Fun fact: Boss skips over the number 4 in most of their pedal series because in Japanese (and Chinese) the word for "four" sounds like the word for "death". Hence the CH-1, which was released in 1989 between the CE-3 (1982) and the CE-5 (1991), is actually the fourth chorus pedal in the CE line :)
@@kameel68 thank you for making the video about the CE one and the CE two I was actually thinking about redoing one of my pedalboards and I like what you’re saying about them. Please keep doing content like this.
I have an 82 ce1 and an 82 silver screw ce-2 and dude you’re totally right about the mid range change. When not in an effects loop the ce-2 gives a slight db boost. I never noticed it being a mid range bump but you’re totally right.
Really appreciated this video you explained everything very clearly with no messing around! Just subscribed! I bought a CE-5 analog from '92 very nice!
Great video, I owned the CE-2, CE-3 & CE-5 all at the same time. I found I liked the CE-3 the best on cleans over the CE-2 most probably as I'm a humbucker guy. The 2 & 5 sounded great on dirt but the 5 has more tweekabilty so i sold on the CE-2 for 8 times what i paid for it. Lol
My CH-1 is pretty special. Modded by B Wampler back in the day when he did work under Indyguitarist. Its a black label early analog style and sounds...... like a chorus pedal. Now that Ive worked this board for s couple yrs I guess I could have just used the mof switch on my C Copy delay for enough chorus for most songs but its all good. Plus it looks good on a board built with a lot of bought used modded pedals.
My first Chorus pedal was the Boss CE-3. I got it in 1990. I loved the sound of it, but had no comparison. In 1993 it was stolen. Recently I got one on the used market. I also got myself a CE-2w.
I think of the CH-1 as the CE-4. It fits the mould of the 4 knob pedals of the mid to last 80s. I only didn't cover it because the video was going to be long enough without it.
the CE3 has been my favorite chorus pedal ever since I got one when they were even cheaper! sounds so perfect. the stereo 2 mode when going through a DI rig with headphones actually sounds like a double tracked guitar! it's kinda dangerous :D
I found a 1983 MIJ CE-2 in 2010 for €45 in a Cash Converters. My CE-5 is 1993 and analog. The CE-3 is beautiful in mode II, it’s like a mild VB-2. The DC-2 is great but DC-3 is not very nice. CH-1 is strange in that it’s a “one” from 1989 and has no follow up models.
Halfway in -Jason you are really impressing me with how well spoken you are on this and well produced and thought out this video- the sounds are great the playing is very noteworthy just how clean you pick the notes and stay in time and in pitch.. Making all of this line up is not easy- nice work and @!Verlie we love your work too! I want to have a tone interview with V and you and whoever else we could round table, it would just be fun to see what unfolds in a live session.
G'day Jason, how are ya mate? Theres a Question at the end of this comment, which anyone with a good ear is welcome to answer also. Im looking for the CE2 tone, but equally as much i love that it only has 2 options. The Waza by adding the CE1 switch actually makes it 3 options. I like things so simple, that ide opt for 1 option if it sounded great (1 dial). I also noticed the brighter sound of the waza, which i personally did not like that crisp-ness as much. The original sounds (to my ears) more rounder or warmer (if thats the right words to describe it?) My question to you (& others who are reading this) is about CE2 copies (2knob/2 options only). Could you recommend any that are as close (in tone) to the original CE2, as much, if not more so than the Waza? Ive heard of Joyo Analog Chorus and Ensemble King, but dont know how 'exact' they are to the original. Have you heard or A/B'd these with the CE2 ...what do you think? Also, do you know of other "copies" that are better than these 2, or near exacting to the original CE2??
@@georgestone3957 Thanks George (& Jason too). The Arion (& the Ibanez CS9), are both asking similar $$ (in Oz) as original CE2. Thanks for the input tho. Ive pulled out (of a decade of storage), my old Zoom G2 multi effects pedal. It got used about a month, then i just shut it away and avoided it, as it was just waay too complex to be an 'easy' friend. But recently spent the time to (finally) learn how to use it as storing "individual" pedals, rather than all pre mixed together. So i dialed up a chorus, and turned everything else OFF, and set a slow-ish rate, (how i like it), and medium depth. And Stored that patch. And now its a 'set and forget' chorus ...just kick it on and its quite nice actually (for a digital CH). But its enough to add some colour to my CIJ Strat into 65 Princeton Reverb RI. Oneday i may get to try a CE2w in my rig, and if its significantly awesom-er than my Zoom CH, i may just buy that. I already have a GE7 EQ, so if i want to get 'more' out of a CE2w, (like an Arion tone knob, but x7). Thanks guys.
The Valeton Loft CH-10 is a clone of the Boss CE-2 right down to using the MN3007 chip. It too is defunct but 'Only Pedals' has a few NOS pedals. They sell for $65.00 USD. They still had inventory Dec 5, 2023 but don't push your luck.😇
I believe the CE 1 detunes the pitch by more cents than the other pedals and it really gives it a unique sound. I have an octave by donner that has a cents mode which allows you to detune in a very similar way. Really sounds close to the CE 1. I own tons of choruses and I think the cheap Octaver gets the closest. There are youtube reviews. Check out the octave square by donner.
