Marshall SV-1 Supervibe Chorus

very easy to use. intuitive.
nice access to battery but it won't satisfy people who use it in pedalboard. i use power adapter.

I use it with Epiphone MIK Les Paul and Laney LC15 tube amp with 112 cabinet. It reproduces very good quality sound with no hiss. The chorus effect is rather subtle. It doesnt mean "hard to notice". There's possibility to achieve chorus like Arctic Monkeys.

seems to be dependable. i would have no backup

no idea

Really cool effect. Thats my only modulation box and its enough.

I love it because it doesnt detune signal in a painful way as most choruses does.

I wish it had TAP tempo but I know its not possible ;-)

To be honest I didnt fully read the instructions. Was too keen to get the pedal plugged in and play. So didnt fully understand the operation of the filter. But other than that its very straight forward.

I run either an American Strat or an Epiphone Zakk Wylde Les Paul into my pedal chain of Dunlop ZW45 Zakk Wylde Wah, Dunlop MXR ZW44 Zakk Wylde Overdrive, Boss OC-3 Super Octave, Boss MT-2 Metal Zone, Boss GE-7 Equalizer, Maxon Phase Tone and then the Marshall SV-1 Supervibe. This all runs direct into the front of my Fender M-80 Head and 2 x 300 watt quads.

It is not the most audible sound on a clean amp but with my L.P on the front pickup and full treble it really brightens up my sound then on the Bridge pickup with half treble and the Metal Zone on it gets some nice fat Tone to it.

It works great for splitting sound to 2 amps and really fattens the tone.

I Love Zakk Wlyde and his overall tone so realistically this is prob not the best pedal for me to achieve those goals but im quite happy with its flexability.

My only complaint if any would be that when using it with my distortion I am actually after 2 tones.
1 thick and fat for rhythm, Thus the filter would towards the CUT side of the dial but then for lead i like a crispy almost doubled sound which requires the filter to be dialed toward PASS.

Oh well we cant always have our cake and eat it too.

I love the shape and design of the pedal.
Being a Zakk Wylde fan I wear Combat boots built big enough to decimate an entire Legion of ***holes with a single kick and the angled face with the switch on it is BRILLIANT!! The MXR and Maxon pedals are flat and its hard to stomp the switch button accurately.

Unfortunately this pedal has not gigged yet so I cant comment but I can say I would be confident enough to use it without a backup. Im pretty anal about caring for my gear and while i stomp on it when using the pedals they are kept covered and protected when not.
All my pedals are mounted to a board via the 4 screws in each corner being removed then a Bicycle chain link being screwed in place then the other end of the link screwed down to the pedal board, so I dont really have worries about pedals flying about.

Havent had to deal with them

I play all things from Metal to Blues to a bit of Stoner rock to some clean channel stuff and i think the pedal suits well to all of these.

If it needed to be replaced I would prob get another one or possibly a Boss CE-5

As I stated before I love the idea ofthe Angled face and switch mounting.

The only desing feature i dont quite like is the chrome knobs. They look absolutely awesome in theory and cosmoetic appeal but in practicality they make it a bit hard to see where you are actually dialing them in at.

If i had to name or state anything I wish it had all I could say is maybe a little more intensity on the chorus efect as in some clean use it is a little weak

Nice chorus/vibe pedal. Very easy to use and explore. Adds nice subtle character to your sound, which is what I was after. Manual is a good source for info on where to start. Can't really make adjustments during a gig but I just set it and forget it, its part of your sound.

It gives me exactly what I was looking for. Nice subtle chorus and vibe, but again completely adjustable to your liking. Fills out the tone I wanted. I place it last in my chain of effects. It works well with any good guitar. I use Gibsons, Fenders and Crafter. Played thru a Mesa Boogie 5:50. Not noisy at all.

I do indeed use it for gigs and while I depend on it, I could play on without it if it died on the spot. Take extra batteries. Easy to change quickly. Built very solid. I like it a lot.

Never had to deal with Ibanez for anything.

I play a combination of high energy and soulful RnR. This unit adds greatly to the tone and sound I was looking for. I play in a band with keyboard, bass and drums. I'm the only guitar and wanted a bit fuller tone at times. Mainly play Strats and a Crafter copy of the T5 Taylor. (Great guitar by the way and 1/4 the cost of a Taylor.) The Kent Armstrong single coil sounds great with this pedal. I play thru a Mesa Express 5:50 Been playing for 36 years and have had a lot of junk and a lot of good equipment. If it were ever lost or stolen I would surely replace it with the same unit.

Easy enough to use. I could get the vibrato sound out of it ok, manual is helpful

Hmmm this is the reason I'm writing the review at all. I was highly dissapointed with the lack of effect. I could hardly tell when it was on at all unless I had the speed up to vibrato levels. Also a slight amount of distortion was noticable.

I'm playing an Ibanez SZ520 with EMG pickups through a Marshall JCM800. I was hoping to have chorus as a separate pedal from my Korg multi effects but it's just a waste of power in my opinion with this pedal

Well I couldn't really hear what it was doing, wouldn't bother using it

I haven't used enough to break it

I like to play mostly hard rock sorts of stuff. I like an effect that is very noticable which you can tone down. I find that the Korg1500g multi effects chorus blows this away. I thought that a dedicated unit would be better - maybe mine's broken??

Relitively easy to use control descriptation could be clearer. not hard to find a nice sound

it sound good but thats about it it just seem to be lacking someting but i carnt put my finger on what it is. it just not a boss ce1

At first it looked put together well but after a month the first output broke so i carnt now use it in stereo. I also couldnt find a wall wart that would go in it without making it hum.I just wouldnt take this to a gig

never dealt with them

not a bad pedal if you want a chrous sound but not if you want a lush watery warm chrous then get something else.

very simple and straightforward controls, I knew it was worth keeping within the first 15 minutes of playing it!

This is where it shines! you can get an amazing quality, noiseless chorus effect that has the option of being either more of a leslie speaker simulator, the pedal can also give you some great contempoary/ modern sounds. Not forgetting it's totally TRUE BYPASS, but I recommend only using it with George L cables! these leads cut noise by more than 50%! I normally use my supervibe pedal with a keeley phat BD2 and a Keeley Java Boost going clean into a Peavey Bandit 112. It sounds beautifull with my JJ Retro guitar!

This pedal is extremley dependable, compare it to a boss chorus body shape! This one's made out of metal and I've even dropped it accidently onto a concrete floor and it still works perfectly. It works under all enviroments, in the studio and at gigs perfectly! I've even used it in minus temperatures at an outdoor music festival. altough it could be slightly tougher, the knobs could be made smaller, stopping them poking out but for #45 brand new! try and find a tougher chorus pedal. It's as solid as a diamond!

I haven't needed to contact them and I've had it for 7 years!

I am a lead guitarist and I play in the style of HARD ROCK. here is my setup JJ Retro Guitar/Budda Wha/Keeley Java Boost/Boss-Keeley BD2/Keeley Fuzz Head/Boss DD3 japanese original/Peavey Bandit 112 amp. Marshall supervibe and Line 6 Liqua Flange in FX loop of amp. I love the leslie effect that the supervibe can produce, it can really add lots of Hendrix/Vintage Magic to your sound. If I could afford it I'd choose the Fulltone Deja Vibe over this pedal but that costs miles more money! 100's of pounds infact. so to conclude #45, true bypass, sterio out, all analogue. I think it's well worth it! go and try one, you'll be amazased.

It's very easy to use. Try and get a lot ;-)

I use a Blade TE-3 Strat with an EMG-SA Set in it. Im running this Sv-1 effect straight into the Laney TF300.
I ve teseted the Boss CE-5 and the SV-1 for a long time. The SV is more brilliant.This is one of the best chorus pedals that I've heard. Near the TC Chorus.
Really bypassed!!!!
Beautiful!!!!!

Marhall.....almost no doubts

see Reliability

I love the 80`s, especially Marillion.
With this SV-1 i get all the Chorus Sounds of Marillion. So if u want to know how it sounds....listen to Marillion (Suger Mice......)

pretty easy to use. a really basic pedal.
kind of small knobs, so not so easy to adjust on the fly in a show...

I had the same problem as severyone else with a large hum noise...
but then I put in a battery and the things completely silent.
its basically a problem with unclean ground in the ac adapter. easily fixable with a clean ac adapter designed for use with pedals. or just get a rechargable battery.

the thing is built pretty solid, so you'd have to try really hard to break it. I've seen it dropped, kicked, had beer spill on it, the usual works... it sounds good.

pretty solid pedal. would definately recommend. good for the price I paid at least.

EZ to use.
I had the pedal dialed in within the first 2 minutes of use.
4 knobs, slightly interactive, easily understood after looking through the few pages of the manual.

Perfect....
But it's because I was looking for a "VIBE", not a chorus pedal, which I've played through a bunch, and wasn't what I was looking for.
Strat,Keeley Modded DS-1, Keeley Modded TS9, SV-1, Ibanez Delay, Blues Delux, which I love.
I play mostly blues, SRV, Clapton, Buddy Guy, etc. and the added tone is great.
Adds magic to Little Wing, River of Tears, (Clapton), Feels Like Rain, (Buddy Guy).
No problem with noise as noted by other reviews. It may be because of my set up, ie. I don't play a high gain program, however I do over-drive my amp.

Built solid.
If it failed during a gig, I would work around it for the night.
I don't depend on batteries for power. I use a 1 Spot, which has worked perfect for the past year with all my pedals.

Have had the need

Like I said, "There's a Blues Man In Town"
I've been playing since I was 15, mmmmmmmmmmmm that was 39 years ago!
No fair, you were counting ....
If it was lost or stolen I would replace it with one just like it.
What I really like is its subtlety in adding tone, depth & character.
This is very well put by another's review, perfect "Cold Shot".
I really like the sound, even though when making the decisiion to purchase, the reviews that said the pedal was noisy made me a bit nervous.
Glad I went with the positive reviews. High Gain settings may cause a problem.

Very easy to use. The manual has some basic settings. It's a pretty basic pedal though so if you REALLY need the manual you should really think of taking up another pastime other than guitar.

Setup: USA Strat -> Dunlop 535Q -> Ibanez TS-7 -> MXR phase 90 -> SV-1 Supervibe -> Boss DD-5 delay -> Fender Hot Rod Deville 4x10. At first I was disappointed because the unit was pretty noisy. I could hear my air conditioner make this thing hum every time it came on while I was using it. I read a few reviews here to see if anyone else had the same problem. That's when I came across a post about using a zero noise AC adaptor. So I picked up a DanElectro zero noise adaptor at Guitar Center. WOWIE KAZOWIE Batman! That made all the difference. No noise. Zip. Nada. With the air conditioner on and my PC running next to it.

As far as tone goes this unit is awesome. I think some of the other posters must have been smoking crack when they said it sucks or is too subtle. For a relative low priced chorus pedal this thing can mimic digital and analog pedals. If you get the depth, speed and your overdrive setup correctly you can make some very Hendrixish/Trowerish with this puppy. It's a keeper.

It seems tough. I haven't dropped it on its head yet but it feels very solid.

I haven't had to call about this pedal or my ED-1 compressor so I guess that's a good thing. Doesn't really give me any idea of what their support is mike though.

Excellent unit. Anyone from phenom to a nipple scratching nitwit should be able to get good tone out of this thing.