Marshall SV-1 Supervibe Chorus

The unit is ded easy to use, i have to agree that i have not realy found any sounds I like MORE than the suggested settings in the manual, but that does not mean there aint any. The manual is the same as all marshall pedal manuals. It is thin and basic, but tells you everything you need to know.

I play Jackson/Les Paul(Epiphone) through a laney HC series amp, but this unit has also been tested with a friends Ibanez JS series playing straight through a Carvin head and 4X12. It sounded sooooooo nice, It does not take over the sound, but fills it, it even adds something to the already monsterous overdrive you get from the head unit...I have owned other chorus effects as stomp boxes or as multi digital effects, chorus has always been one of the most usefull and useable effects and this sounds as good, if not better than the BOSS, DOD and ZOOM boxes I have owned before.

Not tried it stereo,...but i am looking forward to it...

The box just feels solid, it is heavy and metal (which cant be bad....), but seriously, there have been comments about knocking buttons off, guys what are you doing,.....the switch! stand on the switch! A few feriends of mine have been gigging with the same effects set-ups for YEARS and they are made of plastic...OK one is a ZOOM multi effects box (V.Nice) and the other uses an RP-1 (remember those), both great units, but if you are gonna kick the thing around the stage, anything will break. In my mind this is very solid and reliable pedal.

I have not needed to use it (EVER) so it is difficault to say. I now own 2 Marshall effects and have previously owned an amplifier and never needed customer support; so am gonna give them a good score, just because they get stuff right the first time so ya don't have to use 'em.

I play all sorts of music from U2 to Slipknot (not sure how this effect will fit in with the latter, but hey i will give it a damn good try). I have been playing for around 12 years and have owned a lot of stuff, too much to mention here....
I bought this pedal for a number of reasons, It looks good (weak i know but it does ;)), It is well made/solid (I already had a Guvnor 2 and have found it to be superb). In my subjective opinion, and based on memory, I would say that this unit sounds equally as good, if not better than all the chorus effects I have previously owned (With the exception of my Laney GC120C - stereo chorus, 120W through 2x12 HH speakers...droool - I miss that one :(), This unit is cheap, sooo cheap it would almost put some people off buying it, that would be their mistake. This unit is almost 45% cheaper than the BOSS offering and on a per pound (or dollar) scale, way better than any of the competition.

It's real easy to find a good sound, and the suggested settings are pretty good too. The only problem is the battery cover is SO hard to get open.

Strat - Crybaby - Boss Metal Zone - SuperVibe - Marshall JMP amp
It's not noisy at all.
The effects are subtle and very effective.
A bit noisy with the adaptor, but I'm probably using the wrong one..

The knobs are quite exposed. A friend of mine has one, and his Bass Player managed to break one of the knobs off.
I have no money, so i wouldnt have a backup.

Great, cheap, and better than the cheaper boss pedals. I wish I had a CE-1 though...

4 knobs : Speed / Depth / Waves mix / Freq. Bandwidth
The two last ones are not so obvious if you don't read the manual... which quite correctly made, by the way. It is quite hard to find good sounds by yourself, but the manual provides 4 examples of settings which are a really good starting point to create warm and natural chorus.
So finally, it is not so "easy to use" because you have to keep in mind the proposed settings. But it is a good point since having 2 strange technical knobs really increase the behaviour of the chorus.

Ibanez JS1000 + SV-1 + Peavey Classic 50 4x10
It is my first chorus pedal, and I compared it with the new Ibanez Chorus+Flanger (something-7) in the store. I choosed SV1 because the ibanez chorus sounds bad (too simple, too direct).
For clear sounds, ambiant and holded chords, classical, "Limp Bizkit hip-hop arpeggios", it's definitely magic enough. You can even create a flanger-like effect for funky double-stops rythms which makes them even more grooOOoovy. The effect is not too weak as I read before, you can go from a very subtle to an extreme deep chorus with no problem. But as I said before, you have to find the correct settings, else it don't sound good.
For distorded sounds...it doesn't make it at all : white noise and the sound is not very different from the non-affected one. I didn't try it yet into the effect loop of the amp, maybe it's better. You can remove the white noise using the 4th knob which cuts the high frequency from the effect. But in this case, the effect does nothing :o) Anyway, I don't know what can a chorus make with a distorded sound... The natural sound of the JS with distorsion is SO PERFECT !
I was looking for a pedal that adds originality and colors to my "clean" play, so I'm happy with it for "listenable & normal" stuff but I know that I will not have so much fun trying new extraterrestrial sounds because going too far from the proposed settings is not conclusive.

It's in metal and brand new. I hope it will last ! I'm afraid of the size of the knobs, they are very long, so you'd better not give a lateral knock on the top of them, it may bend them.

I said everything in the sound quality ! To conclude, let's say that the pedal has a VERY correct sound quality, you can create dreamy sounds easily and it helps you to play better since you sound better. But it also fun when you make hip hop arpeggios (I'm sure that using a delay with it can make me play only two chords during few hours !!!)
Oh yeah, I love the fact that you can create easily up to 4 different chorus sounds (flanger, rotation...) just turning few knobs. If you want other sounds, it becomes more complicated, but well...

Very easy. "Homer/Anonymous" you are an idiot--why did you submit not one, but THREE of the SAME REVIEWS of this pedal. I give you a (-10), the pedal a (9) NINE.

Nice sound quality. Best chorus pedal in its price range. Quality unit for the bucks. Still digital, but very flexable controls and nice "pseudo-analog tone" capability! Versatile chorus that will suit most anyone.

Seems tough enough. I'll give it a "9" or "10" when I've had it for a year. Pretty good so far, with no issues.

No idea. Never had to. I give this catagory an "8" just because Jim Marshall is one of coolest older folks on earth. Rock on Mr. Marshall.

Number 9. Number 9. Number 9....Oh yesss, very nice for the price. A good solid 8.7/10, so I'll be nice and say 9/10 (can't leave tenths of points in the ratings anyway). Get it if you want a great chorus for fairly cheap.

This pedal is rather easy to use. It has 4 control knobs consist of speed, depth, wave and filter and an extra lead for stereo output.

My setup consist of a Les Pual copy guitar, Fender Frontman 25R amp, Ibanez Smashbox, Marshall Guv'nur Plus, Vox Valve Tone, homemade TS-808 and LPB 1 (boster) and Marshall Supervibe. This is a decent sounding chorus when using it with my setup. I could get some really nice vintage to modern chorus and even some vibrato effects from this pedal. Very versatile indeed. I have compared this to the Boss Super Chorus side by side and i find that the Supervibe sounded WAY better. THe Marshall is more lush and organic sounding while the Boss is simply too digital to my ears. But maybe if you're a KORN or Limp Bizkit fan, then the Boss gonna suit you better. While for me I play blues , classic rock, hard rock and some metallica stuff and this pedal is the ONE ! Besides, this pedal is even cheaper than the Boss. So, i grab this emediately wtihout second thought.

The casing looks sturdy enough but i have some eerie feelings about the DPDT switch. It looks fragile and cheap compared to other stomp boxes I've seen. anyway, there's nothing wrong with it so far after 2 month of using and and the switching is exelent. Noise free and accurate.
While about curcuit board, it looks ok . Not much of a quality components inside though since it's made in INDIA but the QC is rather strict. There's two QC sticker with singnatures on the pc board, which means this pedal goes through twice quality control test before being package and exported. Unlike those crappy Ibanez pedal specially from the tone lock series where there's not even a QC sticker in it. I got a SM-7 and it broke down on me after 3 month of using. For god sake, i don't even stomp on it and I just use my toes to do the switching. Well don't tell me that teeny weeny little toes weight a ton!

Overall, the Supervibe is a decend sounding pedal and it ain't expensive. The only drawback is that I get a constant hum when I'm using it with an adaptor so i have to use batteries. But it's a cheapo adaptor anyway , so i suspect it's not the pedal. If it's stolen/lost, I would like to try the cool cat next time just to do some experiment with tone.

This pedal is rather easy to use. It has 4 control knobs consist of speed, depth, wave and filter and an extra lead for stereo output.

My setup consist of a Les Pual copy guitar, Fender Frontman 25R amp, Ibanez Smashbox, Marshall Guv'nur Plus, Vox Valve Tone, homemade TS-808 and LPB 1 (boster) and Marshall Supervibe. This is a decent sounding chorus when using it with my setup. I could get some really nice vintage to modern chorus and even some vibrato effects from this pedal. Very versatile indeed. I have compared this to the Boss Super Chorus side by side and i find that the Supervibe sounded WAY better. THe Marshall is more lush and organic sounding while the Boss is simply too digital to my ears. But maybe if you're a KORN or Limp Bizkit fan, then the Boss gonna suit you better. While for me I play blues , classic rock, hard rock and some metallica stuff and this pedal is the ONE ! Besides, this pedal is even cheaper than the Boss. So, i grab this emediately wtihout second thought.

The casing looks sturdy enough but i have some eerie feelings about the DPDT switch. It looks fragile and cheap compared to other stomp boxes I've seen. anyway, there's nothing wrong with it so far after 2 month of using and and the switching is exelent. Noise free and accurate.
While about curcuit board, it looks ok . Not much of a quality components inside though since it's made in INDIA but the QC is rather strict. There's two QC sticker with singnatures on the pc board, which means this pedal goes through twice quality control test before being package and exported. Unlike those crappy Ibanez pedal specially from the tone lock series where there's not even a QC sticker in it. I got a SM-7 and it broke down on me after 3 month of using. For god sake, i don't even stomp on it and I just use my toes to do the switching. Well don't tell me that teeny weeny little toes weight a ton!

This pedal is rather easy to use. It has 4 control knobs consist of speed, depth, wave and filter and an extra lead for stereo output.

My setup consist of a Les Pual copy guitar, Fender Frontman 25R amp, Ibanez Smashbox, Marshall Guv'nur Plus, Vox Valve Tone, homemade TS-808 and LPB 1 (boster) and Marshall Supervibe. This is a decent sounding chorus when using it with my setup. I could get some really nice vintage to modern chorus and even some vibrato effects from this pedal. Very versatile indeed. I have compared this to the Boss Super Chorus side by side and i find that the Supervibe sounded WAY better. THe Marshall is more lush and organic sounding while the Boss is simply too digital to my ears. But maybe if you're a KORN or Limp Bizkit fan, then the Boss gonna suit you better. While for me I play blues , classic rock, hard rock and some metallica stuff and this pedal is the ONE ! Besides, this pedal is even cheaper than the Boss. So, i grab this emediately wtihout second thought.

The casing looks sturdy enough but i have some eerie feelings about the DPDT switch. It looks fragile and cheap compared to other stomp boxes I've seen. anyway, there's nothing wrong with it so far after 2 month of using and and the switching is exelent. Noise free and accurate.
While about curcuit board, it looks ok . Not much of a quality components inside though since it's made in INDIA but the QC is rather strict. There's two QC sticker with singnatures on the pc board, which means this pedal goes through twice quality control test before being package and exported. Unlike those crappy Ibanez pedal specially from the tone lock series where there's not even a QC sticker in it. I got a SM-7 and it broke down on me after 3 month of using. For god sake, i don't even stomp on it and I just use my toes to do the switching. Well don't tell me that teeny weeny little toes weight a ton!

Overall, the Supervibe is a decend sounding pedal and it ain't expensive. The only drawback is that I get a constant hum when I'm using it with an adaptor so i have to use batteries. But it's a cheapo adaptor anyway , so i suspect it's not the pedal. If it's stolen/lost, I would like to try the cool cat next time just to do some experiment with tone.

A little tweekage is in order but easy to use.

I love it. Don't rely on a battery, when it starts going, so does the sound.

Never had a problem. Built much better than the $50 variety.

They are online and have manuals etc. They answered my email in a day.

It's easy, has a great tone and is TRUE BYPASS.

less than 1 hour and I had it figured out.

True bypass, it gives a great "rotating speaker" sound, much better than Boss's CH-1, good for Trower stuff, nice sound. I've tried it with several amps,

No weird stuff, great sound and it doesn't cost $300!!!

No contact here, but we're talking less than $100, I've used it on 50 gigs without fail, if it breaks I'll get something else.

It's the best for the money right now to get a spacey, leslie-ish sound.

This pedal is very easy to use. The manual gives the basic sound settings eg bright, vintage chorus etc.
The pots are easy to operate, but the dials are difficult to see when using in a low light environment, eg on stage. In the main an easy to use effect with an easy to use manual.

A range of sounds are offerred in the manual, but you'll need to alter the settings for personal preference. The bright sound gives a great stereo chorus effect. This doesn't always sit well with distortion, but adjusting the depth, filter etc should sort this out.

Built like a brick outhouse, with the quality you'd expect from Marshall. Feels solid under foot and the on/off switch is positive.
I have to use it without backup, do you think I'm made of money! Its never let me down yet! Change the battery regularly, the effect fades as the batery wears.

I've never had a problem with any Marshall effects, but I did send my Marshall VS 100R amp back after it developed a noisy electrical buzz. It was sent via my local dealer (under warranty)it was back in about a week, repaired with a note explaining the problem. Thus, after sales appears very good!

I like to play blues/rock. However, I play in a pop/cabaret band. I use a Fender Stnd. American Strat. through a Marshall VS 100R with a Dunlop Wah-Wah pedal. I would buy another if stolen, wife permitting! I am going to buy a Marshall Compresser to use with the Chorus pedal. I buy Marshall because I believe they offer performance, build quality, and value for monry.