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April 16, 2018 at 8:28 pm #85285Antonio666Participant
Hello,
I am looking forward to buy a polychorus pedal. But there are reviews that the vintage reissue polychorus pedal used by Kurt Cobain is more ideal and it sounds better. (More presence and harmony) than the reissue version (latest). Is this true? I can’t seem to find an older version of the pedal just like the one he used. I would like to know if there are differences in sounds or any kind of differences other than the appearance.
Thank you!
I’d really appreciate the support.April 16, 2018 at 9:36 pm #123800ScruffieMemberIt’s a different circuit design meant to recreate the original but I highly doubt on a stage the audience is going to care which model you’re using.
I’ve never done a side by side comparison though, no, although I do know that the knob positions do not match up between the two units so need to be adjusted accordingly to achieve the same sounds, that may be where some of the reviewers went wrong.
April 16, 2018 at 9:52 pm #123801Antonio666ParticipantAh thank you! If that’s the case then I might as well consider the reissue as long as it makes the same sounds.
April 18, 2018 at 12:37 am #123804Fender&EHX4everModeratorThe original and reissue are different in a number of ways:
-The RI is in stereo. Both outputs have a fixed blend of wet and dry signal with a phase difference in the effected signal creating a stereo effect
-The Original has a mono effect output that can either be a fixed blend of wet and dry signal, or a 100% wet signal using the blend slide switch. It also has a direct output to allow you more control over the wet/dry mix
-The Original when 100% wet in chorus mode with minimum delay time allows for a decent triangle wave vibrato, something that the RI cannot do
– The layout of the knobs is different between the units
– The Tune knob (called Tune/Delay on the RI PolyChorus) is reversed on the Original. Minimum delay time is clockwise 100%But I agree that most people will not recognize the difference in a live performance. For that matter, you might save yourself some cash and just pickup a Small Clone if the goal is to sound like Nirvana.
April 18, 2018 at 9:25 am #123805ScruffieMemberThe Small Clone does do for most of the sounds but Nirvana fans generally seem to be looking for the ‘Radio Friendly Unit Shifter’ sound from the Polychorus which a Small Clone wont get to.
I forgot they replaced the blend with the ‘sweep filter’ in exchange for out of phase outputs, never could understand why they decided to make that change.
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