About Chorus Pedals

A chorus pedal is a second guitar, slightly late and slightly detuned, mixed with the dry note so a chord sounds wider than one amp. Slow, it is a 12-string shimmer. Faster, it is a swirl that sits next to vibrato. Analog BBD boxes have that warm, slightly seasick edge. Stereo deluxe chorus makes the room feel like two speakers. Uni-Vibe is the rotary cousin: more throb than sparkle. This page is that width, from a dedicated Walrus chorus to a modulation machine that keeps chorus as one program.

If you want volume on a pulse, see tremolo pedals. For swirl, wander phaser pedals.

How to Choose

• Stereo analog chorus and vibrato: the Walrus pair, one deluxe and one compact. The Julianna or the Julia V2.
• Modulation machine: chorus plus phaser, tremolo, rotary, and more. The Walrus Mako M1.
• Chorus with delay: analog repeats and chorus in one box. The EHX Nano Deluxe Memory Man.
• Tri-voice chorus: three chorus voices you can stack or split. The EarthQuaker Aurelius.
• Uni-Vibe / rotary feel: more throb than 80s shimmer. The MXR Uni-Vibe.
• Compact analog: a single chorus you leave on. The Westminster Chrysostom, the MXR Analog Chorus, or the Walrus Fundamental Chorus.

Where Most Players Start

• Walrus Mako M1: six modulation programs including chorus, for players who want the whole width family in one box.
• Walrus Julianna: stereo analog chorus and vibrato that makes chords breathe.
• Walrus Julia V2: the analog chorus that still makes people grin on a clean chord.
• EHX Nano Deluxe Memory Man: analog delay, chorus, and vibrato, for players who want repeats and width together.
• EarthQuaker Aurelius: three chorus voices, for width that is more than one detuned copy.
• MXR Uni-Vibe: chorus and vibrato in the Uni-Vibe neighborhood, throb instead of sparkle.
• MXR Analog Chorus: a compact analog chorus, the always-on shimmer in an MXR.
• Walrus Fundamental Chorus: Walrus voicing in a smaller footprint, for movement that never argues with the vocal.

Browse the chorus pedals below and pick the one that sounds like the record in your head.