Mr. Black Stereo Vintage Ensemble Chorus Pedal

£249.00

The JustPedals team think the Mr. Black Stereo Vintage Ensemble Chorus Pedal is a tasty New Chorus Pedals option for your smorgasbord (pedalboard). Just Read More for images videos and latest prices from the Mr. Black brand and delivered by a UK retailer, with warranty & more.Many players consider chorus pedals as one-trick ponies, believing that the majority of them sound the same. But they couldn't be more wrong, as the amount of diversity in this market is incredible, and the Mr. Black Stereo Vintage Ensemble is a gorgeous-sounding chorus pedal that stands strongly on its own. Deriving from their Vintage Ensemble compact pedal, which took…


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The JustPedals team think the Mr. Black Stereo Vintage Ensemble Chorus Pedal is a tasty New Chorus Pedals option for your smorgasbord (pedalboard). Just Read More for images videos and latest prices from the Mr. Black brand and delivered by a UK retailer, with warranty & more.

Many players consider chorus pedals as one-trick ponies, believing that the majority of them sound the same. But they couldn't be more wrong, as the amount of diversity in this market is incredible, and the Mr. Black Stereo Vintage Ensemble is a gorgeous-sounding chorus pedal that stands strongly on its own. Deriving from their Vintage Ensemble compact pedal, which took inspiration from original chorus units from the mid-70s, this new offering takes it all one step further.

Now boasting a true-stereo audio path, you can achieve ultra-wide stereo chorusing thanks to the sophisticated circuitry within the unit. With complementary delay times applied to both the left and right channels, the stereo spread is widened through what is known as the Haas effect, delivering an engulfing, angelic chorus sound unlike anything you've heard before. You can engage the spatial-expansion mode via a thoughtfully-installed footswitch, giving you the best of both worlds.

It doesn't end there though, as this amazing stompbox also has an expression pedal input, allowing you to control the parameters of any of the controls. Speaking of which, Mr. Black have kept things simple with the control set, featuring only the vitals necessary to sculpt a stunning chorus tone.

Here's what Mr. Black say about the Stereo Vintage Ensemble Chorus Pedal:

A beautiful expansion of our coveted Vintage Ensemble classic chorus/vibrato pedal, featuring a true-stereo audio path with standard and spatial-expansion modes, accessible on the fly via the Normal/Stereo foot-switch.

The real magic lies within the Stereo mode, which applies a clever application of complementary modulated delay times to both the left and right channels further increasing the stereo spread via the Haas effect.  You've never heard chorus like this before.

Specifications

  • True-Stereo audio path
  • Full Wet/Dry mix control
  • Carefully tuned delay times match those of the OG chorus circuit
  • ~68mA current draw (daisy-chain friendly)
  • 9VDC "industry standard" power
  • Compact footprint (4.7" x 3.7")
  • A standard expression pedal can be applied on-the-fly to any and all of the control knobs by simply turning the control to the red dot marker.

Brand

Mr. Black

Category

Chorus Pedals

Chorus pedals thicken your guitar sound by blending the dry signal with a slightly delayed and modulated copy. The result can range from a gentle shimmer to a wide, lush, 1980s-style modulation effect that makes clean tones feel bigger and more spacious.

They are often used on clean arpeggios, jangly rhythm parts, fretless-style bass tones and dreamy ambient passages. A chorus pedal is a great choice if you want movement, width and a more polished sound without completely changing the character of your playing.

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Chorus

Chorus pedals create the illusion of multiple guitars playing together by blending the dry signal with a subtly modulated duplicate. The result ranges from gentle shimmer and width through to lush swirling modulation associated with classic 1980s guitar tones.

Chorus remains popular for clean arpeggios, ambient textures, fretless-style bass sounds and atmospheric rhythm playing. Stereo chorus pedals can create especially wide and immersive sounds.

Stereo

Stereo guitar pedals process left and right audio channels separately, creating a wider and more spacious sound than a standard mono setup. Stereo delay, reverb and modulation effects are especially popular for ambient, cinematic and modern live rigs where depth and movement are an important part of the tone.

Running a stereo setup can dramatically change the feel of a guitar rig, particularly through two amplifiers, studio monitors or headphones. Ping-pong delays, wide choruses and immersive reverbs all benefit from stereo operation and can create a much larger soundstage.