Mr. Black Unveils New Mini Vintage Chorus Pedal

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BBD-style unit is based on classic Ensemble stompbox.

Portland, Oregon-based pedal maker Mr. Black has unveiled the Mini Vintage Chorus, a new stompbox modeled, the company says, “after the original late Seventies ‘Ensemble’ chorus that started it all”—the Boss CE-1.

The Mini Vintage Chorus boasts controls for mix, width and rate to deliver old-school BBD-style chorusing and true pitch-vibrato.

The handmade pedal has standard input and output jacks and runs on a 9V DC power supply.

The Mini Vintage Chorus is being offered for $99.95. 

For more information or to purchase, head to MrBlackPedals.com.

Richard Bienstock
Richard Bienstock

Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.

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