage in endless jabber with them. Quit wining and get a friend. He's busy trying to make you the best product on the market. When you have a question, he answers it promptly, when your pedal has a problem, he addresses it promptly. He went beyond the call of duty to make sure I got a perfectly working CF-1 in my hands. If you want a company that stands behind its products, buy Fulltone.

I've had it for about 2 1/2 months now and I appreciate it even more now, then when I first got my hands on it. The Stereo spread is great!

Very easy unit to use. Comes with a very clear and concise instruction manual, the suggested settings are very good, and the operation of each knob is made very easy. If you buy this unit, please take head of the warnings, and suggestions (especially the battery operation vs. adapter, Mike's right, there is a very noticable difference.... use the adapter>

First off, my rig: American Deluxe Strat (one with Fralin Vintage Hots, the other with Kinman AVn Traditionals) > Arion Stage Tuner > Bixonic Expandora (in the "forbidden" setting, for our heavier songs: only a couple of numbers though) > Fulldrive II (Orange) > Analog Man modified TS-9 (with the brown sound option > Deluxe Memory Man > Choralflange > reissue 59 Bassman (wth NOS Phillips 6L6, Mullard GZ34, and Telefunken 12AX7 tubes), cables are Monster Rock 500 from guitar, and Evidence Audio from Choralflange to amp.
Now for the effect..... WHOA!!! I've gone through many different chorus pedals, and this one is hands down the sweetest, lushest, most transparent one I have ever played through. I went to my local dealer with the intent of buying a cable, and a Clyde Wah, looked in the case and saw they had a Choralflange in stock, took it out, plugged it into a Rivera Rake head w/ 2x12 cab, and was just completely blown away! I had been considering buying one of these since they were released, but due to the price, wanted to try it first. This unit is just so full sounding. I was concerned as to how both the flanger and the chorus would sound being fed different levels overdrive/distortion.... needless to say, came through with flying colors!! Note the flanger is good, but you really need to hit it with some overdrive to really come through (with the Fulldrive on including the boost, you can get the High Landrons flange dialed in very easily - not the comb filter sound, but the sweep sound is there).
This units also gives you the choice of true bypass, or buffered output (for use with long cables). Either setting is just wonderful, and there is no noticable difference as far as transparency between the two. As far as the stereo split, it is just HUGE! I got the unit home, hooked up my stage rig, and split the signal out to a Rivera BM60-212 anniversary model (this amp is one of 250 with a signed certificate from Paul, phenomenal amp, but stays home... don't want anything to happen to it). If you have the opportunity to try this in stereo, you have to try the flanger. You really get the feeling of sitting in a 3D surround sound theatre, with the sound modulating around you very subtly.
one more thing to note on this, is you can use batteries, or the adapter. Fulltone recommends using the adapter for the best results. With new batteries you really do get a hot, bright grating sound. Kinda of defeats the unit, doesn't sound nearly as good.

Based on my past experiences with Fulltone products, I know I can count on this unit. I also know that if anything does go wrong with it, I can send it back to Fulltone, and have it fixed right. I'm not too worried about taking a backup chorus pedal along, because I've never had a Fulltone product go south on me.

I've read differing responses for this catagory, but I must sy that in the few times I've sent emails to Fulltone, Michael Fuller has responded with answers to my questions, and has been extremly helpfull. I sent Fulltone an email today (Sunday) about the Choralflange, just to tell them how much I liked the unit, and Michael responded back in the afternoon (totally unexpected, especially on a Sunday). I realize he's selling products as fast as he can make them, and must be incredibly busy..... for him to respond personally, on a weekend just amazed me.

My band FairGame is mostly a cover band (we do a couple of originals, but have had some turnover recently, so it's been hard to put more in: http://community-2.webtv.net/Razorblades/FairGameHomepage/ ). My responsibility in the band is allot of the "coloration", and much of the classic rock solos. In order to do this, I need a setup that gives me allot of different types of sounds, and allows me to fill out the sound (we have three guitar players in the band, one playing a Mesa, one playing a Marshall, and me with Fender..... wonderful tone mix). Our music runs from Marshall Tucker, Bob Dylan and the Allman Brothers to The Foo Fighters, Lit, and Filter, so I have to cover allot of ground. I've always had a chorus pedal in my rig, turning it on once in a while for the more "acoustic" based numbers, just to fatten out the sound of my playing, after using this last night for the first time, I'll probably be using it all the time now. Just a tremendous difference in sound, and something that's not an obvious type sound (unless you want it to be). When you turn it off (if you ever do), you won't believe how dry and lifeless your sound is. I've always heard musicians say, that when the sound is there, the music just flows. I found myself getting that vibe with this pedal, it just lets you go..... takes away the annoying habit of thinking, wishing this or that was a little different. I really do like this pedal, and would definately buy another one if were lost or stolen.

Good manual. Many chorus examples, only 1 flange example. Easy to get any sound out of it. DIP switch info for true bypass or buffered output to drive long cables in stereo situations.

My setup: PRS/Gibson->ernie ball stereo volume/pan->morley vai wah->mxr phase 90->fulltone choral flange->mesa/boogie v-twin pedal->line6 delay modeler->mesa/boogie dual rectifier trem-o-verb.

This unit is quiet on every setting. No clicks, cycles, nothing. Only pops when you throw the switch from chorus to flange when the pedal is on. Just a weak pop, but Mike Fuller tells you to expect this in the manual. Not a prob... I never flip the sucker while it's on anyways.

Easy to get effects from any artist, amazing detune effect for Tool situations, simple leslie modulation tones, vintage choruses, anything is accurately done with this box. TRANSPARENT! You don't know a pedal's transparency until you've compared on/off situations to this pedal. No cutting corners, words cannot explain.

Seems kinda light and thin but sturdy maybe. Too pricy to backup, maybe with a cheaper temporary backup unless I needed to replace it sometime. Should last a lifetime still.

I've emailed the company a couple times with stupid questions and got no response. Sure they may be busy, but answer me damnit. I figure this is a company that doesn't like you unless you write about their products which you've bought from them.

I play rock to metal to blues to jazz to progressive to whatever's left (except country thank you). This pedal will work in any situation (unless this pedal is more expensive than your guitar). I've only had it a day, and compared to the TC Electronics SCF chorus pedal, this Fulltone pounds the shit out that TCE by a mile. Sure it's almost $100 more, but you'll be happy you spent it. I was reluctant, but I'm beyond satisfied now. I just wish there were programmable settings on this sucker; it gets so many awesome sounds, I wish I could sit and twist the knobs the whole set to outfit every situation.

Fairly straight forward 10 or 15 minutes you should have it down. I did find after I dialed in a good chorus sound when I switched to the flanger it needed a lot of redialing to get a decent flanger effect. In a live stage setting this is no good. I'll continue using both my Chorus and flanger.

I use Strats with various kinmans pickup sets through Marshall 900s sometimes old fenders in stereo. I currently use a DOD fx65 stereo chorus and a boss flanger. The fulltone has a very subtle effect both chorus and flanger. Even wide open it wasn't what I expected. My old DOD65 actually has a better separated stereo effect and has less hiss. If your searching for a versatile pedal the Fulltone is it.The Leslie effect is very nice. If you want a good sounding stereo chorus for 50 bucks the DOD wins. Again the fulltone sounds very good but at 350 bucks it should also do the dishes

Built very well

Mike has always answered my questions in a professional and fast manor

I,ve played guitar longer than I care to say. And have always looked for improved tone and effects. The fullman just didnt pull it off for me. Although it sounded good, I found my old 80s DOD does the job I want.And is very simple to use.