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phostenix
Gold Member
USA
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 Posted - 01/25/2006 : 19:17:56
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HI Astatine,
Which way did you turn the CE2 pot and how much? I have an MIT version and am willing to mess around with it. Just want to get some ideas as it's quite a personal preference. Thanks
The trimpot on a CE-2 is there to set the bias voltage for the BBD chip midway between ground & 9v. It is not an adjustment to make the chorus sound different as much as it is an adjustment to allow the biggest (guitar) signal possible to go through the BBD without being clipped. I've seen alot of people claim that you play around with to get your MIT CE-2 sound like a MIJ CE-2. While it IS true that moving this trim pot off where it should be will make the chorus sound weaker, and eventually kill the chorus sound altogether, it does not, in and of itself, make the chorus deeper or fuller, etc. It just makes it so that you can put the hottest signal possible into the BBD without it getting clipped and, therfore, sounding distorted.
The best way to set that pot is with an oscilloscope, but it can be "ballparked". If you have a guitar with hot pickups or a clean boost pedal, you can use that to set the level. Strum some big power chords and tweak that pot for minimum distortion. This is a whole lot easier with a 2nd person. 
Grace and peace,
Steve
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