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while there may be choruses that allow for more options, as this only has the depth switch and one knob, i think the simplicity plays in its favor, as the only 2 control options make the whole thing very streamlined and intuitive.

you can get a lot of mileage out of the two controls. while i dont use the depth switch often, i am very glad it is there. you can get some really cool and funky sounds out of it. and the ability to go from something subtler to more obvious with the rate knob is very welcome

my love for this pedal is definitely helped by how sleek it looks, as i think some of the best looking pedals out there are made by ehx.

absolute classic and cannot recommend enough.

I picked up the EM-101, reading it was often referred to a preset Juno 106 (or poor man's Juno 106). A 106 is well out of my league price rise so thought I'd give this a go. I wasn't initially that impressed by the EM-101 due to the restricted number of 24 presets. The bass patches were quite cool and some of the other presets may be useful for synthwave but overall, it had limited amount of configurability (as expected with a preset machine). As a positive, it is quiet (though a tiny bit smelly as it warms up) and importantly, it had a lot of potential due to the onboard chips - shared with some really high quality Roland synths of the time. Being dissatisfied, I tried out a mod (by Ryan - Plutoniq) that enabled CC control and this thing blew me away, especially for the price I paid. As a result, I wrote the EMMY1OH1 so that I could tightly configure the sounds (getting surprising levels of subs and highs), save my presets and work with the EM-101 in my DAW. I wrote a 128 preset bank for it and now, I love it. I do not have a Juno 106 and therefore cannot compare the sound but I can say that I do like the sound. From what I gather (I think this is correct), it's shaped by an analogue filter and analogue effects which gives it nice character. I can see it can also take an external input which I'm looking forward to trying out with the fantastic onboard chorus. I think the right EM-101s are possibly sleepers at current low prices. They're so cheap, I picked up a second. At some point, I'll record a video of the EMMY1OH1 to give you a flavour of my editor.

To see a video of the EMMY1OH1 - visit here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhFNlMe_4LY

Its my first proper guitar, after using an old peavey strat with terrible action and faulty electronics. The overall feeling of the guitar is great, the offset body is really comfortable, the finish of it is not boring its a pretty good combination of vintage white and the golden anodized pickguard. The sound is bright, i'd say its very versatile, it does good for me in indie rock / dream pop / bedroom pop, aswell as it has been widely used in alt rock and shoegaze. Its one of the best if not the best Squiers you can get, it is a cheap proper quality instrument, definetly recommend anyone who is looking for something not expensive yet robust and versatile.