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Crowning the King of Chorus

Previously I spent a couple of posts reviewing two dynamite chorus units with the intention of deciding which one I wanted to put on my board. Each of the units was so wonderful that it dramatically increased my overall opinion of the chorus concept after being staunchly against it for much of my early music career. After spending plenty of face time with each unit, comparing recordings, placing them at different points in my pedal chain, and tweaking settings from maximum to minimum and everything in between I have finally come to a conclusion. So who is the king of chorus? Is it Analogman's wonderfully engineered Bi-Chorus or is it Retro-Sonic's classic chorus CE-1 throwback?

Well, it's both.

I love each of these stopboxes so much they are both making it on my board, each in a different position and with different settings. The versatility of the Bi-Chorus is unmatched while I like the vintage tone of the Retro-Sonic chorus slightly better for some applications. Every guitarist likes options, and these two units will cover every possible chorus tone you will ever want and need.

Given the price of the Bi-Chorus, I recommend that budget guitarists stick with the Retro-Sonic unit unless you need the large feature set that the Analogman unit brings to the table. You won't be disappointed with the tones you can evoke--from subtle crawl to leslie warble. However if you have some extra cash and you perform a diverse selection of music that requires chorus the Analogman unit is worth it's weight in gold sonically.

So, there you have it. We have a tie .