Pearl Chorus

4 control knobs,tone control,depth control,speed control, and mix balance.
Within a minimal amount of time you can find a variety of setting that will work.

I'm using a 1982 Les Paul custom with Burst bucker puck ups, custom Strat,Gibson Explorer (among others)thru a Planet waves tuner FoxxRoxx Octron,Fulltone Clyde Deluxe,Fulltone Full drive II, Fulltone Choral Flange(n the flange setting)Fulltone Deja Vibe,MXR Phase 100,Pearl Chorus and a Pearl Delay(old school!),,and a MXR Kerry King 10 band EQ into a Marshall blues breaker.
This pedal gets probably more use than most of those,other than the Fulltone Deja Vibe,I like a more transparent effect setting so I tend to leave them on a lot ,creating my own sound so to speak,The Pearl Chorus can be set to be Leslie sounding or a "Police" type transparency.

I bought this thing new in like 1984/1985? Used it to some degree,then it got shoved into a box for YEARS .I started to put together a pedal board a few months ago and remembered I had this and the Pearl Delay unit.Cleaned them off,plugged them in and they're like they where brand new. When I started to do some research on them ,not much info found except for on here.Then when I saw the scarcity of them even on ebay I realized I had some true "vintage" analogue pedals!!!
Ive done a handful of gigs with no problem,if I did I can switch the Fulltone Choral/Flange OR the Deja Vibe over to their Chorus settings,But as much as I love the Fulltone products, or a sentimental value of the Pearl,I prefer it.
But if it broke,I would be scouring ebay for another,

Theres little to no info anywhere on these pedals let alone any customer support,So we Pearl pedal user on on our own...

I've been playing for 30 years .playing rock,blues and metal.
I'm a gear junkie of the typical sort.20 odd guitar 4 different amps,you know the deal.
I really didn't think a pedal made by a well known drum manufacture 25 years after the fact would still be relevant but since its analogue it has a great all around sound.
When I bought it NEW eons ago ,I was pretty naive,clueless about gear compared to the curmudgeon veteran I an now,so they must have been"entry level priced(cheap)
How was I to know it would become a valuable part of my sound?
I just bought a Pearl DS06 Overdrive Distortion pedal from the bay today to keep it and the delay company,Can't wait to test drive it.
So if you see these anywhere grab them up,there a lost treasure.
Why they where discontinued is beyond me.
I'm just glad I never get rid of any gear I obtain,you never know when it come in use!

Pretty simple, plug in yr guitar and plug it in to your amp.... I have found it fairly easy to get various sounds out of it..I went back and forth between a Boss Flanger and this pedal, ended up keeping this one, though I wouldn't mind getting the Flanger back. It does have a wide range of sounds....

I use it with a Strat, Boss DS-2 distortion, and a Marshall Valvestate 80 amp, or a Marshall stack. It does have some hum, so it is slightly noisy. I can't get the *exact* sound I want out of it, but I have never replaced it either in the 9 years I've had it. My favorite artists are Nirvana, the Beatles, and Zep. I am able to get a good Nirvana like sound with this pedal on the appropriate songs.

The switching has never let me down, and the case is solid, no worries.

Don't think they make this pedal anymore.... :)

If this were stolen, it'd be too hard too track down another one, I'd probably switch back to a Boss BF-2 Flanger....

Very easy to use, simple knob layout. Nothing new here. The best tones (to my ears) are the subtle ones with this pedal, because it can get quite drastic.

I personally think this thing sounds great. I had the Pearl Flanger years ago and sold it, and regret it. I think these pedals sound fantastic! The Chorus can go from just a hint of detune to all out dizziness. That may not be my forte, but if I ever wanted that sound, it will do it!

Aluminum case, with metal footswitch. I don't think I'll be having problems with it.

Found it used at a pawn shop. From my previous experience with the Pearl Flanger, I knew I had to pick it up, and especially at that price! It's a great addition to my rig - I was looking for a chorus pedal to run in the loop, and this thing delivers! Thanks, Pawn America!

The pedal is very easy to use. There is a tone control; depth control; speed control; and mix balance. I've been able to dial in any chorus sound I've wanted.

The sound quality is excellent. I've been playing into a Budda Twinmaster head on a Marshall 4X12 cabinet. The guitars I've used have varied from a very thin Telecaster; a Stratocaster; a Les Paul with Seymour Duncan humbuckers; and an Ibanez Bob Weir. In each case, I could dial in exactly as much chorus as I wanted.

This thing has a metal casing and a cast aluminum switch. It will last longer than I will.

Never had to use them. They are not making pedals anymore anyway.

I've been playing for about twenty-five years. This is one of the best chorus pedals that I have ever played through. I currently use a Fulltone Choral-flange pedal - it is the only chorus that has ever sounded better to me.

This thing is cool, the knobs are easy to dial in. My only complaint is that the speed knob is a bit touchy.

I run any one of my 9 guitars thru this. It sounds cool thru Mustangs, Les Paul's, strat's, my 7 string, my electric 12 string, and my Electric Acoustic's. I run from the guitar into my metal zone, then into a chorus ensemble, then into the pearl chorus, then into a digital reverb/delay, then into a fender M80 rackmount amp/ peavey 100 watt transtube head, then into 2 Dual Showman 4/12 cabs.... wow... what a sound. I go out stereo from the chorus ensemble... i have one line going into the pearl chorus, and the other one going into the transtube head. what a sound.... good sounding chorus.

i reguarly gig without a backup for the pearl chorus, but with two choruse's in your setup, who needs a backup, right? no problems with the damn thing yet...

never dealt with them... and probably won't considering how long they haven't been making pedals.

i play anything from the pumpkins to my own stuff... been doing it for 6 years now... i love to find old pedals that sound cool. this is one of them. not much else to say..... it's a good damn chorus pedal... won't get you the "holy grail" of chorus, but then again.... all players have different guitar religions...