Is chorus making a comeback?

[6CA7-A]

This must be "The meme" forum.

 

[JiveTurkey]

This must be "The meme" forum.

This probably brings back memories for you

 

[Mikael Dez]

This must be "The meme" forum.

Scooters are cool. Motorcycles are gay (90s gay)

 

[AutomationBias]

Sontar-ha!

 

[eric.chambers]

It never really went away, it was just over-used in the 80s.

 

[la szum]

I think it is super cool how Chorus sounds one way with Tom Scholz, another
way with 1980s-era Robert Plant, and yet another way with 1990's Kurt Cobain/
Nirvana.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Big Log and those strat tones.

 

[6CA7-A]

 

[GuitarBilly74]

I think it is super cool how Chorus sounds one way with Tom Scholz, another
way with 1980s-era Robert Plant, and yet another way with 1990's Kurt Cobain/
]

To be fair, Nirvana completely ripped off this riff AND tone from Killing Joke. I don't think Kurt used a lot of Chorus aside from this.

 

[OrganicZed]

It seems to be. I loved the sound of chorus when I started playing but have very little tolerance for it now. That 80's chorused Rockman clean thing is back in style and I am not pleased.

 

[DrewJD82]

The only chorus on distorted guitars I actually enjoy are Gilmour’s 80’s/90’s tones, early Zakk Wylde and Dean DeLeo’s early tones.

Love it on clean tones, though.

 

[itchyfingers]

The nice thing about chorus is it all sounds the same. If you have one chorus pedal, there's really no need/desire/benefit to grab another.

 

[newpedals]

The nice thing about chorus is it all sounds the same. If you have one chorus pedal, there's really no need/desire/benefit to grab another.

In a mix, I agree that the difference cannot be easily identified.

While playing alone at home, the personality of the chorus pedal comes out.

Just like drive pedals.

 

[LeftyLoungeLizard]

 

[newpedals]

Sorry for being too naive. Is this a pic of a rack unit or a plugin?

 

[ChordInversion]

It never went away. And I like it. Like anything else, it can be used badly.

 

[LeftyLoungeLizard]

Sorry for being too naive. Is this a pic of a rack unit or a plugin?

It's an Eventide plugin (the H910 plugin), but the concept is real-world. Using dual Harmonizers (one on the left channel, one on the right channel) with slight detune (few cents + one side, few cents - other side) is an old but very effective alternative to standard chorus. Use it on guitars, vocals, drums, etc you name it.

The H910 debuted in 1975 and was the world's first digital effect processor and has been used on countless albums.

 

[Diary Of An Axeman]

The most unique Chorus that I used or ever heard, was the Chorus from the Arion Hot Watt 2 .

 

[Baba]

I’m not sure if it’s back, but I never stopped using it since the 80’s

 

[david57strat]

I didn't realize chorus ever really went away (just the way it was dialed in, over the years changed a bit).

I bought my CE-3 (My very first chorus pedal), back in the mid 80s.

I never stopped using chorus, as an effect.

I love modulation, in general. Never really stopped loving or using it, at one point or another.

Two favorites of mine (of the bunch) are the Caroline Somersault and the BOSS BF-2 (I know - it's a flanger). Both incredible, in spite of being mono.

I sold my old CE-3 and BF-2 (and others, regrettably), back in the 90s, when I picked up the rack-mount GX-700. That was a huge mistake. Just picked up this 1981 MIJ BF-2, in great shape, and couldn't be happier.

I may have to pick up a second Somersault, though. It's a very flexible pedal and sounds glorious. But so does the old BF-2. There is no replacement for the warm sound of analog.