Harley Benton Classic Chorus Reviews

Nice chorus effect

I use a lot of chorus in my music and have found this pedal offers a nice variation to my EHX Small Stone and Boss CE-20 pedals. It has it's own character which I personally like. It's build quality feels solid with a nice heavy metal outer case and the knobs feel good and sturdy. Batteries seem to last quite a long time with the pedal also.

Very nice chorus

I am very pleased With this pedal.

You get what you pay for here.

At such a modest price I wasn't expecting much from this pedal, and it suits my needs in a live environment most of the time, but unfortunately I'll probably return or pass it on soon.

The casing and graphic are nice, and the controls easy to use, but the 'rate' doesn't really make a difference except around the 8-10 mark. I find it difficult to hear any chorus on my guitar unless I crank the rate up, so it's sort of all or nothing. Also, the pedal seems to suck away some bottom end so using bass through this isn't a good idea, and guitars will sound a little thinner than usual.

I love this Chorus pedal

I was putting together a second pedal board and like a bit of chorus but did not want to spend too much on a pedal. The classic chorus is 30 euro so I gave it a shot. Wow am I glad I did. This is a great sounding pedal. Does what its name suggests. I love it.

Just Classic

You just can't get a bad sound out of this pedal, truly the controls are set, I would say within the 'sweet' spot of a classic chorus. So even with the rate and width at full it's a usable effect. From light 'chorusing which just lets your chords 'sparkle' to heavy or maybe better described as 'light flanging' at the top end, but all usable. from Dave Gilmore to Neal Schon lead tones, just great stuff. Price just makes you smile all the more when you hear the sounds. Robust little case. wouldn't like to test the chicken head knobs for strength if they got knocked, but I try to keep my pedals on a board and cased anyway. And 'true' by pass, not just effect off. Great! Quick edit The above was with my (shall we say) ST style guitar, single coil PUP's, when I switched to humbuckers I felt that the sound was...... Not muted,I think dark is the word I'm looking for. I personally felt the classic chorus would benefit from a 'tone' control for HB PUP's for the best results. I kept wanting to turn the treble up. Could be just me.

Very Good

A solid pedal despite its price, in hard metal case, it seems to handle the foot stomps very well. The knobs, though light plastic, turn lovely. The sound is of course not the one from a Japanese Boss CE-2, but it sounds very damn good: a warm chorus that oscillates nicely, plus it's got only two knobs, which ease its tuning.

Yes it is blue and white, yes it has drawings of muscular men posing, and it's not from a name brand. BUT it is a good purchase that does its job surprisingly good for its price. 10/10 would buy again

does what it says

classic chorus sound

very easy to use

sounds like any other chorus with same amount of features

I don't dig the three bodybuilders on the casing but what can i do

Not true bypass , so look out

you wil have a higher output even at ground zero (all pots down) and once turned on it will still give you the classiky chorus sound , which is alright if u want it

buttons are not that milk white , more like cheap plastic colour but doesn't matter a

same sound as a lot of double-the-price pedals

Just to start off with, I've never owned any other Chorus pedals to compare this one to, but I've utilised the chorus effect within my Marshal head unit and via my recording DAW so I am familiar with the effect in general.

I've been using this pedal now for a few weeks, and so far I've not had a single problem with it. It's still fully working, the button itself is very accurate and the true bypass is as true as it could be.

I find the chorus to be a very lush sound; both the rate and width seem to effect the sound all the way up to 100%, rather than some pedals which stop after about 50% and do no further. On the most extreme settings, it sounds horrific; but that's expected, so it does it's job well here (if that's the sound you want).

My personal settings usually have a low rate and a medium width (or the reverse of that), which adds a nice slice of chorus without effecting the tone to the point where it sounds out of tune.

My only critisism is that it does appear to be more "spacey" that I'd like, but that is the very nature of the chorus pedal and for the price you pay this is a fantastic all around pedal.

Nice cheap chorus

A simple little chorus pedal with nice sound.

No humming, easy handling, I'm really glad I bought it.

The only thing bothering me is that it seems to boost the volume a teeny-tiny bit but it's not really noticeable.

All in all great value for the money.

Not perfect but nice for the price

This pedal does have a nice warm chorus effect and I wanted to like this pedal a lot but it had three issues: first, it lowers the signal between the guitar and amp a bit more than a single pedal should and rolls off the high end of the tone when in bypass; second, it adds a bit more white noise than I would expect - not just as a general hum as it is otherwise quiet - but to the background of the chorus effect. I didn't notice this at first as I originally set it up in my pedal board going through a loud and somewhat noisy tube amp. But it's quite present when isolated going through a clean channel on my solid state practice amp; third; it wasn't able to run at full power when using a battery (new 9V with full charge). The biggest issue for me though was the volume/tone when on bypass. Given the price though, its an alright pedal.

Brilliant chorus pedal! A must for any pedalboard.

First off if you are considering buying this pedal but you are worried about structural integrity and whether it sound good or one, don't be worried as Harley Benton are more or less like Joyo of which replicate and produce a lot of extremely good pedals to the quality of the big brands such as Ibanez,Boss and EHX. Although this pedal doesn't offer a lot of features it is far from bad, in fact it is extremely good,both knobs are very responsive and you can notice a difference in the sound with even the slightest of adjustments. The structural integrity of this pedal is brilliant, the case is a good and solid metal, the switch does not feel like its going to break and the battery compartment is nice and sturdy. Sound wise this pedal is amazing, it is a really nice crisp chorus of which doesn't diminish any guitar tone so you get a wonderful chorus effect. This is an absolute must if you need a decent chorus but don't want to break the bank, in fact i would strongly recommend any of the Harley Benton pedals as from what i have seen/tried they are all extremely well built and sound ace.

Great Value Pedal

Love these Harley benton pedals. Inexpensive compared to mainstream brands so you can try loads of them but they still sound and perform great.

Nice usable Chorus pedal that sounds good on it's own and works well with other pedals and has a true bypass. What's not to like at this price.

Chorusy okayness

This is an ok pedal nothing wrong, nothing special good value for money nice and sturdy although the power input is in an annoying place if you are using on a pedal board (right next to the input), like i said its nice and solid its sounds okay its fine. If you have never had a chorus pedal its a great entry point.

This one is REally good!!

This one is really good Chorus!! For those playing CLean tone? try to add this chorus for a very reasonable price it will give you a nice warn and clean sounds.

For beginners and professional used. you dont have to spend more money for chorus this one really works fine..

harley benton classic chorus

again i bought this classic chorus to replace one i had a boss one lets just say iwhen i used the boss pedal i would loose a lot of bass through my strings when i switched it off the sound would be fine so i thought id give this pedal a try with its true bypass feature well it doesnt have all the features that the boss has but i prefer this one the sound is much better no major tone bass loss which i like the switch is strong i like it and il be using it for the price its a steal

Great Pedal

This would be a great pedal if it cost 3 or 4 times more than it did. Great for chiming clean tones or for thickening up drive sounds in the style of Rush's Alex Lifeson

Cheap? No-reasonable

Harley Benton, some people love it, some people hate it. But in the last couple of yeears HB improved it's quality and this Chorus is a good example of this change. The pedal is made out of solid metal and is coloured sky blue which kinda looks nice. There are not THAT many features, only two knobs, but to be honest, this is enough. The two pots (rate and width) can take you from a soft, shimmering chorus to a big sounding "orchestral" chorus sound, which will be more than you will ever need.

Who says you need to pay a lot of money to sound great?

Good working friend

This Classic Chorus works excellent for 80's and 90's music. There are no unnecessary or complicated features. Just two knobs and in less than a second you got the sound you want. The metal housing seems to have a good quality. I have not tested it yet but im sure that dropping this effect won't harm it anyway.

All in all i would not miss this pedal. I use it quite often and even if i want to mellow the sound a bit. go and buy this little helper. You won't regret it!

Anologish chorus

A rather good and warm sounding chorus. But don't expect trebly brilliance. The Width knob/potentiometer broke down just after a few days and made the chows pretty useless.

Chorus

has the perfect sound to play Metallica like Nothing Else Matters, One, Fade to Black, etc.. the sound quality is amazing. the price is the best of this deal!

this little monster still has a place on my pedalboard, with the Boss's, Dunlop, FX, Polytune.