Peavey DSC-4 Dual Clock Stereo Chorus

Handcrafted in USA. Because it has many knobs, so you gotta spend some time on it to get the sound you want. But this doesn't mean it's difficult to use, it just give you more than other normal chorus pedals.

Sound great! I'm crazy about chorus effect so I've used many chorus pedals! I compared it with other chorus pedals on my own(Boss CE-5, Marshall**vibe, Ibanez...), and finally chose this Peavey to record the Blues rythem tracks in my new demos. It has two chorus models and both sounds great to me. I like warm and tremolo like chorus, Boss is too bright and sometimes metallic!

Hand crafted in USA in 1987. It's 2006 today! There's no any problem with its quality!

Never dealt with.

Believe in the old pedals! Because they already appear in CDs for thousand times! This will give you the tone belonging to the golden times in 80s'.

This unit was relatively easy to get a good chorus sound out of it. I gave it a higher rating for messing around with it straight out of the box but this rating would go down if you were to take it to a studio and try to duplicate a sound from someone using the same thing, as there are four seperate knobs and i'd bet money that your levels would never match theirs. (as I think someone mentioned that this box has two chorus effects a "regular" and a "companded" one).

I got mine used without a manual and it was fun and quick to get some kind-like sounds from some of my favorite bands.

I was really impressed with this box as I used a yamaha practice guitar going through the accompanied 25w amp and another 10w mirage amp. I set the amps across the room from each other and it sounded fantastic, like putting on stereo headphones. The thing that sets this box apart is the two(2) outputs to two different amps.

In order to take "full" advantage of this unit, you must have two outputs hooked up (run it through your mixer or head, then to two cabinets) and they must be set up as you would a home theatre system(for the LF and LR speakers) for the mind-blowing true stereo effect, and secondly, this is a peripheral piece of equipment, it has to be used with other effects.

I used it at the end as the last thing in my stomp box assortment when I got the practice stuff out. I started off with a MT-2 metalzone pedal, then to a vintage mxr phase 90, then to the DSC-4 that runs directly to the practice amps. I looked at other chorus pedals, like DOD's and Danelectro's but they didn't have the versatility for dialing in your favorite band or 2 outputs. It has just got a very full sounding, thick ability to it that can be satisfying for anyone who needs a stereo chorus fix!

It's solid as it is an older model and I was shocked to even find a pedal with Peavey's name on it. I don't get excited about pedals, but the few I get, I like... and the older vintage stuff, as this either is now or will become is what I go after. Even with the new pedal boards that have all the "modeling" of every pedal known to man, they will never duplicate the exact sound of an original vintage pedal.

I would use it at a gig without a backup on the reliability issue, but make sure to have an extra handy if this is the sounds you recorded with.

One a side note, mine has a pin plug for a power cord, when you double the output it really puts a strain on the little 9-volt battery and sucked mine dry in about ten minutes. Most pedals today have the negative biased, that is to say they have a picture somewhere on the pedal that shows the plug-in adapter should have the center pin "negative" and the outer connection as positive.

This unit doesn't have one and if your's is like mine we put a negative biased plug to it and it was smoking circut board. Now mind you, you have to take the battery out in order not to get a false read on the LED and you'll need to plug in the input to get a read in the first place(any guitar cord should do). In short, mine is a positive biased plug-in adapter which I would highly recommend dropping $20.00 at your local radio shack and getting the reversable jack so you can use it with other stuff.

After we smoked it, we plugged it in and works perfect! Go figure?

It would be nice to have a company support the products they sell with docs or manuals even long after discontinuation, but no such luck finding this model in the archives at Peavey.com

Great pedal! Just remember the positive biased plug, dual amps and other effects...seems like a lot to set up just for a pedal, but trust me, it is way worth it. Great addition if you can still find one around. Don't fall for the phony pedals with one(1) output or one chorus sound.

If you want to have fun and test it out...I put both depths all the way up and both rates straight left at about 3 and it is a dead ringer for the rhythm sound of Metallicas "Until It Sleeps". Click on your phase 100 for the lead and have some fun with it.

This unit is very easy to use as the basic idea is that there are 2 chorus pedals in 1 and you can set each chorus differently as each chorus has a depth control and a speed control.
Unfortunately i had my pedal secondhand so i did not have a manual or box but it really is not needed as you can adjust the sound so easily there are only 4 controls( 2 for each chorus )The rubber cover over the foot switch is of a design that i do not like as sometimes you may not have turned the effect on you have to look to make sure, unless you stomp on it !

I use fender guitar amplifiers, a Eighty Five and a Stage Lead 212 (none valve amps), both amplifiers give a super clean sound. Guitar wise i have to Hondo 2 Professionals that have humbucker pickups in similar design to a Gibson SG.
This pedal can sound amazing as it has a full rich sound and if hucked up to 2 amplifiers i think would be great.

Peavey have been around a hell of a long time and most of the equipment they make is well built this pedal is housed in a metal case with a rubber cover which covers the switch area and bends around to the base as well.
I'd say you could depend on this pedal and i would use it at a gig without a backup the control knobs are the only thing that may get damaged as they stick up on top of the pedal but if it was looked after should last a long time.

Not sure of what Peavey's support is like so i can not say how helpfull they are i didn't even know that they had made any foot pedals

I play mellow to heavy rock music and dont really use effects that much but this pedal gives me the chorus sound i want when i need it.
I have played guitar and bass for around 10 years.
If it ws lost or stolen i would not replace it as there are better sounding chorus pedals around and being honest i am not a big Peavey fan, but i would remember this pedal as a very good sounding pedal.
The Sound quality is very good,
I dont like the design of the foot pedal very much but is still a good pedal

It's a foot pedal you either use it or you dont if it gets in the way of the sound you are trying to get you most remove it.

This Peavey Dual Clock Stereo Chorus DSC-4 foot pedal is bright pink in colour which may stop some people from stealing it !

im into effects, not really that familier with chorus, ill figure it out better eventually, i basiically found what i wanted it for but theres a lot more to be done with it.

ok so, im running a fender strat to a peavy studio pro 112. in the effects loop im going Korg Toneworks ax1g or so,ehtign like that -> danelectro phaser -> ibanez phaser -> this pedel -> boss metel zone. sopmetimes i through a wah or flanger or slap back echo pedel in there. soudns good for me, deffinatly a good purchase for the money. i generally put the nobs to the left at 90 degrees, i only use mod 1 tho. so yeah it sounds wonderful clean, solos are good too, but i foudn i need to turn up the nobs a bit to get through the metel zone better.

I havent gigged with it yet but i have one coming up so ill see what its liek there, i wouldnt think that i would have a problem. battery life might be short thou and its difficult to find an adaptor so far but i havent really been looking.

never delt with them.

i play like, idk, punk influenced rock metel in one band and liek radiohead stule in another, perfect match for me. ive been playing for like 3 yrs i guess. if it was lost or stolen i would look for another one of these on ebay or somethign there kinda old might be hard to find, i deff would not buy a boss or digitech chorus though. i also with that like, the outputs could be combined, or my metel zone was stereo, or my effects loop was... mebbe i just need a y cable. but for 17 bucks, makes me happy

I bought this used, without a manual. But I was able to figure it out quickly. I can get the sounds I want. It's basically 2 choruses in one pedal, with 2 knobs ("Speed" and "Depth" per chorus. There is one footswitch to turn the whole unit on and off. You cannot switch between choruses. You have to either use both at the same time or turn the Depth all the way down on one and use the other.

I'm using it with a Fender Strat and an Epiphone SG into a silverface Fender Pro Reverb amp. It's very quiet.

Since there are 2 independant choruses in this pedal (called "Mod 1" and "Mod 2"), you can get a huge variety of sounds. It can be warm and subtle or extreme. Mod 1 seems to be voiced in the midrange (at least it sounds that way to me). Using it alone gives you a warm "vintage" chorus, with a little vibrato. The Depth allows you to go from a subtle thickening to a heavy seasick warble. With the Speed all the way up and the Depth a little under half, you can get a decent leslie imitation. It won't fool anyone, but it sounds cool.

Mod 2 seems to affect higher frequecies. It can add a nice shimmer to your sound. It doesn't seem to change your fundamental tone as much as Mod 1. When used alone, it can make most of the same sounds as the other Mod, but with slightly more airy overtones and a less wobbly low end.

But the REAL fun comes when use use both Mods at the same time. You can set the Speeds the same to get a really full sound. This isn't easy, though. The 2 speed knobs don't react exactly the same (at least on mine). So you have to listen to each sweep and sync them.

Or you can set them for different speeds, and get a variety of bizarre sounds. If you get tired of the regular sweep of a typical chorus, then this is the pedal for you. It can create some really chaotic assymetrical cycles. I haven't found a musical use for these settings yet- but I'm trying...

It's in a solid cast metal box. I think I can depend on it. I have a digital delay from the same series that seems to be holding up well. The only complaint I have is with the footswitch. There's a rubber "bubble" covering the switch. So it's hard to tell how much pressure to apply. You don't feel a click, so you have to check the LED to make sure you pressed hard enough.

N/A- never dealt with them, and this pedal's long out of production.

This pedal is a good match for just about any style from pop to avant-garde. If it were lost or stolen, I'd look for another one. It helps me make music, *AND* the occasional obnoxious noise.

The only thing I don't like about it is the paint job. It's the most godawful shade of neon pink I've seen since the 80's. Ugh. But if you're in a spandex-wearing hair-metal band, you might like it.

This effect is very easy to use. It has separate sets of controls for the two different chorus effects (companded and regular). Controls are depth and speed. My main beef is the effects are not switchable. Instead, the unit has two separate output jacks, one for the companded chorus, one for the regular chorus. This makes this box inconvienient to use.

There are two different effects, but both sound really nice.

The regular chorus is lush and rich. A Boss Super Chorus sounds like a chorus-in-a-can by comparison. It isn't super-swishy like the Boss can be but the quality of the effect is much better.

The Companded chorus also has a very nice sound. It's not as lush and sweeping of an affect as the standard chorus but it's not supposted to be. It's more of a tonal variation. It can sound downright flakey at higher speed and depth settings, but it is a quality kind of flakey!

Noise is non-existant. There is a little signal boost, but it doesn't suck tone when bypassed. Is it as lush sounding as a T.C.? No but look at the price!

Bombproof! Weights more than it should. A really solid box.

These older Peavey pedals are highly underrated. They're high quality units that generally sound great and cost very little. I've yet to hear a bad one. The Hotfoot Distortion is still my favourite distortion unit and I think this one will become my favorite chorus.

two modes with speed and depth for each one stereo output cant get a bad sound out of it can get really good nirvana sound

my setup is squier II stratocaster to dunlop original crybaby wah to dsc-4 chorus to rogue smt-5 distortion to crate G-10XL amp. sounds great through my setup and is perfect for my style (mostly grunge metal and sometimes i'll play somthin quiet)

very dependable all steel construction but bad on batteries

N/A

good pedal great sound