Tonerider have made quite a name for themselves in the past few years due to their budget yet high quality pickups. However not many have heard of their line of effects pedals, which boast a similar charm to their pickups.
They all cost roughly £50 and appear to be clones of popular, more expensive alternatives. The Tonerider Superlush Chorus which I am going to look at today is no different. The Superlush chorus is allegedly based off the Japanese made BOSS CE-2 of the eighties, which go for over £100 used.
The appearance of this pedal may seem a bit "early 90s office computer", but behind the looks is a simple two knob, one footswitch set-up. The two knobs are Rate and Depth, as with the BOSS CE-2. The pedal also claims to be true bypass.
The pedal is very simple to operate, though this is not to say that the pedal doesn't produce a great variety of tones.
This pedal has a very wide range of chorus sounds available. With the subtlest of chorus sounds being accessible with both knobs turned low, or more intense "leslie" style sounds with them turned up and every point in between.
The lack of an overall "level" knob ensures that the subtle sounds are subtle and the intense sounds are intense, which can be a bit annoying if you're looking for a different sound. Though a bit of tweaking with the knobs can easily find a good compromise.
This pedal is great for enhancing clean sounds, adding some flavour to fusion licks, getting 'that' grunge tone, any chorus sound you could really want.
The only real qualms I have with this pedal is the jacks are a bit tight and the footswitch is a bit stiff. Though I think this is just a case of needing to be worn in a bit.
Overall this pedal is definitely a great chorus. One that I feel will sit on my pedalboard for a very long time, unless the price of an Analogman Chorus comes my way, I doubt I'll replace it while it's still working.
To hear this pedal in action, check out my video demo of it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Vw6asqMaU
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