Finally A Chorus Pedal I Want On My Board - TC Electronic SCF GOLD!

I've always struggled to find modulation pedals that I actually like. I grew up in the '80s where you didn't hear a guitar unless it was completely over-saturated in chorus and over the years that take its toll to where you end up liking less effects on your guitar tone. Now everything has changed since James brought over his TC Electronic SCF STEREO CHORUS FLANGER. I loved this so much that I ordered one straight away.
Please note that this is not a sponsored video James and myself have paid for these pedals out of our own money.
The Studio Rats are core band members Paul Drew on guitar/production/mixing, drummer James Ivey and Dan Hawkins on bass. They collaborate with singers and musicians to produce radio-ready songs.

[@fiddlefolk]

I have an original from the early 90's and is A/c powered. I don't have it on my current board but I still have it. It sounds great in mono and phenomenal in stereo. One of the all time classics for sure.

[@medor6635]

And again, this was the only missing piece in my pedalboard! Thanks to you guys, I just got mine today.

[@TJauernigElectronics]

Sounds great. Funny thing is I like it now. I hated the original back in the day. Chorus is best when you set it so that you don’t notice it until you turn it off

[@onenotesolo256]

I played the second half of an entire gig a couple of years ago with the chorus left on by accident. It was on low and I had the fattest tone! Only noticed afterwards when noodling and turned it off. No wonder people like Bonamassa have one very subtly doing it’s thing in the background for big live gigs.

[@TJauernigElectronics]

@@onenotesolo256 I sometimes use a chorus called the Digital Dimension by BOSS. Super subtle pedal

[@billgreen3629]

Yes! Chorus to me is best when you don’t notice it, but even then it adds a lot of air and depth to the sound.

[@dwftube]

I know what you mean - some set it with way too much 'wibble'.

[@TavaresProject]

I love this chorus. So rich and fill of flavor

[@BrettPapa]

Just ordered mine lol! Thanks for the demo. Les Paul tones OMG!

[@R0BL68]

The envy I have for that strat and the Matchless is almost embarrassing.

[@Adventuresingearland]

A lot of good sounds in that little box!

[@allanjohnston3010]

Need this in my life. Like most TC stuff they run out but gonna place an order asap. Lovely tones from it. Going on my board.

[@shanthalperera5216]

Is this love! A favourite for chorus enthusiasts!

[@sroelit]

I fell in love with all these sounds as a teen in the eighties, and while I still love some of that music, heavy chorus or flanger is just not among the sounds I want my guitar to make today. Thanks for the content; great channel.

[@martin-1965]

Yup, same here haha. Love the pedal but I went mental with chorus pedals back in the 80s and I don't think I've used one since the 2000s started. Lovely pedal though, great Floyd sound and love how James wants to jam out all the Gilmour riffs while Paul stares nervously from the side :)

[@sub-jec-tiv]

Guess y’all have never heard of shoegaze or dream pop. Younger people are into it. Honestly you sound old going ‘i liked it in the 80s but i’m too cool for chorus these days!’

[@sroelit]

@@sub-jec-tiv Oh, I don’t just sound old. I am old.

[@mobydick3895]

I have one of the original pedals from the 80s. What is great here is that you get top loading jacks and the sleeper is that you get three effects in one pedal, which can save you some pedalboard space. I've heard that this product was TC Electronic's first product (?)

[@tjnugent62]

It sounds amazing.

[@stevieboy444]

Yep....I'm having one of those! Cheers!!

[@MrQueueBall]

I ordered one of these with the gold paint. It’s backordered to January 😑. I’m pretty excited, I still have the one I got in the early 90’s. Mine always stayed in the PM position.

[@jasonbelldata]

I wanted one of these for a long long time. The Dimension C Waza Craft and my old 18v DanElectro Cool Cat are now resigned to storage since I got my SCF. For the Chapman Stick, along with the Analogman BiComprossor, well it's 95% of my sound now. Just perfect.

[@DBroce]

Love that pedal.

[@jayboy6895]

Great review chaps.

[@matthewmiller6730]

love that strat finish

[@liys540]

great sound

[@Zemael]

I came for the pedal but stayed for the awesomely beautiful strato.

[@stratjed]

Have had a Mxr Phase since the 70s . Still use one today. Chorus came and went over the years . But Phase is here to stay . Mxr Phase 95 is an awesome multi use modulation . Does a usable faux Trem/Vib, Leslie, Univibe in addition to killer phase . In a tiny 1knob 1 button footprint. Flanger is way too specific . Do like TC chorus though. Next to a Boss ( The definition of the effect) they are a great alternative.

[@truthfactreality6814]

Had the original. Loved the always on input gain.

[@mantashaft]

I finally got mine and have played around with it enough to know I love it. I watched this video awhile ago, so I don't remember is you mention it, but I noticed the input gain on the SCF remains active when the pedal is bypassed. I love the input gain for use with the effect, but I really like having this ability for the purposes of tweaking the tone especially when using two amps. EDIT: HA! It took you under 3 minutes to mention it :)

[@CosmicNed]

Chaps- you really gotta hook it up in stereo to realise its full potential … use mine live with two HW Vox AC15’s - ludicrously huge tones…

[@briancoonrod7224]

Thank you 🙏 I agree 100%

[@FlangernotAnger]

I have at least ten different chorus pedals. I need to try one of these! Thanks.

[@friedrudibega6384]

Your chorus pedal is better than my chorus pedal 🙁 Sounds great.

[@Jesse_Johnson]

Dammit. There goes my money. Thanks guys. 🍻

[@rezakhan8290]

I will just get it for the Jhon Sykes tone. Thank you

[@markorfila3832]

Just bought one of these... was looking for a STEREO ANALOG flanger in the chain before my Eventide DSP7000...and the chorus is a bonus ! Cant believe the price of £130 !

[@tonictonetomrockstar1931]

I love chorus

[@dinadams]

Cheers chaps, insta-buy after hearing that!

[@markhammer643]

I have one of the older TC SCF units that a friend gave me. Not the best flanger I've ever used, but acceptable, and the chorus can sound crystalline, as you've ably demonstrated. The original provides the delay chip and circuit with 15V, via the onboard power transformer. The reissue takes a 9V external supply. I don't know if it is converted to a higher voltage internally. One of the differences between the SCF and many other commercial chorus units is that it employs a compander chip to get optimum signal-to-noise ratio and quiet performance, instead of a simple treble pre-emphasis/de-emphasis, like one finds on so many analog chorus and flanger pedals (including the venerable CE-2 and Small Clone). To my ears, the Boss CE-1 does a better job of vibrato (what TC calls "pitch modulation" here), because it converts the triangle sweep generator to a sine wave (or close enough to it) for the vibrato setting, which is more suitable for vibrato. I'm also quite partial to the Boss DC-2 Dimension C (I have a cheaper but equal quality Behringer clone of it) which provides a wobble-less chorus sound. The DC-2 uses companding, which is good, and *two* counterswept delays, instead of one, as in the SCF and may other chorus units. By having one delay path always be a little sharp when the other is a little flat, one doesn't notice the modulation quite as much as with conventional chorus units like the SCF. The other perk is that using a single delay chip mimics a second voice, where using two now sounds like three musicians copying each other - the very definition of chorus. Both combine to make it sound thicker.

[@tipston3366]

Incredible nuggets of info in this comment, thanks! 👍🏻

[@ArvidNielsen]

Got a couple ideas from this…thanks!

[@jamesprice6381]

Vertex did a side by side comparison new n old, the old one had MOJO in pitch that new one could scarcely come up to, great pedal for sure, n i thnking @ the gold one...maybe...

[@0megalul309]

now u gotta try the tc rack 1210 chorus hehe. Also the vintage mxr analog chorus is pretty similar in being flat eq and more detuney.

[@dennissmith863]

I am so torn....I just bought the TC SCF and loving it but I also own a Strymon Ola of which I love also. Both are fabulous pedals. I like the TC better though because of the warmth and the analog aspect it. The Ola is great a little to digital sounding which is fine also. So I guess I'll keep them both and swap occasionally.

[@MrDavemiley]

I just got my SCF Gold. I like it much better than the Walrus Julianna . The TC just sounds more natural and lets your guitar's natural sound and picking attack still come through , just adds beautiful chorus to it.

[@thenewmedic]

Ok, this comment caught my attention. Do you find the Julianna lacking somehow? I've been really tempted by that pedal but the SCF has my attention now too.

[@johndrowe5281]

⁠@@thenewmedic why do people not answer replies? I thought your question was a good one - one to which I also wanted the answer. Sorry, I cannot help as I do not own the Julianna …🤷🏼‍♂️. Please, drop me a line if anyone else answered you. Happy Thanksgiving, mate. Cheers/Slainte🫶✌️♾️. 🍂🍁🍂🌲🎄Roctor John

[@paulsummerside]

Okay…. I love it. There isn’t a bad sound in it. It’s not cheap but want it. Oh heck…. Been looking for a nice Chorus pedal…. Why did I have to see this…. Btw, what settings did you use to get those Floyd sounds..?

[@alexlermontov87]

You should try analogworm triangle mk3 chorusl/vibrato pedal, I think it might surprise you even more than tc... Cheers!

[@IndyRockStar]

I had to order one from Australia to get one of these brand new. Looking forward to getting it. Not sure how long something takes to get to the USA from Australia. Paid $201 ($248.98 after tax / shipping)

[@BrandOdyssey]

Have you tried a jam pedal chorus? Awesome chorus sound.

[@dnt7593]

The tone you get with that strat and amp is great. I have a CE2 and I am planning to buy this one. Is it an home pedal drive at the end ?

[@cahyorisdianto7581]

I have the purple one , 90s

[@ianmorton5539]

…Chorustastic…!!!

[@onefatstratcat]

Sweet.. chorus and flange in one box. To bad they didn't set it up so you can save different settings for both and toggle between the two.. oh well.. we can't have everything for 130 quid.. right?

[@samsund8329]

wow

[@BrandOdyssey]

I love that masterbuilt fender you are playing. But holy shit they are expensive given it’s still a bolt on neck with no carving.

[@mcmillanalex]

Agreed. I recently read an article wherein Jeff Beck discussed his playing history with the Gibson Les Paul, noting the craftsmanship, feel, and overall finish of the guitar compared to a Fender, which he labelled as a cheap guitar (presumably both in price and feel). It is hard to reckon with the prices of Fender's Custom Shop compared with Gibson's Murphy Lab.

[@rebelcat420]

Had an original…like an idiot I sold it. Used prices have gotten insane, so I got one of these. It’s everything I remember

[@mightymikeamps9317]

Well now I know why mine doesn’t sound that huge. I was running in the effects loop and not the front. I have the same Chorus on my board and.

[@kennethlinton4432]

Hi Paul, what year and model is your lovely LP gold top? Another fantastic demo! K

[@Official_Cyberwolf_Ledgic]

@TheStudioRats Between this TC Electronic Chorus/Flanger and a Boss CE-1, which pedal would be best for hitting that Eric Clapton Live Aid 1985 & Montreux 1986 Chorus Drive sound he had during the 1980’s.

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

My buddy had one of the original TC chorus/flangers back in the early 90s. I always liked the chorus itself but I really hated what the pedal did to the signal. It somehow removed all the dynamics of the direct signal and made it thin and trebly and rather harsh. Of course a bit of high end EQ helps the effect itself, stand out more, but the tone itself was awful. I would only ever use it in some kind of parallel loop or effects loop, I’d NEVER compromise my direct chain with it. I tried very hard to like it but it thwarted all my atttemps ….

[@thesoundpurist]

6:05 the effect on the piano part of Pink Floyd's echoes

[@andyhojguitar3126]

New subscriber really enjoyed the vid. Was set on a Waza but this has made me think otherwise

[@TheStudioRats]

You can’t go wrong with the WAZA

[@robb4340]

@@TheStudioRats Indeed, Take them Both.

[@jlbaxe]

Question, is it still on the board a year later? If not what replaced it?

[@truthfactreality6814]

Check out the CE1 Clone by past fx. If you’re not far I can always bring it over for you to try

[@TheRodge2112]

I like how annoyed Paul gets at James. Like a classic sitcom duo.

[@stratless]

Tell me more about that wonderful strat!🤩

[@TheStudioRats]

It’s a masterbuilt, unfortunately I got rid of it the idiot that I am.

[@andymuhaimin7901]

I use boss ce2 on my pedalboard but i think i should have this one...

[@TheStudioRats]

The CE2 is great.

[@freezaxp]

I wonder if this pedal's stereo chorus is done by separate bbd circuits for each channel? Let's say if you record in stereo and later mix or play it back into mono, the chorus will be lost. Please enlighten me.

[@hughjorgen5588]

Single MN3007 BBD chip was used in the original.

[@freezaxp]

@@hughjorgen5588 ahhh thanks for the reply

[@jordiserra3779]

i have an original one, how much you think i could ask for? thank you

[@Elaleyelunivese]

When you say it is close intrinsically are you saying this chinesse thing is a bit “inferior”?. I m asking because I have the very old one (or two).. and well… cheerss from Patagonia Chile 🇨🇱

[@larsarnelana]

Great sounds! Apparently Luke is using one to these days! :)

[@MrAmadeus1975]

Maybe by seeing this demo 😂. For me I was looking to add a Chorus pedal to my board. I always hated chorus, but suddenly I beginning to like it, just to add it with some songs. Saw a lot of videos, from CE-2’s to Julia and back. I liked the sound of this pedal the best and also the versatility with the pm and flanger, just ordered one today. It’s on his way..

[@larsarnelana]

@@MrAmadeus1975 I really want to try one out to. But for now I’m really pleased with my Providence Anadime Chorus. Great little pedal for 80s sounds or faux leslie type sounds. 🙂👍

[@toddsteele72]

2:28 "And other useful sounds" 🤣

[@airdog1829]

What's it like in mono, the way most of us will play it?

[@MrNeedlekiller]

Where the Heck did you get it? I've had one on order for months and still no sign of it...

[@MrNeedlekiller]

It arrived yesterday after over 8 months and totally worth the wait.

[@nunoharris]

Hi. Is this pedal similar to the original one ? Thanks.

[@TheStudioRats]

Yes

[@omicronvariant7279]

Specs on your strat please? 🔥👌

[@TheStudioRats]

Its a Jason Smith MasterBuild.

[@omicronvariant7279]

@@TheStudioRats thanks! 🤘

[@liys540]

0:00 is this love ?

[@LocationRecordings]

Nearly!

[@thesoundpurist]

Shit this sound gives me a rush of serotonin

[@kmichaelp4508]

I don’t care either 😊 from a man that doesn’t like John Scofield… hummmm. And you want it on your pedal board!!!!!!!! Wooooow. And now the moment you’ve been waiting for 😂

[@BlueberryStinkFinger62]

Sorry doesn't beat the Electro Harmonix Electric Mistress..

[@AnthonyGoombots]

Electro Harmonix Electric mistress is much better than the TC Electronics

[@johndrowe5281]

Even better the second go round … However, it is no longer made in Denmark but China; does it seem lesser well-made? Also, in the US they are selling Used for $220+ (at least, that is what “they” are asking) when their street price was $150 NEW just one year ago. Has the same issue followed in UK? Thanksgiving Day here. Share right along with us, won’t you?🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. 🫶✌️♾️. 🎸👨🏼‍⚕️Cheers/Slainte