Ibanez CS-9

Well, except for my Flanger, I prefer simple effects with just one or two knobs. I don't want to twiddle on tone knobs on every effect in the chain. There's a 6bd EQ and the distortion unit, this should be enough...
You don't need a manual for the CS9. It's just on/off and turning on two knobs...
It might be a bit tricky if you'd like to use stereo Sound with to amps and loopboxes or whatever. I give it a nine because it's a cool one-trick-pony :)

As some other users stated, this pedal does produce a certain amount of noise while playing. This is due to a relative cheap OPAMP (741) that might be replaced easily by another circuit, if it's pin-compatible. I guess that the analog bucketbrigade circuits do also produce some noise. Not much you can do about it. (The same circuits are used in analog delays).

Dispite of the noise i was *surprised* how naturally the effect sounds like! I just could not imagine to use a chorus in my effects-chain before trying out this one. I give it a nine because of that.

Uhm, i got this effect for free but it was defect. Not a problem because I could replace the defect parts and resolder some parts here and there.
Since this pedal looks quite battered to me, it surely had a hard time and I'm not surprised, that some parts failed. Hey, this lila box more than 20 years old, what do you expect for an effect in midrange class?!

Despite of these issues, I would trust this box even on stage because it's heavy built (as it's green little brother called TS9 :)

I give it an 8

I did not need it because I got the brains to repair it on my own. I even found the schematics on the internet somewhere...

After repairing this box it's too much fun to give it away! It will find it's place on my effects-board tomorrow...

The PCB Board inside is not very sturdy but I hope that IBANEZ use better materials for the reissue nowadays. I don't know much about the quality of the reissues...

Because I am not very fond of the Ibanez-Style switches, I'll probably take out the electronics and put it in a nice painted hammond case and add a bypass switch to it

I give it a nine. 10 would be too much but 9.5 would be correct ;-)

As everyone else has said, it has two knobs, and doesn't take much know how. Just use your ears.

Better than most choruses. It is one of the few chorus pedals that I have liked. Most of them I find unlistenable. I think that it has too much high end, and is a little thin. I wish that there was a tone knob or EQ to tweak it a bit. Unlike most choruses, it does not cause a drop in signal. I like it for nice clean shimmering chords, but I don't like to use it with distortion pedals. Too high/thin.

I've had it for a few weeks and it seems reliable. I've had several Ibanez pedals, and none have failed me so far.

I've never dealt with Ibanez.

Probably the best chorus on the market today in its price range. I don't like chorus as much as I used to, so I don't really use it much, but if you need one, this is the one to get.

I bought if in 1982 and it was my first stereo chorus pedal. I really love its sound. The overall depth of this pedal is very impressive. I found its sound very unique as compared to Boss stereo chorus pedals. It has a very distinctive sound and have a very lush and warm sound. It has one Rate and one depth control. So it is a very simple pedal as far as operation is concerned. I mostly use it settings by keeping the both Rate & Depth controls set at 12 o'clock. It is a real pleasure to play guitar by using it with distortion for chords.

The overall sound quality of this pedal is brillant. This is probably the only pedal from Ibanez 9 series which I like the best. It is very quite indeed but produces very slight noise which is not noticeable and it dies as the guitar sound become silent. I have heard that Ibanez has recently reissued this pedal again and I am pretty sure that over the last 25 years they must have eliminated this minor noise as well because the micro technology has improved tremendously over these years which has made the sound of effects more clean and accurate.

This is a very solid pedal. I can depend on it anytime and anywhere without any hesitation. Once I faced a problem with this pedal after using it for 10 years when it suddenly stopped working. I got it checked from a local workshop and found that one of the chips became loose. So got it resolidered and it became okay.

I did not like their customer support atall. You see I live in Pakistan and in early 80's my father went to United States and brought four Ibanez 9 series pedals for me. I was desperately in need of A/C adapter. I tried some adapters which were available in Pakistan but all of them were produceing horrible noise. So I requested Ibanez through a postal letter in 1983 to advice me in this regard. But I was totally shocked by the non-professional attitude of them as they never replied to my letter and same is the case with Zoom. So after that incident I stopped buying any Ibanez effect pedals and swithched over to Boss. In this connection I am extremely impressed with the amazing support of Yamaha, Behringer & Fender companies.

I have been playing guitar for the last 27 years. I have a lot of gears including Yamaha Studio Lord SL400S copy of Les Paul 1980, Yamaha AES 620, Yamaha Pacifica 412V, Ovation CS257, Fender 12 string D6, Epiphone les paul black beauty and Yamaha FG470S. Two Yamaha amps G50 112 III, JX50 and Fender FM212R. Lot of Boss effect pedals and couple of MXR dyna comp, Zoom G1, Ibanez SD9 distortion, Danelectro tuna melt tremolo and Behringer ACX-900 acoustic amp.

Great tone ..... way easy to use
It was around long before I was wrrying about editing any patches.
Manual?.... forget it, let your ears be the guide, it's all you'll need.

It's my favorite chourus pedal, I've had an MXR and a Boss. I bought this pedal in the mid-80's, it's beat to crap, I finally have it protected somewhat on my pedal board/case opposed to jamming in and out of a bag for the past 20 years.
Gear goes like this, Cry Baby - TS9 - CS9 - Dyna Comp - Banshee talk box
(I have a MXR Micro amp and a Boss GE-7 EQ and a Quadrverb 2 in the effects loop)
Amp is a Marshall JCM 2000 DSL 50 into a HM single 12 cab loaded with a Pittbull 50 speaker

This is a great sounding pedal, very subtle or exaggerated; depth and rate controls - very simple, all good sounds.
I use the lower or output (closest to the bottom of the pedal) it seems to be more pronounced.

I'm a dinasouar, I've had it since the mid 80's, it's the only chourus pedal i've owned since then.

Play classic rock, blues, some country, etc. mainstream stuff. I'm a geezer, been playing for 30 yrs I'm 46. I have other PA and guitar gear as well.
If it were stolen, I'd look around, there may be something comparable out there? I haven't looked. If not, I'd find another.
I'm happy with it as is.
It's an integral part of my gear and my playing, never is it a barrier. I must admit I'd like to look into a Gig Rig switching system. The pedal dance gets to be a pain in the ass.

Pretty straight forward really, the dials are on there and there's only two of them. Just adjust them till you find a sound you like. As with all Ibanez stomp boxes though the button itself is a little awkward. You're never gonna' hit it and miss or anything like that, but it's not the easiest stomp box to operate with your feet, certainly not as easy as the simple Boss design.

I genuinely could not live without this pedal! It makes everything sound brilliant. It's very subtle, the best way I could describe it is that it makes every single not sparkle. It's not blatantly obvious the change it makes to your guitar's sound, but use it for a month or so and you'll never want to play your guitar without it ever again!

It's metal, rock hard and sturdy. Have done about 60 gigs with it now and there have been no problems. I reckon you could throw this thing at a brick wall and pick it up and gig straight away with it. (not that I'm recommending you try that or anything)

I play British indie music with heavy influences from psychedelia and 80s and 90s pop bands like The Stone Roses and Verve and this pedal's essential for doing that sort of thing. It makes even the simplest strum into an epic perfect chord, couple it with a fuzz face (Dallas-Arbiter and not the rubbish Jim Dunlop reissue) to get a sound every guitar player up and down the country will be gagging for.

Ibanex CS9 Reissue Made in Japan.
Only two know - no secret. You need to have only good ears and to find the sound you are looking for.

I didnt purchase it to get the sound of my favorite artists. I purchased it to use in my original band. My style is classic rock and a few of hard. My cover band (hobby) plays several styles of music - Credence, Beatles, Guns, Deep Purple, etc.
The chorus mixed with Drivemaster Marshall and Ibanez TS9 was perfect. They do sound warm and nice. I used it in my last gig in weekend. The band members noticed the difference in the tone of my guitar... Well it did a good job!!!
It worked very well in the clean channel of my Amp (Fender Blues Deluxe)... Pure sound!

The Ibanez CS-9 already is included on my pedalboard. It came at the right time. I was only using the DD3 delay as emutation but I was looking for a Chorus... I??ve tested several pedals of chorus, but i never liked of none. Some guys told me about the CS9, I didnt give attention to them... When my girlfriend went to NY and bought me as a gift... I had to test it and... I loved it! I love it!!!
If you are a player like me, easy going, you will love this pedal because it is easy to use and reliably! I like Ibanez!!!

I never had problems!

It suit my style of music. I use it with my others pedals... My setup:
Fender Blues Deluxe - Micro Amp - DD3 - CS9 - Shredmaster - Tube TS9 -Gibson Les Paul Standard 2003.
It is essential for me... If it were stolen I would buy it again. Its main feature is the easily to use and to find the sound what you want for. What else can I say?
Buy it... I wont regret!
Bye

Two knobs and a footswitch, very simple

I play an American Strat though a modded stage 112 head and a Marshall 4X12 with an ever changing pedalboard to big to list. After reading hundreds of product reviews over the years, I have finally purchased something that I feel necessary to submit a review for. This has to be by far the best sounding chorus pedal I have ever heard in my life ! It's so rich and full sounding with a nice shimmer and I'm amazed at how much it's improved my tone. It kinda reminds me of my sonic maximizer but with modulation - your guitar really cuts though the mix with it. My only complaint is that there's no volume knob and a slight volume boost that occurs when you click on the pedal - but I'm still giving it a 10 for sound quality.

I've only had it a couple of months, but it's very old and still seems to works fine.

I've be playing about 12 years, heavy to EZ listening stuff. I own about 7 ibanez roadstars too and it sounds great with all of them. I can't believe I didn't try one out sooner and I'm immediatly trading in my digitech multi-chorus and boss super chorus knowing I will never use them again. I just love how full souding this pedal is, with both clean and distorted guitar. I want to leave it on all the time !

2 knobs. 'Nuff said

This pedal is an excellent sounding chorus. You can nail the old Police tone of Summers, as well as that of country music from the late 70's to mid 80's (awesome for playing Strait's "The Chair"). My setup is as follows:
am dlx fender tele > guyatone compressor > dod 250 > boss bd2 > ibanez ts-9 > ibanez cs-9 > ibanez fl-9 > boss dd-3 > custom vibrolux reverb amp.

The best thing about this pedal is the range in adjustibility. This isn't a chorus that goes from slight to full warble by 9 o'clock on the knobs; there are a lot of useable tones there. There is also a slight difference in tone depending on what output you use if in a mono setup. I deducted a point because there is a slight volume bump up when turned on. It's not a big deal, but just causes you to adjust your volume at the guitar.

Looks very rugged, can't imagine it tearing up. I'm not hard on my stuff anyway.

Have not dealt with Ibanez, but I have dealt with the store I bought it from on other issues, and they are superb in their customer service, so I would think it would be no different with a pedal. It was bought from Red River Music in Alexandria, LA

I play classic rock and country, and this pedal nails a great, warm chorus for this type of music. Been playing on and off for several years, and in the last year or so have gotten serious on the quality of gear that I have; this pedal is no exception to that. First class all the way. If it were stolen, I would replace in a heartbeat. It's best features aside from it's tone is it's simplicity and the amount of different tones you can get out of it.

two knobs. cant get much easier then that. i find it actually hard to get this thing to sound bad.

this thing sounds great. like i said above, its hard to get a bad sound out of it. it sounds good with all the effects i use. my setup goes guitar->crybaby->boss ds-1->cs-9->boss bf-3->amp. as far as ive noticed, this thing doesnt suck any of my tone.

when i first got it, it would make weird noises whenever i stepped on it. i bought it used though. even so, i was kinda disapppointed. i unscrewed the back to see if anything was wrong, and didnt notice anything, but when i screwed it back on it didnt do it anymore and hasnt happened since. other then that, i havent had any problems.

I listen to a lot of metal(pantera, cryptopsy, slayer etc) but i also listen to a lot of other stuff like the mars volta, red hot chili peppers, led zep, rush and others. i really like how this thing sounds. the sounds really help get those great chorus sounds. if it were lost or stolen i would definitley try and get another one. if not, i would prolly just get a newer boss pedal. a lot of the time i forget this thing is on, and when i turn it off, there just seems to be something missing from my sound. ive been playing for about 4 years, and this is one of the best choruses ive heard, especially for the price.

It pretty much sets itself. No sound on the unit is 'bad'. Some settings might be too extreme for some, but they still don't sound bad.

TOTALLY AMAZING! The best chorus I've ever heard. Sounds like my favorite artists (Fripp, Belew, Summers). Doesn't sound "lame" like most choruses do. Doesn't suck tone. It's not noisy at all. I've tried a couple Boss choruses, and I was also using the "detune" function on the Boss PS-5 for a chorus sound. This is better than all of those. My ONLY gripe is that I wish there were a volume control, just to compensate for any volume loss that might occur by being moved around in the pedal chain. But overall, still the best chorus I've ever heard.

I've never ran it in stereo. I imagine that tone mixed with reverb and delay would be the shoegaziest soundscape ever produced by a guitar.

I've only had it for a day. I played with it for about 5 minutes. The switch bothers me a bit. I tend to like a "click" when I turn things on and off. But, I've heard good things about Ibanez pedals, so I'm not too worried.

No idea.

Amazing chorus pedal! I've been playing 12 years and this is the best. If this was stolen, I'd buy another in a hearbeat! I wish it had a volume knob as well, but it doesn't really need it. I chose this because I got a good deal on eBay, and it's analog and I love analog tone. It definitely is going to help me create more soundscapes with my band. Within 5 minutes, I had written a riff just using this pedal, a riff which sounded dull and lifeless without the effect. Overall, pretty amazing chorus pedal!