TC Electronic Stereo Chorus / Flanger

[JohnKurtJim]

at 6:17 it sounds like Polychorus

[deadbirdsings]

Is this an analogue or a digital effect?

[Satchmoeddie]

It is a bit expensive, and so much so I am prowling for a schematic. I know most of the "special" BBD chips these FX companies have "specially built" which is usually with a weird pin out SMD, etc. MN3004, MN3005, MN 3007 and a MN 3101 clock to run one of the others and some good old VCOs or Function gen and another clock and you are half way there. The 570 compander is also great in these. The 571 and 572 are noisier. Having a friend who etches boards helps! I can do it myself, but why!

[af4k]

a "65 amp soho?" What the heck is that?

[HeartfeltDawn]

@af4k Check out the 65 Amps website and find out.

[donimartin1984]

gorgeous sounding pedal.. i so want this..

[diegofr90]

Would you recommend me this to get an andy summers sound?

[Nimrod9458]

@diegofr90 if you wan't summers chorus tones, check out the Hartman analog flanger, wich is a clone of the non-deluxe electric mistress.

[Nimrod9458]

porl thompson and robert smith use this too!

[live2shredguy]

Andy's voice is so cool

[joelg125]

everything on this vid makes this pedal sound useless

[TehUberCyberBeast]

Can you use a standard 9v power supply with this?

[SamakiBass]

How does it work on bass?

[dorielementary]

How does this compare with the new TC Electronics Corona Chorus?

[ProGuitarShopDemos]

@dorielementary The Corona is a chorus where this is a chorus and a flanger. Also, the SCF is analog and Corona is digital. Thanks,

-PGS

[xdux]

is this full freq. response?  so i can use on bass

[lanlanbinks]

thumbs up if eric johnson sent you here!

[xeridian]

Best Chorus Pedal ever period!

[justfine77777]

@xeridian Ya, I have heard that from everybody that owns it.

[cm0220ster]

I think that either 1.) the settings he using are way too intense and have no use in any arsenal of sounds I would ever use or b.) I hate the sound of a chorus pedal. Either way I wouldn't buy this based on this video. I also own a boss chorus I plugged in about twice for five minutes, so maybe it's the latter, because I generally like PGS demos.

[fridgeslayer94]

Are you gonna do the T-rex twister any time soon?

[MarkSmithMusic]

The intro is hilarious how his finger keeps flying in and out to point at the knobs lol

[rovtech08]

Always remember, modulation is like heroin, a little bit is fun but too much will kill you. This thing sounds great at moderate settings and as always, Andy, you do some of the best demos out there.

[thebibleisalltrue]

Is this line level? Can I use it my amp's effect's loop on the -10db setting along with my MXR and Boss pedals? I want everything to work together right. I dumped the rack gear and went back to pedals. This one looks pretty hard to beat. Thanks for all of the cool reviews!

[JimmyKGuitar]

I love all these videos and they're really helpful. My only criticism is that you guys never do any high gain demos. It'd be nice to hear this pedal, for example, through a Boogie Mark V or an Engl. Not everyone plays a Strat into a Fender Twin! :)

[flyingsquirrel73]

@JimmyKGuitar I totally agree dude!!!!...i'm a high gain player myself=)

[destChaos]

@JimmyKGuitar High gain and chorus, that oughta sound great.

[mrboverbro]

hey andy can you get a metallica clean tone kinda chorus with this? thanks

[xXchr15t0ph3rXx]

@mrboverbro yes

[nezmaster1]

Dude, turn the width down... Fuck

[Euphoriaman]

@nezmaster1 LOL!

[Cricchio427]

Probably the best chorus pedal made actually

[intune1234]

In my opinion, there's only one decent setting on this unit: 12 -12 -12 o'clock on chorus mode, in stereo. I used it for many years playing live in Austin through 2 Fender blackface Twins for a clean sound. It's a good sounding floor unit. I would go with a G-Force now though. The MXR stereo chorus sounds good for a floor unit too.

[griffinmpable]

is that beegees right at the beginning?

[Autorelocator]

I will never sell my own again. I have a model from the eighties!

[AirHendrix91]

4:30 sounds like some My Bloody Valentine :D

[fofaoooofofa]

very intresting chorus!!! studio use!! good

[Alu122112211221]

Is it possible to have the Chorus and Flanger Effect Both on?

[0cerpintaxt0]

@Alu122112211221 I dont think so it a switch between chorus and flanger?

[ducky811]

I'd like one of these myself. It sounds pretty good.

[flannelking]

I found this in my friends garage, he gave it to me for my birthday cause of the huge lust I had for it. Its one of the older models and some of the pots don't work so the intensity kind of just goes on and off, I'm going to get it fixed up soon though.

[goingwithzed]

someone told me this is the chorus used by steve vai on 'damn good' when he was with Roth. Got one just for that heh.

[Ilovemyfender2]

This was Jeff Buckley's primary chorus pedal; however, for falnge, he used a Boss Hi-Band Flanger.

[kdjfnvjvd]

Johnson has been known to use this one I believe.

[oldboyfist]

Haha totally agree. This pedal actaually sounds good, believe it or not..

[zodiacbluesbaby]

Welcome to the 80s...

[LennyRayZappa]

What's that song at 2:36?

[Ombrenuit]

At 6:00, is that "Dear Prudence" covered by Siouxsie and the Banshees I hear?

[ProGuitarShopDemos]

never heard their version until you mentioned. Cool!

[Euphoriaman]

@ProGuitarShopDemos Hey Andy, i dig the sound of the chorus but its simply too expensive for me. What pedal would you recommend to get a similar chorus sound to the famous TC Chorus??

Thanks..

[maorinui]

@Ombrenuit

Also sounded a lot like 'Lady' by Little River Band.

[Ilovemyfender2]

Digital or analog?

[OZZYTS808]

analog

[FunkyMuziq]

What you think

Tc Electonic or Providence Anadime Chorus

for a deep vintage chorus sound ?

[sbrave]

Brass in pocket Exactly!!!

WHat does Cantrell use on The Rooster for that killer flanger?

BOSS BF2?

[ryclea]

Why is it that Boss and Digitech can power every one of their effects with one 9v battery and t.c. electronic still has a fixed AC cable? That may seem like a small detail, but it's a deal breaker for me. I've loved this pedal for years, but there's not always outlets at the front of the stage. It should be an easy engineering feat to build this pedal to take the common (Boss PSA120 type) AC adapter.

Oh well, I'm still mostly off chorus. The 80's scarred some of us more than others.

[economuzak]

Perhaps you weren't listening in the 80s.

[quincy2229]

Why do guitar players whine about fixed AC cable as opposed to 9V battery power? A professional, or perhaps just a smart musician, would be prepared at a gig instead of bitching about this kind of thing. Perhaps the fixed AC and transformer are part of the design to improve headroom? Perhaps the sound of the pedal should be more important than the demands of a Lazy guitar player who simply can't bring a powerbar to a gig and needs everything to be powered of a Pedal Power 2.

[007Elvisofnazareth]

Pedal power 2 actually HAS a 120v ac jack in the back... Now the only decent excuse is the lack of true bypass . ( I don't particularly like the TC buffer enough to have it on all the time.)

[hermanhurensohn]

you should be more concerned about quality and headroom then about powercords. if you are a music loving guitarist, sound loving typ.....you live with the extra powercord that comes with it an enjoy the benefits of this unit. i own one myself and it has its moments every time it gets used.

i see it in the faces of my audience and i can hear it. the thing makes a wonderful sound and has some extreme sounds to offer as well. Listen to John Scofields extreme Chorus FX. That is the thing..

[nissanskyline16]

to me i prefer the retro sonic stereo chorus but its still sounds very nice

[Powerslider]

eric johnson uses this unit. only for that reason, im totally concidering buying it.

[economuzak]

As did John McGeoch of Magazine.

[cm0220ster]

Listen to Trademark off of Ah Via MusicCom for a good example. Anybody else find the width cranked during most of the demo to be totally useless and annoying?

[vinny1577]

Yepp, that does sound annoying. I would not keep it at max.

[44eelz]

@Powerslider ... buy something because you like it, ive bought 2 pedals because of other guitarists, after a while i kinda got bored of them.

[smoothbean1]

Brass in pocket

[bato41823]

hi....can i use this chorus in acoustic guitar

[amarr1]

Yup-- sounds great too.

[bigtophalloween]

Yes.

[DavisGuitarStudio]

Greetings, I do a lot of worship playing for my church and I use this TC pedal with my F400 series yamaha (non solid top guitar)  which has an LR Baggs Pickup with LR Baggs DI pedal and it sounds better than any other setup I've heard yet...dis the boss pedals for this one..it's the cleanest pedal I've ever had!

[danielworks]

wow awesome

[narayan76]

Is it analog or digital?

[amarr1]

its sexy

[topicrass]

LOL nice one!

[lalakiller54]

can you use chorus and flang seperate

[snuffeljay]

i use the original 80s issue of this pedal

[blahman178]

If Eric Johnson uses it, you automatically know it's good! I like it best on a super subtle setting, with a delay, to make it sound like tape echo 'warble'. Thanks for the demo!

[Snotra]

Ya this guy is right! Strats make so much ground noizzz! Not to mention sustain of a banjo.

[blahman178]

you are wrong, you must have only played cheap strats, my strat has damn near the sustain of an LP, and no ground noise because of the noiseless PU's.

[Asillyhobo]

Yeah man, single-coils and technology have come a long way. Ya think Jeff Beck gets hum in his strat? Fuck no.

[topicrass]

i agree I love my 89 Strat... i just get the Hot Noiseless pickups and make no damm HUM... and it has sustain like a LP.. and if you Strat has no that quantity of sustain i ll tell you some hints... when using overdrive effects adds a lot of sustain especiallly tube overdrive... also use a compressor that adds a lot of sustain i highly recommend the MXR SUper comp or the Dyna COmp... another goo hint for more sustain... is to calibrate the bridge good when it is not good calibrate. is shit...

[EXnitroxxxxx]

This is a great pedal. I own it. Very good.

Lol 7:00. Pedal has overload haha! Run!

[bopplayer]

This pedal reminds me of porn movies from about 1981-1986 just though i'd share that!

[nissanskyline16]

ha lol lmao

[WIGSCOTT]

I've recently re-aquired a T.C. Chorus and I LOVE the way it sounds although you have to really study it to get the sounds you want. Actually I must say that most of the sounds your getting on this demo are not what I personally like! The Chorus is the weakest and sounds great for stumming (.1 SPEED) and (6 WIDTH). For a great lush fingerpicking tone I like the Pitch Mod set to (.2-.5 SPEED)and (4-5 WIDTH). Again this is an AWESOME pedal.

[petejt]

I got one of these a month and a half ago, but still learning to get the most efficient use out of it (I like deep, rich, lush, swirly detuned chorus sounds, with both clean & crunch tones)

[AlexGuitar1987]

This is another wonder from TC electronic. I got this along with many other TC electronic pedals, the old ones from 80's. The new reissues are also very good, this pedal tho didnt change throughout time. Love them

[n2motocross]

Eric Johnson uses it, so it has to be a great pedal.

[tonylamosa2]

Really awesome! Great Demo!

[BiggSteve777]

the pp2 has a ac out also