shoulderpet Posted March 12 Posted March 12 Hi Just wanted to know if stacking 2 of the same chorus pedal with the same settings on each will give a more intense effect than just using the one pedal ? Thanks Quote
Gank Bass Posted March 12 Posted March 12 Depends on the chorus pedal itself, blend options etc! You might be interested in the boss dimension c (or tc electronic dimension chorus), they add in different layers of chorus. Great for guitar but the lack of blend really sucks the low end out for bass in my experience Hope this helps! Quote
LukeFRC Posted March 13 Posted March 13 I just stuck 8 chorus in a row on my hx stomp- obviously the LFO will be synchronised as it’s one unit. it didn’t sound great 1 Quote
chris_b Posted March 13 Posted March 13 18 hours ago, shoulderpet said: Hi Just wanted to know if stacking 2 of the same chorus pedal with the same settings on each will give a more intense effect than just using the one pedal ? Thanks This is a very interesting question and something I was thinking about in relation to preamp pedals. Would a signal from a preamp going into the same preamp create a better sound than just the one. So same question, is there an accumulative effect that makes for a better sound? Quote
LukeFRC Posted March 13 Posted March 13 17 minutes ago, chris_b said: This is a very interesting question and something I was thinking about in relation to preamp pedals. Would a signal from a preamp going into the same preamp create a better sound than just the one. So same question, is there an accumulative effect that makes for a better sound? errrm - I think you need to split it down into roughly what things are doing to the sound to understand them. So a chorus has a few variations of how they work but basic is modulating the sound with a delay line, and a LFO effecting time and then mixing it 50/50 with clean. So if you have two a lot of it will depend on the LFO - my messing around in stacking them on a HX stomp the LFO timing is the same - so it increases the effect - but also each one effects an effected tone and it looses the cleans. So if the OP wanted more chorus what are they actually wanting? A bigger amplitude of change of delay time? a fatter sound? A different wave form on the LFO? One nice thing is splitting by frequency and leaving the bottom end uneffected - which to my ears makes it sound more. If you were recreating the A preamp it would be different. It's got a level of EQ, saturation and compression - which might change depending on the level of the signal - or it might saturate and compress differently at different frequencies - so it depends what you like that was "better" that you like- that might be improved by doubling it 1 Quote
shoulderpet Posted March 13 Author Posted March 13 Ok so I tried it, fortunately my chorus pedal is a cheapy so I was able to try it out with minimal cost involved. I like it, stacked 2 pedals, similar sound to one on its own but a more intense effect. Quote
Baloney Balderdash Posted March 13 Posted March 13 21 hours ago, shoulderpet said: Hi Just wanted to know if stacking 2 of the same chorus pedal with the same settings on each will give a more intense effect than just using the one pedal ? Thanks Yes, if you use the right settings, just use your ears. Probably will easily get mushy and thin, but if you like what you achieve then that is all that really matters. Just do it! Quote
shoulderpet Posted April 1 Author Posted April 1 Thanks for the replies, I thought 2 chorus pedals was good, tried an overdrive in front of the chorus pedals, wow!!!! What a great sound!!! 1 Quote
FugaziBomb Posted April 5 Posted April 5 Here's a recording where I used parallel chorus pedals. I re-amped the original bass track twice - once through Bass Clone set to a slow speed chorus, then another track through a DigiTech Whammy for the octave up affect and then into the same Bass Clone chorus set with a higher speed. Both the re-amped tracks are high passed, as I just left it to the DI track handle the lows. Guerrilla Panic - Ghosts Quote
2elliot Posted Monday at 21:33 Posted Monday at 21:33 On 01/04/2025 at 21:02, shoulderpet said: Thanks for the replies, I thought 2 chorus pedals was good, tried an overdrive in front of the chorus pedals, wow!!!! What a great sound!!! I've been doing that for years. Big sound. Billy Sheehan Deluxe with a Boss CE5 in the drive loop... bang that through a Clone Theory. I sometimes throw in a MXR Flanger as well for a laugh. Quote
shoulderpet Posted Wednesday at 10:45 Author Posted Wednesday at 10:45 On 07/04/2025 at 22:33, 2elliot said: I've been doing that for years. Big sound. Billy Sheehan Deluxe with a Boss CE5 in the drive loop... bang that through a Clone Theory. I sometimes throw in a MXR Flanger as well for a laugh. Cool, how is the clone theory? I love Joy Division and I love Peter Hook's bass tone so have been considering getting a clone theory. Quote
2elliot Posted Wednesday at 18:33 Posted Wednesday at 18:33 I started with an original, early one, it sounded great but did make a noise when switching in and out. I now use the Clone Theory on a Zoom MS60B... Old photo, the pedal board is a lot tidier than that now... Quote
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