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Gear
STOMPBOX FEVER
MXR Micro Chorus
and Micro Flanger
MXR MICRO CHORUS
KUDOS Sweet sounding chorusing. Excellent
speed range. Small footprint.
CONCERNS Noisier than expected.
CONTACT (707) 745-2722; jimdunlop.com
MXR MICRO FLANGER
KUDOS Excellent range of classic sounding
flange effects. Small footprint.
CONCERNS None.
CONTACT (707) 745-2722; jimdunlop.com
MXR MICRO CHORUS
With its lone Rate control, the Micro Chorus ($79 street) is as butt simple as it
gets. This updated reissue of the ’80s-era
pedal features a die-cast metal enclosure,
true-bypass switching with an LED indicator, and a 2.1mm adapter jack for use
with an optional AC adapter. The Micro
Chorus ships without a battery, and
installing one requires removing the four
screws that secure the bottom cover. The
MC’s bucket-brigade circuit delivers rich,
chewy chorusing over a range of speeds
that allows for everything from crawling
pitch modulation to a blurry whirr that’s
reminiscent of the Doppler effect produced by a rotary speaker. The MXR folks
have the voicing spot-on for most chorusing needs, so if you like the ease of
use afforded by only having to think about
how fast the effect goes, you’ll dig what
the Micro Chorus has to offer.
MXR MICRO FLANGER
As with its aforementioned sibling, the
Micro Flanger ($89 street) is armed with
a basic feature set that also includes truebypass switching, a status LED, and a
2.1mm adapter jack. And here too, the
bucket-brigade circuitry is well implemented, allowing the Micro Flanger to
pump out everything from subtle, phaserlike sounds to the swooshy over-thehorizon effects that you get from high
settings of the Regen control. Although
the effects produced here won’t match
the variety or intensity of those produced
by the four-knob MRX Flanger or the
even more extreme ADA Flanger (i.e. no
faux steel-drum sounds, etc.), the Micro
Flanger sounds great no matter where
you set the controls and is perfectly tuned
to embellish rhythm or lead parts with
psychedelic swirl or to cover the signature flange sounds on classic rock hits of
the ’70s and ’80s, including, of course,
“Unchained.” Thanks to its simplicity
and superb sonics, the Micro Flanger is
ideal for those who want a no-fuss way
to get their flange on. This pedal receives
an Editors’ Pick Award —Art Thompson-
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