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|Quoting HNL (Reply 1):
Yowza - HOW did that get through TSA?
|Quoting Positiverate (Thread starter):
Heard on the news that there are preliminary reports that someone tried to get a bomb on board ASA flight 4806 from ISO to ATL. They said it was 3 sticks of dynamite wired to a cell phone. Anyone have any more info? The Delta website says 4806 is cancelled.
|Quoting Positiverate (Reply 8):
one in OKC
|Quoting KC135TopBoom (Reply 5):
TSA=thousands Standing Around
|Quoting Juventus (Reply 7):
Maybe it was another stupid idiot trying to be funny...
|Quoting RamerinianAir (Reply 9):
The 9-11 terrorists went thru security in Bangor, Maine
|Quoting Ejmmsu (Reply 10):
Is there a thread for the OKC bomb?
|Quoting FlyingTexan (Reply 11):
Quoting KC135TopBoom (Reply 5):
TSA=thousands Standing Around
Take scissors Away.
|Quoting 777KLM (Reply 13):
Sorry, for a simple Dutch boy who's not very familiar with the American security system, what does it really stand for?
|Quoting KC135TopBoom (Reply 5):
Quoting HNL (Reply 1):
Yowza - HOW did that get through TSA?
They probibly hid it in plan site. TSA=thousands Standing Around
|Quoting CVG2LGA (Reply 17):
nice to see that TWO, TWO "explosive devices" were found by the TSA screeners in each city.
SAD to see that there are still idiots around that think TSA are totally useless.
Congrats TSA on these finds.
|Quoting CVG2LGA (Reply 17):
Congrats TSA on these finds.
|Quoting CVG2LGA (Reply 20):
They were nice
|Quoting Ikramerica (Reply 18):
Unfortunately, the TSA seem to be made up of the same clowns at EWR, JFK, and LGA that were working there pre-911. I'm a new yorker by birth, but I am ashamed of the level of professionalism at these three airports.
Chatting about personal lives, not watching the monitors, copping attitudes with everyone, just horrible.
You'd think NYC would be extra cautious, not the least professional in the country.
|Quoting Robsawatsky (Reply 26):
OK, so how did the first post report 3 sticks of dynamite wired to a cell phone, when it was a dental device? Is this what the screener "guessed" it might be?
|Quoting FlyingTexan (Reply 21):
Paramount in screeners' job duties.
|Quoting ANCFlyer (Reply 23):
won't have to change my socks before I put my shoes back on at Security any longer so I can trashcan the socks in which I've walked the airport floor picking up who the hell knows what kind of fungi from my fellow passengers . . . .
|Quoting Goodmanr (Reply 24):
The only other place where security is a bigger joke is at GVA, where last month I boarded an AS flight to Vienna for a connection to IAD.
|Quoting KC135TopBoom (Reply 5):
TSA=thousands Standing Around
|Quoting Ikramerica (Reply 28):
Yeah, but in Geneva and Zurich, the Swiss Guard walk around inside security, dressed in black with loaded Uzis. That's a big deterrent. I wouldn't try anything with them around. Which is why we in the US had national guard with semi-automatic weapons standing around inside security post 9/11...
|Quoting Positiverate (Thread starter):
They said it was 3 sticks of dynamite wired to a cell phone
|Quoting TokyoNarita (Reply 16):
Everybody relax it was just a toothbrush.
|Quoting Goodmanr (Reply 24):
I had been backcountry skiing and had a decenetly large knife in my bag. At GVA they completely missed it
|Quoting Goodmanr (Reply 24):
At both DCA and IAD they do a terrible job as well. They are all joking around with eachother and not looking at the monitors. The only other place where security is a bigger joke is at GVA, where last month I boarded an AS flight to Vienna for a connection to IAD. I had been backcountry skiing and had a decenetly large knife in my bag. At GVA they completely missed it, but when I was rechecked at the gate in Vienna, they were incredibly good. They found the knife, and patted down everyone. There were also dogs on both sides of the jetway who you had to walk through prior to boarding. I was really impressed with the security operation in Vienna, but Dulles is pretty bad. Best security in the US I've been through is actually HHH.
|Quoting Crogalski (Reply 29):
I did some time in the bag room, and, I have never seen such lazy people in my life.. 6 CT Scanners, and about 12 TSA agents.. and using only 1 damn scanner.. when all you need is 3 people to a scanner... They were complaining about how they needed a TV, and more compfortable chairs..
|Quoting Ikramerica (Reply 28):
Wow, someone has issues.
|Quoting Jafa39 (Reply 32):
This is turning into a terrorists helpdesk, maybe I am just being paranoid but isnt it in the national interest for Americans to be very quiet about TSA "incompetence" and refrain from listing airports that have rubbish security procedures?
|Quoting Crogalski (Reply 29):
how they needed a TV, and more compfortable chairs.. and you can't say anything to them, because they work for the government.. hell, maybe our tax dollars can get them a couch, fridge, a plasma TV and maybe their own personal chef.
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TOPEKA, Kan. – The Washburn Ichabod football team will play in its fifth homecoming game of the season as they will travel to Edmond, Okla., to take on the Central Oklahoma Bronchos in Wantland Stadium on Nov. 5 with a 2 p.m. kickoff.
The Ichabods (6-3, 6-3 MIAA) are coming off a 16-13 win over Missouri Western on Washburn's Homecoming last time out.
The Bronchos (2-7, 2-7 MIAA) lost their last game falling at Central Missouri 48-28 in Warrensburg.
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(10/24/2015) TOPEKA, Kan. — The Washburn Ichabods fell 38-27 to Central Oklahoma as the Bronchos spoiled the Homecoming encounter in Yager Stadium.
The Bronchos took the lead with 6:12 to play in the first quarter when Darrack Harger scored for the only points in the first half. In the second quarter, the Ichabods tied the score on a 62-yard pass play from Derek McGinnis to Bryce Chavis knotting the score at 7-7 with 13:53 to play in the first half.
After a punt by the Bronchos, Washburn turned it over on a fumble on its punt on its next possession and the Bronchos' Seth Hiddink hit a 31-yard field goal with 7:57 to play in the half taking a 10-7 lead after the short field for UCO.
Neither team would score until 40 seconds before the half when McGinnis found Michael Lickteig in the back of the end zone putting Washburn up 14-10 heading into the locker room.
Coming out after halftime, Central Oklahoma scored in three plays going up 17-14 and after a Washburn punt, UCO needed only five more plays going 29 yards after a big punt return to increase its lead to 24-14 with 10:41 to play in the third quarter.
Washburn responded with a 7-play, 75-yard drive when Hayden Groves scored on a 44-yard touchdown run up the middle pulling Washburn within 24-20.
The Ichabod defense forced another Broncho punt on their next possession and Brandon Bourbon scored on a 29-yard touchdown run putting the Ichabods in front 27-24 with 6:46 to play in the third quarter.
Washburn and Central Oklahoma traded punts and UCO took the lead for good on an 82-yard touchdown pass from TJ Eckert to Myles Tease with 2:47 to play in the third quarter.
UCO increased its lead to 38-27 on a 1-yard touchdown run with 2:43 to play in the game for the only points in the fourth quarter.
Peter Pfannenstiel had 12 tackles to lead the Ichabod defense and Jaime Myers and Alec Steuber each had eight tackles. Jordan Nelson had an interception while Akhmad Abdul-Razzaq had seven tackles and a sack.
Bourbon rushed for a Washburn-high 136 yards on 26 carries and one score and Groves finished with 93 yards on 15 carries. Chavis finished with 101 yards receiving on six catches to lead the Ichabod receivers. McGinnis was 9 of 22 for 120 yards and two scores.
Washburn had 15 first downs in the game while UCO had 21, with two aided by Ichabod penalties. Washburn had 237 yards rushing and UCO finished with 175 on the ground. Through the air, UCO had 304 yards and Washburn was limited to 120. Overall UCO outgained Washburn 479 to 357.
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VIERA, Fla. - This has been the most vanilla of spring camps for the Nationals. No positional battles. No roster intrigue. Nothing but minor injuries (knock on wood). And barely any kind of controversy at all.
Not that I'm complaining, mind you. Just making an observation.
That makes the daily media session with manager Davey Johnson a little different. The chats are generally brief - last year's could last upwards of 20 minutes, but this spring it's been more like 10 minutes or so, with Johnson routinely busting the chops of reporters when they start asking questions to flesh out notebooks and feature stories.
One such instance came yesterday, after the media had inquired about Rafael Soriano's wisdom tooth, Roger Bernadina's return from the World Baseball Classic and when Cole Kimball might pitch next. The topic was Johnson's stance on plate collisions between runners and catchers, and whether he felt baseball's rules needed to be amended to take away the inherent injury risk associated with such violent clashes of irresistible forces and immovable objects.
Johnson's take on the subject was pretty simple. He called runners ramming catchers blocking the plate "clean, hard-nosed baseball" and placed himself squarely in the old-school camp of baseball lifers who see no reason to change rules that really don't need changing.
"Shoot, take it too far," Johnson said disdainfully. "Now guys are wearing padding. Now the halfback (in football) can't lower his head and run over the defensive back. When are you going to stop it? Sometimes, things happen. We don't need any more rules as far as I'm concerned."
Never mind that Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos missed most of last season after a freak May mishap in which he reached to grab a ball behind the plate and ripped his right knee apart. The play was ruled a passed ball, salt in the wound considering Ramos missed the rest of year following reconstructive knee surgery.
Had Ramos been plowed over by a runner, Johnson probably wouldn't change his tune. Washington's Kurt Suzuki is considered a pretty good defensive backstop, the kind who knows when to block the plate and when to keep himself out of harm's way. After all, the object of the game is to stay in the lineup.
"We teach that you don't straddle home plate without the ball," Johnson said, explaining the organizational philosophy. "So generally you're in front of the plate, you leave the base open and when you catch it, you collapse on it. It's like anything else. You teach footwork down at second base and if you know what you're supposed to do, the chances of getting hurt are slim and none. It's when you don't have proper techniques and you don't concentrate on mechanics, you leave yourself open and vulnerable."
Johnson knows a thing or two about bang-up crashes at the plate, having been involved in a couple of memorable collisions during his playing days. One came in the 1971 Word Series, when he tried to run Pirates catcher Manny Sanguillen over. Sanguillen held on to the ball and told reporters that Johnson had tried to kill him.
"It's part of baseball," he said. "I ran over two catchers - more than two catchers - but they messed me up more than I messed them up. I had to have my labrum repaired for a guy named Duane Josephson and then a guy named Larry Cox ducked and there went a couple ruptured discs. So, in reality, I'm not really worried about the catcher. Seems like the other end of it gets it (worse)."
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And Johnson's advice to Ramos and Suzuki?
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The first stompbox I ever managed to get my hands on was an old Danelectro chorus pedal.
It was one of the smaller ones, from the series that were all named after some kind of food.
This one was the "milkshake chorus."
In my mind, that was the best chorus pedal I could have ever purchased. And while I don't remember what I paid for it, it couldn't have been worth much more than 20 bucks.
Coincidentally, that was about 20 years ago, when my mom let me pick it out from a music store in the mall (no internet then) and fronted what was almost certainly too much money for such a funny-looking little plastic box.
These days, I've moved onto better chorus pedals.
Because I love the chorus effect for its simplicity, and for how easy it is to layer melodies or to give your dry signal a little extra texture.
If the sole purpose of the electric guitar is to layer and apply texture, then the chorus is universally useful, regardless of musical style.
Over the years my favorite chorus pedals have been the simple ones.
DOD's Ice Box, which you can still find on Reverb, and the Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble have been my go-to chorus stompboxes over the last two decades. Though these days I run all my chorus effects out of a rack-mounted unit.
We'll take a look at the CE-5 along with some of the best chorus pedals for the money, both with analog and digital circuits.
Here are all the pedals we'll cover:
What is a chorus pedal?
The chorus effect manipulates a dry guitar signal to sound like multiple, nearly identical pitches. This is why, on some settings, a chorus effect can sound just slightly off pitch.
This is part of the effect's charm and appeal.
This modulation of your signal is created by low-frequency oscillation, which is responsible for the pulsing and sweeping sensation that a chorus pedal emulates.
Chorus tones can be described as ambient, ethereal or "watery" in the way they saturate and layer your signal.
Typically you'll have two different ways to control this sound:
- Rate
- Depth
"Rate" controls the speed of the oscillation, while "depth" controls how broad or intense that sweep is.
Outside of rate and depth, level and mix are often included as well, which simply allow you to control the ratio of dry to wet (effected) signal.
Other controls you might see on a chorus pedal include the following:
- Ambience
- Intensity
- Filter
Digital or analog chorus pedal?
As with phasers, the difference between digital and analog chorus pedals isn't tremendously significant. Some prefer the analog versions, simply because they're viewed as a more authentic effect.
In my experience, the digital chorus pedals are just as good.
Moreover, digital chorus pedals will usually have more customization options, while analog chorus pedals are often limited to fewer knobs.
That's not to say there aren't analog chorus pedals out there that give you more control (we'll cover several), but they're not typical, and are often more expensive than their digital counterparts.
As I did with phaser pedals, I'll offer a few reasons for tolerating, or even preferring, digital chorus pedals:
- More control options
- Sound quality is comparable to analog (in most cases)
- Popular in the "digital age"
How much should I spend for a "good" chorus pedal?
Chorus pedals are not tremendously expensive. Next to distortion and vibrato, they're one of the simpler sound effects to develop.
Thus, you won't often see a chorus pedal eclipse $150 and many are less than $100.
An acceptable "target" price range would be the following:
- Buy Low: $50
- Sell High: $180
What I've done is targeted chorus pedals that retail around $100 - $200, then I try to buy low on the used options around $50 - $120.
That's where you'll get the most value.
We'll link to some used options throughout these reviews and cover general info on retail pricing and expected cost for each pedal.
Let's jump into the mess.
1. MXR M234 Analog Chorus Pedal
IDEAL FOR: Retro chorus fans, all styles and skill levels
- Retro tone is fantastic
- Analog circuit makes a noticeable difference
- Low and High EQ options give you some tonal flexibility
- None for the price
MXR's analog chorus pedal houses a bucket-brigade circuit, which is the most organic form of "analog" you can possibly get. In decades past, that same circuit has been used for a number of other oscillating effects, including phasers.
The analog circuit in the M234 produces a distinctly retro sound, though with plenty of range per the control scheme.
Textures resulting are lush and liquid, ideal for layering lead melody.
In total, you've got five different ways to adjust the tone of your chorus effect, with a low and high knob as well as the traditional, level, rate and depth controls.
Control scheme for the MXR Analog Chorus pedal. | Image via Jim Dunlop
Per the analog flavor, sample settings hail from the '80s, '90s and 2000s, and are provided inside the M234 user manual.
It's retro, for sure.
Nothing modern about this one.
Sample settings provided by MXR for the M234 analog chorus pedal. | Image via Jim Dunlop
When I set my chorus pedal, I prefer to keep things subtle, meaning depth and rate both tend to stay fairly low. I like a "shimmer" more than a warbling sound. The M234 is accommodating of both extremes.
Rate and depth will provide the most noticeable adjustments for the effect, since they control the speed and length of the cut, respectively.
Controls on the M234 analog chorus pedal. | Flickr Commons Image via Rocadi
Thus, I'd advise starting with everything at 12 o'clock on the M234.
If you want a thicker shimmer, move the DEPTH and LEVEL knob up a bit higher:
Note that the LOW and HIGH knobs are both just an EQ control for the effect and would be the most natural sounding if they closely match the position of the bass and treble knobs on the amplifier you're using.
LEVEL is the wet/dry mix of the effect, so if you start with everything at 12 o'clock, you can make adjustments from that point.
If you want to checkout some of the sounds, this demo video by Reverb is short and does a good job of showcasing both the subtle and intense extremes the pedal is capable of.
Video demo for the MXR M234 analog chorus pedal. | Image courtesy of Reverb
All-told, I'd consider this pedal to be more on the subtle end of the spectrum, in that it excels when the tone it produces is nuanced and slight.
Even with the LEVEL knob cranked high, you'll notice just a little extra shine coming through, while your clean signal is still allowed to, for the most part, keep the lead.
Of course, cranking settings throws in an intense swirling effect.
Still, the strength of this pedal lies in its simplicity and organic flavor.
Less is more with the MXR M234.
2. Boss CH-1 Super Chorus Pedal
IDEAL FOR: Bargain shoppers (check used options) all styles and skill levels
- Dead simple, but sounds great and does its job perfectly
- EQ controls work well and allow you to match your clean signal
- Boss's five year warranty applies
- Price point is great
- None for the price
The Boss CH-1 Super Chorus is what I might call the "de facto" leader of the chorus pedal free world. It's the go-to chorus solution, used by innumerable pros and amateurs a like.
Members of the CH-1's fan club include Robin Thicke's guitarist, Chris Payton.
Oh my God, the Super Chorus—I've absolutely loved that pedal since I was about nine years old. - Chris Payton, Robin Thicke's guitarist
As of 2012, Dave Navarro ran two Boss CH-1s on his pedalboard as well.
Dave Navarro's pedalboard with two Boss CH-1 Super Chorus pedals. | Image via Guitar.com
You can see one on the "main" line, between the Tube Screamer and delay, while another is positioned on the second channel of the A/B/Y selector switch.
Miki Berenyi's pedalboard with a Boss CH-1 Super Chorus pedal. | Image via Guitar.com
Miki Berenyi also keeps one amidst a small collection of other Boss pedals.
Why people love the Boss CH-1 Super Chorus pedal
To what should we credit all this appeal?
The beauty of the CH-1 lies in its simplicity, with a straightforward control scheme, stereo outputs and the stability that comes with a Boss stompbox.
Controls are the following:
E.LEVEL controls the wet/dry mix of the effect, while the EQ knob allows you to better match the tone of the effect with the clean tone of your amplifier.
RATE and DEPTH are your garden-variety modulation controls, though they do provide plenty of range for the effect, allowing you to move between a subtle shimmer or a thick warbling sound.
Coupling this simplicity with an inviting price tag (usually in the $75 range) easily explains the CH-1's go-to status.
It's a value buy and the ultimate safe bet when it comes to chorus pedals.
All styles and skill levels are safe to apply.
3. EarthQuaker Devices Sea Machine V2 Chorus Pedal
IDEAL FOR: Anyone who uses a lot of chorus, the pedal "tinkerer," all styles and skill levels
- Plenty of tone control options
- Versatile scope of sounds
- Can be intense without being muddy
- Pricey
All chorus pedals will add a slight shift in pitch, giving your tuning a bit of ambiguity.
However, EarthQuaker's Sea Machine has so much versatility in its controls, that you can dial in a warped sound that seems almost like a pitch-shifter combined with a vibrato effect.
The Depth and Dimension knobs, when moved up, will create this effect.
At the same time, you can back off the Intensity knob to keep the sound of depth while simultaneously keeping the pitch intact.
The Sea Machine is, overall, an extremely versatile pedal.
Controls include the following:
On the top row:
- Shape
- Rate
- Intensity
On the bottom row:
- Depth
- Dimension
- Animate
Six total knobs that you can use to manipulate the chorus effect.
Per the user manual, here's a more detailed description of what each one does:
EarthQuaker Sea Machine chorus controls. | Image via EarthQuaker
With all this control, the Sea Machine is one of the most uniquely-voiced and dynamic chorus pedals I've ever seen.
EarthQuaker Devices has even come up with a comic book character, "Octo Skull," based on this and a number of other effects they've developed.
Octo Skull comic developed by EarthQuaker Devices. | Image courtesy of EarthQuaker Devices
As far as I can tell, EarthQuaker Devices is the only guitar pedal company that puts out a comic book.
JustNickMusic demo's the Sea Machine V2 chorus's tone on their YouTube channel, and does a great job of showcasing the pedal's sound.
Price and Value of the Sea Machine Chorus Pedal
The Sea Machine chorus pedal hovers around $180 retail, putting it firmly above the price range of the Boss choruses, but still affordable by boutique pedal standards.
Unfortunately, used prices don't drop significantly.
If you buy, I'd advise buying new. The cheapest retail price I could find was Amazon at $165. You're getting good value at this price point, assuming you're going to use chorus a high percentage of your playing time.
For "here and there" use, I might advise going with the Boss CH-1 or CE-5 Ensemble, the latter of which is up next.
4. Boss CE-5 Stereo Chorus Ensemble Pedal
IDEAL FOR: Layering, subtle effects, all styles and skill levels
- Used prices are tough to beat
- Stereo outs
- FILTER control gives you a two-band EQ
- Boss five year warranty
- None for the price
Instead of the EQ knob found on the CH-1, the CE-5 gives us a FILTER control which has a HIGH and LOW option, effectively giving you a two-band EQ for your effect.
The CE-5 is a big tent chorus pedal solution, for all skill levels and styles, that can be had fairly cheap. While retail is $99, used prices can dip way down. I've seen them hovering around $60 and even lower if you're in the right place at the right time.
Settings are also fairly straightforward.
RATE and DEPTH knobs do the heavy lifting while the FILTER can be used for more subtle adjustments.
Sample settings for the CE-5 chorus pedal. | Image via GuitarMasterClass.net
My Experience with the Boss CE-5 Chorus Pedal
Before I moved most of my effects into a rack-mounted unit, the Boss CE-5 was my chorus pedal of choice, and I used it for years. Settings were almost always dialed to a subtle layer of chorus.
I found that cutting either the RATE or DEPTH knob much past 12 o'clock was just too intense and not nearly as usable.
As a subtle flavoring, it was a really effective pedal.
If that's what you're looking to add, the CE-5 is a fantastic value.
5. TC Electronic Corona Chorus Pedal
IDEAL FOR: Recording (per the Tone Print downloads), all styles and skill levels
- True bypass
- Analog dry circuit
- Stereo I/O
- Tone Print gives you some additional sounds
- True bypass can be noisy without an isolated power supply
TC Electronic always does a great job of loading up their pedals with features and the Corona chorus is no exception.
For starters, you've got the four expected tone control mechanisms:
- Speed (rate)
- Depth
- FX Level
- Tone (EQ)
Then, you have three different chorus "modes" to choose from via a selector switch at the top of the pedal.
The modes include the following:
- Chorus
- Tone Print
- Tri Cho
Tone Print is TC Electronic's hallmark feature that's included in most of their pedals, which allows users to download pre-modeled tones by professional guitar and bass players directly too their stompboxes via a USB connection.
You can read more about Tone Print if that feature perks your interest.
For me, I'm a big fan of this pedal, with or without the USB compatibility and software package.
Other Features of the TC Electronic Corona Chorus Pedal
The Corona chorus pedal includes stereo inputs and outputs as well as true bypass wiring, which perfectly preserves the tone of your clean signal when the pedal is off.
The USB connection I mentioned is on the front face of the pedal's exterior.
USB port on the Corona chorus pedal. | View Larger Image
An analog circuit preserves your clean signal as it passes through the pedal, all of which is housed in an extremely sturdy metal casing.
It's also a fairly small, space-saving box that didn't sacrifice features for a reduced footprint.
Notable pros who use the TC Electronic Corona chorus pedal
The Corona Chorus artist list boasts some impressive names that includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Joe Perry and Brad Whitford of Aerosmith
- Scott Ian of Anthrax
- Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath
- Troy Sanders of Mastadon
- Orianthi
Troy Sanders is Mastadon's bass player, which suggests the Corona is a good fit for bass as well, though I've never tried it with bass myself.
Bill Kelliher and Brent Hinds (Mastadon's guitar players) are also said to use the Corona Chorus, though I couldn't verify this.
Here's a look at the Corona on Sanders' board:
Troy Sanders' bass pedalboard with the TC Electronic Corona chorus pedal. | Image via Premier Guitar
Premier Guitar also gives us a glimpse of Scott Ian's pedalboard from the Anthrax years, which features a TC Electronic Corona Chorus in a rack tray, going into an effects loop.
The Corona chorus pedal on Scott Ian's pedalboard. | Image via TC Electronic
Pricing of the TC Electronic Corona Chorus Pedal
The Corona chorus retails at $100, or a bit higher, depending on where you're buying from.
Oddly enough, I didn't see a lot of used options, which is a good sign.
The turnover rate for this pedal is low because the satisfaction level is fairly high, as the Amazon reviews would suggest.
It's a step up from the Boss offerings, though still more affordable than some of the higher-priced boutique chorus pedals.
I like the Corona for just about any skill level and whatever style you can throw at it.
It's a fantastic value, especially if you get it for $100.
6. Donner Tutti Love Pure Analog Chorus Pedal
IDEAL FOR: Beginner's, small pedalboards and anyone who uses chorus sparingly
- Rock-bottom price point
- Analog with true bypass
- Small footprint
- Imported
A lot of people get freaked out by the price of this pedal.
At $35, it's one of the the cheapest chorus pedals on our list, assuming you're looking at just the retail cost and not other used options.
It's also a popular choice, incurring a ton of positive feedback.
So, what's the problem?
If it's analog and true bypass, why not just buy this chorus pedal?
Is the Donner chorus pedal any good?
Understandably, it's not that simple, as the low price begs a few questions:
Is the Donner chorus any good?
Is it really analog?
Here's what I know.
- The pedal does have an analog circuit
- It's also an actual true bypass circuit
- The tone sounds incredibly good and competes with the more expensive options, in that regard
That's the good news, but we should note the reasons for the cheaper price tag as well.
Why is the Donner chorus pedal so much cheaper?
Donner would probably claim that other companies are charging for their "name," which I wouldn't agree with. Rather, the accounting for most of the cost reduction, in Donner's pedals, is somewhat obvious.
...the Donner pedals are serviceable and not necessarily of poor quality. They're just not top of the line either.
Two reasons are primarily to blame:
First, the Donner pedals are extremely small and use less material to make the casing. Second, they're largely imported and not made here in the United States or by hand. That alone means Donner can charge a lot less.
This also means that the Donner pedals are serviceable and not necessarily of poor quality, if not mass-produced. They're just not top of the line either.
I like to recommend some of them, simply because of the price. They sound good, give you basic features and can be had for cheap.
Whether or not they're a good option for you will depend on your situation.
Who is the Donner Chorus pedal ideal for?
The Donner chorus pedal is fantastic for beginners or those who just want a cheap chorus effect that they can use sparingly.
I would not advise it for recording sessions, since its controls are more limited than other options. Though it can be a great live tool, particularly if you only need chorus for one or two songs and don't want to spend big money.
Thus, the value of Donner's chorus pedal is all about context.
7. Red Witch Analog Empress Chorus
IDEAL FOR: Recording projects, session guitar players, layering, all styles and skill levels
- Analog circuit sounds AMAZING
- Large scope of potential tones and sounds
- Vibrato mode is a unique addition
- LED flashes modulation timing
- Pricey
The Red Witch Empress chorus has plenty to brag about, but it's strongest feature has to be its tone, plain and simple.
Its analog circuit just sounds fantastic.
Tone can be thoroughly controlled by a four-part knob system that includes the following:
- Mix (wet/dry signal)
- Depth (added vibrato)
- Voice (changes the delay time of the chorus)
- Velocity (speed of the modulation)
You'll notice the toggle switch at the top left side of the pedal's exterior. This is for switching between vibrato and chorus mode.
The toggle switch for either chorus or vibrato mode. | View Larger Image
The second toggle switch, on the right side of the pedal, with the two suns, is a bright and dark toggle switch, giving you a sixth dimension of control over the pedal's tone.
The bright and dark effect tone toggle switch on the Empress chorus pedal. | View Larger Image
Additionally, Red Witch provides stereo outputs on the Empress chorus pedal, allowing you to route your signal to two different sources from the effect.
Tone, Settings and Sound Quality of the Empress Chorus Pedal
You'll notice the LED light on the front of the pedal blinks according to the timing of your chorus and vibrato effect, which is helpful for fine tuning the sound, particularly if you need it to be exact for session work or recording.
The tone it produces is a thick and lush chorus, even on moderate settings.
Once you unbox the pedal, I'd recommend starting with your settings at the following positions, as your control:
Start with your settings here, then experiment with various knob-tweaking. | View Larger Image
If you want a deeper layer of modulation with more of a bottom-heavy resonance, try something like this:
Mix gets bumped higher for a thicker layer of modulation. | View Larger Image
We can cut back the Depth while maxing out the Mix knob to give us a thick layer of modulation, without the thick "cuts" that would ultimately send a warbling effect into the final result.
This is a great setting for adding flavor to an otherwise bland clean tone.
If you want the more intense modulation, the Voice knob is an easy way to get there, particularly if the Depth knob is moved past 12 o'clock.
Try this:
Depth and Voice move up for a thicker, warbling effect. | View Larger Image
Moving the Velocity knob up can have a similar effect, as it increases the speed of the modulation.
This can actually bend the pitch of your notes, since the chorus effect is meant to create a slightly off-pitch ambience to begin with.
The Empress Chorus Pedal's Ideal Buyer
This is one of the more versatile chorus pedals you'll find on the market, and it's also one of the few that exceed the $200 retail price tag.
In most cases, I've seen the Empress going for around $220.
Used options dip near $200, though not much lower.
Those who stand to benefit most from the Empress chorus services would include recording artists or session guitar players who need a customizable and flexible chorus pedal.
Moreover, you're getting two effects in one if you consider the vibrato mode, which produces a vastly different swath of sounds, all its own.
It's not just a throw in.
If that's what you need, the Empress delivers in all facets.
I've got no complaints about the price tag in that scenario.
Bands and Artists that Use Chorus Pedals
There aren't a lot of guitar players that don't have a chorus effect of some kind, either in a rack system or a stompbox.
Some of the most iconic chorus pedal users have been Kurt Cobain during the Nirvana years, Kim Thayil of Soundgarden, Alex Lifeson of Rush and (oddly enough) Metallica's Kirk Hammett.
But you can look just about anywhere to find examples of chorus pedals on the pro's guitar rigs.
Here are a few famous pedalboards with chorus stompboxes in tow.
Collective Soul's Dean Rolland and the Boss CH-1 Super Chorus
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Shinedown's Eric Bass and the EBS Uni-Chorus
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Derek St. Holmes (Ted Nugent) & the Boss CE-2 Chorus Pedal
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Don Felder and the Boss CE-5 Chorus Pedal
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Uli Jon Roth's Pedalboard with a Boss CH-1 Super Chorus Pedal
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Kurt Cobain and the Nirvana Chorus Sound
Kurt Cobain was arguably the single, most influential guitar player when it came to his use of the chorus pedal.
He almost always used the EHX Small Clone, though on certain songs would use an old EHX Poly Chorus as well.
He can be seen with both in this photo:
Kurt's implementation of the pedal was simple.
The EHX Small Clone only has two controls, a RATE knob and DEPTH switch, the latter of which is said to have been hard-wired into the up position on Cobain's pedalboard.
A lot of chorus fans take their cues from Cobain's method.
They keep it cheap and, if at all possible, painfully simple.
Where to Place a Chorus in your Effects Chain
This topic is tough because it's somewhat subjective.
Outside of a compressor and tuner being first in your pedal chain (after your guitar) it's not entirely clear what the best arrangement is. Moreover, modulation effects are particularly difficult to place, since they're considered strictly "flavor" effects.
It is generally recommended that a chorus pedal, and all modulation effects, be placed after distortion but in front of timing (ambient) effects, like delay or echo.
In other words, they don't impact volume, gain or timing.
Most of the time the chorus effect will simply be referred to as "modulation," which means placing a flanger, phaser or chorus pedal will all be the same.
It is generally recommended that a chorus pedal, and all modulation effects, be placed after distortion but in front of timing effects, like delay or echo.
Strymon gives us a few different ways to line things up.
Placing a Chorus Pedal without an Effects Loop
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Placing a Chorus Pedal with an Effects Loop
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Note that in the second diagram, Strymon puts "ambient" effects (delay and reverb) in the effects loop, leaving everything else (including the chorus pedal) in the original signal chain.
Thus, the short answer is to go in this order, depending of course on which pedals you have:
- Tuning/Compression
- Filter/Wah/Distortion
- Modulation (chorus, flanger, phaser, etc.)
- Ambience (delay, reverb, echo, etc.)
If you want to mix things up, that's fine too.
Do what works for your rig and don't over-think it.
Your Thoughts and Input
Have a different chorus pedal that you live by?
Maybe one we didn't mention in this list?
Let me know and I'll check it out. I try to stick with what I have first or second-hand experience with, which means I can't get to everything.
Leave it in the comments section below.
Questions about the aforementioned chorus pedals (or anything else) will be answered there as well.
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Distortion Pedal Buying Guides: All of our content related to buying and using distortion pedals.
All Effects Pedal Buying Guides: Our archive of effects pedal buying resources and roundups.
Works Cited
Jim Dunlop. "MXR M234 Analog Chorus Pedal." M234 ANALOG CHORUS (n.d.): n. pag. Jim Dunlop USA. Web. 1 Dec. 2016
"Miki Berenyi – Lush – 1994." Miki Berenyi – Lush – 1994 | Guitar.com. Guitar.com, n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2016. Miki Berenyi Pedalboard with Boss CH-1 Super Chorus Pedal
"Dave Navarro – Jane's Addition – 2012." Guitar.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2016. Dave Navarro's Pedalboard with Two Boss CH-1 Chorus Pedals
"EarthQuaker Comics." EarthQuaker Devices. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Dec. 2016. EarthQuaker Devices Guitar Pedal-Inspired Comics
"Scott Ian | Guitar.com." Scott Ian | Guitar.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2016. Scott Ian's Pedalboard and Gear Rundown
Steve Cook November 26, 2014. "Rig Rundown: Mastodon (2014)." Premier Guitar RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2016. Mastadon's Chorus Pedals and Guitar Gear
Rebecca Dirks October 30, 2012. "Rig Rundown – Anthrax's Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano." Premier Guitar RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2016. Rig Rundown of Scott Ian's Pedalboard, Including his Chorus Pedals
Strymon. "Setting Up Your Effect Signal Chain – Strymon." Strymon. N.p., 12 Sept. 2016. Web. 01 Dec. 2016. Where to Put your Chorus Pedal in a Signal Chain
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Grab your highlighters, folks: the New Zealand International Film Festival's 2015 Auckland programme has been unveiled. Opening in bold style with Yorgos Lanthimos' The Lobster and closing in tears with Australian drama Holding the Man, this year's festival looks as relevant as ever. Cinephiles can rejoice over the inclusion of 17 exciting titles direct from the Cannes Film Festival, which despite the noticeable absence of Palme d'Or winner Dheepan and critics' favourite Carol remains an impressive haul. Also cause for celebration is this year's Live Cinema collaboration with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra: Charlie Chaplin's classic 1921 feature The Kid and 1917 short The Immigrant. Poring over the selection, a few trends jumped out at me: several of the 2012 festival's best filmmakers make a welcome return — Miguel Gomes! Joshua Oppenheimer! Pablo Larraín! Christian Petzold! Hirokazu Koreeda!; documentaries are increasingly becoming the most-buzzed titles (The Wolfpack, Amy, Going Clear); and most encouraging is the number of strong directorial debuts from around the globe, including Alex Garland's Ex Machina; Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy's The Tribe, Ana Lily Amirpour's A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Chaitanya Tamhane's Court, Deniz Gamze Ergüven's Mustang, Yared Zeleke's Lamb and Shim Sung-bo's Haemoo. Read on for my most anticipated picks of the programme, and be sure to check back throughout the festival for reviews and coverage.
20. 99 HOMES (Dir. Ramin Bahrani)
Michael Shannon is one of the finest American actors working today — as anyone familiar with his performances in Jeff Nichols' films (Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter) will attest — so whenever his name appears in the festival programme I pay attention. In 99 Homes, the fifth feature from writer/director Ramin Bahrani (Goodbye Solo, Chop Shop), he plays a duplicitous real estate shark with a corrupting influence on Andrew Garfield's desperate family man. While the undeniably talented Garfield is the lead here, this really looks like Shannon's show and I wouldn't have it any other way.
19. COURT (Dir. Chaitanya Tamhane)
An ageing folk singer is charged with inciting suicide and put on trial in Court, the assured directorial debut by Chaitanya Tamhane which earned multiple awards at the Venice and Mumbai Film Festivals. This provocative drama looks to be an intelligent and multifaceted insight into India's outdated and often unjust legal system, and the hype behind the film has Tamhane positioned as Indian cinema's next big thing.
18. MY GOLDEN DAYS (Dir. Arnaud Desplechin)
Nobody does coming-of-age films better than the French, and it's become something of a Gallic tradition for filmmakers to mine their own youth. Arnaud Desplechin (A Christmas Tale) is the latest major writer-director to do so with My Golden Days, a three-part story of first love and loose prequel to his 1996 black comedy My Sex Life… or How I Got Into an Argument, although no acquaintance with that film is required. Newcomers Quentin Dolmaire and Lou Roy-Lecollinet play the young couple, with flash-forward glimpses of original star Mathieu Amalric, and the reaction to their performances at Cannes was ecstatic, with The Playlist proclaiming: "It feels like a new generation of talent emerging who'll likely be cropping up in French cinema for decades to come"
17. CARTEL LAND (Dir. Matthew Heineman)
Matthew Heineman and his crew risked their safety to bring us this troubling portrait of vigilante groups responding to the consequences of drug cartel violence on both sides of the Mexico-United States border. Executive Produced by Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty) and dubbed "real-life Breaking Bad", the Sundance-award-winning Cartel Land looks to be the most urgent and action-packed documentary of the year so far.
16. JAUJA (Dir. Lisandro Alonso)
Argentine filmmaker Lisandro Alonso (Liverpool) is back with another meditative and enigmatic drama, Jauja (pronounced 'how-ha'), which follows a father and daughter's surreal journey from Denmark to the wilderness of 19th-century Patagonia. Multi-lingual star Viggo Mortensen adds Spanish and Danish to his resume here, and you can also see him perfect French and North African Arabic in David Oelhoffen's Far From Men.
15. THE END OF THE TOUR (Dir. James Ponsoldt)
Fans of the late David Foster Wallace (Infinite Jest) recoiled when news broke of Jason Segel's casting as the beloved author, but it appears that director James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now) knew something we didn't as this performance has been earning raves since The End of the Tour premiered at Sundance. The film details an intense five-day period following the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking novel, during which Rolling Stone journalist David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) is assigned to interview him and the two develop a tenuous yet intense relationship.
14. CEMETERY OF SPLENDOUR (Dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
Thai slow cinema maestro Apichatpong Weerasethakul returned to Cannes this year with Cemetery of Splendour, the much anticipated follow-up to his spellbinding 2010 Palme d'Or winner Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. His latest cine-poem concerns a hospital full of soldiers with sleeping sickness, and a lonely volunteer nurse who falls into a hallucination that triggers strange dreams, phantoms and romance. Weerasethakul's enigmatic embrace of the spiritual and the mundane is obviously not for everybody, but those willing to submit to his quiet pace may find themselves sublimely transported.
13. YAKUZA APOCALYPSE: THE GREAT WAR OF THE UNDERWORLD (Dir. Takashi Miike)
Prolific Japanese genre master and longtime Incredibly Strange favourite Takashi Miike (Audition) returns to his demented V-cinema roots with Yakuza Apocalypse, a martial arts extravaganza featuring vampire yakuzas, a giant frog crime lord and Yayan Ruhian from The Raid films. Miike's output can be decidedly hit-and-miss, but this promises to be his most outrageously fun effort in years and I'm crossing my fingers that it rivals Sion Sono's 2014 highlight Why Don't You Play in Hell? for sheer midnight movie delirium.
12. THE FORBIDDEN ROOM (Dir. Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson)
The Forbidden Room is the latest tour de force from outré Canadian auteur Guy Maddin (My Winnipeg), a demented mash-up of long-lost serial-style movies that never existed with a premise only he could dream up:
A submarine crew, a feared pack of forest bandits, a famous surgeon, and a battalion of child soldiers all get more than they bargained for as they wend their way toward progressive ideas on life and love.
11. TEHRAN TAXI (Dir. Jafar Panahi)
Tehran Taxi is the third non-film made by Iranian director Jafar Panahi since his 2010 arrest and subsequent filmmaking ban, following 2011's inspirational documentary This Is Not a Film and 2013's docu-drama Closed Curtain. Awarded the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival this year — where Jury president Darren Aronofsky described it as "a love letter to cinema… filled with love for his art, his community, his country and his audience" — Panahi's latest effort finds him pretending to be a taxi driver negotiating the streets of Tehran, once again blurring the lines between documentary and fiction.
10. THE TRIBE (Dir. Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy)
The sensation of Cannes 2014 is finally here: Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy's singular silent film The Tribe, a disturbing vision of teenage prostitution and gang brutality in a Kiev boarding school for the deaf. The universally acclaimed film is entirely in Ukrainian Sign Language with no subtitles.
9. THE CLUB (Dir. Pablo Larraín)
Inventive Chilean director Pablo Larraín, known for his 2008 breakout Tony Manero and 2013 NZIFF highlight No, shifts his darkly comic attention from Augusto Pinochet to the Catholic Church in The Club. This allegorical story revolves around a group of exiled priests whose clandestine existence in a small beach town is rudely interrupted by a fifth man who forces them to relive the sins of their past.
8. EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT (Dir. Ciro Guerra)
A lone Amazonian shaman reluctantly assists an ailing European scientist (Jan Bijvoet) — and later an American — on a journey to discover the mythical Yakruna plant in Embrace of the Serpent, the third film from Columbian filmmaker Ciro Guerra (The Wind Journeys). Taking the top honours in the Directors' Fortnight section at Cannes, this is by all accounts an astonishing exploration of the ravages of colonialism from the indigenous point of view, shot in stunning monochrome.
7. THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY (Dir. Peter Strickland)
The second film from Giallo enthusiast Peter Strickland (Berberian Sound Studio) stars Sidse Babett Knudsen (Borgen) and Chiara D'Anna as lovers locked in ritualistic games of dominance and subservience. While some have reductively labelled The Duke of Burgundy as a tasteful alternative to 50 Shades of Grey, this intoxicatingly atmospheric film deserves to be judged on its own substantial merits.
6. PHOENIX (Dir. Christian Petzold)
For those unaware, Christian Petzold and Nina Hoss — perhaps the best filmmaker and actress in Germany today — have steadily been collaborating on great films for the last decade, most recently on 2012's excellent Cold War slow-burn Barbara. Their latest effort delves further into the past, mining film-noir and Hitchcock to tell a moving tale of love and suspicion amidst the reconstruction of Berlin in the aftermath of WWII. Hoss and Petzold are at the peak of their considerable powers, and this might be their strongest work yet.
5. THE LOOK OF SILENCE (Dir. Joshua Oppenheimer)
Joshua Oppenheimer's groundbreaking 2012 documentary The Act of Killing was a powerfully disturbing investigation into the heart of darkness, as former Indonesian death-squad leaders proudly discussed and then cinematically reenacted their 1965-66 mass-killings. He returns to this subject in The Look of Silence, a companion piece which focusses on the victims as one family confronts the killers about their crimes. Once again executive produced by legendary filmmakers Werner Herzog and Errol Morris, the film premiered at the 2014 Venice Film Festival where it was awarded the Grand Jury Prize, the International Film Critics Award (FIPRESCI), the Italian online critics award (Mouse d'Oro), the European Film Critics Award (FEDEORA), as well as the Human Rights Nights Award.
4. INHERENT VICE (Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master) is the greatest living American filmmaker in my humble opinion, so his latest film would more than likely occupy the number one spot on this list if I hadn't already seen it, a fact acknowledged by NZIFF director Bill Gosden in his programme introduction:
"…our commitment to getting Inherent Vice, one of the great American films of late 2014, onto the giant screen in July 2015 almost looks like a nostalgic gesture. That is, until you are sitting in the Civic completely absorbed in the present tense of the film's unique fictional universe."
Inherent Vice follows perpetually stoned P.I. Larry "Doc" Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix) as he investigates the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend (newcomer Katherine Waterston), stumbling through the groovy counterculture of 1970 Los Angeles into an incomprehensible web of conspiracy. The superb ensemble includes Josh Brolin (never better), Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Martin Short, Benecio Del Toro, Jena Malone and narration by Joanna Newsom. Devotees of Anderson and author Thomas Pynchon won't need any convincing, but fans of the similarly unconventional The Long Goodbye and The Big Lebowski should consider this hazy, surreal and often hilarious sunlit noir to be essential viewing.
3. THE ASSASSIN (Dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien)
Acclaimed Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien (Millenium Mambo) returns at long last with his highly anticipated foray into wuxia, The Assassin. Nearly a decade in the making, the film stars frequent collaborator Shu Qi as the eponymous killer in what promises to be a ravishing and poetic historical drama. Awarded Best Director at Cannes, this is the centrepiece of the 2015 festival.
2. ARABIAN NIGHTS (Dir. Miguel Gomes)
Miguel Gomes (Tabu) delivered the most ambitious film at Cannes this year with Arabian Nights, an epic trilogy that takes inspiration from the classic One Thousand and One Nights folk tales to tell ten stories of straitened life in contemporary Portugal. The NZIFF schedule provides two viewing options: a one-day marathon for the eager (like myself), or staggering the films over three days.
1. THE LOBSTER (Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)
Opening night promises to be the most perverse and delightfully adventurous cinematic experience of the festival, perhaps even the year. Greek provocateur Yorgos Lanthimos makes his English-language debut with The Lobster, a surreal black comedy in which single adults are forced to find a partner within 45 days or else be transformed into an animal of their choosing. Colin Farrell stars — in what has already been hailed as his best performance — alongside a stellar international cast that includes Rachel Weisz, John C. Reilly, Ben Whishaw, Léa Seydoux and Angeliki Papoulia. As with his unforgettable 2009 sensation Dogtooth, Lanthimos' latest created quite a stir at Cannes (where it was awarded the Jury Prize), and if I was a gambling man I would put money on this becoming the most talked about film of the festival.
The New Zealand International Film Festival runs from July 16 – August 2 in Auckland.
Tickets are on sale now and you can find all the details at the NZIFF website.


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yakuza, are you the same guys who used to play pearl jam, nirvana covers around omagh? cos i saw your posters up recently and they looked like the same style as ones for the omagh gigs
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I'm sure we've played at least 1 Nirvana cover in our long history, but never a Pearl Jam one, I don't even like them that much, we did play in Omagh once but it was about 3 years ago. You should come to a Yakuza show sometime and see some dirty, visceral, noise rock before your very eyes.
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i like Pearl Jam
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I quite like jam,
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