Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble
The CE-5 Chorus Ensemble is BOSS' ultimate compact chorus pedal, covering a wide frequency range and featuring high- and low-cut filters. This lets users create any kind of chorus effect--from a mild, natural chorus to the clear and penetrating st... read more
Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble
A pair of Boss pedals—an OC-3 Super Octave and CE-5 Chorus Ensemble—complete his onstage stomp box selection." Normally I use chorus for ... more
Zakk Wylde talks about his CE-5 Chorus at 2:42 by saying, "And then I got the Boss Chorus pedal over here right now...It just fattens thi... more
The CE-5 Chorus Ensmble can be seen in Jerry Cantrell’s pedalboard at (5:32) in this premier guitar Rig Rundown. more
Reviews
Trusted musician and artist reviews for Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble
Based on 32 Reviews
amazing boss chorus pedal
This is an amazing chorus pedal from boss. It has a nice soft-fairy-jingly sound, really I cannot describe it. An amazing pedal overall.
The Survivor
The second pedal I owned. I've been playing guitar for over seven years now, instruments, amplifiers, and pedals have all come and gone. This one always stayed. Just a damn good pedal. I keep almost all the knobs at 1 o'clock.
Used and Abused
I purchased mine second hand and could tell it had seen a lot of use. Well, Boss builds some amazing tank of pedals because it still works and is AWESOME! Excellent Chorus pedal! I had a choice between the Chorus Ensemble and the Super Chorus. Glad I went with the Ensemble!
An instant classic among artist, comes with two outputs (mono), you can split between to amps, one with the effect and the other non affected, you can dile in just about every posibility there is with this baby.
An instant classic among artist, comes with two outputs (mono), you can split between to amps, one with the effect and the other non affected, you can dile in just about every posibility there is with this baby.
Somewhere between okay and legendary
It can be on the subtle side, but I doubt it can't cover the most desired chorus sounds. It does really well at adding body and character to your singing lead tones and clean arpeggios. Can only be slightly better or slightly worse than the other Boss choruses out there. It does the job well, and it's the first pedal that felt like a desert island pedal to me.
Boss is the best for Chorus pedals
From Ch1 to CE5 there's no a bad chorus pedals in the history of boss. The CE5 is a summary of decades of experience of boss, the EQ section is very responsive that allows you to change from a crystal shiny chorus to a warm and liquid tone. In my opinion it has nothing super bad and nothing super good but it works for every sound you have in mind.
So many sounds!
The pedal is simple to use, once you experiment with it to find your own sounds. The Pedal has an E. Level (Wet/Dry signal), Rate (Vibrato effect), Depth (Level of Chorus), and a Filter. The unique thing about this chorus, over the Boss Super Chorus, is its Filter. Its a two-stage filter, so you can filter your Hi's and Lo's (Bass & Treble)
One of the best chorus available !
Even if i’m not crazy about chorus this pedal is a must to sometimes add depth in your sound. The best chorus i ever heard is on a roland chorus amplifier but this is a good pedal to have in your arsenal.
One of the greatest chorus pedals
This is a fantastic chorus pedal. The range of this pedal is great, and even stands ground with the built in chorus from my JC-120. Highly recommended
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Nice
Do not get this pedal confused with the song War Ensemble by Slayer, they are 2 totally different things.
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