? Alright this is the vintage Boss CE-2 chorus unit with the green “Made In Japan" label on the bottom plate, these seem to be the?most desirable and this is one of them. Let’s go over the specs! For starters this is a very simple to use two knob analog chorus with controls for Rate and Depth. The unit is mono not stereo and has a plug to use with a power supply if you would like instead of batteries. The normal input/output jack set up and a LED when the pedal is engaged. I find the housing to be very sturdy and the footswitch works great with no problems. I really like how easy it is on these units to get to the battery compartment for easy and fast changes. Just unscrew the screw on the footswitch and it’s done in seconds.

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? So how does the CE-2 sound? Well it’s a very warm analog sounding chorus much much better than the new Boss digital choruses. There is a lot of variation from very subtle “soft” chorusing to Leslie cabinet type sounds at the most extreme settings, very good indeed! One thing I LOVED about this pedal is that there is a internal trim pot easily adjustable inside the unit that you can change to vary the amount of chorusing, so if you own one of these and want it to be more “extreme” than adjust the pot with a small flathead screwdriver. It’s easy to do, just be careful not to stab anything on the circuit board and experiment freely! ?I really liked the way it keeps your tone also without a tonal change or bad coloration and there is a SLIGHT boost when it’s engaged. I think that’s great, many effects go down in volume but this goes up slightly to help the effect stand out! Killer! I will add that single coil or humbucker equipped guitars worked just as well? with? no "squashing"? or distorting of the signal with hotter pickups.

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? The best way for me to describe the tone is “warm and natural” this is the sound you’ve heard on many classic recordings. I don’t believe it has that “organic” Electro Harmonix Small Clone sound like Curt Kobain got but just a very warm and natural toned chorus. More of the “Boston" guitar chorus sound than anything and is great for the Blues guys looking for that Leslie or slow chorus sound.? I did plug an acoustic thru this baby and it sounded great on acoustic also. I think these are definitely better than any of the new digital units being made today, they tend to sound very “cold” and a CE-2 can be had for about the same price. No stereo mode is the only downfall but they weren't making those types back then so this will have to do.

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