Basic stereo chorus configuration: single input working as a power switch, two outputs, rate, depth, and level controls, pilot light (more later), old school switch, and aux. 9VDC input.
Not particularly "shimmery, but I didn't buy it to emulate a 12 string, just to add depth to my playing. It does this in spades! I've heard other units that sound "deeper", but no where near this price point. In bypass, can ascertain no discernable change in sound (TB!), and works well in the effects loop as well as on the board.
This thing does all that I ask of it, and is capable of more.
Nice hefty metal case, decent quality jacks, pots are silent when turning and appear to be of decent quality. FS is definate "old school" styling - which I like - and is durable as well. Addeded to this is a 5 year warranty. However, when I first received it, the nut holding the OUTPUT B jack was loose, so I tightened it. No big deal, but I shouldn't have had to.
Standard controls as compared to pretty much every other chorus - use is intuitive. Manual pretty basic, but what can you say? Three knobs and a switch. Most useful setting for me are variations on "everything from 10 - to - 2 O'clock". LED blinks in time with rate of effect - kind of annoying if you just glance down to see if it's on and you don't happen to catch it "on". Constant "on" would be better, IMO. Also it's BRIGHT!!!
Haven't needed to use them, and probobly won't need to. Website could be better though.
Have to rate this fairly highly because of it's quality of build, and sound. It's attractive and looks like what I feel a stompbox should look like, not some refugee from a "Star Wars" movie.
The other effects I use are a mid - '70's Super Fuzz and a 27 year old Dunlop Cry Baby, into a Marshall 5210 and being fed by a PRS SE Tremonti. Everything's basic, primarily classic, and some downright old. The SC-1 fits in well.
playing thru a pro rev RI, JCM 900 and various strats and LPs and a G&L blues Boy. theres no noise, hiss or hum at all. The controls are very sensitive so going from like 10 oclock to 12 makes a nice diff on tone. it only took about 5 minutes to dial it in and I use all three controls perty much at 12 oclock once in a while bump up the depth to 2 occlock but thats about it. the tone is great for the price and the quality is great as well and to have a TB pedal at this price is awesome. no it cant beat a $200 boutique pedal for qulaity but it can compete very close in tone to where if you A'B'd it you prob couldnt tell which one is on
Ive been playing 30 years and gig out 3 times a week semi pro. i rec this pedal to all my students and def would replace it if it were lost of stolen
never had any issues in the year that i had it
play blues and classic rock and with the SC-1 you can nail the BADGE break almost as well as EC does it.
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