Nice review, especially comparing the switch popping and background noise. All the pedal reviews should add it!

Thanks for this great demo, Used to Boss Pedals but looking at different brands for each type of effect and from this shootout I really like the Walrus Julia

thanks for the review. this was really clarifying to me: boss and analog mxr are my favorites.

It's great to hear the background noise comparison, very nice review!

This is an amazing and thorough comparison, btw. Thank you for doing this!

Hi from 2022! Just found this video and it is the best chorus comparison video I've seen on KZfaq. Good variety and very good explanation of each. I'm looking for a good chorus pedal right now, and I have the opportunity of buying either the Julia or the Mxr stereo chorus for 100 bucks. I like both, but I think I'm going to get the MXR stereo, sounds a little more "solid" as an effect imo. I totally agree with you on that the Julia enhances your tone, but it is a darker chorus effect.

The Walrus Audio sounds incredible but I love the EQ abilities on the MXR Stereo Chorus!

Nice comparison again Mike! While I find it difficult to choose a definite favourite out of these, I want to say I was very pleasantly surprised by that Julia pedal.

Did a session recently and the group I was recording for loved the sound I was getting with the Micro Chorus, definitely a fantastic under the radar unit

I love the WAZA! you get a kind of flanger sound out of it that I love!! it nails all those classic sounds from the 80s!! Queen, Johnny Marr, Police etc. I use to have the micro chorus but sold it! you find it bugs you over time with its limits!! I also own a classic Guyatone chorus which sounds lovely! BUT sadly it has an annoying miss in the background that stopped me from using it on stage!! now if I was to choose a chorus from this video that I don't own, I would grab one of the MXR pedals, probably the blue one

Great video though I havent had yet the pleasure of using the Julia and MXR Stereo Choruses, though peronally for what I have used, I still have alot of fun every single time I play yhe MXR Analog Chrous! Super easy to control and I love the High/Low frequency controls (if thats what it is referred as) I just find it very natural, full and lush though the Julia appears to share alot of similarities with it! MXR Analog Chorus is also probably one of the most inexpensive aswell!✌🎸

This comparison video rules. Thank you!❤️

some things i dont believe got mentioned were that the big MXR Stereo Chorus is 18 Volt and the Boss Chorus is a Buffered pedal it works great in a line of pedals or a Buffered effects loop like Mesa Boogie because it will bring back some of the highs it does not even have to be on to do so

Chorus pedals shouldnt be yellow

Great review! I like how you tested the background noise and how much noise the switches made! I like that the MXR Stereo Chorus pedal is yellow. To me it is a good looking pedal.

Thanks for taking the time to do this - it's a super helpful video. I thought the CE-2W Waza Craft was the most unique. At times it sounded more like a flanger and at other times like the slow setting of a rotary speaker simulator. Very nice, but not a chorus sound to my ears. And I actually liked the fattening quality of the Stonefish, but I can totally see how it would not be welcome if you want your original tone unchanged. Really enjoyed this video. Thanks!

What a fascinating comparison. I came in pre-biased thinking the old MXR Stereo Chorus would be the winner but quickly ended up loving the Julia and Stonefish. The flattest to me was Mooer but once it was cranked up more it came alive. The MXR Stereo Chorus seemed to have a tinny, flanged area that it rested on in part of the phasing between cycles that I didn't like as much but that could also be that it wasn't in stereo mode. All in all it was very eye opening, thank you!

Great review, especially with the rare coverage of both physical and electrical noise, but what a pity there was no stereo for those pedals, as the subtle complexity and stereo width of some chorus pedals is key to so many classic recordings.

great video , i love that Julia ,i got a gold color v2 last week and i think its safe to say its become my favorite pedal i own haha

It's good to hear the switch noise comparison. I demoed the Julia today and it sounds fantastic, but...that switch is a killer, especially when it's going to be going through reverb and delay and then blasted through my amps. It's put me on the fence between it and the CE-2W.

Based on your review, I purchased the MXR Stereo Chorus. It sounds like a dream! Thank you Miike!

Thanks Mike, nice comparison. You should have given the mooer a little more time. Its not a digital imitation as you said. It is a real analog chorus just like the mxr analog chorus. 9mA current draw. Digital pedals draw anywhere between 100 and 300mA or more. You wrote it off too quickly. Mooer = True bypass, analog, no noise or hiss, doesn't boost-just comes on in a subtle fashion not changing the eq of the guitar, doesnt get brittle so no need for tone controls or fix its, level control allows very usable subtle chorus sounds for pros, least expensive, smallest......It kills them ALL in EVERY category except soft switch. I`m glad somebody still uses their brain. 60 bucks. I`m all over it. One of these days company's will start listening to musicians and just start making ALL their pedals true bypass with soft switches. When the distortion comes on everything changes and magnifies the weaknesses in pedals. I am not a chorus fan because most chorus pedals went digital and change the entire sound of your guitar, usually brittle high end not to mention brittle buffers and boosts that you are stuck with. Awful !!

MXR analogue then Julia both really nice sounding chorus pedals the boss is nice too

A very systematic approach! Congratulations!

Very good explanation of the pedals. Thank you

This is an awesome comparison. No unnecessary talking!! Still can’t decide whether to trade my CE-2w for a Julia or not…

1 - J U L I A ! ! ! 2 - Waza !

Nice review and one of the best ones too!

¡Great video man! ¡Very helpful! Cheers from Argentina :)

Julia is the coolest. MXR Analog is my second choice here. Great comparison by the way.

MXR Micro does have problems but the sound is more flange-like than the others which is cool. the stone Fish does change the sound but I like the mellowing effect when it does. i do use a slower rate than the Boss allows. Would be curious to hear more fiddling with the Julia's "Lag" control. My first pick for sound might be the MXR Stereo but the pedal board issue steers me toward the Julia or MXR Analog. Great video!

Good review! Your click/noise test at the beginning is brilliant and should be required in all pedal reviews. Can you tell me what kind of patch cables you are running? I really like the flat profile of the connectors.

Very good review. My favs are 1-Boss ce2w, 2-MXR M134, 3-Walrus Audio.

Great video! Great comparison!

I bought a Boss CE2w a few months ago. It’s the best chorus I’ve owned. My last chorus was the Micro Chorus, simple one knob but it sounds fantastic, for the price and tone, the micro chorus is probably the best bang for buck if you just need a good quality straight up analog chorus sound.

I have the MXR Micro Chorus and it boosts the signal big time. i just purchased the Analog Chorus today and looking forward to trying it out. To me in this demo the Boss sounds the absolute best.

Waza ce-2 and mxr analog and the julia sounded great to me. slight difference in all 3 but i'm sure you wouldn't be able to tell if gain was added.

Good review if he would have had a Red Witch it would have covered all that I was looking at, nice job!

Great video. Thank you.

gran video!!gracias!!

Great comparison. I was hoping you would turn them all on at the same time though.

I have owned an original Boss CE-2 and I currently own the MXR Stereo Chorus and the MXR Micro Chorus among others that are not in this review. But, although you dismissed the Micro Chorus because of noise I have never had this issue and due to it’s simplicity and great sound it is one of my favorites as I do not have to tweak it endlessly.

Now that's how a pedal review should be presented....BOSS is still king when it comes to Chorus.

Hey, love what you are doing here. I prefer the MXR Stereo Chorus, it is true Stereo. I have the Boss CH1 great chorus. The issue with the Boss when run in stereo, the A channel is "dry" the B channel is the Chorus. Switch noise is an interesting thing to compare. Personally if someone steps on a pedal, the switch click doesn't bother me. Old School studio with an amp and microphone, makes a difference then. We do everything direct wire in now.

What a difficult decision, in the end I choose the MXR Stereo Chorus. I like the darker sound better, I like the new chorus sounds but I don't feel like I will use them too much, they are too watery and bright, plus the stereo function and its EQ function for the wet signal with the bass filter for the chorus , I think it is a very useful chorus, at least for me. Thank you very much for the video, it helped me a lot in making this decision.

Great comparison, your clean ambient playing is also vary similar to mine which helps. I've always wanted the famed mxr analog chorus and after this I still do but I really liked the boss, stereo chorus, and the Julia. I'd be happy with any of them. Currently the only cheap pedal I own is my Nux chorus which is probably a boss copy but it gets the job done. Actually I also have another less expensive pedal a Moore triangle buff fuzz pedal which was about $55 so it's the next cheapest pedal on my board but it sounds great. The triangle buff which is a real (not simulated) copy of the triangle muff really surprised me. It sounds great and I definently recommend it if you need a fuzz on a budget. I get way better tones out of it than any video I've seen on KZfaq and it's way more versatile than I thought it would be. The only cons being, since it's a micro pedal which is great if like me you have a ton of pedals and always have to leave some out or daisy chain multiple pedals in one hub of your power brick but since it's a micro pedal the tone an volume are PCB mounted. Although it's very common with that type of pedal it's still a con but the rest of the pedal is very solid in an all metal enclosure. The only other con is the volume, there is plenty volume with on tap but the volume has to be about 3/4 or a little less for unity volume but like I said there is plenty volume if you want it. And I should also mention the triangle muff it is copying also has the same volume dynamic although slightly less pronounced. But even with those two caveats the Mooer Triangle Buff is certainly worth $40-$60. I had planned on using it temporarily until I could afford to spend money for a real triangle muff or an op amp reissue muff (I like both but the triangle is my favorite) but after using it awhile I've decided my money would best be spent on other things as the triangle buff with or without a boost from a ts9 tube screamer gets my all the fuzz tones I really need. I can also use my proco rat 2 if I want a little more mid heavy fuzz tone. But I should mention that the triangle muffs have less mids which is a huge part of their tonal identity so if you need them to fit into a mix an cut better boosting it with a mids heavy pedal like the TS9 tube screamer works incredibly. It adds in mids but doesnt really change the origional tone, just gives it more ability to be heard in the mix.

found out recently that the micro chorus actually is quieter in front of the amp.. its a weird thing, but dont put it in the effect loop and its just brilliant

Wow that MXR Analog Chorus is so transparent. No color at all. Which is good to know But that CE-2w has the nicest color to it. Julia is pretty cool too

Which chorus are you using now or did you decide on? I have owned these in the video and Mobius, a few others and realize the best analog chorus pedal is Tech 21 Boost Chorus! Great tone options / knob, width, no noise, warm and can boost your signal when you running overdrive in front of it if you want. Finally done with my 6 month search of 10 plus chorus pedals!!

I like the MXR Micro, no surplus knobs to fiddle with.

excelente video gracias

I like all the sounds. I have the micro chorus and like it set to around 2 o’clock just before it gets all Leslie like.

Nice comparison, thanks I'll stick with my blue MXR without any hesitation

FINALLY!!! A youtuber who considers noise an issue. THANK YOU!!!

The boss has the most lush and rich chorus, but the mxr micro chorus has a very satisfying mid hump that makes it stand out.

I wish Julia was a stereo pedal. It would probably be my favorite if it was. I wish the EHX Small Clone was in the line up just so I could hear it compared to the others.

MXR hands down for that beautiful subtle chorus

Great video man

I was able to p/u a Indyguitarist modded Boss CS-1 used. And I wish I could hear it in this group. See if it competes. Cause it great to me I guess.

I finally figured out how to true bypass the mxr m234 (modern surface mount version). It's not at all easy like a normal true bypass mod. I love buffered bypass pedals when they are done right. But the mxr always sucked tone even in bypass, it no longer sucks tone at all as a true bypass pedal. I've also owned the stonefish (shortest amount of time I've had any pedal ever). I noticed the same issue of it changing the tone in a way that made everything sound too full/dark(sounded bad with extended range guitars and humbuckers, only liked it with singles). If there was a better way to dial that syranfe eq effect out into a more typical chorus tone i would have liked the stonefish much better. I've been building pedals for years and ive been through a lot of chorus pedals. At this point I think I'm just going to build a ce2 clone with buffered and true bypass options and a vibrato (kill dry) type mode. The mxr isn't bad (once you fix the buffer sucking tone by true bypassing and I'm only the 2nd person I know of whos ever pulled off true bypassing it) but the boss is still superior. The high and low cut knobs are just that btw, cuts. They don't boost, they are completly passive controls that only take away highs or lows respectively. The reason the m234 is such a pain to true bypass is that your working around tiny and packages and the slightest slip of the iron can and will remove a cap or resistor etc. and putting them back without a rework station is a p.i.t.a. And the 3pdt switch won't fit until you still a new hole over the lettering below the stock dpdt switch hole. You don't need a 4pdt like everyone says cause the led operates on Millineum Bypass so it still functions normally after the mod. I also didn't have any pop at first but I went back in to hot glue the new wires on the cob for tension relief and the coupling capacitor that went from input hot to ground lifted from the hot glue heat and I don't have any spare 10uf caps (other than electrolytics) right now but as long as you don't make that mistake there won't be switch pop. Also they use shitty lead free solder on the board to be rohs compliant probably so removing the input and output jacks long enough to clip the tip leg and reinstall is a nightmare. Once I finally figured out where main input and output, pcb in an pcb out, fx signal and signal ground were all located then knowing what needed to go where was the easy part (and compared to most true bypass mods that part was actually a pain on the was as well). But now it functions as before but will still pass signal with no power and doesn't suck highs/level when in bypass. If anyone is interested in doing this mod just message me and I'll get you the link to the info that finally made it possible for me to figure it out(do not attempt unless your good with a soldering iron and you have a good variable temp solder station with a solder pump and desoldering braid plus knowledge of how to trace pcb's in case you need to trouble shoot). I had to troubleshoot cause the ribbon wore at the top of the pedal is very flimsy and thin and two of its wore separated from the board after I had been working on the underside of the PCB which meant bending the ribbon back and forth a few times. It wasn't a difficult fix but again it was a pain in the ass. And a perfe t example why I don't like SMD pedals. Builders want you to believe they are just as good which is bullshit. Even with a good rework station modding and repairing SMD pedals is much more time consuming and difficult than through hole pedals/boards. Plus the smaller SMD components are delicate and no where near as durable as through hole components. Plus I just like the feel of being able to hold each through hole components on my hand and easily trace the path of pcb's by following the components which again is possible with SMD but takes so much more concentration. SMD boards are just another way that manufacturers can save a buck and take the control of modding/fixing the device away from the consumer. I have every intention of continuing to work on SMD pedals and get better at working with SMD components but I'll always choose through hole over SMD whenever possible.

I have gone through a few chorus pedals and my favourite is the Waza CE-2 and DC-2. Use to own a micro Chorus but found it annoying as your always stuck with the same sound, not saying it’s bad but shame it has no depth control :) the stereo MXR would be a nicer choice. To be honest, they all sound nice apart from that tiny blue one, sounds tiny :)

I have the mxr 234, and I can say that it was used wrong. His low and high controls work as a low pass and high pass filter, so his flat would be at 10 and not like it is in the video, this changes a lot in the final sound. The same with the volume knob, its flat would be at 10, so the other pedals that do not have a volume knob are at maximum volume, that is, at 10

So which one is the best? The MXR analog had the least noise, so that's a huge factor for me.

A bit off the wall but despite owning lots of chorus pedals including many of the above the one on my board is a cheap NUX "yellow thing" , dunno what it is that makes it attractive to my ear. Having said that it's not a pedal I tinker with, found its sweet spot ages ago and it's been on those settings since.

would have liked to hear the Corona and an ibanez in there, just for comparison as these are the most sold on the market

Great shootout video thank you I own the mxr micro chorus and that boost it gives I can't stand it it's a decent pedal but looking back add 40 50 more dollars you can get a way better pedal

Stereo Chorus wins IMO. Waza CE-1 is great too.

I have a Julia and the boss waza. I am using the boss most of the time.

Great demo.

I think you did a great job comparing. If I had the time (and I don’t), i think ALL pedal reviews would be 1000% better, if the reviewer: A. Played chords and single notes B. Played a Marshall a Fender and a VOX C. Played clean and dirty. The truth about pedals is technique, amp, single coils vs humbuckers makes a whole lotta difference

CE-2 all day

The Mooer and the Mxr will sound more like the Boss CE2 if you max the effect level

Clear winners are Julia and CE-2w... Not sure why the MXR Stereo Chorus is included?

The MXR Micro might have the most noise and noisy switch but it seems to sound the nicest.

Nice Comparison. I Love Chorus. In this Video the Boss Waza and the Julia were the Best Sounding. MXR Micro Sounded good (huge volume bump when engaged) = dealbreaker for me. MXR analog chorus (very weak). I also Love the: Analogman Bi-Chorus, The Tortuga Martini, The Boss Waza Dimension C, and #1 The Free the Tone Tri-Avatar (is what Im using = phenomenal) also the Shiva Little Wave for that 80's Rack Chorus.

I run the MXR Stereo into a Hall Fame 2 in stereo then out to two amps. It will make you smile.

16:34, I'm sold

Wow, the 2 yellow mxrs have different volume!!

I have the MXR Stereo and thought it sounded good, but after hearing the Julia, it kicks the MXR's butt.

Definitely prefer the sound of the Micro Chorus, but that slight volume bump is a little weird

well done MacDuff , thorough comparison *

Low cost of pedals , sound , plays super...feels.good.....warmth own minds.

🐮 Mooer sounds bloody good! 🐄

CE-2 still rules. Wish they didn't cost so much or I'd replace my CH-1 in a second.

All the good , all the pedals had it own player's. Like to enjoy. The games.of sounds....( great, good, and low values....had fun

i have ensemble chorus... now i want change my pedal!

One man's listen. One man's show....all are good.kept....

Супер. Я такого охеренного сравнения ещё не видел . спасибо.

That Julia sounds nice

Great shootout mate. I wish you could compare the Analogman Mini Chorus (with mix knob) and the CMATMODS Analog Chorus with couple of these pedals as well. Those two pedals are the ones I'm really excited about. Cheers!

I own the micro chorus and I really like it right now

I’ve had the micro chorus for about 10 years now. Always thought there was something about it that didn’t sit quite right. I really loved the wax’s-craft pedal but they’re over $300+tax here in Canada and not much saving on the used market. Have you tried a JHS emperor?

Best comparison! Julia wooww

Chorus Heaven❤

Mxr analog.. best chorus, and least noise

Is there a way to fix the background noise with the Julia ?

How did u fix the tone sucking problem of MXR Analog Chorus?

Were you disappointed that some pedals had to have their volume cranked. I haven't found one that will keep pace with my other pedals. Do I really need to decrease the levels on the other pedals? Thanks.

Look away for a moment and then it becomes a game of "find the chorus pedal"

Neunaber Tri-Chorus is the most advanced Chorus ive heard 4 now but the Warlus is handsome