Voodoo Lab Analog Chorus

Very easy to use - 2 knobs and 1 footswitch, that's it.

When I first plugged this machine into my amplifier, I was surprised at the volume differences. It's impossible to use this pedal at live stage, maybe people in the live club will hate the sound. So I decided to modify this pedal - cutting 10kHz sound. It became real chorus after that. Even though a little volume boost is heard from it, but it's far better than before. You can listen to sound sample from my blog(http://www.kkroh.com/191?category=10) it's written in korea but, you can play the media player in this blog.

Never, ever.

It has both black and white sides. Some people like this kind of old analog sound, but some people not.
Important thing is why Voodoo Lab made this 'Volume boost' Chorus. I can't understand. I think this pedal should be modified. And you feel better.

It's not easy to hear it working at first. It just isn't that tinny, artificial sounding schmaltzy cheesy chorus sound. You don't hear that, you think it's not working. After using it a few days you start to get what it's all about. You wake up and smell the Voodoo and you know it's the best chorus you've heard. Then the question is do you want that sound?

Some of the reviewers probably don't even own this pedal. For example, "not as warm as a Boss CE-2"?!? "Boosts the top end starting at 10kHz"?!? "Signal became all dull with no top end"?!? "Have seen the CE-1 schematic, looked inside the VL and am not convinced"?!?

Here is my bit of rubbish to add: The CE-1 was made for keyboards and it loaded down your guitar pickups so it sounded very dull, or warm, or lacking in treble. It wasn't a shimmering trebly effect. This sounds just like that. It never shimmers, and it isn't enhancing your brightness in any way. I find it isn't really that lush compared to a Small Clone which is lushness plus but sounds artificial. I think it's a thick stormy and ethereal effect that whilst totally changing your tone still sounds very natural. This is how I find my Micro Vibe to. I think that is the Voodoo that the Lab imparts. These are not your fleeting forgettable soda pop effects, they are substantial like a pint of Guinness.

Contrary to some others I don't find any enhancement of top end, or bottom end, or midrange. It does jump up in volume which personally ***** me but it's correctable with a volume control. By comparison a Maxon CS-550 boosts the lower mids/upper bass tones and you just can't dial that out with your guitar volume knob.

This is my 18th chorus pedal. I think I like it best. To me it's a very natural sounding pedal that isn't subtle and weak, but can be subtle yet so very there because it changes your whole tone and it can enhance your sound. You turn it off and it's all lacking, like someone turned down the color control on the rainbow.

For overdriven tones it's almost perfect. It just enhances the whole show without anyone even noticing it. For those that don't know, overdrive is not "it didn't work with my TS9"?!?. Over drive is when your tubes start to clip and you are getting a natural tube breakup. What they really should say is "it didn't work with an opamp boosting my signal with two diodes clipping in the feedback path." Well there's ya problem. {snickering squirrels can see you're nuts}

I feel like it's all 6/8

Ms. Harmony is very quick to answer emails. Offered to send a part to achieve unity gain.

i won't describe the pedal as everyone already did quite well, the pedal is awesome, sounds incredibly good, but have the volume boost issue...i've made a mod-fix for this, you can find it here: www.franciscoespina.7p.com ....info is free, and anyone can make the mod, BUT...you will have to solder some cables and drill your loved VL analog chorus case, so thi isnt for totally noobs, just be careful, think twice and the mod will make your pedal the best chorus that u ever got or will get. this are my 5 cents so please dont be a ****** if you think you can do better, peace and love.

One main reason I had an interest in it was that it only has two knobs - one for intensity and the other for speed. Seems simple enough.

Here's the big issue. I bought one and the first thing I noticed was a very noticable jump in volume. Too much, so I returned it. Otherwide the chorus itself was usable.

Later I switched from a humbucker equipped guitar to a single coil and thought the volume increase wouldn't be as drastic so I tried another one. This time the volume boost was so great it actually caused distortion! Something isn't right to experience two pedals that have problems.

I've owned other Voodoo Lab pedals with no problems. I'll never know about the Analog Chorus.

I did call when I got the first one and asked if they offered a mod to lower the volume and they said yes, but I guess I didn't want to mess with it. Seems like VL would be better off just setting the chorus at perfect level to begin with.

I play all style of music. I've used Boss, Fulltone and Visual Sound chorus pedals as well. Since things are tight right now I'm probnably going to stick with a five year old Visual Sound H2O pedal for now.

The setup I tested this effect with was a custom Warmoth Jaguar with DiMarzio humbuckers --> Voodoo Lab Analog Chorus --> Fender DeVille 4x10. I also tried it with my Fender Toronado and an Ibanez Jet King II.

The effect itself isn't bad, but terrible white noise as soon as the pedal is engaged makes it completely unusuable for almost any conceivable musical performance. This pedal puts out more unwanted hiss and noise than my Frantone Sweet, and that is saying something considering that the Sweet is a Big Muff-type fuzz. In other words, I would expect a bit of extraneous noise with a distortion pedal--that's its job, after all--and even a tiny, TINY bit with a chorus pedal since it's doubling the guitar signal... but this is virtually unusable as a musical tool.

Seems like it would stand up to abuse. Solid looking case. Can't comment on whether it gets noisier or not. I returned it immediately.

Sticking with my AnalogMan Clone Chorus, which is absolutely dead silent. I had high hopes for this pedal, dashed as soon as I stomped the switch. For shame, Voodoo Lab, for shame.

Well, only two knobs. What can be easier?

Wow. I finally found what i was looking for since... well, always! This chorus sounds perfect. Lush, true analog sound. I sold my ce-2 because of it, it should tell you something about it's quality! Warm, organic and beautiful.

Well, I bought it just a few weeks ago, but it seems to be very well built. I'll defenitly gig with it.

Never dealt with them.

I had the ce-2, fulltone choralflange, maxon CS550-U chorus, and a lot more, and this is by far the best i've ever tried. The holy grail of chorus pedals. So forgive me, I'm going to play a bit... with my new chorus!

The guys below who says this pedal isn't as warm/lush as the CE-2/Ross/CS-9 etc must be on something.
I own all of those pedals, plus a host of other choruses (including a Fulltone Choralflange, Boss DC-2 and Arion SCH-1) and the Voodoo is by far the lushest.
It's most definitely the 'funkiest' of the lot, having an almost phasey/uni-vibey sound to at at max settings which is great for Red Hot Chili Pepper style rhythm or burbly, John Scofield type jazz.
However, it is also the noisiest of the lot (although it's still less noisy than all the Electro-Harmonix & MXR choruses I've played as well as most flangers), and it's volume boost when engaged (only particularly noticebale when in conjunction with some OD/distortion) can be annoying. However, if you place it in your amp's FX loop you may be able to minimise both of these issues (I only play old Fenders so no FX loops).
I'd give it a 10 for its actual sound (seriously thick retro chorus) but minus 2 for the noise/vol boost.

Totally dependable

VL are very quick to answer e-mails and helpful, but beyond that don't know.

If you can put up with a little noise and slight volume boost this is still the fattest, funkiest, retro chorus out there (excluding the Boss CE-1), and I've tried pretty much all of them. Full price, though, it's not the best value.

Very easy to use. Only two knobs: Intensity and Speed. Every child can easily play.

It is very professional - It has no unnecessary features, no "cool" features used to impress people or to create funny sounds but not useful in the actual playing... just everything you need.

I play a Gibson Les Paul Studio--->Tonebone Classic dist (not relevant since I never use chorus and dist togehter)--->Voodoo Lab analog chorus--->Fender Blues Junior amp.

This chorus is wonderful, brings a warm chorus sound. "Warm" is the best words - no cold, digital sounds, simply beautiful. Not my main effects (not because of the product but because I don't use a lot of chorus at all) but it does help to make the sound better.

I play it with a battery (which obviously ends sometime) so I will give it 8 on reliabity - it can end in the middle, but then - every battery can. Seemes to be build good.

However if you plug it to the electricy I would definitly depend on it, so I'll give it 10.

So anyway I chose to give it 9, because it depends on how you use it.

Never dealt with them, luckily.

Fantastic chorus, sounds great. I enjoy it a lot. I play Blues and "Soft" rock - Pink Floyd, Beatles, and more and it works great, especially with slow chord work (Such as Pink Floyd's "Breathe").

Beautiful!

very easy - no manual needed.

strat >> compressor >> sparkle drive >>> chorus >>> analog delay ( old ibanez) >>> tweed bassman re-issue. I hear no noise at all - true bypass works just like it should. The sound is certainly a modulation - very similar to chorus ( but not on the money ) at extreme depth and slow speed - sort of an almost phaser sound - not bad. Big time increase in volume when engaged.

seems well built

cover band - dance stuff - for parties / bars - Have played 40 years and have owned 3 chorus stomp boxes, one amp with chorus, a digitech multi-effect. The voodoo lab is ok - warm. But when you REALLY want a chorus the Ibanez CS-9 is the one - it has the shimmer - the voodoo does not - as soon as I heard the CS-9 ( I found an old - non-re-issue one for $60 about 2 yrs ago ) I stopped using the voodoo. ( I love my voodoo sparkle drive though )

Intensity sets chorus level and speed sets the speed/rate. Easy enough.

I have a boss ce-2 chorus pedal and the voodoo lab analog chorus sounds quite different to it though I love both. It gives a very lush and thick sound which sounds great for clean and distorted tones. The sound is high quality. The true bypass works 100% as it should.

True bypass works a treat.

For ?53 pounds off ebay it was a bargain. It is a fantastic chorus and with it's true bypass it's brilliant. I wouldn't pay full price but for what I payed I can not moan at all.

Square, sturdy metal box, one switch, two nobs. I've got the early version which doesn't have a status LED, so it couldn't be simpler, except of course without the status LED and with other effects and a whole band making your ears bleed, it's tricky to tell when it's on sometimes. Apart from that, as previous posts.

I play either a US "67 Reverse" Stratocaster loaded with stock single coils or a Gibson LP Junior with P90 soap bars, into a Boss CS-3 Compressor/Sustainer, Morley Classic Wah, Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer, into my Marshall TSL 122 amp. The Analog Chorus and a Yamaha FL10M2 Flanger are both in my FX loop, with the loop level set at 8.

This unit is an exceptional chorus pedal, but I got MUCH better results patching it through the FX loop rather than between the guitar and the amp. Between the guitar and the amp I noticed a significant boost in output volume, along with some increased highs (treble frequencies) that almost acted like a solo boost, which was quite useable to just raise you in a live mix, but not really what I wanted: why, I've got a compressor and tube screamer for solo boost?

Patched through the loop on the other hand was a different story: still the creamy, trebly chorus sounds which can sound quite convincingly like a Leslie rotating speaker effect when the intensity dialled back, and rich, lush chorus with the intensity up! Perfect. Also through the loop it was possible to moderate the volume boost... now I'm in sonic heaven!!!

I've not had any problems as such... it doesn't take your standard 9v external power supply, and to change the 9v battery means keeping a screw-driver handy so it can be quite a hassle. Also no status LED. My drummer reckons he's an electronics whizz (a sentiment I don't share) so he tried to fit an LED, but try as he might he couldn't get the switching right for on and off so the LED was either always on or always off... we disconnected it in the end when he gave up, and now mine does have a little LED, poking out of a little hole we drilled, but it doesn't to jack sh1t! Looks cool though!

I've not had any reason to have to contact the company, but it does look like they do some lovely pedal boards! I like their kit on the whole.

I play frequently (at least once a week) with my band, practices, fun sessions and regular gigs. This setup is damned near perfect for blues and blues-rock that we play (SRV, Clapton, Allman Bros Band, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, CCR, Stones, etc). For those that might be interested I'm still saving up for my Guyatone Digital Delay and MXR Micro Amp and I'm going to be sorted for effects for good. This is the best chorus I've tried, but if I hadn't got an FX loop I would have traded this in for a unit that didn't have such an obvious boost to the volume and highs.

this pedal is piece of cake, just two knobs: intensity and speed.

I love this chorus. I`ve read other reviews and I think that the guys who say it sounds bad and makes noises must have the new version which comes with led. Well, I`ve got the old one (but I added this one a led for 10 bucks =) ) and I can only say that it gives me the warm sound I was expecting.
When I use it along with my EH holy grail, BOSS CS-3 and my BOSS DD-3 it sounds amazing!!! I prefer using it in the clean channel, by this way you can appreciate more the sound. It works excelent with distortion anyway. I use it with my BOSS DS-1.

Its built like a tank. This thing will remain for years.

never deal with them

I think this pedal is one I will keep. Now I want to switch to another chorus, I want to try the Visual sound H2O and the TC Electronic chorus, but I will not sell my Voodoo Lab and I will usit FOREVER BECAUSE IS ONE OF THE GREATEST CHORUS I EVER HEARD.

Two controls - the basics for chorus. Speed & Intensity.

I won't go inito detail about the stuff that most reviews have covered. I'll just say there IS a volume boost when engaged, but it can be modded to remain at unity (see 3rd review below). It is noisy, but most apparent when hit with overdrives pre or post.

I'm a guy that overdosed on chorus in the 70's and swore I'd never use it again. Well, the 21st century finds me using this pedal to get un-chorus like sounds. I find the extremes provide a thickening at min and a nice leslie at max. Here's the trick. The ONLY way I can do this is by sagging the volltage down on my VL Pedal Power unit. It sounds a bit more lush with a battery than a straight 9 volt power supply, but sagging the voltage really adds a dimension to this pedal.

Ok, I had the switch replaced by Voodoo Lab. It's their weakness.
Other than switches, I've had no issues.

I've had to send two VL pedals for replacement switches. In both cases, I've spoken to the tech that does the work beforehand. He's very helpful and has come through on his promise of turnaround time (about 1 week on the bench).

I use this pedal for color, not for chorus. It colors my sound in a way I find musical. I perceive it as generally warm, eventhough it boosts the highs a bit. Without the ability to sag the voltage, I think it would be too bland.

Two knobs, one switch, it doesn't get much easier.

Okay, my rig is usually, various teles, budda wah, hbe power screamer overdrive, akai phaser, some type of chorus, carl martin delay, boomerang, fender twin. This pedal is not what I was hoping for. I have or used to have almost all other voodoo lab pedals, and they were all fantastic boxes, very well made, and prestine sounding pedals. While this pedal is still built like a rock, the sound is less than pleasing. As others have mentioned, there is a significant treble boost when this pedal is engaged. It starts around 10 K, and ramps up from there, so that the high end of your tone is very sharp and brittle sounding. The fact that the pedal is true bypass only accentuates the high end boost. I think the idea was a good one, the leslie like sounds this chorus can produce are very cool, but they need to rethink the treble problem.

As I said, all my other vl pedals are well built, and I would trust all of them to be stood on without breaking.

They're very cool about answering emails, and they seem very helpfull.

I just want to say, try this pedal with a good rig in the shop before you buy! I made the mistake of just hooking it up, in the midst of the usual kids cranking away at their Korn music, and couldn't get a good feel for the boost, until I opened it up at a gig, and almost took the head off my singer. I like to think I have good ear for tone, I work in a recording studio, and I've owned about every brand of effect out there. I'd check out the rocktron sunamy, or the yamaha ud stomp.

This is an update to my review below. Afetr doing a fairly comprehensive shootout between this pedal and the Boss CE-2, Ibanez CS-9, and Ross Chorus I have determined that this pedal is the weakest of the four. It has the vintange vibe but there is definitely a lack of warmth that both the Boss and Ross have and a lack of shimmer that the Ibanez has. Also, the weird volume/treble boost is very annoying and makes the pedal unusable for OD sounds. For $169 new this pedal is a rip-off!!!

I also discovered that the 2 resistors on the back of the circuit board rub against the back cover plate and actually wore off the metal paint coating. This was causing the pedal to cut in and out when I pressed down on it. I easily fixed the problem by putting a piece of electrical tape over the area but this is a fix that shouldn;t have to be done in the first place.

Not nearly as good as a CE-2 or Ross which can be bought used for less than the Voodoo Lab.

This is an update to my January review. I was noticing a slight boost in volume when using this pedal. It got to the point where it was annoying, so I called Digital Music. The guy who answered was totally cool. He told me to send it in and they'd mod it for me at no charge! It took a few weeks, but I got it back and there's no more volume boost. I consider Voodoo Labs stuff to be the best bang for the buck, and this level of service just makes these pedals an even better value!

Very easy to use, there are two knobs: Intensity and Speed.

Well, I concur with a lot of the other reviews that say the chorusing can be subtle. Not until you turn the intensity to at least 75% do you start to get a prominent swirling sound. For users who like a more prononced chorusing, this pedal may dissapoint you. I, on the other hand, use chorus to less as an effect and more to fill out my sound so the subtleness works perfect. The actually chorusing is very nice and lush and defintely on the vintge side of things. As for the volume boost, I don't notice too much with clean tones but with OD tones it is more apparent.

Built very well with all metal casing. Should last a long time.

I can't compare it to the old boss chorus that it is patterned after because I have never p[layed that pedal but this pedal should meet my needs well. The chorusing sounds very nice but is on the subtle to medium swirling effect spectrum as compared to other pedals. IMO it is probably not worth the price new so buy it used!

Easy - Two knobs - Intensity and Volume. A monkey could work it.

There are two distinct versions of the Voodoo Lab Analag Chorus - the older one without a led and the newer one with a led. The older version blows the newer one away. The older chorus has greater intensity and is very lush and thick when played clean. The newer one lacked the intensity I was looking for. I tried the newer first and couldn't figure out why people liked these. Then I tried the older version and fell in love with the sound - lush and intense plus the speed can be set very fast for a Leslie sound.

Both versions leave your guitar's original tone unaltered. Neither of them brightens your tone like an Ibanez CS-9 for example. I do get a slight volume boost when I turn it on, but I don't have a noise pop when I turn it on. It runs fairly quiet although it seems I can detect a slight chorusing sound bleeding through when it's turned off, but only when the amp is at very loud volumes. The chorus sounds good with distortion as well, but really shines when played clean.

I run the chorus in the effects loop of my Peavey Ultra 212 with a Guyatone MD3 Delay and Mutron Phase II. It sounds good with my '76 Les Paul Custom and my 90s Japanese Strat. Ratings? The old version gets a 9 or 9.5. The new version only about a 6 or 7. It just lacks intensity.

Very reliable and built like a tank. I gig without backups.

Haven't used them.

I've been playing rock and roll since the mid 70s. I mainly play classic rock, but cover a variety of other styles in our cover band. It has a great 70s chorus sound; very analog. I've compared it to a Rocktron Tsunami (which is very good also just a different type of chorus sound), Boss CS-9, Boss CE-5, and some other newer cheaper choruses. I like how the older Voodoo Chorus doesn't alter my original tone and creates a lush, thick chorus.

This is a MONO chorus pedal. Know that before you consider buying it. I wanted a mono pedal, so I like it.

This is an easy pedal to use, with "Intensity" and "Speed" knobs. The jacks are mounted on top; I've had three Voodoo pedals in a row on my board, and they sit right up against each other. Wish all pedal makers would to this.

Current Setup: Musicman SSS Silhouette Special/HSS Silhouette > Boss TU-2 tuner, Guyatone ST-2 Comressor > Teese RMC-1 Wah > Proco Rat Douchetone > Voodoo Sparkle Drive > Voodoo Analog Chorus > Guyatone FL-3 Flanger > Ernie's Balls Volume Pedal > Mesa Boogie Mark I Reissue (set on "Tweed").

My Analog Chorus is not noisy, even on high settings. There is a slight volume boost, which is an intentional design feature of many modulation pedals.

The range of the effect goes from almost-nothing to a warm shimmer and sounds great with arpeggios, intervals and chords. There are no super-deep, extreme sounds on this one. I compare it to my old Ibanez C-series chorus: The tone is fantastic, but I wish I could get a little more of it.

It's definitely an analog pedal--when I A/B it against the different choruses in my Boss VF-1, it's like my tone is marinated in the Voodoo tone, and the digital tones are like a sauce was poured on my tone.

My Analog Chorus works well with mild distortions. I wanted a James Honeyman Scott sound, and I can get it with the Sparkle Drive in front.

I've never owned a CE-1--which this is supposed to be a clone of--so I can't say if it's faithful or not. I've downgrading a little because I would have liked a little more depth.

I own four Voodoo Labs pedals and a pedal power. They've all stood up well to rehearsal and live abuse. If this pedal fails at a gig, it'd be because someone hit it with a sledgehammer, in which case I wouldn't need a backup because I'd whup the guy's ass, thus ending the gig.

I've asked questions by e-mail and by phone, and the folks at Digital Music have always been friendly and cooperative.

My current band is hard rock, which I'm trying hard to keep from straying into the forbidden territory of prog-rock. The Analog Chorus is great for classic rock tones.

I've been playing for 21 years and have owned hundreds of effects. This one is definitly a keeper.

I love the warmth and the organic response. I wish it had more range.

Overall, this is an excellent pedal for analog lovers.

I recently ditched all my digital gear and replaced the EMGs on my guitars with medium-output Bill Lawrence pickups. Some pedals in my arsenal that I loved no longer sound as good. When people go on tirades about how a pedal sucks, is noisy, etc., a lot of the time it's because that pedal just doesn't work with their rig and/or playing style. When you're in the market for a new pedal, kids, take your axe to the store and try it out first.

Why is the company called "Digital Music" when they make analog pedals?

The Voodoo Lab Chorus is easy to use. Two knobs. Speed and intensity.

I'll note right off the bat, I didn't have this very long so read at your own risk. The chorus itself sounded quite good other than the fact that it did have a noticable amount of noise. I didn't have it long enough to really decide if it was going to pose a threat to my sound but it was a bit noisy. Also note that I bought this pedal used off of ebay so theres to telling what it went through. The owner said it was used very little even though he had it for 2 years. My main problem with it was that the speed knob didn't seem to do anything from about 11 O'clock position on the knob down to full counter clockwise. (Slowest speed) It's slowest speed wasn't as slow as some of the other pedals I've checked out. Boss, etc.. Obviously there was a problem with the pedal. There was a bit of a volume boost too. For some people that is a good thing. For me, I would rather not deal with volume levels in the middle of a solo. My feet are busy enough without having to resort to my Ernie Ball volume. Not to mention my hands being all booked up too. I read all of the reviews on this pedal before I bought it as with most of the other gear I buy. I see that most of the reviews concerning the volume boost and loud clicking sound when activated are pretty accurate but I had to see for myself. The true bypass is a very good thing. I think that has something to do with the boost and for the clicking noise, thats just the nature of the switch used. They do have good switches. This one pedal might very from the same ones just like it, but for me it just didn't cut it. I would like to check out some of the other Voodoo Lab pedals like the micro vibe, and the tremolo. These two are likely to be winners. I've read reviews on these too. But of course it boils down to if I like it or not. It seems as though people who have used this and is not happy with it's performance try chours pedals like Boss, Visual Sound H2O Liquid chours and echo, Analog man (A bit on the spendy side but the reviews on that thing are high numbers), Way Huge Blue Hippo, etc...

I see this in a lot of professional setups but who knows how musically demanding they are? Noise might just fit their bill! I didn't have it long enough to find out.

These guys are great to deal with! Very friendly, and professional. John Aycock and his staff are very educated in the field they are in. I talked with him and his staff on the phone as well as email and got fast responses. John told me that his personal Voodoo Lab chorus's speed will slow to an almost nonexistant speed. The boost issue can also be tailored also. They charge a minimal shop fee of $35 not including parts. I was told that the loud switch is normal for Voodoo Lab pedals. Now, the loud switch I mentioned earlier is just the switch itself not in the circuitry. I just got my money back for the pedal.

I have quite a diverse style ranging from Malmsteen type classical to country. Mainly in the Rock/Heavy Melodic Metal/Guitar instrumental 80's glam genre. I fool around with my own music mainly. I've never been the "Cover song" type. A chours pedal is useful in the music I play, but I don't think the Voodoo Lab chorus will cut it. I thought about giving Analog Mike a try.

I've been playing guitar since 1990 and piano for 15 years before that. I play a strat plus with all the goodies, and an Ibanez RG series. Currently I have this for gear but is always subject to change! Not in this order:: Boss Keeley modded BD-2, Keeley modded MT-2, Keeley modded DS-1 Ultra (and will soon have two Keeley modded TS9s, and a Keeley Compressor. Yes his stuff is really that cool!!) Morley Bad Horsie Wah, Ernie Ball 6165 stereo/pan volume pedal, Morley Sapphire Flanger, Boss DD-5 delay, FS-5U for the tap tempo, soon to have the Boss DD-6 and another FS-5U, Tech-21 midi mouse, for my midi rack devices, Morley ABY, and lots more rack gear, Peavey Delta Blues 210, and will have true bypass switching for ALL devices used, except of course for the already true bypass units,. Loooper will be providing the switching and means for routing pedals and other gizmos. It will actually be rather confusing for a while but well worth it. I'm building my own custom pedal board made with the best of the best supplies!! Titanium bases for rust prevention and corrosion resistance. Light weight, as strong as steel but 40% lighter, bullet-proof polycarbonate second tier for the less used pedals or the non true bypassed ones, stainless steel fasteners, rubber feet, onboard power supply, built in carry handles, etc.. I'm in the middle of building it right now but have most of the fabrication complete. I just have to get the rest of my gear together to put on it. The Boss pedals are fastened to the board by little metal clips and rubber grommets and stainless allen screws for a very secure, theft-proof installation. I have a cable lock system for the rare pedals. Yeah this thing is serious!! I'm going to build them on a custom order basis.

I didn't have the pedal long enough for it to be lost or stolen but would probably replace it with another type of chorus pedal. I did like how small it was, but couldn't justify having it in my rig.
The true bypass is a very good feature as with all of their pedals! Want the inside scoop on having the "Good gear"? Well, spend countless hours researching on the web, go to your favorite bands websites and see if you can read about or see what kind of gear they use, then go here to Harmony Central to find out what all the hype, if any, is all about, go to music stores and listen to awesome players play display gear and when there done go up and ask them questions. We love that. But don't just settle for others opinions, try it out for yourself. Also I have noticed websites selling rack gear, pedal boards, amps, guitars etc.. usually have a customers pics link somewhere. I do that alot!! If you want good stuff, be prepared to pay!! You get what you pay for most of the time!! Thanks for reading and feel free to email me danafoxx@comcast.net

It's pretty easy to use. Two knobs, intensity and speed. Doesn't get much simpler than that.

I ordered this pedal before reading these forums and was scared of the "volume boost" that so many people talked about. I had already made plans for selling the pedal and looking into something else, because I needed a pedal that works on stage as well as in the studio. Now that I have played with the pedal, I know there is nothing to fear.

I am running a Gibson Les Paul into an intricate system of pedals. First in line comes my Clyde and volume pedal, followed by a Fulltone Fatboost, Distortion Pro, modded Tube Screamer, Flanger, the Chorus, Fulltone Tremolo, MXR Phaser and then through a Noise Suppresor and Line6 DL4. All of the pedals except the NS2 and DL4 go through a bypass strip from pedalboards.com. It then goes into either a Marshall TSL or a Fender Twin Reverb. There is absolutely no added volume with either of the amps, nor when I switch to another guitar such as a strat or an Ibanez 7string. I can only guess that the added volume that the others have experienced comes from placement in their signal chain.

I love the Leslie effect which sounds very rich compared to other leslie effects I have used, but am most happy with the regular chorus sound. This is achieved by putting the intensity around 12 and the speed at about 3 o clock. Its very thick and rich.

Like your typical metal/true bypass pedal. Very durable.

No earthly idea.

It's an oustanding chorus. I have played on a CE-1 and this is everybit as good. It doesn't seem to have the annoying popping sounds which accompany the CE-1 either. I am extremely happy with this pedal.

Very easy to use; Intensity and Speed knobs.

Other reviews of this pedal have referred to the same phenomena: the pedal basically has one useful setting- Intensity at maximum with Speed at around 12:00 to 1:00. Also, the pedal produces an undesirable volume boost.

It's never failed on me. Seems pretty tough.

Never needed support, nor tried to get it.

I play an Ernie Ball 5-string fretless bass, into an SWR-900 w/ an SWR 2x10. I sometimes use a Tech21 SansAmp Bass pedal. I've been playing for about 20 years. I currently play in a prog rock / jazz / funk thing, and I was looking for a good chorus pedal to give me that BigBassDrop sound. This was not the one.

Two knobs, very simple to use

I can' imagine what the two reviewers below me were thinking, maybe they should stick with their Digitech Processors if they want twinkly digitar Chorus, cause you won't find it here. What you will find is the lushest, warmest ANALOG Chorus ever made. Seriously, I've had just about every great Chorus pedal ever made, including the Roland, and the Way Huge. This unit smokes the Roland, but unfortunately, the Way Huge blue hippo smokes any Chorus pedal ever made! You can expect to pay around $500.00 for a Blue Hippo, but I bought my Voodoo Lab Analog Chorus pedal for only $129.00 used. ....and believe me, it IS true bypass. I gie it a 10 because it's 2nd best, but very affordable.

Brick House.

Unneeded in 3 years of heavy gigging.

The Best Chorus box still being produced!

Easy to use, 2 knobs.

I used this with a Suhr Strat & Bogner Shiva head with a Dr. Z, Zbest 2x12 cabinet. With this pedal disengaged everything sounded ok. As soon as I press the switch, I was EXETREMELY disappointed. This unit colors the guitar sound and sounds like you dropped a blanket over your speakers. All high end sparkle and clarity was gone. Me and another guitarist played with it for 15 minutes and both of us didn't care for the muddy sound.

It seems well built, but I can't give an educated opinion.

Me and the other guitarist have been playing for about 35 years each and have been through allot of pedals and rack mount units. I also own a recording studio. Both of us felt this unit degraded the sound of the guitar signal. It sounds dead, dull & dark. A local store let me take it home for the night and I returned it the next day. All-in-all an uninspiring pedal.

Two knobs, it doesn't get any easier than that.

Great sounds, especially on clean. I really don't like chorus on distortion sounds for the most part. I've heard others say it's noisy but I'm not getting any extra noise out of it. I'm using it with a Mesa Mark IV. I'm not usually a big fan of chorus but this pedal is a keeper.

Looks as solid as any boss pedal I've owned. It's built like a tank.

I play mostly melodic rock and some acoustic rock. This pedal sounds great on acoustic also. I'd buy another if it was stolen. This pedal is very inspirational. I've compared this with about 3-4 different boss pedals. I still have a CH-1(which I don't use) and I've played with the chorus ensemble pedal, plus a couple others(don't remember the names). This beats them hands down, it's so creamy!!!!!!

very simple to use

I use a 58 gibson es225td through a 66 pro reverb the chorus sounded all right except It boosted the signal when I turned it on, it is quite noisy and does not have true bypass , It degrades the signal quite a bit

I suppose I would depend on it if I could stand the noise

never delt with them

I play worship music at church it was a mistake buying something that said voodoo on it, I compared it to the dod chorus pedals they both sounded better to my ears I liked the one with fewer knobs. Anyhow I liked the sound of the chorus but could not handle the noise signal degradation and boost of this pedal

The Voodoo Lab Analog Chorus is about as easy to use as a pedal can be. It has two knobs, intensity and speed. You tweak them until you get the sound you want. It incorporates true bypass switching so that when switched off it's completely transparent.

In contrast to most of the reviewers of this product, I am an acoustic player. I'm playing a Santa Cruz OM/PW with a L.R. Baggs active I-Beam pickup. I play through a TECH 21 Bronzewood 60 acoustic amp that has a very nice Accutronics three spring reverb built in.

I had been using a Danelectro Cool Cat chorus, had grown frustrated with its shrillness and decided that analog might be the answer and it was. The tone of the Voodoo Lab Analog Chorus is very organic for want of a better word. It's very smooth and musical. I can easily dial in just enough chorus to give me a bit of thickening or go just plain nuts and get a great Leslie sound out of it.

It switches silently though there is a modest amount of boost when it's switched on. This is part and parcel of any chorus effect so I can't really present this as a deficiency of the unit.

I haven't owned it long enought to make any claims as to its long-term durability. With that said I can accurately state that the unit is extremely well built using the best components. The construction speaks reliability. I have used it without a backup and will continue to use it without a backup.

Before I bought the unit I had several questions. I e-mailed Voodoo Lab and received a detailed and friendly response the same day. A second e-mail to them was responded to just as quickly. It was clear that they actually read my questions and took the time to respond accurately.

I play acoustic "folk" music, bluegrass and old-time. I've been playing for close to 30 years! Man, I'm getting to be a geezer.

In addition to the gear mentioned above, I have a Santa Cruz D with no pickup. I also have a Flatiron Festival F mandolin. If I want to amplify these instruments I mic them with a good Audio Technika condensor microphone.

If this pedal were stolen I wouldn't hesitate to get another. It performs exactly as I hoped it would. The only other chorus pedal I might consider would be the Analog.man "clone clone" chorus.

Again, it performs/sounds exactly as I hoped it would. It has true bypass switching so when off it is completely transparent. I can dial in exactly the tone I'm after without any hassles whatsoever.

To those reviewers who describe the pedal as a "one trick pony" I must ask if we're talking about the same pedal? I can easily get whatever I want out of this thing. I don't know, maybe their ears are shot from too many years of amps turned up way too loud.

So simple to use, just two controls...Intensity-Speed, any knob twister can figure this one out in a minute!!!

I'm using a homemade guitar through a custom Krank amp(Tempe, Az), the Voodoo Analog Chorus sounds great straight in or through the effects loop.
I haven't noticed any noise with this unit, and I use it for an extreme kind of sound. I crank the "speed" almost all the way up, then I put the "intensity" at three o'clock for a "leslie-ish" sound, very pleasant.

All of the Voodoo Lab products seem tough as nails to me, I can't imagine needing a backup.

I'm playing mostly rock with this pedal, and for the freaky "leslie-ish" sound I wanted it's perfect!
I opened it up just to get a good look inside and was a bit put off to see a big PCB, but then I plugged it in and I lost all worries.
This is a solid, clean sounding chorus, i've owned a bunch of different chorus pedals and this one is right up there behind the T.C. Chorus.

Two knobs, no matter where you turn them there's a good sound to be had

Lots of clarity, not muddy when the depth is set high. Nice and lush at slower speeds, nice 'leslie' sound with the speed all the way up. I use a lot of different guitars and amps, and I have yet to find a bad match with this one, although it's particularly impressive with single coils

So far so good. I was a devotee of the old Boss CE-2's for a long time but was very frustrated at having to replace them every 6 months (connections going bad, that really annoying 'click' that corresponds to the speed, any of which cost more than the pedal's worth to fix). This one seems to be built for the long haul

never needed it

I think it's a really great pedal. As I said earlier, there's no bad setting on it at all. For me, the clincher is that once I bought it I never worried about chorus pedals again. I play professionally, and trust me, that's a huge motivator. As with any review I've left here, I've been playing it a while before posting anything, and I only post about the 'keepers'.

In all fairness, I should mention that I did spend a couple days demoing pedals for them at a NAMM show one year, but I was subbing for someone else and we don't have any kind of 'official' relationship. I was very impressed with their whole line of pedals, but the ones I have I bought with my own money and use on a regular working basis (also Pedal Power II, Trem and Superfuzz), and would be using regardless of having worked for them.

2 controles Intensity/Speed. Super facil de ajustar...

De mi Fender Strat Plus con Seymour Duncan Clissic Stack neck y middle y un JB TB-4 en el bridge conecto a un Ernie Ball Vol Pedal, Boss TU-2 Tuner, Vox Clyde Mccoy Reissue Wah, MXR Dyna Comp, Ibanez TS-9 808, Pro Co Rat 2, MXR Micro Amp, Boss NS-2, Voodoo Lab Analog Chorus, Danelectro Dan Echo, Voodoo Lab Tremolo 4 Knobs, Fender Bassman 100 Head "1970", Marshall 4X12 w/Celestion Vintage 70. Cuando utilizo el Analog Chorus en mi Fender Bassman Head el sonido que produce es realmente Vintage. Cuando esta apagado no afecta mi senal original por su circuito "True Bypass". Es el mejor Chorus Vintage que he probado en comparacion con Arion SCH-1, Boss CE-2, TC Electronics Chorus/Flanger y el famoso Fulltone CoralFlange...

La construccion en el Hammond Box 1590BB convierte a este pedal de Chorus en "Bullet Proof" Indestructible

No he tenido problema alguno. El dia que le suceda algo no habra problemas ya que en ocasiones pasadas he tratado con Voodoo Lab y tiene un buen Customer Service...

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.

2 easily control knobs, out of the box and ready to go. The knobs are much faster than many traditional boss type knobs, but they are good.

Its rather silent. I turn it on, and I get that goodness only an Analog chorus could give me. I tryed both knobs all the way up, and it gave me such an awesome Leslie effect. Try putting the knobs up like I did, and then ethier throw on a tremolo pedal, or do what I did do volume swells with a volume pedal. On the other settings, it gives a textured sound. One bad part was, that it boosted my volume a lot, so when I threw on my distortion pedal with it, I had to lower the volume of the distortion.

I have the pedal power, and now I have the chorus, and they are the two best pedals that I have. The pedal has a nice click when I put it on, to know I am doing it right. These are the best products bar none. I would definetly gig without a backup

I just got off the phone with them, and they are the best people outside of maybe Gibson. Very friendly, and the good part is that they all knew each other. I knew a customer support guy there, when I got my pedal power, and when I got on the phone with somebody else, they knew who I was talking about, and they told me when he was coming in tommorrow

I play blues, rock, alt, everything, and this pedal is good for anything. I have been playing for 6 years now, and this is the best chorus I have ever used, its a great buy. I don't know if I would buy it again if it was stolen, it was $140, but I got a good deal with no shipping or taxes. I got it from Guitartrader.com, check them out, they have the best prices on Voodoo Lab stuff. It kicks the crap out of anything I have tried, yet I have not tried the Ibanez classic chorus, which I have heard it very good

Two knobs, a footswitch in/out/power and led. One knob is for rate(speed of chorus) the other for intensity(how powerful of chorus). Easy for me to adjust various ranges.

Here lies the rub. I'm going against the grain of the other reviews in order to warn all you folks out there who actually want a chorus for something other than jazz or pretty acoustic guitar work. I play clean once in a while but then I also like putting a little to a lot of tone to my guitar sounds. This pedal will not give you any usable sounds with any tone beyond clean at any setting except off! The weakest distortion pedal I own is an Ibanez TS-9/808 mod. turned to any gain setting with this chorus sounds bad. Well the same holds true for high gain distortion pedals all the way to a Boss MT-2 or Ibanez SM-9 for that matter. So if Randy Rhoads and Kurt Cobain are your guitar gods or Jimi for that matter don't waste your hard earned money on this pretty for clean sounds box. Buy a Boss CE-2 or Electro-Harmonix Clone Theory instead which can be used with distortion. I give this pedal a 10 for clean and a not usable for tone beyond clean for a average of somewhere in the middle. Go ahead and hate it but thats how it turned out for me.
Oh yeah the pop sound when the pedal is stepped on gets old. Remember it only sounds good for nice pretty clean quiets parts then POP oops I meant to sound like that! Sure, I get it...go out and buy all effects with real bypasses that's the problem with my setup, yeah right good answer.

Seems sturdy enough except for the snappy cheap springy feel of the (POP) footswitch. But then again the new MXR switches are about the same so I would have to see if it stands the test of time. MXR's switch still seem more sturdy.

Never needed them got the POP solution if you call replacing all your stuff with true bypass a solution from here.

I sold it and thanked Joe Satriani that no one else knows better yet and got most of my money back and bought a clone theory instead. EH is much more usable for ALL types of music played so is the Boss CE-2 you can get them for $50 bucks on auction sites. If you play just clean then BUY this lush sounding pedal otherwise think again and buy something else more useful.
Sometimes it is as if the guys who built this box are the ones who praise it so highly! The thing wasn't flexible enough for my playing tastes.

Very easy to use. Unit has: one input/out output jack- one on/off switch- one LED- one external power port and speed and intensity knobs. Can't get much easier than this.

Signal Chain To Date: 52 Reissue Tele with ancient Evans Pull String Bender- Maxon Comp.- Boss EQ- Voodoo Analog Chorus- Boss TU-2 tuner- Maxon Analog Delay. This signal is next fed to a fully restored 1965 Fender 85 Watt Showman head with Mullard Mil. Spec. preamp tubes and Philips NOS 7581A output tubes. Speaker cabinet is finger jointed pine with "floating baffle board" - 1 X 12" JBL-E 120 speaker. (Cabinet is a custom job done by Rodgers and is covered in rough blonde tolex with maroon grill.)

I can not really say enough about the sound of this wonderful pedal! This has got to be the best chorus available in a stomp box format. The number of diff. sounds that can be tweaked out of those two simple knobs are incredible!!!!!!! This is the quintessential analog chorus.

Too early to tell... Production values look very good. Unit looks like it can take many years of use and abuse by working musicians.

Love the hard wire bypass feature. When you hit the switch, your signal is out of it. Does not seem to degrade my signal at all. It enhances my tone rather than harms it. To date, I have a Voodoo Lab Pedal Power and this Analog Chorus and I love them both. If lost, I would find it...If stolen, I would steal it back.

Love the organic/lush/deep/hi-fi sound this thing has. Do yourself a big favor and get one ASAP.

So far I haven't found a bad sound in this pedal. It can't get much easier than 2 knobs.

I'm using this after a Wah, 2 x TS-808's, MXR 100 and a BOSS BF-2 then into a black face twin with a STRAT(DiMarzio VV's) and it doesn't make a sound. The true bypass makes the world of difference. I replaced a BOSS CH-1 with this and all of sudden a world of sparkle came to light. With intensity at full and speed an 9 o'clock it breaths beautifully. Now I need to replace the BF-2 with maybe a Micro Vibe or a Deja Vibe II.

Effect cases don't get much stronger than these.

I emailed a few questions, unrelated to this unit, to VOODOO LABS and get a response the very next day from the president, Josh Fiden. I don't think I'd have a problem with support if I needed it. Because of this type of reponse I will definitely look at the VOODOO stuff 1st.

I play everything from dreamy, jazzy stuff to in front of the net in your face rock & roll and so far this seems to be the perfect match.

This unit is very simple and straightforward: one knob to control intensity (depth) and one knob to control speed: classic analog chorus control knobs. The one page manual suggests a few obvious settings: intensity and speed between 11:00 and 2:00 for "normal" chorus, intensity and speed maxed for "Leslie" sound. Bottom line - the unit is very easy to adjust and can be easily done so during performance, especially if you set the box on your amp top to patch it into effects loop.

I'm using this chorus box with a '52 reissue Tele going through a Fender Concert amp (Rivera designed, 2 10s, 60 watt). Additionally I'm using a Danelectro DE-1 Dan-Echo, Fulldrive2 and/or TS-10 Tube Screamer (modded by Analog Mike). I have not been using the Voodoo Lab Analog Chorus in the COncert's effects loop, as I bridge the send and return jacks with a short patch cord, which adds variable gain and volume going to the power section, adjusted by the amp's send and return knobs. I'm running the chorus pedal after the Fulldrive2 and before the Danelectro delay pedal, athen into the Concert's input. The pedal is quiet running and has a true bypass footswitch. When I first obtained it I noticed a loud and objectionable "pop" whenever I turned the unit on or off. I emailed Voodoo Lab and they suggested that running their pedal in line with pedals without a true bypass might result in noise when engaging the unit. I had been using this pedal along with the Ibanez Tube Screamer, which doesn't have true bypass. Problem is alleviated by using my Fulldrive2, but users take note: if you typically use old, vintage effects you may experience audible pops with the Analog Chorus' foot switch. That said, I must admit that this is easily the best sounding chorus box I've ever owned and it sounds better to me than rack-mount digital units I have tried in my rig, e.g. Quadraverb. The sound is open and very sweet with clean/overdriven amp settings, I don't particualrly think that chorus effects ever sound really great with distortion tones. With the intensity at 12:00 and the speed maxed, I get a very shimmering and fairly subtle chorus effect that is useful on ballads and sounds great with sustained chords. The "Leslie" setting sounds good too, although it's not as generally useful as less extreme settings. Both knobs at 12:00 yields great-sounding standard chorus tones, useful just about anywhere. The unit seems to boost the highs a tad, as well as volume; I don't find this objectionable in the slightest. Very musical tones, very useful range, great sound quality.

This unit seems well built, although I'm not an expert in electronics. I don't take a backup; however I don't feel chorus is a deal killer. If the pedal failed I'd just play without it.

Emailed Voodoo Lab about the popping noise described above. They responded the next day with the suggestion that solved the problem. They offered, at the same time, that if their suggestion didn't rectify the problem, to give me a return authorization number. This proved unneccessary. Pretty responsive, I'd say.

This pedal replaced a Danelectro Cool Cat chorus pedal which I thought was fairly mediocre. I had one other cheap Lab Series chorus pedal I used for years; I also used my Qudraverb for a time for chorus effects. This pedal sounds superior to all of them. The other guitarist in my band uses an old Boss chorus pedal, a CE-1, I think. I used to envy his chorus sound, but now I think I have something that equals or surpasses that pedal. I would definitely buy it again if I lost this one. It's a little pricey, but in line with the other boutique pedals. You get what you pay for, generally. I play classic rock, blues, RnB, and some country with this band, and find this chorus pedal complements all styles.

Easy to get a good sound out of only has two knobs speed and intensity how much simpler could it be. Used to use a Boss Se-70 but it was so hard to tweak for me that I onlu used the chorus and I like the sound of this better it is more organic and a nice chime.

I play rock and blues and this pedal is great for the clean sounds. It is a bit noisy I think, I use a strat with single coils so that could be part of noise but I don't notice any noise through my Fulltone Drive 2 it is way quiet. Overall this pedal is the sound I wanted

This pedal is made very strong I would trust it to last a long time. I couldn't afford a backup but I doubt I would ever need one because of the way this thing is built.

I've called and talked to people from Voodoo Lab and they are very friendly and helpful. They answer e-mail pretty fast, they helped me find a dealer in my area which was not easy.

I like this pedal for the added depth it gives my sound and It can really make my guitar sound pretty. I use a Soldano amp with a strat 68 reissue and this seems to be the match I've ben looking for. I say buy one if you can find one they are worth it.

Very easy to use, right out of the box. Keeping with Voodoo Lab's minimalist approach (which I love), 2 knobs - Intensity and Speed. Very easy to get a variety of sounds from the almost infinite combinations of these control knobs. No indicator light, which is a negative when gigging. I understand new models now have them. Input and output jacks are at 12 o'clock, which I prefer to the "in on the right and out on the left" of other pedals.

This is the one - vintage, warm analog chorus. Designed and built to reproduce the Boss CE-1 and it does so perfectly. Everything from a light, shimmery sound to warm, lush chorus to brazen, pulsating sounds are possible. I play a modified Tele (humbuckers) and a Les Paul into a Fender Vibrolux Reverb and the pedal works well with both guitars. No noise whatsoever from the pedal when it's on and true bypass when it's off.

Seems extremely well built. No problems yet and I don't expect any.

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As a gigging musician, I like the minimalist approach Voodoo Lab takes with its pedals, the Analog Chorus included. Two knobs give me all the tonal control I want, without having to worry or remember settings. This is a truly great chorus pedal for all types of music. I play mostly blues and it serves me well with both Rhythm and lead parts. Can even get funky if you put an overdrive pedal in front of it. I've tried many other pedals and am glad I finally found this one. It's a keeper, for sure.

Two knobs, I think they're called rate and intensity. Pretty easy, I guess. Manual not too helpful, but what do you need?

I had heard some rave reviews about this pedal and its depth of sound, and it is all true. It is a VERY deep chorus. I play in a surf-rock band, and I stomp it for clean strumming, and it seems to actually boost the signal a bit, almost like a compressor.
I used it live the other night with a new Danelectro DC and Fender Hot Rod Deville (4 x 10) and the clean sound was absolutely heavenly.
This is a strange and wonderful pedal. I very much like just slight chorus, just to flavor a clean sound, and this does that. But what I've been amazed at is how many different TYPES of sounds you can get with the dials at various positions. I need to start writing them down, because every combination of settings with those two simple knobs seems to produce radically different effects, from slight chorus to obnoxious wobbly rotating speaker effects. Sometimes I think it's a little TOO deep, because it actually gets a sort of phase thing going, but I love it anyway.

Looks pretty strong. I understand Voodoo Labs uses only the best components.

I hear this is good, too.

My one complaint is that there's no LED to indicate when the thing's on. With a distortion pedal that might be okay, but a chorus? Another review said something about "sound quality" being effected if there was an LED, and I don't really buy that because many fine effects have them. This is a strong chorus, so you mostly know when it's on, but on all my other boxes, it's just added comfort to know for sure, right away, if it's on or off without playing a note, and I don't have that with this.

Simple as they come. Two knobs for rate and sensitivity. It's a no brainer. My cat could use this thing.

I use an American Strat with EMG pickups, and a Fender amp. My rig is ultra quiet, and the Chorus pedal is also quiet. It blends well with distortion pedals and the like... I think the sounds quality is as close as you can get to a vintage Roland Chorus pedal. You get great vintage chorus, and I can even mimicke the sound on George's Solo on Let it Be.

It's can't brake, it's made of some metal like stuff that is non-destructable.

This people were great! Before I owned the pedal, I mailed the company and they even called me on the phone to talk about the product. This guys are a top notch company with great reissue products.

I play just about every type of music, and anywhere that chorus can be used, this succeeds to fulfill it all. I use it with compressors and wahs, and it goes great. I would like a LED light for it, but that's no biggy considering that if you can't tell the chorus is on, then you suck!! Bottom line? Throw away your digital junk, throw away your BOSS stuff, this is the only Chorus pedal to have.

The Voodoo Lab Analog Chorus is very easy to use. It contains 2 knobs, ("Speed" and "Intensity") a heavy-duty DPDT (Double Pole-Double Throw) stomp switch, and a true-bypass which allows all the pure tone of the guitar come through even when you turn the effect off but still keep it within your signal path from guitar to amp.

The Analog Chorus has a very warm, round sound to it. It sounds very vintage and has a slight "flanger" sound to it. It's actually TOO sweet! It can get noisy when used in conjunction with a distorted amplifier, but that is the nature of older effect units. The sound produced by the Analog Chorus is top-notch and if you're after a vintage chorus sound, I highly recommend it!

All the Voodoo Lab pedals are extremely durable and built well. I think these units could last forever although I never did any heavy gigging with them. (Home use only) All the parts included in the construction of the pedal are of the highest quality.

Josh Fiden of Voodoo Labs has answered my e-mail more thoroughly than any other manufuacturer I have been in contact with. He helped me out with all questions on my Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe even though I bought it used! He also answered all my general questions about pedals that weren't even related to Voodoo Labs at all. You aren't going to get more Customer Service than at Voodoo Labs!

The Voodoo Lab Analog Chorus is easily one of the best-sounding pedals I have ever owned. I recently have decided to sell all my pedals to save for a Line6 AX2 amp and parted with my Analog Chorus earlier this year. I have enjoyed both my Voodoo Labs Analog Chorus and Micro Vibe and would highly recommend them to anyone. Voodoo Lab pedals are of the highest quality and they aren't as expensive as some other "boutique" pedals. Check them out - you won't be disappointed.
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