Hi guys,

I have both the reissue and a vintage Polychorus. Don’t even bother trying the current models’ settings as they don’t match up at all. Even the knobs are moved around.

Good news though. I just picked up a copy of the instructions for the original unit. When I get the chance I’ll certainly scan/PDF/post them somewhere.

PS: Anyone have a copy of the alignment procedure for the old Polychorus/Echoflanger?

shadowflux - 07 January 2009 02:54 PM

Hi guys,

I have both the reissue and a vintage Polychorus. Don’t even bother trying the current models’ settings as they don’t match up at all. Even the knobs are moved around.

Good news though. I just picked up a copy of the instructions for the original unit. When I get the chance I’ll certainly scan/PDF/post them somewhere.

PS: Anyone have a copy of the alignment procedure for the old Polychorus/Echoflanger?

I have the PolyFlange, which I believe is the same circuit as the vintage PolyChorus and Echoflanger, just different paintjob.

The trimpots were completely off on mine when it arrived. I was able to align them by ear. If you do it this way, I would recommend recording a simple 4 bar loop, then feeding it into the unit while adjusting the trimpots. I optimized the trimpots for the chorus first, then the flanger. If I optimize them for the double track mode, I found that I would set the delay time trimpot too high for the chorus, because I don’t like hearing too much delay in my chorus effect. There’s a happy medium in there somewhere. BTW, the delay time trimpot is the one furthest the bottom left of the board if you are looking at the board from the bottom.

shadowflux - 07 January 2009 02:54 PM

Good news though. I just picked up a copy of the instructions for the original unit. When I get the chance I’ll certainly scan/PDF/post them somewhere.

that would be awesome!

ok… now is mine an original… i dont know any more… i have a blend switch and the knobs from top to botton left to right read

Feedback Rate
Width
Mode Tune

Any tips or is there an archive I can consult?

its the same layout as this one…

electro-melx - 05 January 2009 06:03 AM

.......I’ve never owned a chorus pedal that can ‘do’ a good lesile sound, closest I’ve had is probably with the vibrato settings on the wiggler mixed with a little phase from a small stone.

I believe the slight phasing is crucial to the Leslie effect. It’s much more than a wobble.

Fender&EHX4ever; - 07 January 2009 03:08 PM

If I optimize them for the double track mode, I found that I would set the delay time trimpot too high for the chorus, because I don’t like hearing too much delay in my chorus effect.

Is that that “stuttering” kind of slapback “tiled bathroom echo chamber” delay sound you are referring to?

I think that is what I hear in my Rockman Stereo Chorus/Delay when I engage ‘Long Chorus’, which sets the Pre-Delay to sweep between 50ms-54ms.

It’s good for double-track like sounds, but I prefer a phasey chorus effect, so I set it to ‘Short Chorus’ which has a 20ms-24ms Pre-Delay (Delay Time?)

the proguitarshop demo got pretty close, check it out on youtube

I have to sell my Vintage ‘78 Echo Flanger. It was boxed with the receipt when I got it from an old Guitarist friend, but lost it in the mean time. Never thought of selling it anyway! Like to sell it to someone who really appreciates it. It’s like it was just bought. I only used it occasionally at the studio. The sound is just marvelous. I’ve just put it up on craigslist.
http://berlin.de.craigslist.de/msg/1919917869.html

Cheers, David

I WANT ONE!!! just need 2 get the money first lol