Chorus, What Songs Need It

[Chienmortbb]

I was watching a YT review of a Bass Fly Rig and the reviewer said he could not do without chorus. 
 

I lovr the sound of chorus but how well does it work live, and on what type of song? 

[oliverK09]

Man, chorus live is like magic when it hits right. Adds that dreamy wobble and spacey vibe, especially killer on moody tunes or when you’re doing melodic fills

[fretmeister]

Duff's intro bass part on Sweet Child Of Mine. Loads on that.

 

Everything Type O Negative ever did. I swear Pete Steel played Chorus as the instrument and just used a bass to do it.

 

It's a funny effect. Used badly and it just makes everything sound like crap Jaco or generic rock from 1985.

 

[Stub Mandrel]

I use a very old and very mellow Ibanez chorus for occasional use only.

 

The sort of songs it excels on have bassline with slow, melodic sections - What is 

and what should never be is an example, it makes the long, slow slides shimmer.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

I only use my Boss CEB-3 Bass chorus in conjunction with the SY-1 on my board to add a pseudo rotating speaker effect to an organ sound.

[Woodinblack]

I use it on 'who knew' by pink.

[AndyTravis]

I use a Marshall Regenerator on the vintage chorus setting- as others mentioned very subtly applied - just adds a dimension like a nice reverb would, but without muddying things up.

 

its not an “always on” effect though. For me.

[JJTee]

‘Don’t Stop Believing’ - smothered in chorus!

[Bassman68]

I went through a stage of ‘always on’ but so subtle a setting, you’d only really notice on bass only moments.

It’s more to give the bass tone a 3D effect, I’ve done it in the past with subtle flanging effects, only really noticing the effect when chugging 8’s or 16’s?
I only stopped using the effect due to limited space on my pedal board but that will be resolved very soon…

[BigRedX]

I don't think there is any song my current band do where I don't have some chorus on the bass. However because I'm using a Helix Floor with several Snapshots for each song, I'm able to vary the type and intensity of the chorus from so subtle you can barely tell it's there to full-on jet flange depending on what is needed in different parts of the song.

[Lozz196]

Back in my post-punk years in the late 80s chorus was never that far away from my bass sound.

[dave_bass5]

Ive always liked Chorus on bass, in the right songs, but recently I rediscovered phaser, and, oh my.........😂

Still got a Boss CB3 at home, and have had various Chorus pedals over the year, but now I use phaser in a lot of songs that I really shouldn't 😇

[dudewheresmybass]

i use mine for Mama I'm coming home - the intro

Anything Duff has played on.

 

[Bagman]

New Order / Joy Division

Sisters of Mercy

Siouxsie and the Banshees

The Cure 

 

brown boss ce-2b and or brown boss bf-2b 

[Jackroadkill]

Inside.

[Cat Burrito]

I use it on everything these days. It suits what we do. 

[Bagman]

Talk Talk 

 

“Have You Heard The News?”

 

bonus take on the main bass figure 

[tauzero]

Always on for me, although I need to do a bit more playing around with it since going from a Zoom MS-60B to an MS-60B+.

[Sean]

My Aguilar Chorusaurus is used on at least half the songs in the rock covers band I play in. It's set up with quite subtle settings. 

 

Examples are:

Don't Stop Believing (obviously).

Boys of Summer

Crazy Train

The Power of Love (Huey)

Message in a Bottle (the guitarist doesn't use chorus).

Pour Some Sugar

99 Red Balloons

Dude Looks Like a Lady

Hold the Line

 

Sometimes I forget to switch it off and no one has complained...