My word, I just realised how much I love/hate chorus

[TmcB]

It really is the worst of effects.
It just screams cheese at me.
However, I tend to LOVE it on delay.

I've got one of those old 808 series Ibanez CS-505 chorus pedals and every now and again I am sorely tempted to let it pass on. However, it is AMAZING in stereo.

So what the hell do I do?
Do I sell the thing that I never use? Or do I hang on to it in case I get a chorus craving or it suddenly comes into vogue on TGP (sell for many $ to impressionable americans )?

[GrantB]

I agree...in fact I'm about to remove it from my live pedal board...but there are times when say recording, only a choris will do....

[The Scarecrow]

Chorus is the love-to-hate effect. I have this one song with the band I found just sounded empty and a little boring. The guitars are playing to rather similar, opposing picking parts and mine sounded so much better when i added chorus instead of delay. It's like a loaded gun thought; dangerous in the wrong hands.

[Rog]

I guess it all depends on the music you're making. I enjoy chorus for the (very few) times I end up playing rhythm - it covers my crappy playing.

[Aquila Rossa]

Chorus is great clean or dirty, but only in very small subtle doses.

[Some Bozo]

I've been through four or five chorus pedals in my time, never settled on one for very long. I don't particularly like the chorus sound itself, but I like to subtly fatten it up with a bit of "3D" sound and glitz. I've heard some nice sounding modulated delay effects, that might be my next move. I'm enjoying the moudulated reverb on the digitech RV-7, I have that on most of the time.

[jeremyb]

Maybe try a 45 deg phaser, sounds a bit chorusy but cooler

[GrantB]

I quite like the Eventide Delay chorus sound....it's good enough live for me to ditch the awesome Daphon of Doom...

[sgt mukuzi]

Maybe try a 45 deg phaser, sounds a bit chorusy but cooler

yes!! I have a 45 Phaze made by Mr. Bro its so like a filter instead of cheesy chorus but then again it was a choice between flange, chorus and phase. i had to have a little modulation but for me it stops with the 45 phaze

[voice of reason]

Rate way down @ 7 oclock & depth around 12oclock on my ce2 gives a nice semi flange / phaser flavour.
Fills out 7th Chords and helps if your intonation isnt 100% !

[thehenderson]

Sometimes I just plug the warwick into my chorus pedal and can't stop slapping till bedtime, tonal bliss!

[rickenbackerkid]

I only use chorus on delay repeats

[foal30]

when I wish to revisit the glory days of modern music a chorus pedal is essential with either of my Fretless Basses.
If I'm in a "New York Minute" playing through the best of Talk Talk or even being a "Smooth Operator" you know I will be stomping on the Boss CEB-3.

[Clarky]

I hated Chorus until I got an Ibanez CS-9.

Although the Chorus on an Alesis Quadreverb is to die for.

[Some Bozo]

Maybe try a 45 deg phaser, sounds a bit chorusy but cooler

What are they ? Googling it turns up a lot of random results, some of them about Star Trek...