I Never use chorus effect in P&W

[GeetarPlayer]

I would have never guessed this, but after playing lead for P&W for a couple years, I cannot believe I've never heard a chorus pedal being used in a song. Talking about Lincoln, Hillsong, Tomlin, Elevation etc - you know the list. Am I missing it?

[still_fiddlin]

These things come and go in cycles, and this is probably low tide for that effect.

I have it on one patch, somewhere, but can't say when I would use it - just when I want to thicken things a bit and that's the patch I have selected. On another patch it might be tremolo, uni-vibe, phaser, whatever. Save some obvious tremolo usage, these are usually set for pretty subtle effects. If there's multiple guitars, or endless delay, as in a lot of CCM, it's not going to do much but muddy things, IMO, so that light is off.

I do pack that pedal with me if I'm playing acoustic.

[mrboson]

Same here. That one stays off for me except when I play the acoustic, then it is just a smidgeon.

I liked chorus a lot in the 80's....

[CAAD8N8]

I used to use one with a delay pedal for pretty sounding clean parts. Now I use a modulated analog delay, so I sold the chorus off.

[MonkeyKing]

Whew -glad to hear it. for years you`d see that as the ONLY effect.

[Parma_TeleMon]

I'm thinking about getting one mostly for acoustic, but it could sound sweet on clean electric parts as well. Or the 80's hair band tone I've been known to pull out from time to time.

[mrSlush50]

Chorus has it's place, although currently that place is not on my pedal board. I do love the chorus that's built into my acoustic amp though.

[ZSmith85]

I think nowadays, alot of guys are using more "modulation delay" than chorus. You get a similar effect, but it isn't quite as prominent. Rock on, fellow worshippers!

[livinblood]

I've never used chorus. I use to play dry, then I got a delay and thats when the pedal addiction started. But still no chorus, don't like it.

[BuckyB]

I still use it quite a bit. I tend to turn it on on the chorus (no pun intended) and turn it off during the verse. I'm the only guitar player on our small team, so it helps me get a bigger sound when needed.

[Tuto103]

Originally Posted by BuckyB

I still use it quite a bit. I tend to turn it on on the chorus (no pun intended) and turn it off during the verse. I'm the only guitar player on our small team, so it helps me get a bigger sound when needed.

+1
I still use it quite a bit... I play on a strat..and it makes the neck pick up fuller and a bit more interesting

[tjalla]

I use the modulation setting on my DD20, ie so only the repeats are chorused. Gives a nice ambience without having that obvious effect on your dry signal.

[SoVeryTired]

Originally Posted by tjalla

I use the modulation setting on my DD20, ie so only the repeats are chorused. Gives a nice ambience without having that obvious effect on your dry signal.

+1

It gives a great effect to some lead lines, e.g. intro to Hosanna. I have a Boss CE5 but only use it with acoustic guitar.

[jazzrat]

I used to use one a fair amount. These days I'm using Eric Johnson's tone as my target rather than the Hillsong, U2, Coldplay'ish tone I used for so long. To that end I'm using a Strymon El Capistan which modulates a fair bit. On top of that I have just the least amount
TC Electronics chorus for a little extra shimmer. The chorus goes off for distorted tones.

[Esaaal]

I have a CH-1 one my pedal board. I keep it "modest". I like it for the intro to "God of Wonders".

[GoldieLocks]

I too am thankful that chorus pedals wore out their welcome. Who needs a mushy dreamy swirl that gets lost in the mix.

Just a bit of reverb and some overdrive more than gets the job done.

[Allthesound]

The Resurrection Band used to make use of chorus from time to time. One of the best Christian bands ever IMHO Glenn Kaiser is one of the most underrated artists ever.

[Teleworshipkid]

I think chorus just sounds tacky. The worship leader hold the same opinion, and wont even LET anyone use it. I just use modulated delays instead.

Originally Posted by mrboson

I liked chorus a lot in the 80's....

Everyone did ;)

[SamClemons]

I use just a little on distorted tone..very 80's but hey, I like it still. I don't care for or use delay on anything.

[TheToneRanger]

Originally Posted by jazzrat

I used to use one a fair amount. These days I'm using Eric Johnson's tone as my target rather than the Hillsong, U2, Coldplay'ish tone I used for so long. To that end I'm using a Strymon El Capistan which modulates a fair bit. On top of that I have just the least amount
TC Electronics chorus for a little extra shimmer. The chorus goes off for distorted tones.

Similar here - I have an El Cap so that adds a touch of modulation (I have a fav switch for two sounds, so I have little to no mod on my dirty sounds, and then add a little more wow & flutter to my cleans.)
I actually have 2 chorus pedals - one in my dirty rhythm loop and one run stereo in the fx loop of my amp. The one for dirty rhythm is a TC Corona chorus set to the John Petrucci Crunch Chorus print - it's less of a chorus and more of a "widener" - almost makes the guitar sound like it's doubled, but not in a "chorusy" way.
The other in the loop is a TC Electronics SCF - it's run stereo so you don't hear the modulation wave much, and I use it on cleans to add sparkle.
Sometimes I do kick it on with dirt to get that 80's Rush tone though.