TC Electronic SCF Stereo Chorus/Pitch Modulator/Flanger

Very easy; bought mine in 1999 after reading that Eric Johnson used one. Knobs are easy to understand and clear.

Used with a Fender Stratocaster '68 reissue, Fender Princeton Chorus amp. Extremely quiet and clean sounding pedal; true bypass, can't hear anything humming from it. As mentioned earlier I bought it because I knew it was a favorite of EJ and at the time I was obsessed with trying to mock his tone. This was a great investment though on its own. It did sound similar to the Boss chorus pedal which I also owned at the time but the sound quality was noticably better, cleaner, and more organic sounding than the Boss. Huge price difference too...

It's probably a very reliable pedal if you don't use it as a pedal.

One day out of the clear blue it just stopped working. I thought maybe I stepped on it too hard but the LED was coming on when I activated the switch; just no effect. I took it apart to see if it was broken, but that was a mess just trying to get into that pedal. I contacted the company via email and tried to call them but I remember it being a huge hassle and it was not in warranty (go figure) so I pretty much just left it alone. I think I had it *maybe* 2 years may before it died, probably less I just can't remember. Just a word of advice: the stomp switch should really not be used as a "stomp" switch. The switch itself it very delicate and has a heavier metal cover on it but it doesn't click to activate, so you really have to push it gently (it will actuate) and the LED will come on. Just a very sensitive on/off switch in my opinion. I am not saying this is the reason mine stopped working but I can see this being a problem for someone with a lead foot. The pedal could have been completely flawless if it weren't for that crappy switch so...

Again, I don't remember them being very helpful. They are in Denmark I think... was very hard to communicate with them and since it was past the warranty I think I pretty much gave up. I usually don't give up on somethng that cost $300.00 but I am almost certain it was a hassle to support it otherwise i would have gotten it fixed.

Unfortunately it broke before I got any live use out of it, but had I been playing with it live I probably would use it without a backup. If it were stolen I'd be mad but I probably wouldn't buy it again just because I like change and I can't usually justify re-buying something I already owned unless my life depended on it. Again I bought this because Eric Johnson used one and I liked the effect better than the Boss chorus. I'm now a cheap b*stard and use a EH Small Clone but that thing is noisy as all hell (analog).

Easy to use as a chorus flanger, very intuitive. The pitch shift part is not as clear, wish I had the manual. Sounds fabulous as a stereo chorus or flanger though, and that how I use it, last in the chain. In the studio, I have seen producers and engineers with these pedals in their racks.

I use 5 or so pedals before the TC - Morley volume wah, MXR LImiter, Vox Valve Tone, a Tube Screamer, Line 6 DL4, sometimes an MM4., this with a variety of guitars and mostly Fender amps. The TC's dead quiet, it has massive headroom. And the buffering, headroom and adjustable gain pot are just great, they improve tone by being in the chain because they load your pickups better and you can optimize the amount you drive your amp's preamp stage with the pot. This besides having a state of the art audio quality.

Totally dependable, no backup needed, just don't step on it. However I bought mine used cheap because the power cord was intermittent at the stress relief plug where the cord enters the box. If you take the thing apart you'll see these stress relief plugs create a wicked angle on the power cable, so if the cable gets kicked a few times (likely what happened)it's not surprising the power cord would break. Better the power cable than some internal component though, so actually that's a smart design. I cut the cable, resoldered it into the board, and recrimped it into place. Good as new.

Nope, used gear. But the company is a Pro Audio company with a decent reputation.

If this was lost or stolen, I'd have to sell something to able to afford another one. But it's one of my top of the list items; it doesn't just do the job, it's one of the best. The only thing better would be a TC 1210 rack mounted programmable chorus unit.

Well it is a bit more difficult than may old Boss CE3 but it is way more versatile too.

OK like I said it is a little more complex than a Boss CE2 which is bone simple and it can not sound as thick as the Boss either. Yet that is waht is good about it. Leads are much clearer although the sound is not as deep for rythem as I somtimes like. But this also has a phase switch that adds a whole dimension including a fast phase that sounds like a leslie way cool bra......
Plus it is much cleaner no hiss aduible and the Boss is very noisy by comparison. I have used others like the H20, nobel, boss CE3, cool cat etc all nice but this has the best overall. Plus a line volume.

Like a rock I must say.

Expensive but the clean signal, versatility and good tones make it worth it.

Speed, Depth and Intensity (Mix)... pretty straightforward really.

A simple switch changes you into flanger mode or mix between chorus and flanger.

My favorite chorus is the roland jc-120 tone... Andy Summers-type tone. This pedal is the closest you can get to those 80's era tones without A/Bing with the amp itself.

Not a watery, psychodelic chorus. Classy and glassy. Noiseless

I love hard-wired power. Batteries always adhere to Murphy's Law, don't they?

So long as you don't let drunks spill beer on this slice of heaven, you'll be fine.

This is a really great chorus... super clean and easy to use. You can crank the settings and get some weird tones.. but this is a much more classy, use-it-a-ton chorus... not of the gimmicky sort.

If you want tons of strange chorus, check out the red witch. But for a jc type response... look no further.

Well, its rather simple to use. Speed, depth, mix, and output volume. It doesn't really get much easier than that.

I like the fact that it has an input gain level, although my guitar and amp setup doesn't really cause the thing to clip.

I am using a Fender American strat, a Gibson Les Paul double cut, and a Gibson Les Paul Classic 60's neck.

Sound quality is very clean, virtually no noise.

I really like the overall frequency coverage of the unit. I had previously been using a Boss Super Chorus pedal. In comparison to the Boss, this TC electronic doesn't dull down the playing dynamics and detail like the Boss.

Also, the TC electronic make the high-end frequencies shimmer nicely with the chrous, noticeably better than the Boss.

I am using this pedal in the effects loop of a Crate V32 Palomino amp, which is using a pair of 12AX7 preamp tubes and running with EL84 power tubes. Its a really nice guitar amp which sounds really smooth on the gain channel... and it really rocks !! It really complements the sound of any decent pedal hooked up to it.

I don't use the Flange mode that much. I bought it mainly for the chorus. However, the flange does sound nice. My favorite thing to play on the flange is the intro to "Hear About It Later" from Van Halen's Fair Warning album.

However, running both the chorus and flange together makes a nice lush sound.

I really like the silent switching of the unit. I don't hear any kind of popping or clicks coming through the amp when switching.

So far the unit has been reliable. Never broken down. I have not noticed any difficult in using it.

I have had it about six months now.

However, I don't frequently switch it in and out. I typically will run with the thing on for a few hours and sometimes leave it off for a while.

Build quality looks solid on the exterior.

I have never needed to use the customer support.

I like a mix of rock and blues playing, with a mix of clean, mildly driven, and heavily overdriven hard rock sounds.

I have been playing guitar for about 15 years.

These days, I want to keep a simple formula for my setup. Along with my above mentioned guitars, I am running a TC Electronic Vintage Delay, this SCF pedal, and my Crate V32 amp.

If it were lost or stolen, I would definitely get another one.

I have only compared it to the Boss CH-1. At nearly three times the price of the Boss, I can say it definitely sounds at least 3 times better. The frequency response of the unit, coverage of the effect, preservations of dynamics and detail, and silent switching were exactly what I was looking for.

This pedal definitely complements my sound and playing.

It is very easy to use, no need for a manuel it's self explanitory.

I have many great high end choruses. I own the retro-sonic chorus aswell as the analog man chorus. Please feel free to read those reviews. I hate to read a few bashing reviews of a great product. This is one excellent chorus. In fact, I like this chorus better than all of my other choruses. It is a very clean, transparent and lightly shimmery chorus that sounds incredibe! I also get irritated that people say the old one was so much better. I have owned both and do not agree. If this was the case don't you think Eric Johnson would use the old one? Check out Eric's web-site it specifically states that he uses a newer tc chorus. I also saw thim live using a newer chorus. If this chorus sucked as someone stated do you really think Johnson and Gilmour would use them? These guys have the resources to use any pedal they please, come on. I suppose we are to believe that your ear is superior to Johnsons, yeah right. Please give a reasonable rating, if you don't like the pedal, fine; however, do not give it a rating of one, two, or three. This type of low ball rating only shows your stupidity.

I have relied on these for a long time and will continue to do so.

Never needed them because my pedals never stopped working.

I gave this pedal all tens due to the fact that it recieved some bogus scores here. I believe this to be a product worthy of the score I bestowed upon it. I would have paid $300.00 just for the chorus alone, so I think it's a great bargain.

Talk about ease of use, MY DAUGHTER COULD GET A GOOD SOUND OUT OF THIS THING!

67' Tele ORIGINAL through a 64' Bassman head, this thing is as quiet as fuck! The chorus sounds awsome, as soon as I tried it I nearly creamed my pants! This pedal blows away all other chorus pedals, AND I'VE USED THEM ALL.

So far so good...

I've been playing for nearly 35 years, I play rock, blues, funk, jazz, hip-hop, R&B, regaee, jam stuff and a little country. If this pedal were stolen I'd track the thief and shove his nuts down his mouth. This pedal blows away all other chorus pedals, unless you want to sound like some teenage kid playing through chinese crap, GET ONE OF THESE PEDALS RIGHT NOW!

I bought this for the chorus effect; don't have much need for the flange and modulation. The chorus is fairly easy to dial in. The manual if pretty concise, but there was nothing I needed to know that wasn't included.

I use a Gibson Chet Atkins SST (acoustic / electric) through a Fender Steel King combo (200 watts and 1 - 15"). I have not used effects pedals in a LONG time, but now feel like it is time to add some color to my sound. I chose the TCI based on reviews and reputation- I had not used one. I am VERY happy with the sound; it is extremely clean sounding chorus. It can get very big, if needed.

I will not use a back up. The case is nice and sturdy.

An expensive, but excellent chorus. My only issue is that I wish I could slow down the speed just a bit more. Of course, backing off the intensity will remove some of that heavy "whoosh" this box will deliver.

Very easy to use.

I used this with a Fender Princeton Chorus at the time (I no longer own the pedal). No noise - just clean chorus. I thought it sounded pretty good in my chain of effects, which at the time I was using an Echoplex for delay and the two combined sounded great.

Here's where the problem lies.
For a $300 pedal, the build quality is 50/50. It's like how the newer Honda Preludes are beautiful on the outside and very robust, but the interior is like a plastic toy - that's how I feel about this pedal.

I bought the pedal because I got sick of using Boss pedals and at the time, I was very much into Eric Johnson's sound and I knew he had been using a TC Electronic pedal for quite some time. I had some money to blow so I did just that; and came out with this killer chorus pedal. The thing sounded great, and really was/is built very well. It's not a flimsy pedal by any means. But it only served me for about 2 years before it just crapped out. The one part of the pedal I would say is unreliable is the stomp switch, in that it's bogus to even call it a "stomp" switch since if you stomp on it, more than likely you will break it. What it really is is a push switch with silent activation, and it has a metal cover. That's all it is. It's really more like a button. But my switch would activate and the lights would blink. It just flat out "didn't work anymore". So I was very annoyed by that, since the one time I spend a lot of money on something it goes bad. I tried to use what little electronic expertise I had to fix the thing, but to no avail. I finally got sick of it and gave it to a friend in hopes that he could get it fixed and have a very awesome pedal for cheap. As far as I know he just threw it away.

Bring an extra chorus pedal with you on a gig. If mine just "went", who knows. Can't guarantee it.

TC Electronic was not very helpful when I e-mailed them about the issues I had. I don't know about them now but I remember getting aggraveted frequently with their lack of responses.

Please don't get me wrong; this is a great pedal and in all honesty, if you can pull an "eric johnson" on your equipment and run custom switches to everything, you can eliminate the need to ever have to step on this unit. Although I know that's a bit far-fetched and not everyone has that option. In that case, just be very gentle with this pedal. It doesn't have that beefy Carlin switch like the MXR pedals do. For what you pay for this unit it should be a little more reliable, but I guess anything can go wrong with just about anything you buy. Other than that 1 out of 100 problem, this thing kicks the crap out of any other chorus pedal out there. It's very similar to a Boss chorus in sound but you'll feel and hear the difference in comparison.

It took a while to figure out the intensity control but in general it was OK. Besides if you are playing with a crowdy band on stage it is sometimes hard to find one more electric plug to plug in. So the individual electric cord sometimes causes hassle

1979 stratocaster, ash body, rosewood fingerboard. Effects are vox v-847 > ibanez cp-9 comp/lim. > v-810 vox valvetone > boss od-3, voodoo lab micro vibe > boss dd-3. No noise or so at all. Clean an transparent. Chorus and pitch modulator are great. It has some great tremolo, vibrato sound and fits my modern rock-blues type perfectly Flanger can be too metallic on high intensity levels, hence seldom I use. No problem for me

Never had a problem with it so far. But the switch does not seem so reliable. I won't get suprised if it gets broken someday

never dealt with them

I used marshal sv-1 supervibe and boss ch-1 super chorus. This one blows them away. Another good chorus pedal I tried is boss ce-2. But they are so out of their league.

Extremely easy to get a variety of good sounds. Just tweak it and go.

I'm using it with an acoustic guitar (Larrivee OM-9 with Baggs Element), running either straight through the board or a pair of Fender 1250Ps (powered monitors, make great acoustic amps, two for a good stereo setup).

I AB'd it with a Boss AD-3; the TC chorus was far better in two regards: 1) the overall quality of the sound; and 2) the transparency of the sound. I felt like I didn't lose any of my guitar's natural tone with the TC, whereas the Boss definitely colored it--not that that's necessarily bad, but I prefer the transparency.

The switch is totally silent, which I like. There is good control over the stereo spread, and the selection of three types of effects is very nice.

I've only used it at three gigs. I'm a little nervous about it because of reviewers who say they've had reliability problems, so I'll be carring the Boss AD3 as a backup.

I like that it has a built in AC powercord instead of batteries/adaptor. I did have to wiggle the plug to get it to turn on at my last gig, but I think (not sure yet) that it was the outlet, not the plug, that was the problem. Gave me a scare though, 'cause I immediately thought of the reviews here that complained of reliability issues. We'll see... and perhaps post again...

No experience with customer support. I tried to get a manual from the TC Electronic website, but apparently this unit's no longer in production and they don't post legacy manuals. Which is a strike against them.

I play singer-songwriter americana. This unit is a good way to get some nice tone expansion on an acoustic guitar without getting caught up in a lot of effects pedals. I use very subtle settings with it, prefering the pitch modulation; I'm glad it has lots of range, because the subtle end of the spectrum is very important and, IMHO, too often overlooked.

Super easy to get an amazing chorus out of this thing, in seconds. Four knobs and two switches.

I use this pedal in a variety of high quality rigs. I wanted to write to address some of the gripes that this pedal isn't true bypass. As previous reviewers have stated, it is a buffered bypass, which means, that it's not true bypass, but the buffer actually helps your signal. It has an impedence converter inside, which drastically lowers the outgoing impedence, thus letting you drive longer cable lengths without tone degradation. In my opinion, this is actually better than a true bypass pedal, since there is no way to drive the high impedence signal. When you run more than one or two TB pedals, I don't care what anyone tells you, you will get tone loss, unless you have a buffer of some kind at the beginning of your chain. I personally use and love the Vht valvulator. I just wish people would listen to their gear, instead of jumping on this bandwagon of everything that's not TB is crap. I garontee that without lowering your impedence, you're gonna get signal loss or attenuation mostly in the higher frequencies. That said, this is a great pedal, and I urge anyone to check this out before discreditting it. Thanks for listening to my rants.

Very easy to use.

I previously had a CE-5 boss chorus ensemble that I sold to buy this pedal. I could get some really great alternative sounds out of the ce-5, but I thought since the T.C SCF was 300 new, it would probably produce some increadably "out there" exreme chorus settings. I was wrong.

Don't get me wrong, this thing sounds beautifull, but its really hard to get "tweaked" "different" sounds from it. I really like the pitch modulator, but in my opinion it sounds way to much like chorus. I was completly expecting the Pitch modulator to sound like "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" from Nirvana's "In Utero." But the effect is so subtle I feel maybe they should have made it about 100 percent more. I just need more from this pedal.
The flanger is nice, but it just sounds too pretty and run of the mill. This pedal needs a way faster 10. The pitch mod needs to just be pitch mod with no signal but a bending one, and it needs to be able to go faster.
I should say that I put this before my distortion and rarely do I use chorus with out distortion. Some people would probably hate this configuration, but I find it so increadably beautifull. The chorus give the distortion this amazing "shearing" sound that makes me want to just strum. But the truth is I like the Ce-5 better for this application. There was more variation and you could hear the chorus so much more. And with the cd-5, I could get this stutter with the width at 4 and the speed at 10. With the T.C SCF, it just sounds so "stevie wonder" or "Lionel Ritchie". It just sounds to subtle and cutesie.
Sound is perfect and the input gain has made my weak line strong again. I can now drive my distorition pedal at the correct level, where as before if I wanted to increase the volume I had to run the signal into a rack unit with a heavy output. I almost love it just for this feature alone, and if I buy my ce-5 back, I may just leave my T.C SCF in there because of the really strong tonal quality it give my signal with its input gain.(and two chorus pedals together would sound like total freaking space face!!!!!):)
I have about 10 pedals all running into a fender blues deluxe 12 inch tube amp.My pedals are in this order. Guitar-Whammy pedal-Black Finger-T.C SCF-H&K Tubeman original-rocktron noise gate-Boss EQ-Boss Phaser-Digitech echo- Digitech Reverberator-Boss RC-20xl.
I enjoy playing Nine Inch nails, the smiths, sonic youth, nirvana, the cure, etc. Ive been playing guitar for about 18 years. Im 28.

I don't gig with anything, so none of my stuff ever breaks. It seems pretty sturdy.

This will fit in my stuff in some way. I love using it with vocals and drum machine. I just wish that the knobs went farther! It just doensn't sound extreme enough. This is chorus that you turn on but don't really want it to change your tone, which is what all the dorky guitar connisours will tell you. I hate those generic, steely dan loving jerks! Hey! If I click a pedal, I want it to change my tone so much that my guitar has a heart attack! I want my guitar to sound like its about to burn up and swirl into the next ice age. Im sick of all the dorky hippies who think that the only good sound there ever was is Jimi Hendrix or Stevie Ray Vaughn twelve bar blues (I love them both), but I hate thier UNTALENTED NO IMAGINATION FOLLOWERS. Lets get real and move on to the future of music!
It has an external bypass switch which I may use in the future.

Easy to find a great chorus sound. Never used the pitch modulator. The flange I use very seldom. The reason I'm submitting a review on this, is because I've gigged with one for the last twelve years and I read a lot of perspectives/reviews from people with a brand new product. I love the sound of this, but they just dont hold up over time - and I take impeccable care of my gear.

Chorus is second to none. The rest of the features are just garnishment.

Reliable - no. I've gigged with them for twelve years. Both imput jacks have puked, two pots have disentegrated, the on-off switch went bad, and the chord shorted out. At $270, come-on fellas. Good thing I have a good amp tech.

Made repairs on my own. I shouldnt have to send the f'n thing across country when it should be on stage.

Simply the best sounding chorus on the market. That is the ONLY reason I used it. The parts are cheap, and it is a bitch to repair. Its still with me on the weekends after 12 years, but DO BRING BACKUP!

No true bypass, it is better.
It has a buffer. This is, converter to low impedance.
Output 500ohm. Less than the valvulator.
Guitar-SCF-Others pedals-amp.
No degradation of the signal. You can use a lot of pedals more. Included TrueBypass.
I use True Bypass with Cry Baby, Booster Seymour Duncan, Boss AC-2 (external true bypass). The signal is no changed with true bypass, but is lower and more poor in each conection.
With the buffer, this is not hapenned.
Low impedance, no degradation, no changes, pure tone.
You can buy a VHT Valvulator, or a Palmer Buffer.
Or you can put the TC SCF chorus.
The chorus? It sound GREAT. The best chorus pedal.

I bought the unit used for $250.00 in EX shape. With a little tweaking of the knobs and switch, I can get awesome sounds out of it.

As far as chorus, you cant beat it. Personally I think its the best chorus on the market. As for the flange, its ok, but not the best. I still use my MXR if I want flange. Im using 2 Tyler Classic strats, with a few other pedals, Mxr Flange, Phaser, Boss DD5 delay, and a Vox wah. I only use the chorus, and nothing else. I play jazz/fusion, some blues, and also funk. For jazz, the chorus is right on....I give it a 10 for the chorus alone...

Its built pretty solid. I do trust it on gigs.

I havent dealt with TC.

I play jazz/fusion, rock, blues, and funk. The TC handles it all with ease. Mainly I use it in my jazz/fusion playing. The chorus is killer. I pretty much like everything about it, excepr fot the flanger, but I have my MXR for that. I give it a 9 for value,because its a little steep in price, but I think its worth it just for the chorus alone....

All very easy except I used to have an early model and my new one has the knobs in a different order which I sometims forget about ;-)

I've tried this with a whole host of other things, usually with a Strat with Fralins, amps are generally a blackface Super Reverb, modified Classic 30 or Sansamp TriAC. In the last 7 or 8 years my effect lineup has changed a lot but the TC is the only thing that's been constant.

Especially good for a lot of Gish-like sounds modulation sounds. The pitch mod set really fast is a staple sound for me for clean sounds. Love it dearly.

In regards the bypass - no it's not true bypass but I've founded it actually enhances my sounds when the effect is off! When recording, I sometimes use the inbuilt preamp to drive my amp harder too. I'm in the midst of getting all my pedals set up in true bypass loops but the TC will stay inline all the time.

Very reliable - I did have an old one (very old!) that kept playing up but th enew one's been just fine and has survived two tours that have both included substantial international travel.

I've found them to be great. Their Australian distributer here has been really helpful too and helped sort me things out when I had problems with my early one which was well out of warranty.

Very happy with it. I mostly play ethereal indie type stuff with a lot of clean guitars, but I've also used to great effect with appalachian dulcimers, keyboards and it sounded beautiful on my old bass players' StingRay.
The pitch mod is what really does it for me, I'm not a huge fan of chorus from any pedal but whenever I do need it it's there. I tried to replace it with something cheaper when my old one was playing up and had no luck - it was simply so much better than anything else that everything else seemed like a huge step backward.

I love it so much I've also bought a sustain/parametric and I'm just about to order the Native Bundle for my studio.

This pedal is very easy to use, especially if you start with the sample settings in the manual. Just try any setting and play with it. You can't go wrong.

I am using this in front of a VHT Fifty/Two Twelve combo with BC Rich and Jackson guitars. This pedal is ultra super duper quiet and does not get in the way of your non-effect tone. It is the best chorus pedal I have ever played with. I compared this to the Boss CH-1 and the Line 6 MM4. The Boss is great and very warm sounding but distorts easily and when you play with a lot of gain the effect doesn't sound very dramatic. The Line 6 is a bit cumbersome to set up and compresses your tone a lot. With distortion, the effects are pretty worthless. With the TC, you always get clarity. Even with full on brutal gain and barre chords you can still hear the effect of the pedal. The chorus and flanger are superb while the pitch modulator is sublte. I probably would never use the pitch modulator. Another nice feature is the gain control on the pedal that allows you to boost your signal a bit. You won't get any background swishing sounds from this pedal.

The contstruction is very heavy duty and it feels like a quality pedal.

I emailed tech support some questions about the pedal and I got answers within 2 hours. The website has a nice support database as well.

I play mostly metal. But for clean sounds and leads, this chorus is a fantastic addition. It's not cheap whatsoever and most of the used ones on ebay are beat to hell. The lowest price I've seen new is $289 while most dealers will sell it for $300. If you want a chorus pedal that is simply on a higher plane than all other chorus pedals, buy this pedal.

fairly easy to understand. the sample settings gave me a desirable tone right out of the box

i either use a American Deluxe Strat or a Heritage h-150 to the SCF then finally into a Roland Spirit 10A practice amp. i hate to admit that i agree with the review below about the true bypass thing. at first i could not believe what he said because i never bothered to test the SCF's bypass tone since it costs a helluva lot more than sucky choruses like DOD and Boss etc., and the manual read "BYPASS: Switches the audio signal into or around the effects circuitry". doesn't that imply a true bypass feature as opposed to an on/off switch. well, i know that my ears could never lie so i decided to give it a test to get rid of all the qualms i had(based on what i read, it was impossible for the SCF not to be true bypass).

i plugged in my gear Heritage h-150 > 10 ft. cable > SCF > 20 ft. cable > Roland practice Amp. when the thing is ON, it sounds like tone heaven. but when it's BYPASSED, i noticed a subtle "thinning" effect on the tone of the guitar and it's not just as bright when plugging directly into the amp. no more "magical" clean tone of the Heritage. so i thought the 20 ft. cable caused the tone-sucking and i replaced it with a 6 inch one and i could still noticed the subtle full-tone loss. i thought this was the perfect chorus effect and is my "secret weapon" when gigging with the strat. well, it would've been perfect if not for the tone-sucking! what's up with this true bypass bull(by the way i also have a Zoom tri-metal which also claims to have true bypass but still slightly alters tone when OFF)? rats! now i need to get a true bypass box.

dunno. got it only 3 months ago

no experience so far

i play blues, rock, classical and a bit of jazz. this pedal is perfect for the strat but not so much for my heritage. been playing for 8 years, 1 year semi-proffesional. my roots are classical which gave me sensitive ears. if stolen, i would impale the theif with the neck of my Heritage.

OK the bottom line: when engaged it can give you a musical high like no other chorus effect can. when bypassed it's pretty much OK. i've heard Boss, DOD, and others which simply can't compare with the SCF. i might try out DLS Effects but it's also expensive as hell! just wish the it had a better bypass sound! could've been a perfect 10!!!

Very easy to use though it has more controls than most. I just set all the controls at 12 O'Clock, toggle to Chorus and voila - Instant beauty.

Sound quality is excellent for the wet signal. Unfortunately it also has a treble boost and mid cut. This is partially responsible for the clarity of the unit when compared to other chorus pedals but you also get this tone alteration in bypass mode. I'm not sure what's up with the other reviews mentioning that it has true bypass. It doesn't and in fact, I emailed TC asking them for a schematic and mentioned my intention of adding true bypass and they told me that due to the design of the pedal, it's not possible to make it true bypass. Go to their support site and search for bypass if you don't believe it...

Therefore, I will give it a rating of 10 for the wet sound but 4 for the bypass sound and average the two for sound quality.

This pedal seems to be very reliably made.

They have a nice web support forum but it'd be nice to communicate with an engineer directly ala Fulltone or Sweetsound...

If they'd either make it true bypass or fix the treble boost/mid cut when bypassed, it'd be the king of the hill.

Very simple to get a great sound right away.

Believe the hype about this device! I have heard many a chours effect over 20 years and this little pedal is simply amazing. Only an Eventide harmonizer sounds better to my ears and that costs thousands of dollars. I agree with a previous review about the flanger not being that great, but if you are going to get one of these the chorus is THE function to use. I sometimes crank up the speed to get a nice rotary-style sound. Ultra quiet in operation, NO noise at all. The chorus effect sounds like it is inside the signal, not heaped on top like most others. Only in stereo do you feel the full effect but mono still sounds killer.

Tough and reliable after many years of usage.

Never had the need.

This truly is the BEST chorus pedal ever.

I think you need to separate this section into three sub categories:

Chorus - Excellent, all settings sound amazing. Both, light and heavy chorus are the best I have heard from a pedal.

Pitch Mod. - Excellent, All useful sounds, but it is far from full-range. Not what I expected from the P.M. Expect a light effect here.

Flange - Fair, not all sounds useful. Probably because the Manual and Res. knobs are blended into one. I prefer a light flange. In turn, the only useful setting is very low. Not because of the depth (width) or speed, but because of the harsh treble and metallic tones from the "intensity" knob.

I give this pedal a 10 for chorus, a 7 for P.M. and 4 for Flange.

Partially covered above. I play a '81 Hamer, Strat Plus, '68 Telecaster, and USA Ibanez into a custom Rivera Knucklehead amp. My effect chain is fairly short. This is as big as it gets - dbx compressor (rack), Crybaby Wah, TC SCF, Boss analog delay (DM-2, I think), and a vintage Small Stone.

The SCF is nice and noiseless. There is a slight pop when switched, but I contribute that to the fact the the SCF looks like it was tumbled in the dryer..haggered.

Let's fact it this is a Chorus pedal, period. And the Chorus is very good. Amazingly thick and will not turn your heavy chords into mush when played with your band. I consider both Mono and Stereo to be excellent. You cannot expect Mono to sound as good as Stereo. I think the mono side is "very good +" and the Stereo side "Excellent +"

I give it 9 because the other effects are limited. No one buys this only for the flange. ALso, you will notice an obvious Roland-type chorus sound from the SCF.

This pedal is beat and keeps on ticking. It is scratched and knicked. Tossed aroung the a gig bag no less. I give it a 9 because of the slight pop when switched.

Sorry cannot comment, I have never talked to them.

I have one reservation. Hot pickups can overload the preamp. Seems like the "trim" needs a little more cut. Be careful, because if you read other coments below, one guy blew the pedal twice. The overload light blinks at me tends to blink at me when I play the Hamer and/or Ibanez. You may need to lower the pickups or roll-off the volume (yuck!).

This is my all-time favorite chorus, but I still reach for my MXR flanger.

Pretty straight forward. It's very easy to dip into the obscure whether you want to or not. Tons of places to tweak here

Definately not for everyone. If you're looking for that mushy Boss ce-5 sound, this is not for you. Very precise. Cutting digital signature, but with a full complex tone. Sounds great with an acoustic and you can find that STP chorus crunch if it's paired with a quality overdrive (I use a Fulltone D2). Some reviewers claim the Flange is weak, I diagree. Again, if your used to the standard pedal flange, this may not do it for you, but I've found it very useful. One thing I don't like is that even with the Intensity pot all the way down you still get the effect. It would be nice to be able to dial in a subtle wabble or crystal back color, but it comes on too strong. The pitch mod is a good feature, but I can't find the Leslie or vibrato effect that I was hoping for. I give the chorus a 10, but because you can't reduce the effect enough with the intensity pot I have to go 8

I've only had it for a month or so. Hey, for +$300 the thing better be reliable

No experience

This is a high quality effect that gives the thickest full chorus you're going to find in a pedal. Very Roland/Lexicon rack sounding. I'm big on the by pass concept and even though the ubit doesn not have a true circuit the buffered design is very transparent. I've tried very hard to detect a change in the guitar tone when it's not engaged and it just doesn't happen. Like I said, I wish you could dial in a bit less of the effect when you're looking for just a touch of color, but I need to give this a strong thumbs up. Built like a tank.

Not going into the incredible ease of use or how well it is built. this baby sounds great. There really is no comparison. I've used it with my high end Taylors and Breedlove guitars during studio and live applications. I've traveled with it extensively in large and small venues. There is flat out nothing that compares.

Like I said, I use high end acoustic guitars and play full time professionally. I use the chorus effect a lot and am a audiophile anal perfectionist when it comes to sound. This unit is perfect! No noise. No difficulty. Easy to use. No better chorusing anywhere on the planet. I always play direct out to a stage monitor system using several different foot pedals for control of my sound. The T.C. Electronics is the best pedal I own.

Very dependable and never carry a back-up.

I've never neeeded customer support. I'm sure they would be there for me if I needed them. Their committment is to the highest quality equipment so I'm sure they would stand by it if needed.

I play this unit because I get to hear all the other stuff out there when I am playing gigs. There is nothing else that compares in quality. I've played for thirty years and would definately replace this unit if I lost it ASAP. I love the full expansive sound that it gives, especially when it is run through a nice PA system. Worth every cent.

Easy. 3 knobs, one 3 way selector switch for chorus, pitch modulation, and flanger. The manual has sample settings, and is easy to understand.

Lets see, I run my PRS ce22-VHT valvulator-fulltone clyde wah-klon overdrive- boss tu-2 tuner- mesa tremoverb 2-12 combo. In the fx loop I have the tc SCF and a line 6 delay. There is no noise at all. It is very transparent and the true bypass is sweet. It sounds good clean or distorted. The chorus gets a 10. The pich modulator is useful for vibrato sounds. I give that an 8. The flanger doesn't do it for me, but then again, I have never heard a flanger pedal I was happy with. I did flanging on records, but I can't seem to get a good sound myself. It always sounds to trebly and metallic. But I didn't buy this pedal for the flanger, I bought it for the chorus, and it is great!

This pedal seems top notch. The power supply is built in, the jacks are tight, the knobs are quality. The switch is unique. There is no click or pop. It doesnt even seem spring loaded, so you don't have to hit it hard at all to turn it on. I think it is very dependable.

Never dealt with them.

I play alot of different styles, mostly funk, jazz, reggae, and rock. This sounds great on jazzy chords as well as full blown rectified powerchords. I have been playing almost 10 years and have tried ALOT of pedals. As far as chorus pedals go, I have had a boss chorus(alright for begginers, not for tone junkies), the Line 6 MM4(sounds too digital for me) and The Fulltone choralflange. The fulltone is also a great chorus pedal. If you want me to compare the two, I guess I would say that the fulltone has a more vintage, smooth sound, while the TC is more crystal clear, like a rackmount unit. Both pedals are great, so try them both! It would be cool if the flanger sounded better, and it would be even cooler if you could switch between the two, but nothing is ever perfect. I know that my search for a chorus pedal has come to an end.

This unit is the Bomb! It is so liquid easy to find a great chorus setting on this thing I could not believe it. I have messed with different chorus pedals in the past and this by far is the easiest to work with and best sounding. I am giving away my Boss Super Chorus.

I run a very complicated setup becuase the music I play has many different flavours. I use an Ibeneze Universe, A Carvin AE1(stereo guitar, with accoustic bridge) and Tom Anderson Drop Top Classic into a littel aligator volume pedal, Bad Horsey Wah, and the TC SCF then into my ABC switchbox into my ADAs driven by my T100 Head (build by Soldano) I love to stand on stage not an no one can tell if my guitar is hot because its quiet until I hit a note and its deafening, all other choruses I tried added noise, a hiss or a hum. This unit is so quiet I had to pluck a string to make sure that my amp was not on standby. I can go from Eric Johnson to Steve Vai to Rush to Triumph without care in the world, IT WORKS!.
I have not used to flange, or pm, because I have midi verb to give me that, but for chorus, no body I mean no body beats it. I have been playing professionaly for 15 years now, and I wish I done this sooner.

WEll cant say much here just got a few days ago...I abuse my pedals so time will tell shortly

Have not had to use them

I play everything from Malmsteeen to Tony Mac Alpine to John Luc Ponty and everything in between Hillsongs, Contemporary Christian music and this thing kept its groove. I own many rack mounted effects from Rocktron's Inteliflex to peavey's old but only effects processor worth talking about... the Ultraverb nothing has a better chorus.
if it were stolen I would be really ticked off but I would quickly get another. What I love about it? chorus, chorus chorus, and it Works. It does nothing but bring out the spacial environments I hear in my head and now I can do these guys music and do it justice.Anything else you'd like to share?...Yes, Get one!!!!!

10

TOO OVER PRICED, RETURNED IT QUICK. SOUNDED OK IN STERO, BUT NOT WORTH THE MONEY. IF I WERE ABLE TO DIAL IN A GREAT CHORUS SOUND AND SWITCH TO FLANGER MODE AND STILL HAVE THAT SOUND, YES IT WOULD WORK FOR ME, BUT I DIDNT HAPPEN. - ALSO NOT TOO MUCH OF A FLANGER TO IT.

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The SCF is very easy to use. The sounds of this unit are the best you will find. The manual is very useful. I believe that once you get this unit you should already have a basic understanding of all the effects it has. This is not a beginners unit.This is my first one after 23 years.

The TC SCF sound qualities have to be the best in the world. Alot of units are based on it's name. This one proves it. I use a Fender Custom Shop Strat and a Marshall JCM 900 series 100 watt half stack with the following-- TC SCF/ Fulltone Fulldrive 2/ Vox Wah. That's it.I have been playing 23 years. I have had multi effect units/10 pedals in parallel etc.The TC gets straight to the point with a bypass. Can't beat that.

TC of Denmark. Thought I would never use a foreign effect again. This is the only one I'll use. Built like a brick.No nonsense parts. True high quality.

Have not dealt with company. I'll say what everyone else says. O come it's a Boss. How bout O come on it's a TC. Nice ring to it!!