Bass Choruses/Phasers/Flangers

The Boss CE-2B Bass Chorus is a bass effects pedal that was originally made in the 1980's. They're no longer making this pedal, although I don't know how rare it is or not. The pedal has the standard Boss pedal make up, with 1/4" connections for input and output, and nine volt power being required from either a battery or power supply. It isn't rack mountable as it's a stomp box. UTILIZATION Using the Boss CE-2B Bass Chorus is really simple, as it's only got three parameters to help you affect the sound. These parameters are for effect level, depth, and rate. These are pretty standard parameters for a chorus pedal, so if you know anything about chorus you should feel right at home here. A manual isn't necessary, nor have I seen one for this pedal. SOUND QUALITY The Boss CE-2B Bass Chorus is a unique chorus in that the effect is only applied to the harmonics rather than the original fundamental note being played. I don't know if this is done to only this bass effect, but it's a technique that works really well since it keeps the fundamental note in tact so it won't lose any low end clarity. Often I find that many bass effects get muddy, and this is not the case with the CE-2B. While I'm in general not a huge fan of bass effects, I do really like this pedal because of the aforementioned reasons that results in a very clean effected bass. I like it best for subtle chorus on the bass, but you can also get pretty crazy with it if you'd like. OVERALL OPINION I haven't used all that many other bass chorus effect pedals, but the Boss CE-2B Bass Chorus is definitely the best one that I've used. It has a much cleaner sound that most of the bass effects that I've used out there, chorus or otherwise. While I don't know how realistic this effect would be to have in a rig, it's awesome to have around the studio for experimentation purposes and otherwise. If you want to add a great sounding bass chorus to your bass rig or studio, the Boss CE-2B is the way to go!

EBS is a great Swedish company that focuses their attention to the needs of the performing bass players in the world. They have built a solid reputation of high standards and high quality units that are competitively priced and competitively voicing against many of the more prominent companies. UTILIZATION Technical Specifications Nominal Input Level - 8 dBv Input Impedance 700 kohms Bypass Bandwidth +0 / -3 dB 20 - 20k Hz Phaser Types Short (S) 4 or 6 stages Long (L) 8 or 10 stages Wide (W) 18 stages differential LFO Range min / max 0.05-10 Hz LFO Types Sine and Triangle Low frequency bypass Optional SOUND QUALITY The tone of this pedal is remarkable. The pedal is built with highest quality components and uses 24-bit digital processing circuitry for outstanding performance on stage and in the recording studio. You can definitely hear the sound that comes from this pedal is of the highest standards of quality that exist. Use this is front of your bass amp since the phaser generally sounds the best in front rather than in the effects loops. If you do run it this way run it only slightly because the pedal can dominate the sound of your tone and a phaser on all the time is not a pleasing sound. OVERALL OPINION You can find these pedals new for right around the price of $200. not a bad price for solid sounding bass phaser. You will get a high grade pedal that will last you gigging night after night. This is a pedal to have if you really want a good quality built and sounding phaser. I would recommend this pedal to any bass player who needs a good effects pedal in his signal chain that will enhance the tone quality of his or her rig. The pedal will add a good harmonic and effects tone to your sound and with the help of this pedal you will be pleasantly surprised how it enhances you playing experience.

Light blue in the standard Boss stompbox case. Four knobs: effect level, low filter, rate and depth. One input; mono or stereo out for spreading the chorus effect between two amps or two channels of the PA or recording console. 1 9V battery or optional AC Adapter. I've been playing bass professionally for 45 years. Purchased in 2005 from Musiciansfriend.com I wanted a chorus effect for some songs. Paid $69 + shipping It's easy to use: find the rate and depth you want, adjust the low pass filter for max bottom, dial in the mix of straight bass and chorus and you're all set. I also like the fact that the battery can be replaced by lifting the on/off pad rather than unscrewing four screws on the bottom. I also like having a wide on/off pad rather than a single toggle. This is an older chorus unit, and I think technology makes today's bass choruses better sounding. I find the stereo effect rather useless live, but nice in recording. Well-built of heavy gauge aluminum, as are all Bodd pedals. For not much money, the Boss CEB-3 Bass Chorus offers a decent sounding effects for bass that can be useful on solos or atmospheric support line. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

The DOD products are very inexpensive and decent sounding for the money. They usually make their products very user friendly and easy to use. You can find their units just about anywhere you can find effects pedals for guitars or bass. DOD has built a reputation of having competitively priced pedals that sound ok for the money but not very reliable as far as road worthy tested. UTILIZATION The unit has the basic four functions that you would see out of most bass chorus pedals or even guitar chorus pedals. You have level, speed, depth, and HI EQ which that control features is somewhat unique to this pedal but certainly not as far as pedals in general go. The level will switch your overall volume for the effects pedal. The speed will control how fast the modulation reacts in the unit. So if you turn it all the ay up you get a rotation sound like a leslie or a vibrato sound. The depth will control how the modulation effects the psectrum of the tone which essentially changes the 3D sound or how much the modulation covers the overall tone. Sort of like a mix knob but a bit different. The HI Eq will change the highs in the frequency which allows you to tailor the tone accordingly to your preferred bass guitar or the amp you are using. This feature sort of shapes you overall voicing and thickness of the pedal used. SOUND QUALITY I am not really that much of a fan of this pedal. Though while the pedal is certainly useful the overall tone is not that pleasing if you understand the nature of the chorus pedals in general. Chorus pedals have a lush watery quality to them that adds almost a second guitar or instrument to the tone. This pedal adds an effected signal but not in terms of what you might hear from more higher quality products. The tone overall isn't the lush rich chorus tone that comes from say a EBS or Electro Harmonics pedal. Those tones within those pedals are much more usable in a bass rig. This pedal certainly is usable but you woulnd't want to feature this pedal or tone in your overall bass tone. OVERALL OPINION These pedals have since been discontinued and the used market is the only way to go to get one. You can find them well under $100 on the classifieds or ebay. I have seen them go for right around $70 or so. Not a bad price for this pedal to take a try and see if you enjoy the tone. I would recommend this pedal to someone who needs an inexpensive bass chorus and only wants a subtle change in tone and not an overall dominant effects modulation to the rig.