NCD - Boss CE-300

[McLeanAB]

Man...

I've been searching for this chorus all my life... I loved the chorus on the ADA MP-1 and Gallien-Krueger 250ml/rl and 2000cpl; you know, the almost dry signal on one side, the other phase inverted and swept.

Been on the hunt for something a tad more, and haven't really met a digital chorus I liked very much (this is a big over generalization I know, but...), they always sounded a bit 'pingy.' Several Lexicon units (MPX-1, MPX-100, G2, LXP, Roland GP-100, Boss VF-1,etc, but not the higher end PCM's unfortunately), two different Rocktron Intellifex and several others...

Buck (and John) at ISP pulled off something great with the chorus on the ISP Theta Pro for damn sure. But I was on the lookout for a dedicated unit... and after scooping up an old beat up analog delay in the DOD R-880, I was starting to look for something analog and after some chatting with a great guy on another forum, he suggested some higher end stuff and also the Boss C-300... simply knobs, no frills, no muss...

Found one at the local Musicgoround and traded some pickups and WHAM!!!! It's a beast! Some great smooth sounds in this monster... I think it's a digital chorus, but I don't even know... but it's smooth and lush and has a great 'tone' knob to take out any amount of that high end spike I hear in a lot of choruses these days...

Anyone else have one of these guys? Feels very similar to the Carl Martin XII, which I loved, but wanted a line level device. I'm also curious about it's little brother the RCE-10 which has an additional pre-delay which I'm sure expands the possibilities a bit!

 

[CaseyCor]

One of my favorite chorus sounds. Up there with the old rackmount TC Electronic Spacial Expander unit.

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[McLeanAB]

Hmmm... I saw it before logging in and again now that I'm logged in... browser perhaps?

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I've not tried the Spatial Expander, but a guy I know on another forum says that the Boss can get in similar territory as the 1210 Chorus... only a brief hint of the 1210 capabilities but much like a beat up little brother...

I'm loving it after a day or two with it... very smooth, very rich. Very analog feeling. I wish I could make the Carl Martin XII line level...

 

[sg guy]

-I have a BOSS CE300 SUPER CHORUS as well, been the center piece of my rack rig for over a decade, its the best "stereo splitter" I've ever had/heard, no ground issue's, works awesome with out the chorus engaged, incredible clean boost, the other BOSS half rack stuff aren't of the same caliber, don't even think of polluting it with digital, oops, too late, there's a unicorn matching analog delay, I've only seen it in Japan for $500+...

-put it before you amp/s, put your digital stuff in the loop, if you have 2 amps, definitely take advantage of the stereo outs-(again, in front of the amps)-now your forever ruined to running a stereo rig for the rest of your life.

-enjoy

 

[McLeanAB]

Agreed!

I'm running it post preamp (and distortion) to the power amp in stereo and it still sounds amazing through two 4x12s... so happy with this... good to know about their little brothers.

I hear the VF-1, if on kill dry and in a mixer sounds awesome... I had one for a while a LONG time ago and it didn't do much for me... the guy that recommended the CE-300 loves his VF-1.

 

[sg guy]

-I think your gut, initial reaction to the VF-1 is correct, I don't have a big rack anymore, but am toying with the idea of a couple tube pre-amps & utilizing the power section on my 2203KK-(KT88's)-besides a quality analog delay & quality EQ I'm all set, at one point back when I ran everything through the rack I had 4 midi-verbs-(per ALESIS who had me to run 2 in parallel-(2 in parallel L & 2 in paralle R)-for some really cool tones & features)-I'm down to 3 effects, and I'm really loving the tone.

 

[McLeanAB]

I hear you!

I love the Boss and the old DOD R-880... I might get another to run the delays in stereo, but that's more than likely a pipe dream...

Now, if I could find a Lexicon quality analog reverb!!!!!!!

 

[sg guy]

I hear you!

I love the Boss and the old DOD R-880... I might get another to run the delays in stereo, but that's more than likely a pipe dream...

Now, if I could find a Lexicon quality analog reverb!!!!!!!

-yeah if ya find a couple LEXICON analog Reverb's let me know!! There is an analog reverb in the emporium, I don't use reverb anymore, just analog delay with repeats on zero.

 

[McLeanAB]

I can't seem to find any analog reverbs that aren't just old spring reverbs with that wonderfully harsh 70's ala Pulp Fiction sound! Who knows? Maybe I'll try it!!!! Who needs 8 second reverb trails!!! Let's start a trend!!!