Chorus

Many other reviewers have the Blue model. I've never seen one. I bought a used black version on Ebay. It works pretty well, other than some slight crackle from the input jack. In my pedal board that goes away. It definitely sounds better than any digital chorus I've heard. I expected a richer and fuller sound from this chorus. I have a Ross Phaser Distortion pedal, and the Phaser is the best I've ever heard. The Ross Chorus pedal is better than most other chorus pedals I've tried, but I like my EH Small Clone a lot better. The Ross Chorus and the EH Small Clone are both on my pedal board, and together they create some very rich chorus ensemble sounds. I agree with a previous poster below, beyond the half way point the depth gives too much detune effect, which is the problem I have with most chorus pedals. I prefer a milder effect. All in all, though I was somewhat disapointed that this pedal doesn't live up to the hype, I am at least pleased with it. I play it through a 1971 Les Paul Custom into a Fender Twin or Fender Bandmaster. I still prefer the EH Small Clone over this pedal.

It lasted this long, but who knows. I live in New Orleans and have asked several good electronics tech's about fixing this pedal if it breaks. They all told me the parts are almost impossible to find, and schematics would help. There aren't a lot of these pedals around. Anything this old is a crap shoot - nothing lasts forever.

Two knobs, Rate and Depth.

They went out of business many years ago.

One of the better analog chorus pedals made, but I don't feel it lives up to the hype everyone has for it. For the price you have to pay for some of these on Ebay you can buy a good new boutique analog pedal with a warranty. And the boutique models I've heard sound better. Don't get me wrong, this pedals sounds good, but so do a lot of other analog chorus pedals, many sound better for the price you may have to shell out. I've seen these go for $200.00 and more on Ebay and Craigslist. That's a lot of money for a used pedal that you have to guess about it's remaining life. If you have to shell out more cash to get it repaired, if that is even possible, you may as well buy a new boutique pedal - with warranty. I like Ross pedals, I bought several back in the 80's when they were new and they still work very well. I got this chorus on Ebay recently. I just don't understand why everyone thinks they are better than they really are - and for the price. Oh, well I've always wondered why a company that made a decent product folded? Maybe because they started to cut corners and produced inferior pedals made in Taiwan that didn't stand up to the quality customers had come to expect from Ross. The original pedals were great. The reissues, like the black chorus I've got rather than the blue one; like the all white version of the Phaser Distortion as opposed to the original purple one; like the black Flanger as opposed to the original red one.

I use harmony central but this is the first time I am writing. I HAD TO WRITE ABOUT THIS VINTAGE ROSS CHORUS!!! Oh Man, what a sound!!----i have tried a few other chorus`s including the vintage boss ce-2, and i had a JC-120---those are both VERY nice chorus`s but this ROSS UNIT IS INCREDIBLE AND MORE THAN HANGS with those beautful effects. Very sweet shimmery chorus sound and incredible range within the unit even to an awesome uni-vibe-and swirly-leslie-like sound. Rate and depth control create the most impressive range of effects on this unit--rang of sound is where the ross exceeds the boss models.

I hope this is reliable as i think i will start crying if it breaks. It does seem sturdy and VERY well-built!

Very easy to use. 2 knobs--its all you need with this! THis is the vintage all-blue unit though i recently saw a black unit that looked much newer(?)...the blue model i have look vintage and the sound...ohh man...(see below)..

Not had to do anything with ross in this regard.

I bought this on ebay and played it for about an hour through my Orange Rocker 30 combo and am mesmerized by the sweet chorus and swirly range of vibrato sounds. Really the best I have heard!! Such and incredible piece of sound creation I cannot put it any better. I wanted to take the time to let my fellow musicians know what kind of incredible unit this is, and i just dont see much if anything on it--here on HC or anywhere for that matter. AN ABSOLUTELY OVERLOOKED GEM!

This is one seriously rich, analogue chorus, at times can even be too rich. I've used it for about for about 5yrs and during that time had the chance to A/B it with a variety of other units - Boss CE2, Elecro-Harmonix Small Clone, Visual Sound H2O, MXR Micro Chorus as well as various digital 'modelling' choruses and every time, without fail, I've been most impressed with the Ross. I love the CE2 but it's just too subtle, and the rate doesn't go fast enough to do anything approaching a decent Leslie sound whereas the Ross will do very fast, and very deep! Despite its age it's not at all noisy, and gives the tiniest of perceived volume boosts when engaged. With overdrive/distortion it can get almost flangey when depth is at maximum, but with lower depths you can get that shimmery, Boss chorus effect. I use it with a japanese Strat or Gibson semi (for those bad 70s Pat Metheny sounds) through Fender silverface amps and various other analogue pedals.

Solid as a rock. Even takes my 1Spot PSU without any hassle.

The only two knobs a decent chorus needs - rate & depth. Unless you max out the depth and rate you will not get a bad sound. This is one the black made in Taiwan models.

This must be one of the lost gems of chorusing. Forget your old or reissued EH, Boss, or MXR pedals and track one of these down. You will not be disappointed.