Next up is an offering from Ibanez released the same year as my birth, 1982: the Ibanez CS9 Stereo Chorus. This is pretty much a CE-2 with a faster rate and a little more depth, so it's more intense overall. Some people prefer this to the CE-2.

Due to the chorus not having any timing-based qualities, it also interacts well with delays and reverbs. Dynamic-taming effects like compressors or EQ are also highly compatible with chorus pedals and can be used effectively to control the volume or iron out any tonal inconsistencies that the pedal may produce. The inner circuitry of the Ensemble is 100% analog. This ensures that the chorus tones it produces sound authentic and preserve the natural color of your guitar’s sound. With true bypass switching, there’s no danger of your signal being compromised when the pedal isn’t active. Also available are a series of pitch modulation pedals. These include the Micro Synthesizer (for bass or guitar), HOG (Harmonic Octave Generator), POG (Polyphonic Octave Generator, released in 2005), POG 2 (2009), Micro POG (in an XO casing), Nano POG, Octave Multiplexer, Pitch Fork, and Pitch Fork+. Although the first Big Muff production date was for many years cited as 1971, the first version of the Big Muff was actually sold in 1969 as a hand-made "perf board" version. A production version with an etched PCB board was made in early 1970. Mike Matthews was friends with Jimi Hendrix and claims Jimi bought one from Manny's Music in New York, shortly after they were released and had one in the Electric Lady Studios shortly before Jimi's death in 1970. Several variations of the Big Muff Pi followed throughout the 1970s. As of 2012 [update] Electro-Harmonix produced a reissue assembled in New York City; until 2009 it produced a version made by Sovtek in Russia which provided a slightly different tone. The Bass Big Muff replaced the Russian version.The Electric Mistress is an analog flanger. It had first been sold in 1976 and was by that the first flanger in pedal format. [7] The Deluxe version has been reissued and is still in production, although in 2015, a new Deluxe Electric Mistress was introduced in the company's smaller "XO" casing. As well, there are two digital recreations called NEO Mistress and Stereo Electric Mistress. Except for the very first blue/red version the Electric Mistress featured a "Filter Matrix mode" which allowed the user to freeze it at any point in the flange, offering distinctive chime-like tones. On the Neo and Stereo Mistress, this is achieved at a certain setting on the "rate" knob. Notable users include David Gilmour, Todd Rundgren, Alex Lifeson, Robin Trower, Andy Summers of The Police, J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. and Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante.

There are certain advantages afforded by digital chorus pedals, however: these contemporary stompboxes can not only emulate their analog forebears, but veer into flanger territory, too – accordingly, TC Electronic’s unfortunately named Corona Chorus is one of the most versatile chorus pedals on the market. The ZVEX Effects Vexter Instant Lo-Fi can be powered using either a 9 volt DC battery or a dedicated power supply. It’s has a small LED indicator to let you know when the pedal is on or off, and utilizes true bypass switching for tonal preservation.This is a pretty special pedal. It has direct and stereo outputs. Also, fun fact: I designed my Emperor chorus around this. So if you like this, my Emperor Chorus is an updated version which allows you to use an expression pedal to control the speed knob. Look up a demo and you’ll notice as I play, I'll turn this knob and it sounds like a rotating speaker slowing down. My Emperor also has a tap tempo, as well as some other cool functions. This pedal is pretty rare. It's from a Japanese company called Guyatone and it is almost a part for part replica of the CE-1. It uses that old original chipset that the MN3OO2 did, and it’s really versatile. I think it has the best ratio of slow to fast, and it never gets unusably crazy. A lot of these choruses have functions you would never use, stuff that makes your guitar sound like a drunk sailor falling in the ocean. This doesn't do that. Every range of every knob is really useful and runs on 18 volts, which means it's better.**