Voodoo Lab Analog Chorus

Two adjustments, rate and depth - this is as simple as it gets.

I tested this unit between the guitar and amp and in the effects loop - it definitely works better in the effects loop. This unit produces a more "vintage" sounding chorus compared to "clean" sounding chorus. The pedal is true bypass which is good because when activated it does boost to your signal, also it produces some noise - nothing to get to concerned about after all it is a analog unit. The bottom line is it produces a chorus that blends well when used in the effects loop of my Rivera tube amp.

I had a problem with an intermittent output however this was fixed by repairing a cold solder joint.

For a vintage sounding chorus this unit is a great deal, another unit worth taking a look at is the Fulltone ChoralFlange, I've heard its better however it will also cost you more. As mentioned above the Voodoo labs Analog Chorus does boost your signal and add a little noise, however the trade off is a very nice vintage sounding chorus that blends well with your guitar. I'm going to keep looking for a chorus that is transparent (doesn't boost signal or add noise) yet produces a chorus that is not to sterile sounding.

very easy. i either set the rate and depth to 5 o'clock for a fast leslie, or i set the rate at 11 o'clock and the depth at 5 o'clock for a slow leslie/chorus sound. manual is good but unnecessary, box iss great .

they sound fat, warm and great. they are great for rhythm and leads. every time i use them i get compliments about how great they sound! there is a slight boost when ngaged that i love. i use a custom relic strat w/ lindy fralin blues pickups into 2 analog choruses, a barber dual unit, barber tone pump, bixonic expandora on forbidden setting, fulltone fat boost, boss tu-2 tuner and ibanez analog delay ad-9. my amp is a top hat club deluxe.

yes. i use 2 one for fast and one for slow sounds, the finish is great and the hammond enclosure is a classic...

never dealt with them

i have been playing blues and rock for 28 years. if i lost these i'd buy 2 new ones. i have too many choruses. but these are my favorites. i have fulltone's choral flange and it is great, but the extra knobs and larger size make me like the VL better, plus the VL is warmer and fatter, the fulltone is clearer and more pristine, fir the blues and rock i play the VL work better. i have the boss ce-2 made in japan, black label that every one raves about and it doesn't hold a candle to these. any one want to buy my boss ce-s?

Pedal has two knobs, one for speed, and one for intensity. Pedal is easy to use, however this pedal is VERY limited as far as the NUMBER of sounds you can get from it goes. I read many reviews on this pedal and decided to purchase one from Musicians Friend, there were no places in my area to try one out, so I had to just buy one and see for myself. I was VERY DISAPPOINTED!! Needless to say, the pedal went back to Musicians Friend.

I use three amps (Early 70's Deluxe Reverb, Fender Blues Jr., Fender Hot Rod Deluxe), and my main guitars are a Fender Custom Shop Strat with texas specials, and my vintage Gretsch Chet Atkins Tennessean. First of all let me say that the TONE of this pedal is very good, however, there was only really one setting which produces this tone. Let me explain. I have a vintage boss Ce-2 in mint condition. This is my FAVORITE chorus of all time, and I bought the voodoo lab chorus so I could use the ce-2 sparingly to keep it in good shape. On the Ce-2, you can get a good usable chorus sound from just about any setting. On the voodoo lab pedal, I could barely even hear the chorus effect at all unless I turned the intensity ALL the way UP, and turned the speed up over the halfway point. This was the only really good sound, anything set less than this point you could barely hear or notice, and anything set over this point was so swirly and fast that it became very annoying after a few minutes. In other words, the RANGE of the chorus is very BAD. Like I said, if you dont set the intensity knob ALL THE WAY UP, and the speed set at over the halfway mark, you can hardly tell that the pedal is on. This is a very warm sounding pedal, my problem with it is that it only makes one sound that I can use. I cant live with that after paying $160. Im giving it a generous 5, because it does sound good on one setting. I like a chorus pedal that has good range to its sound, where at just about any setting, it will produce and nice warm chorus sound that is noticeable and distinguishable. The Boss CE-2 is just that, the voodoo lab analog chorus is not.

Very solid, and very well made, only had it for two days though.

I play mostly classic rock, with a bluesy touch. Im very picky with my modulation effects, and only buy analog effects. I am a youth pastor, and play on two worship teams. I use chorus and flange on some of the slower songs, mainly to add color and fill in the gaps. This pedal is just not versatile enough for me. I have been playing for 6 years and I have had LOTS of chorus pedals (eh polychorus, rocktron tsunami, boss ce-2, ce-3, ce-5, and ch-1, boss digital dimension, morley crystal chorus, guyatone micro chorus, DOD 565 analog chorus, and the voodoo lab chorus). In my opinion, the three best pedals that I have either heard or owned are the Boss CE-2, and the Electro Harmonix small clone and polychorus. If your looking for just one sound, and one only, this pedal might do it for you. Or, if your really into the "Leslie" rotating thing, this might be a good pedal for you. If you want a versatile chorus, look elsewhere.

Great, what else do you need. Presets?

This is response to the few yahoos that don't know what a guitar volume knob is for. This takes care of the gain problem and the thing sounds great from then on. Yes it does boost your gain. No reason for the bad feedback. This sounds as good as any Boss/Fulltone or TC pedal out there. Learn how to use it.

Like some reviews would say this pedal is un-reliable because the don't have a clue how to use it.

I've owned many Vodoo Labs devices and have nevry had to use their support. That kinda answer the top question don't it.

Very easy to use with clean sound.

I am using various amps and guitars. When I use my Strat Ultra with a Bluesbreaker modified Fender Bassman head with a clean tone, the thing is absolutely amazing sounding. Adds some volume boost but very, very lush sounding. A 10.

Like some of the other reviewers I have a huge problem with the way it interacts with overdrive or distortion. I mainly bought it to use with the Bassman. I am A/Bing this with a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier with the Bassman doing clean and the Rectifier doing the heavy gain tones.

I thought that I would try it with the Rectifier. Massive disappointment. How could a pedal that sounded so good suddenly become useless. It can't even handle my TS-9 for overdriven and funky sounds on the Bassman.

I returned it and bought a Small Clone (haven't grilled it yet, will submit review when I do).

It looks very well built. I love the Hammond 1590BB case, cosmetically very attractive, jacks are sturdy looking and in a good position for use on a pedalboard.

I returned the pedal but my guess is that it is fairly reliable as long as you don't super gig it. (Actually, I took it apart before I returned it and found that the pots, jacks, footswitch and 9 volt dc jack are attached directly to a PCB. A ribbon cable is used for the pots. I don't partcularly like that but it's not my problem anymore).

I'm giving it a 5 but that may be unfair as I didn't keep it and I haven't heard much negative opinion about other pedals regarding similar construction techniques. It gets a 5 because these labor saving construction cost should cause the pedal to be a little cheaper than it is.

N/A Never dealt with them.

Sorry Voodoo Labs. If this pedal didn't react so poorly to gain (and yes, I do realize that this is inherent in chorusing to a certain extent) I would give it very high marks. Also, from what I've heard and read, they need to reconsider their claim that it replicates the CE-1. I've never owned one but I have the schematic and after looking inside the AC I have doubts.

As simple as it gets; rate & depth controls, mono output.

Sounds great, only problem is it adds such a big volume boost, it's
unusable in a live situation. It does get really good chorus and rotary speaker sounds, but that doesn't mean a thing if you can't use
it, now does it? I sent it back to where I bought it from and found an
old Boss CE2, much happier with the Boss pedal.The Voodoo Labs pedal is also much noisier than the Boss.

It does seem like a reliable pedal, except for possibly the switch,
which seems a bit noisy and doesn't engage perfectly every time.

Never dealt w/ Voodoo Labs.

Like I said, I think this is a very good sounding pedal, it's just not that useful to me with such a big volume boost. If they could correct that problem with this unit, I would actually consider buying it again, but I would definitely look for one on the used market, because it ain't worth the $160 that it goes out the door for, that's for sure. The only thing this pedal beats the Boss CE2 with is it's rotary speaker effects, they are really quite good. As for now I'm much happier with my Boss CE2 and it cost me $100 less than the Voodoo
Labs Volume Booster (I mean chorus pedal).

2 Knobs, Speed and Intensity. This may confuse some who have been using a Boss CE-1, as the CE-1 only has one knob (and by the way I'm kidding).

I use this with a L.P. classic, L.P. Special (with P-100s) and a PRS McCarty Soapbar. I'm fortunate to have a small fleet of good amps, a Fender Super Champ, Fender Princeton Reverb II, a Marshall Studio 15 and a Mesa/Boogie DC-2. First of all, the effect sounds close to a CE-1 but not spot on (I had a CE-1 and got rid of it because it sucked the tone from my rig). It is really warm sounding not a bright as the CE-2 but again not quite on with the CE-1. I do however have one big complaint (as did the previous reviewer), there is a large amount of noise when using this thing, and that I don't like! But overall it sounds good

Seems to be reliable, don't gig much these days and it's kept on a pedal board.

Never dealt with em'.

Alot of people really dig this pedal, and I do admit it does sound good. I like it better than any of the more recent Chorus pedals on the market; my only complaint is the noise drives me batty (V.L. needs to soften that boost). Not ever having tried the Fulltone Choralflange (can't see spending $300.00 on a pedal), I'd have to say the Voodoo Lab is about the best.

Very straight forward and easy to use.

This pedal boosts your volume and also increases your midrange when on. This makes the VL pedal unusable on stage. I was very diapointed in the performance of this unit. I have owned the Boss CE-1, and this VL pedal does not sound like the CE-1!!

Looks like the pedal is built well and would stand up to mild abuse.

Maybe I got a lemon, but this pedal is not worthy of the price! Stick with the old standby, the Boss CE-2 and save your cash.

Very easy to use, with only two knobs ("intensity" & "speed") and of course the metal stomp switch. If that's not easy enough for you, then maybe you should think about taking up the kazoo or something....Of course it's like anything else, it takes some imagination and experimentation to find a ceratain sound you want even with just two knobs.

i use Fender strats, most of which are fitted with DiMarzio's Hs-3's (stacked single coil pick ups),into Morley "bad Horsie" wah pedal, VOODOO LAB ANALOG CHORUS, into my Rocktron Piranha stereo tube pre-amp, then into my FOCUSRITE platinum stereo compressor. From there i go into my AKAI digital Hd recorder. i also use a Laney 50 watt tube combo amp and a Fender champ 12 (also tube amp) that i borrowed from a friend. The Voodoo Lab chorus sounds absolutley stunning in any of my chosen set ups; Straight into an amp or with other effect processors in line, or into my recorders. Someone mentioned that it doesn't sound good with distortion or overdrive, but i beg to differ. As an avid Jake E. Lee/Yngwie Malmsteen?Randy Rhoads fan, i seem to do fairly well with this chorus even when playing with overdriven & distorted sounds at blazing speeds. i think it has a lot to do with the equipment you use and how clean you are able to play, regardless of whether you use distortion or not. With this effect, i can get Andy's Summer's sound he used on most of The Police albums of the late 70's and early 80's. Andy is so cool! But that is not why you want the voodoo lab chorus. There are thousands of us who are now using this same chorus unit, and i highly doubt we all want to sound the same. So once you find or create YOUR sound with it, use it exclusively to enhance parts of your songs. i have digital chorus in my t.c. electronic's M-One processor, and other types of "Choir choruses" in my Lexicon Vortex, But an analog chorus as rich as this is in a class of its' own. Plus, it is so portable you can stick it in your coat pocket grab a small amp, your axe and go out the door no problem, unlike with a rack unit. One of my favoraite settings on this unit is to have the "speed' knob almost or completely all the way to minimum, and the intensity knob up to at least in the 2-3 '0'clock position. Add a little reverb and exciter or eq and it sounds "shweet".

It's built like a RUSSIAN Tank! (i know, it's always the Russians! LOL)...but it's true. As long as you don't spill any Molson Ice or pizza sauce on it i think it can handle the rigours of touring and of course its good in the studio as well.

Have not dealt with them yet. i've heard nothing but good about them though.

I cant really say "what style of music" i play because i'm still in the process of growing musically and basically developing my own "electic sound". But it's pretty much a combination of everything i've been attracted to, from old blues to progressive metal, classical and new age and jazz music. i've been playing for about 16 years and am "self taught" which basically means i borrowed, stole and traded ideas and attended the school of hard knocks for many years! If my voodoo lab chorus was stolen? i'd find the person who stole it, kill him in his own kitchen, wrap his body pieces in saran wrap and neatly stack them in his freezer. As i mentioned, effects aren't meant for us to sound like each other or someone else. As Mr. Summers said, "It's like your favorite ice-cream flavor, after a while you get tired of it." If you over do it. i never let effects get in my way, it's bad enough i let guitar chords and midi cables get in my way! Compared to the DOD stereo chorus i previously owned, and the Dan Electro cool cat which i tested and ALMOST bought, this chorus is a lot more (i don't want to use the word "organic")....orgasmic, yes that's the word! if there is ONE thing i wish this thing had, it's built in noise reduction, but having said that, i can honestly say that it is NOT noisy for being an analog chorus. depending on the setting i use, i can hear the "swooshy" sound if i play without the noise gate on my compressor on, but it's not highly noticable.

This is an extremely easy pedal to use. With only 2 knobs, one for intensity of the chorus and one for speed, it doesn't get much easier. After you play around with the settings for about a minute you can easily get the sound that you want.

I'm playing an ESP EX-250 through a vintage Yamaha. I usually play hard rock and metal, but every once in a while I want to slow things down and play some nice clean songs. This is the pedal I was looking for. Without a doubt this is the most lush chorus I've ever heard. There's no feedback to speak of, and overall this is probably the best chorus pedal currently on the market. No complaints anywhere.

I'd have to say that it's built pretty well. The casing is really light, but this thing is sturdy and very well put together. Very reliable - just don't drop it. I'd definately use it for clean tones at a gig without a backup.

I had to e-mail them to find out where the serial number was, as it wasn't on any of the documentation or on the unit itself. I got a friendly reply within hours and was told everything I needed to know.

** By the way, if you buy this pedal, the serial number is under the casing, you just have to remove the 4 screws at the bottom **

The Voodoo Lab Analog Chorus is definately the best sounding, easiest to use, most well built chorus pedal I've ever used. If you want a good chorus, this is THE BEST available. Don't hesitate about getting it - you won't be disappointed.