Ibanez CCL Dual Chorus

If you know the dimensions and parameters of chorus and flange then you're good to go. The flange settings are actually a little confusing (delay time on a flange?), but otherwise straight-forward.

The only hardware thing I'd add to make it better would be a third setting (or second foot switch) to be able to turn off and go between the two effects. As it is, you can either use, one, the other, or both interchanging.

Easiest pedal to change the battery that I own.

Great!! I got this pedal because it is analog and 2-in-1 (cool factor and save space on my board). I was happy with my cheap Danelectro Fab Chorus pedal (digital) and it was going to take a lot to beat that for the vanilla chorus sound I really only need. This beat it hands down. It's a different monster than digital altogether, which is why I didn't get rid of the other pedal. However, the warble on it is fantastic. To my ear it's comparable to the Electro-Harmonix Small Clone that everyone always raves Kurt Cobain used for Nirvana fame. It interacts very well with the boss distortion pedal that I have running right before it in the chain. Really made that pedal come alive. The flange is the same. Great vanilla flange sound. Analog way better than digital. I like having the 2-in-1 option. I keep them at similar sounds so that when I stomp from chorus to flanger it mostly only adds the flange. Love it!!

As has been mentioned, this is a 20 year old pedal and it appears to have no issues. You do the figuring. It's going strong and shows no signs of letting up.

I'd say the only thing that's going to beat this thing for the price is some boutique chorus pedal. Besides, it's analog and way cool. The idea of a chorus and flanger in one pedal is ingenious. And everyone should adopt the battery changing procedure (not that I actually use batteries anymore).

This unit is a combined chorus and flanger pedal. I don't know why ibanez chose to call it a 'dual chorus' when it is a chorus/flanger.

A toggle switch selects between chorus mode (2 knobs) and flanger mode (4 knobs), and a third position allows you to cycle between the two effects by tapping on the footswitch (instead of bypassing the effect).

Overall if you are familiar with choruses and flangers its dead easy. The flanger in typical ibanez fashion has 4 knobs so apart from speed, width and regeneration you can adjust the center frequency of the flange.Cool!

I don't give 10 easily to any effect but this one is a 9.

The sound quality is very good!
I have a vintage 80s Ibanez FL-9 flanger (which I treasure for its lush thick whirly analog sounds) and I have to say they are very close. Loads of amazing, warm sounds. You can go from typical flanging to more chorus-y effect (that's on the flanger) and can do the jet flanging part, especially if you add a bit of overdrive or distortion in front of it. By maxing out the regen and playing with the width and delay you can get metallic and other synthetic sounds.

The chorus is warm and very close to the traditional boss sounds (ce-2 etc). I would say it is a good 'vanilla' chorus- very warm and usable but does not allow for as much versatility as my EHX polychorus (of course that's natural as the PC has a different design philosophy...). I tend to use this one more though since this pedal takes a third of the space on my pedalboard.

Overall I would say this is an excellent sounding analog effect with some very interesting tonal capabilities. No digital effect can sound that good.

Well, this is a 22-year old pedal and it still works flawlesly. It is as durable as boss or the ibanez 9-series. The footswitch is still amazingly good.

I will use the cliche and say 'it is built like a tank'!

never contacted them.

This is a very interesting pedal since it combines 2 analog effects in a typical boss/ibanez small form factor.

I love the way it sounds and the number of different sounds I can get from it.

As mentioned by other reviewers it has 4 internal trimpots that can be adjusted to make it go into ring mod territory easier or distortion. I spent some time experimenting and found a setting I really like: Most of the proper sounds on tap but crazy effects when the dials are maxed out.

I don't think I would ever sell it

UPDATE:
pop open the stomper where the swich is and you'll find a trim pot just waiting to be tweaked.
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that's an example of neat sounds you can get out of it. nice! it goes way beyond flanging into ring mod territory so watch out and turn down yr amp before playing with the trim pot and flange cranked. trim pot didn't seem to affect the chorus and all the normal flange sounds are still there to be found.
now it's the kind of freak out pedal i've come to love.

hello, EBAY shoppers! well, most likely you've seen this pedal for a nice price on ebay and wonderd about it, so i'll fill you in as best i can.
this is a fairly straightforward pedal. if you're familiar with the curent ibanez tone-lok chorus/flanger then you'll undertand how this dual pedal works. as the review below says, you can switch between chorus (A) and flanger (B) OR set it for AB which means that stomping on the switch doesn't turn the effect on/off but rather toggles between the chorus (A) and flanger (B) settings. there are 2 knobs for chorus (speed/width), which, truth be known, is all you really need for a chorus. well, it's all i need. flanger has 4 knobs: speed, flange, width, d-time. "flange" corresponds to regeneration, which it's normally called on flanger pedals. all in all it's easy to figure out, asuming you are familiar with flangers. dialing in a certain sound may take a minute, but that's the price to pay for a versatile flanger.
so, basically it's not so much a "dual chorus" as a chorus/flanger. but, as both use bucket brigade chips, i guess they're basically the same thing. besides, i don't think ibanez plans to recall 20-yr old pedals in order to change the name.

well, i like it. i have an ibanez fll flanger, also from the 80s, which is nice but i use it mostly as a freak pedal because it can self-oscillate at extreme settings and even mixes the dry signal with the oscillation like a ring modulator. the normal flange sound on the fll is rather metallic, which makes it perfect for something like goth/post-punk/industrial, but i wanted a mellower chorus/flange sound, and this does the trick. it's not as lush as all of the favorites (electric misterss, bf-2, etc.) but it's good 'nuff. it may be a bit subtle for some. usin it with distortion brings out more of the flange sound. and it doesn't get all wacky like the fll or the dfl but it probably has tweakable trim pots inside that would bring out da noize. no tone knob, which might put people off who want a tone knob. the main thing for me is that it doesn't dominate the dry signal. both the fll and the tone-lok sound trebly in comparison, which is why i passed on the tone-lok. it also has 2 outputs for stereo.

Can you depend on it?
hell yeah.
well, i guess. these are made out of real actual metal, unlike those bug-shaped things from the 90s. they have the best solution for a battery compartment ever. you pull on a lever on the side and up pops the metal bit that you stomp on. no unscrewing, no nothin. of course, i don't use batteries and neither does everyone else except for those wackos who write reviews for big-ass pedals like a looper or something and complain because they eat batteries. (who are those people, anyway?)
the only negative point in terms of the reliability is the construction of the input/output jacks. they're mounted on the pvc board, which apparently has lead to problems with wobbly jacks, etc.

this is a really nice pedal for the price. it's versatile and, even if it doesn't sound quite as good as more popular pedals, it sounds good and different from those. i basically own every kind of pedal out there: boss od, ds, dd-20, ph-3, rv-3, eh pulsar trem, dod fuzz and analog delay, morley volume/wah, etc. so, basically real estate on my pedalboard is somewhat precious. so, the fact that this is a 2-fer is nice. a lot of these 80s ibanez master (L) and 10 series are quite nice and can be easily found for under $40.

6 knobs, 2 modes (or you can use both at the same time!)
A Mode - Speed, Width.
B Mode - Speed, Width, Flange, Delay Time.
Using Both at the same time you put the switch A-B in the middle and you press the flange it goes to B, Press the flange, goes back to A, and so on and so forth.
You can spend lots of time finding different sounds, though it is easy!

Using various left handed guitars, mostly strats. i use a Peavy Stereo Chorus Amp, a DOD Classic Fuzz Distortion. can get many different sounds, i only use a main setting most of the time for some of my songs, though i change it around every now and them, its a really great pedal, its not noisy, it was a great find.

its really strong, i dont see how you can break its casing, i broke the 9 Volt Connector Wire, but simply put another one in there.

dont care, wouldnt bother trying to contact any company.

love it, this thing imbues terrific sounds, i found i was very lucky to have found it, i never even saw another review for it in this page. and i found it in a crummy little pawn shop (in canada too?!?). i wouldnt sell it, i wouldnt smash it in anger like ive done with other pedals. i couldnt risk it, i dont think i would be able to find another one. so if you see one, pick it up, its a cool little box.