CHORUS-ONE CONTROL Little Copper Chorus ...when is a Chorus not ...mind blower!!!

 ONE CONTROL  LITTLE COPPER CHORUS 

$150.00 USD

Like many of this Japanese product this is designed by Bjorn Juhl. Famous for decades with his creative pedal designs. I have never been a big fan even although I have had two I find when he designs something typical like a MIAB it is rather average or he builds pedals that are more weird and unusable in a conventional sense. I feel many reviewers feel the same as this pedal has been out for a couple of years yet is totally under the radar. I was expecting in this case a conventional Chorus, very good but poor value for money as even the Chinese companies are offering pro sounding units for their still cheap prices and brand names are building pedals of equal quality with more usable features and a sound as good. 

This time I was in for a shock!!! This little box with 3 simple and typical looking layout is in my opinion... very, very different.

NUTS & BOLTS

Let me tell you the basic tech that makes this different. The usual modulation in a chorus is caused using a triangular wave form. As the name implies it creates a sharp boost with a quick decay and then repeats for the following cycle. Bjorn uses a sine wave round and smooth to the point of making that constant rhythmic pulse of the chorus disappear. Every time a Chorus modulation drops after a cycle you get a volume drop which thins out the sound on all Chorus pedals.. He cleverly fill that with a mid boost.

It pedal sounds like it has some complex logarithm voicing in a ambiance reverb pedal but it is all analog. The big deal is with a reverb pedal the sound  basically appears after you play a note or a cord. The units sound is married to your guitars sound so you are free to play virtually anything without the pedal dictating what will work and what will not but you get that ambiance like effect.

CONCLUSION 

This thing is total killer. Nothing sounds like it. Like the Uni-Vibe it a pedal that should have it's own name. If this pedal is a Chorus than a Uni-Vibe is a Phaser. Neither are true!. It is a really unique modulation pedal.

It also very hard to find. Most One Control dealers do not have them listed. Others have no stock.