FENDER
Starcaster
chorus
IT’S TOUGH TO
forecast the placement of a pedal
such as this one on the list. Fender made it, and other than a
small handful of pedals, most of them stink. It also came in one of
those “action-figure” type packages: a plastic mold attached to a
cardboard back with a peg hole. Admittedly, most pedals sold like
this aren’t even worth trying, and the fact they were sold in bigbox retailers like Best Buy only drags their names further through
the mud. That said, there’s a lot going against the Starcaster
chorus, but none of these problems are insurmountable once
one hears this gem. It’s a certifiably great chorus pedal—rich,
lush and rugged. Upon viewing pictures, one might think it’s a
large beast—not so. The camera adds ten pounds, as it were,
and the Starcaster Chorus is actually just as wide as a Boss pedal
and only a little deeper. What’s more, a simple mod can add a
vibrato switch to the unit (Google it). At any rate, the Starcaster
chorus is a certified steal at $10 (yes, that’s right).
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