Behringer ULTRA CHORUS UC200 Ultimate Stereo Chorus Effects Pedal, Yellow

There are many sceptics & cynics when it comes to FX Pedals, and to a degree rightly so.... Cast Iron vs Pressed Steel vs Plastic? Pay more for a high end name or risk a budget price and maybe be disappointed? Even snobbery creeps into instruments and effects... the old "Gibson, Fender... Squire or Johnson" syndrome....Well, when it comes to value for money and quality of sound, then Begringer wins hands down. Yes, they have moulded housings, but there are plenty of cars out there with moulded components all around them... if you want to damage one you can, but you'll need to drive into a wall at speed!Check out the price, listen to the quality of the effects Behringer produce and compare them to pedals four times the price. You won't be wasting your hard earned cash as I've learned the hard way.I've bought many effects units in many brands over the years including starting out with a DeArmond swell pedal & Vox Wah pedal back in the 70's, and in recent years Boss (expensive), Marshall (solid), Yamaha (versatile), Zoom (olay), Joyo (which are excellent), and Award-Session (awesome).... but none are as cost effective and functional as Behringer.They're as tough as old boots, easy to use, sound great & cost next to nothing in comparison to many brands, taking the risk out of buying & trying a pedal without throwing your money away.I now use their UC200 chorus, DD400 delay, TP300 tremelo, SM200 swell unit and the TU300 tuner.... even the AM400 acoustic pedal has found its place... alongside my incomparible Award-Session JD20 pre-amp and my trusty old Yamaha R100 reverb unit, but the JD20 cost me more new than the first six pedals mentioned added together! And that's the big difference.... now I'd only buy another brand if Behringer don't make an equivalent.... simplz....btw. I don't work for Behringer, I just use them!!!I hope this helps anyone wondering 'is it worth the risk'?.... it's a no brainer...

For a very small priceI this Behringer chorus pedal is very impressive. Sound wise it has great range and depth, pretty much everything I need from a chorus pedal. The control knobs are all very clear and simple to use and understand. Of course the plastic enclosure must contribute to the keen pricing but seriously, this unit is actually surprisingly tough. I think you would need to be deliberately brutal to damage any of these Behringer units.The stomp switch doesn't work like other metal box switches. There's a clever system where pressure applied to the springy foot lever is gently transfered via a rod to a microswitch on the circuit board.

This Ultra Chorus pedal is pretty good ,the sound is o.k not up there with he best of them but Hey ,it is a fraction of the price of the Electro Harmonix or Boss pedals, the only thing that lets all of these Behringer pedals down is the Horrible plastic cases, yes I will buy more from this manufacturer as the effects in themselves are pretty good but I just wish they would put them into a metal case even if they put the price up by a little, they would be such a better unit and I would not be too worried about dropping my size tens onto them and breaking them as I am every time I engage one of them now.

I've moved from an all-in-one modelling board to discreet pedals, and this is one of the first I bought to replace a chorus pedal I'd been borrowing off a pal. I am VERY impressed!Although the unit is built in plastic, which may put some hardened stompers off, I've found the unit to be very robust. I'm not heavy-footed, but I've had more than one occasion where I've almost missed a cue and had to step a bit heavy to be in time and the unit suffered no ill effect.This is pretty much a clone of the Boss CH-1 (IIRC) and seems to have the same controls. The sound is rich and full, and can get a bit dirty if that's what you're after. The bypass is buffered, which may not appeal to the purists, but I've not noticed any discernible downsides while using it.This is an absolute diamond of a pedal for this price.

Why get real? Well, because this pedal is incredible value for money. I used to play professionally, but nowadays I merely collect, customise, refurbish and rebuild guitars of various genres, and annoy my wife by keeping them all in our guest room! My current electric guitars are a custom built Les Paul, built from scratch by me, a Peerless Wizzard Hollow Body Jazz guitar, and a 1966 Gibson ES-335 TD - Ice Tea Sunburst, all of which are stunning to play. But, each one of them sounds so much better through this pedal, via professional Roland cables and through a a 35-year old Peavey Bandit 75 Watt Amp. The people who are criticising this product either have non-compatible hardware, or have been unlucky with the product delivered, or have expectations beyond what this excellent pedal can provide. I had expectations well below the performance of the pedal, and I’m totally blown away by how it has improved my set up. Clearly, I only play at home nowadays, and I couldn’t possibly comment on the performance of the pedal in stage contexts, but I can stress that for home or studio use, this is a great pedal for the money, and I will be buying more of this company’s products.

I have a few Behringer pedals and I'm pleased with all of them for the money. Unlike Boss etc., these pedals are made of plastic, but are sturdy enough. It's a little fiddly to change the battery, but I use mine on a pedal board with external power, so I don't use batteries. This Chorus is not as transparent as some more expensive units and, like Boss, does not have true bypass, so it does affect the tone a little. That said, the chorus is nice and I bought it for its stereo output.

Good value for money. Sound is as good as a boss within the normal range that I would use. The build quality is a little lower as it has a plastic body where boss are metal. Shouldn't be an issue unless you plan to stand on it or throw it at you drummer.