Open Box MXR EVH 5150 Chorus Guitar Effects Pedal Level 1

Good sounds are in there, but the volume and gain is hard to dial in with the input/output sliders. That is great for people who need the versatility to run this at mic/line/instrument levels going into rack, pc, board or amp setups. However, for just standard pedal board into amp setups, it's tough to dial in and if you run multiple gain levels and pedals with it, you'll need to likely adjust levels for each sound. I found I was either too loud or soft when I had a sound settled and other effects came on. I wouldn't recommend for standard pedal board use, there better/smaller and more user friendly options out there.

I'm a HUGE EVH fan, and I definitely loved his use of chorus for his tone, especially in the 80s & 90s, so I was excited to see that there was a pedal to recreate it. It also came at the perfect time cuz my current chorus pedal, a Digitech Multichorus that I've used for years, died on me at a gig, which is part of my sound; I have it on all the time as I use it (in Mono) for a thickening of the sound and just a subtle lush "chimeyness." So I pulled the trigger and decided to give the EVH Chorus a go. But after tweaking and tweaking I just wasn't that impressed with it. I followed the initial directions, putting the controls @ 12 o'clock then adjusting as desired, setting the input & output levels at the lowest since I use a hot sound (6505 MH20 @ 12 o'clock on the lead channel, running the chorus, a Hush pedal, and a Boss delay through the Effects Loop). I had to crank the Volume on the pedal just about at Max, the Tone @ 1 o'clock, and the Intensity almost to the bare minimum. Even that gave quite a bit of noise, and the effect had that artificial wave sound to it like you get out of a low end practice amp with built in effects. Rubbing the strings with your palm or fingers gave off that brash distorted sound like you get from a Fender amp cranked up on the gain. Any adjustments to the input & output levels either soaked up all the volume or made it so loud & noisy that you have to crank up the noise gate to the point where you can't hear anything. Now, it wasn't all bad, there were some good points to it. Though the noise and stuff were notable with playing chords and rhythm tones, it did sound awesome when playing leads, as it added the right amount of tonal boost and sustain. And it also sounds phenomenal with clean tones, which leads me to believe that it may have a different reaction to running a gain or distortion pedal in front of it through a clean amp, but I can't confirm that since I don't use my amp that way. But this is my experience with it…

Couldn't have asked for a better sounding Chorus pedal, it's everything I expected it to be!!

A friend bought me one and I have to say it's the best chorus pedal I've tried! Very lush and warm sounding, and can be dialed in to some very unique tones. Great for both cleans and dirt.

WAIT before you buy this pedal. Here is my 5150 Chorus story: I bought one at Guitar Center and it was mailed to my house. The pedal worked for ONE hour. Then it stopped working and no effect or noise was heard at all. The LED light also dimmed to almost nothing. I took it back and another one was ordered and mailed to my house. I hooked it up and the problem was the same. Took it back to the store, tried it with the nice associate, and returned it again. Had to give up for a while. MXR needs to fix this problem soon and maybe I'l buy again. This is too bad because it sounded really sweet for the one hour that it worked. The associate at Guitar Center in Orange, CT was REALLY NICE and understanding every time! Good job SIR and thanks for your time!