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jaymzHal
Silver Member
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 01/05/2008 : 15:06:14
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My vintage Ibanez chorus turned up today, and what can i say other than fantastic. It's a stereo chorus but it doesn't bounce the sound around, one channel plays basically a bypassed signal and the other plays a more chorused effect that the mono chorus. The mono channel is surprisingly useable at even the most extreme settings. With the classic slow and deep ce-2 setting it sounds rich and plummy without sounding cheesy, but is also transparent and chiming (although the latter might have more to do with my maple necked tex-mex pickup toting stratocaster and fender pro junior amp  ). It sounded obviously thicker with my PRS tremonti humbuckers but still very nice. With the rate nob fully clockwise and the depth high as well i think it achieves a higher rate than the ce-2 because you can't seem to get that semi-vibrato sound (although maybe I need to fiddle round some more). At such high levels it does have something that i can't quite put my finger on, an obvious thickening of the sound that reminds me a little of the electro-harmonix "flerb" effect on the newer holy grails. I'm a little disappointed that the sound isn't bounced around but I think it might be very interesting going into a dd-20 or other fully stereo delay pedal, just have to buy one first ;) I think the most interesting sound coming out of it is with two leads attached, but only the effected lead going into an amp, the bypassed lead going nowhere. Once you get past halfway it sounds fantastically analog and oscillatory with a strong hint of ring modulation. All in all I highly recommend this pedal, and would almost go as far as to say it's better than the ce-2, but it has two distinct flaws - it takes two 9 volt batteries and I have no idea what power supply it takes, other than it must be 18 volts. The jack itself is smaller than a standard boss psu jack, and it says on the bottom requires ac-118 power supply. I've looked on the Ibanez pedal forums but they are nowhere near as good as the Bossarea forum  Someone asked the same question a few months ago and there have been no replies. Can anyone help?
Oh, also the pedal is in excellent condition, the LED is nice and bright and it cost me only a little over �20! |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
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Posted - 01/06/2008 : 03:42:12
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Hi jaymzHal
From your description, the CS-505 sounds like a cool pedal.
If you can, post up some pics of the CS-505,
some external & Internal pics, see if you can get some closeups of the
area around the PWR-in & where the wires go off to on the PCB.
We might be able to help you figure out, if the PWR-in socket is DC-in or AC-in.
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The jack itself is smaller than a standard boss psu jack, and it says on the bottom requires ac-118 power supply.
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ac-118 is a bit ambiguous, sounds more like the model number of the adapter.
Regards Dr. Bob
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visserman
Platinum Member
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Posted - 01/06/2008 : 17:07:06
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Hi Jay,
Like with any pedal, all of these sound slightly different. Why do I say this? Because you can not get the vibrato-sound. Well I can, I know just one of those things.
Okay 18 volt adaptor? No problem, use an old PC adaptor[make sure it outputs 18 volts], and get someone to change the plug. I have done this about 3 years ago, for mainly Pearl and Ibanez effects. Works like a treat!!
Ibanez pedals are great, and this one is good too! The phaser from the same series is great too!! Well all of them are really, and people who own them will agree on this.
N.B If you are unsure about adaptor I will post details later as to what kind of adaptor I use for this application.
I am sure some of the techincal guys around here will know more about this trick.
Cheers!! |
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jaymzHal
Silver Member
United Kingdom
297 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2008 : 12:39:59
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Hi Dr Bob, I'll get round to taking those pics soon. I think it is the model number because the old Tubescreamer says something like requires AC-19.
Visserman - thanks for the tip, but yes I am unsure about what adaptor you mean, could you further elaborate?
I think I'll try and get hold of a few more of the older Ibanez pedals, just got to make sure the ebay price is right
I wonder how different old pedals sound from each other compared to today, I've noticed some pretty noticeable differences in tone between Brand new ds-1's which rather surprised me.... |
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visserman
Platinum Member
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Posted - 01/14/2008 : 13:04:47
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HI Jay,
Sorry for late reply.
Okay you need an 18 volt adaptor, anyone will do but check: Polarity [the + and -] they are mentioned on the pedal, just as on the bosspedals. You also may need an adaptorplug, since the ibanezpedal uses a mini-jack one.
Overal it should be easy and straightforward. There are many universal adaptors around, but most of them will not give 18 volts. You may need to look at a specific 18 volt adaptor.
About the sound: Well when you use an adaptor your power is usually a little stronger, so that is why you can get some idea of the vibrato-sound. Think yours will do that as well.
About differences in sound of similar pedals: It is all in the parts, how parts have aged etc. etc. Many many posts on this one, and they are all glued in between other topics, as there are not many specific topics which deal with this as noone really knows why this is, you just get to know it as you use them. Not really an issue, more a personal touch in the exploration in sound. REally any pedal will sound fine, there is no such thing as a bad sounding DS1.
Okay hope this gives you some kind of idea.
Cheers. |
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