20 Best Chorus Pedal For Bass (2023 Updated)

I picked this up new from Sweetwater and it quickly became a favorite bass pedal. For me, there was definitely a learning curve for the optimal setting. This pedal has broadened my tone palate and opened up some new possibilities.

I searched quite a bit to check prices for the CEB-3 pedal. Most used pedals were very worn and priced only slightly under new. I found some “great desks” which I’m sure are Chinese rip-off copies. In short, buy new from a trusted seller, and enjoy!.

Excellent chorus pedal for bass. in the 80’s I used the original CE-2, which was great at the time. This pedal is a bit less lush, providing a more subtle effect that warms the bass tone rather than making it sound almost a bit flanger-ish as the CE-2 tends to do.

It is great thru one amp. The chorus is a wet signal for one amp, and dry for the other amp in stereo. The low notes can be affected by the chorus, The chorus can be adjusted so that the low notes sound great with a pitch and delay effect.

I turn the rate low 7 or 8 O’Clock and the depth all the way up. It thickens the note. twice the sound.

This is the best piece of guitar equipment I have ever purchased. I have owned this pedal for nearly three years. Purchasing this pedal changed everything about the way I play guitar. I was really into indie rock at the time I got this pedal which basically meant this thing was like the holy grail.

The MXR Analog Chorus is absolutely gorgeous in every single way. It looks stunning. It sounds amazing. It is so well-built. I have really beat this thing up over the years and somehow each scrape and dent makes it look a little better.

It comes with 5 control knobs that are all super responsive and come together to make this a really versatile pedal. The knobs themselves have that excellent friction to them that makes adjusting your sound a genuine pleasure.

There are chorus pedals out there at a higher price point, but none hold a candle to this. Not even close. This pedal is what made me fall in love with the art of playing the guitar. I have gone on to professionally record two records with this pedal.

I am going to keep recording records with this pedal until I die, run out of money, or the one I have breaks and I replace it; and honestly, that last scenario is the least likely because this absolute tank is never breaking.

If you’re on the fence, get it.

I rarely give a 5 star rating only because few items are that perfect. I found this chorus pedal to be outstanding and a notch better than my boss ch-1. Probably a matter of taste! I use it with my acoustic more so than my electric to get a “12 string like” effect.

The operation of MXR pedals are very simple and I prefer the footswitch mechanism over the boss pedals. This pedal utilizes the famed 60’s bucket brigade chip and has a beautiful warm analog tone. I do recommend this pedal for at least a trial prior to deciding for yourself.

This pedal is both smaller and lighter than others, yet still built like a tank and hence takes less space on a board. I must say, however, that I don’t like the input jack on the side of the pedal. It’s a bit harder to access with a 1 spot power pack set up!! Do your due diligence prior to buying!.

I wanted a classic-type chorus sound but balked at the price of the CE2w (which was out of stock everywhere anyway). Plumped for this one after watching reviews and I’m very pleased. Very low noise, decent depth and rate ranges, you can get very good CE2-like sounds or something a bit wobblier.

The high and low pass filters help to increase its versatilty. A keeper.

I use this pedal for that 80s chorus effect. everything from Paradise City to Purple Rain with one knob. I have also gotten weird during jam sessions using the rubber knob cover, with my foot, similar to my Phase 90 Script.

Chorus effect, check. Wide range of tones, check. Simple to use, check.

Minus one star because it’s frankly overpriced. Otherwise this pedal is excellent and the best use of 4 knobs in any current envelope filter. You can get a little more out of some of the filters with 6 or 8 controls.

But for effective simplicity this pedal is fantastic. You can get a modest variety of albeit similar sounds, but nearly every setting is usable. This alone is more rare than it should be in pedals. The twin filter is incredibly well tuned.

And generally easy and pleasurable to use. The only issue I have is with its price. I design audio electronics professionally and can guess at the cost to produce. And the main circuit they sadly chose to pot.

Someone looking to “steal” this non-patentable design could still do so but it makes modification and repair near impossible. They should ditch the potting and set a lower price because they should be selling more of these very good pedals.

This is an excellent and very versatile envelope filter. It’s the jewel in my collection and, though there are easier pedals to use in the Aguilar line (Grape Phaser for example!), the Filter Twin becomes intuitive very quickly.

I’m a fan of the two sweeping filters and enjoy the different sounds each provides. Having a blend is also an excellent feature. It isn’t the cheapest envelope filter on the market, but it is all quality components from Aguilar – and this will provide much fun for years to come.

It’s a good colour, clear and concise to read in dim lights and is very responsive across each of the dials.

It is very versatile with a lot of options, but unlike some other flexible pedals all of the settings on the Filter twin seem very usable and sound great. You don’t have to worry as much about accidentally moving a knob a tiny bit and destroying your sound.

The combination or separation of the up and down envelope gives you the best of both worlds and in combo with distortion/fuzz and/or octave it is fantastic for fast tracking synth sounds. Very sturdy construction and easy to replace battery.

The blue LED is really easy to see on a dark stage.

It’s not the perfect bass chorus, but for $70 you can’t get any better! The X-over is great so the low end doesn’t get muddy and the EQ is very useful. It has a wide Rate range so it can do some serious vibrato (which I would personally never use, but it’s there if you do want it).

It works best in the front of the amp. In the FX loop the high end gets distorted for some reason, but in the front I can turn the treble all the way up. I love a lot of treble in my bass!.

I am a bassist and play a variety of different styles and genres. I am currently building a pedal board. I was looking at EHX’s Small Clone due to it’s popularity, and I generally enjoy EHX’s products (although i am trying to purchase more boutique pedals in the future).

The Bass Clone was an obvious choice as a bassist looking at the Small Clone, and I couldn’t be happier. The added features for bass, including the crossover feature, adds more versatility than I was expecting.

I have recorded twice with it since purchasing it last month, and it tracks great. I use it pretty regularly with my fuzz and distortion pedals, however, I recently discovered a pretty cool setup as I was experimenting with different sounds.

I used the Bass Clone with the Rate tuned to about 9 ‘o clock, alongside of my MXR Phase 90 with the rate knob on that turned to about 3 ‘o clock. Fantastic weirdness. In short: Tracks great Maintains low end thanks to the x-over Plays nice with other pedals Wide range of tones.

..well almost. Actually, if you set it to very low all the way around and not tell anyone, they wont notice its a chorus pedal. They will just say I like that tone, what is it? Happened twice now.

Jaco Pastorius used MXR for his signature sound. I try to get good tone with my Warwick Fretless bass and Epiphone Thunderbird Bass Guitars. With flat wound and Round wound strings. This MXR and a Wampler Ego Compressor is all we need with the Ampeg SVT 4 Pro amp with Eden, and Phil Jones Bass Cabinets to get our sound.

I saw Jaco Pastorius with Weather Report in Philadelphia and at Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey. We are impressed how authentic our bass sound compares to the legend.

Do not let the demo video fool you! This pedal is surprising versatile. I picked up this pedal as a package deal on Craigslist. My original intention was to resell it, considering I don’t play music heavy enough to justify any overdrive in my setup.

After playing it though, I will definitely be keeping it. It will probably take you some time and patience to get the settings just right. At first I thought the overdrive took away from the depth of my bass, but with the onboard 2-band EQ you can reshape any depth you lost while dialing in the overdrive.

And for those of you who are like me and didn’t think you’d want any overdrive in your setup, I will tell you from experience that it can really help bring out the depth in your other effects. I have the gain turned all the way down and only about 10% overdrive, and it really brings my flange to life, while also adding a unique tone to my chorus.

For those of you looking for a great overdrive pedal for your bass, look no further. And those of you who are on the fence, I’d recommend at least tinkering with it for a solid hour before making a decision.

This pedal is much more versatile than you’d initially think.

Very happy with my new bass chorus pedal by Boss. I was using a regular guitar chorus ensemble by Boss before purchasing this new pedal. The chorus ensemble had a nice chorus affect for the higher notes but so much for the lower notes.

The bass chorus pedal allows you to choose if you want chorus for all bass notes or just the higher notes. I desired all the notes of my bass to include chorus. The adjustability of the depth and rate let you choose the amoint of affect.

Boss pedals are consistant performers in my opinion, and well made. The Boss waza tuner pedal and bass chorus are perfect for my use as worship band bass player.

Bought this for my bass player as a xmas gift. This was a used item, but listed in “excellent” condition. I wrapped the gift after just looking at it. This didn’t come with a power supply so I bought one later and unwrapped the pedal to test it out.

The red check light didn’t come on when I plugged it in. I tried a battery next and same deal; the pedal would not work. Next time, I’ll pay full price somewhere else! My mistake for shopping cheap and buying here.

Yo GC, test your equip. before you sell it to people, huh.

The Boss Bass Chorus CEB-3 has a rich sound & texture that enhances my overall sound. I was initially worried whether it would mess up the low tones played on the E & low-B string, but it turned out to be amazingly clear & defined still.

Also, it has so very little noise as compared to my previous other multi-effect bass box. This is quite a plus feature. The learning curve on adjusting the dial controls & getting the different sounds you want is not too difficult.

The manuals have suggestions on different settings. One particular item this goes well with is with a fretless bass. The sound is superb with mild-moderate chorus setting. Too much chorus gets the sound hollow & muddy.

The body is sturdy and anticipatingly would be able to take some hard miles. The click-foot switch is also quiet & sturdy too. The output has available stereo layout. I bought a reliable AC adaptor power supply for it as I was playing & practicing more hours with it.

The 9V battery lasted me some 5 days. For the enthusiastic bassplayers out there, this is a good value indeed.

I’ve had this pedal for a couple years now. It still works very well. The tough thing about it is finding out how the knobs work, honestly. The manual does not do a very good job of explaining this. The way I think of them:Effect level: volume of the effect, no problems there.

Low Filter: adjusts what frequencies to which the chorus effect is applied. On the “cut” side, the effect is applied more towards the higher frequencies, cutting out any pitch variation on the low end.

On the “flat” side, the chorus effect is applied better to the entire tone. Rate: the speed at which the pitch variation is applied. Depth: how much the pitch is varied by the chorus effect. Many of the settings are very subtle when applied to a bass signal.

There are a few that are noticeable enough for solo work, and finding ones that fit you are important. Very nice piece of equipment in general. As far as power adapters go, it takes a 5mm outer diameter/2.

1mm inner diameter pin-negative plug. This is fit by not only the adapter Boss wants you to buy, but also any of the standard daisy chain plugs, as well as the Radio Shack M-sized Adaptaplug product, which can be connected to their AC-to-DC adapters.

It took way too much research to find this out.

If you put this chorus in front of a distortion pedal or a distorted amp you get a massive amount of hiss when the pedal is bypassed. It is not a true bypass pedal and the FET buffered bypass adds a significant amount of noise to your system.

It’s why Boss pedals suck tone when you have a chain of them. I sold my M134 because of this, and the sound wasn’t worth using either. The sound of the effect itself it pretty average. It definitely has a certain MXR Chorus sound, they’re all the same.

I had the Zakk Wylde, the Micro Chorus, this one and the M234 and they all sound pretty bad in my opinion. It’s kind of a love it or hate it though, some people might like the sound. I find it pretty dead sounding.

I’ve owned a lot of chorus pedals, about 40-50 of them. I recommend the Electro-Harmonix Neo Clone. I’ve gone back to that pedal 3 times now. It’s nearly perfect for lush clean chorus sounds. One to stay away is the Electro-Harmonix Polychorus.

It’s the worst so called “chorus” (it shouldn’t be called chorus) I’ve ever used.

This is an absolutely amazing pedal. Unlike some of its contemporaries, the M134 is built rugged. The metal casing has a lot of heft, a reliable switch button, and strong knobs. The tonal dynamics are amazing, and provide a depth to your signal that bring out the best in any amplifier and guitar.

For clean sounds, it is simple to dial in bright, shimmering tones for both rhythm and leads applications. The range of the effect is very wide, producing atmospheric clarity that provides a great tonal boost.

On an overdriven setting, the Chorus effect adds a subtle, beautiful sustain. Bass and Treble of the Chorus effect can be adjusted directly on the pedal, allowing the user to widen the EQ sweep range, and the intensity, width and rate controls are sensitive enough to produce even small changes.

This effect has found a permanent place on my pedalboard, as it has proven to be a reliable, professional sounding pedal.

This pedal is fantastic. I run this into a viscous vibe and together I get all the chorus-like modulation warble I’d ever need. Love that this pedal is subtle and mono in stereo out. Sets up stereo at the end of my pedal chain nicely.

Keeley nailed this one! I’ve played other chorus pedals while knowing the SeaFoam was the one. The ADT mode is amazing. The reverb on it (ADT) is smooth and full and the mix knob allows the player to adjust how much verb is present; it can get saturated if desired.

The second mode is also thick and versatile. The third mode can get wobbly with its choir like sound.

Very flexible device – tailored with allot of experience behind it. The chorus is very lush – very full and the options represent what Keeley devices are all about. I own many Keeley pedals and unless it is something he does not make – I always buy Keeley !!! Reputation you can count on !! Enjoy – good luck !!!.

replace my old chorus pedal with this new CE2W pedal, On my guitar pedal board. I used to own a Roland jazz stereo course amp that sounded Lush full and alive Best chorus tone ever. Received my CE2W today, Is excellent tone sounds just like the Roland jazz stereo cours.

Can’t go wrong with this pedal. Very satisfied.

As with all multi effects pedals, some of the effects are very good, some are fair. Mostly there pretty decent for the price and small platform design. My only issue with it, that I was surprised hadnt already been addressed, is that it only has the ability to create one chain of multiple effect patches.

For example, if you need a 3 effect patch for the verse, but maybe only a 1 effect patch for the chorus, and maybe an empty patch (that would be an effect bypass) for the solo, you would create a patch chain and just scroll through the individual patches to get what you need.

But then youre done, youve used up the only patch chain. I probably have at least 8 songs a gig that requires this ability, but it only allows for 1 patch chain. Over all its a decent pedal, but this upgrade would make it much more usable.

Bought primarily to provide compact but complex reverb sounds for use live with acoustic guitar. Does the job just fine and at a pretty economical price. A little small to programme but you can find a free independent third party software that works well.

Once programmed, the footswitch enables you to scroll through in order of your pre-selections.

This is a nice thick sounding analog chorus that will allow you to dial in the classic tones of players like Andy Summers, Alex Lifeson and Johhny Marr, just to name a few. I prefer to use this pedal most with a clean to mildly overdriven tone, the rate knob set to about 12:00 and the depth switch turned off.

This setting gives me a rich, lush sounding shimmer for strummed and arpegiated chord progressions. With the depth switch engaged (in the “up” position), you can nail the tone on “Come As You Are”. I personally think a little goes a long way when it comes to using the depth switch.

But, if you are into a more extreme “sea sick” vibrato tone, the Neo will happily deliver. Just make sure you have barf bag nearby 😉 I don’t hear a difference between this pedal and the Small Clone.

I believe the circuit is the same or close enough as to not make any real difference. After you plug the pedal in, the foot switch will “pop” when you first step on it, but then it won’t do it anymore after that, at least in my experience.

Also, mine was clipping when I used a moderate to heavy pick attack and playing through humbuckers. All I had to do was turn the internal trim pot counter-clockwise a little bit until I no longer heard any clipping.

Problem solved! And, there was no change to the effect’s fundamental tone. For the price, it is hard to go wrong here. While short on features, this pedal is thankfully long on tone. Respect the Clone!.

I bought this to use with a keyboard as a reasonably priced alternative to a rotary speaker. At this price point I was willing to give it a try based on the video. It worked well. Not great but does add a nice swirl at slower speeds and pretty good at higher speeds.

If I wanted to spend more money I would got for a unit that had an actual depth control as opposed to a switch. The heavier depth worked better at the slower speeds because at the higher speed it was just, like psychedelic.

Build quality on this pedal is great, tone control is super. Paired up with a big muff bass pi and you’ve got a great sound. The crossover switch is a great addition but not one I use as I’m running a clean amp and a dirty one, so the more effects the better on the latter! Worth noting, there’s no battery.

This probably won’t be a problem as if you are considering it you probably have a power bank or some other wired power already. Gets you 90% of the way to Come As You Are, you just need to learn the notes.