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SG-Rossignol
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oh my, thats a hard question to answer if you don't know what a chorus effect sounds like. Best way to describe it is to list some famous bass lines that use the chorus effect, then you know what the sound is like.
Erm....Nirvana - Come As You Are uses a fairly deep and quick chorus effect with a bit of reverb, sounds metallic, swirly, hard to put into words, listen to the song and you'll know

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[quote name='SG-Rossignol' post='392269' date='Jan 26 2009, 11:14 PM']hi

can any one tell me what a 'bass chorus' pedal does and how it makes a bass sound? i would like to know if its a worthwhile investment for a rock/metal sound?
thanks in advance!

SG-Rossignol[/quote]

It adds several voices of your bass to the original one and fluctuates their pitch at a chosen rate so that you can perceive them as a 'chorus' of basses (if they were all the same pitch it would just sound louder).

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[url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Tja6_h4lT6A"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Tja6_h4lT6A[/url] - pretty much that, but that sound isnt entirely chorus, he has quite a trebly middy sound anyway (not sure if he plays with a pick on this one too), but thats a pretty good example

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[quote name='bobbass4k' post='392329' date='Jan 27 2009, 12:21 AM'][url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Tja6_h4lT6A"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Tja6_h4lT6A[/url] - pretty much that, but that sound isnt entirely chorus, he has quite a trebly middy sound anyway (not sure if he plays with a pick on this one too), but thats a pretty good example[/quote]
thats a old boss flanger isnt it?? i didnt think he used chorus

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I had to smile as I too was going to give 'Come as you are' as an example. EH Small clone I believe and one of my favourite chorus pedals, very rich.

[url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bOL5cpwTkes"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bOL5cpwTkes[/url]

Peter

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[quote name='Kev' post='392500' date='Jan 27 2009, 10:33 AM']thats a old boss flanger isnt it?? i didnt think he used chorus[/quote]

Yup it's flanger, though he does use chorus in other songs (can't remember off the top of me head, I'll have a quick listen). Boss BF-2 for flanger and a CE-5 for chorus. IMO JC's chorus is a bit more subtle than the sound on 46 & 2. All in all though, the two still sound fairly close to me.

Paul D'Amour's chorus on the Opiate EP stands out a bit more I reckon. No idea what he used though, I don't think CE-5's were out then.

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[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='394107' date='Jan 28 2009, 10:09 PM']Close. It was an EHX PolyChorus.

They still sell reissues of it, but it's pricey. Very versatile though.[/quote]

Nah Kurt didn't pick up a Poly Chorus until In Utero, even then he still kept his Small Clone for some live stuff. He only used the Poly Chorus on Scentless Apprentice, Heart Shaped Box and Radio Friendly Unit Shifter. At least according to this site anyway -

[url="http://www.kurtsequipment.com/effectspage.htm"]http://www.kurtsequipment.com/effectspage.htm[/url]

I really wanna try to recreate something similar to the RFUS intro on bass. Gotta get me one of those pedalboard hogs one day.

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