Maxon CS-550 Stereo Chorus pedale

Descrizione

With the CS550 Stereo Chorus, Maxon resurrect the old-school sound of a classic Boss CE1, giving you some tasty chorus packed with vintage, analogue warmth thanks to a circuit that mimics seventies-era Panasonic MN3207 Bucket Brigade IC chips. This chorus tank has an immediately deep and intense sound that's never in danger of getting too treble-heavy, far outstripping the notoriously sterile output of a lot of models built in the eighties. Set the effect speed in fine detail to shape a wide array of chorus effects and, since you also gain full control over the delay-time, you can even tweak this pedal to pull out a flanger-style effect. On the rear panel, a Blend pot has been mounted for setting the ideal wet-to-dry mix, but what really makes this little monster truly unique is the so-called 'spatial' effect. By pulling back the speed and depth pots to a low level and opening the delay time all the way up, you can make it sound like your guitar is doubled, resulting in bigger, weighted sound but then free of any modulated wobble.

Maxon

First born in the '60s, Maxon was initially busy producing pickups, but by the end of that defining decade, had already started dipping into the dynamic world of effects pedal development. Since they were mostly making pedals for other brands, when the '70s arrived, Maxon were building stompboxes almost exclusively for Ibanez. As such, many legendary Ibanez pedals are actually Maxon designed and made. The most renowned pedal from this period has to be the Ibanez Tube Screamer (also known as the Maxon 808 Overdrive). This partnership carried on well into 2002 when Ibanez and Maxon finally parted ways. Ever since, Maxon have been producing their own gear, under their own name, and some of their fresh pedals include versions of older Ibanez stompboxes - reissued, and re-stamped with the now-independent Maxon name.