Analog.Man Mini Chorus (+1980 EHX Small Clone)

I - like most of the guitar playing world - am a huge fan of Analog.Man...Mike makes some of the finest pedals out there. I've run his Mini Chorus on my pedalboard for quite some years now, but I've never shot a standalone demo of it. So I'm going to put that right today.

But rather than just plug into it and show how fast & deep it can go, I thought...why don't we compare it to the vintage original unit the pedal is based on: the Electro Harmonix Small Clone. Mine is from 1980 and has the MN3007 BBD chip in it...exactly the same as what the AM uses. So it should be a fairly fair(?) comparison. I'm also going to run it pre and post gain to see if either works better in those two situations.

What do you think? Which do you prefer? Does the AM 'get there'? Comment below!

Guitars:
- Nathan Sheppard NSG1 w/ Bare Knuckle Nailbombs
- Gronlund R16 Junior w/ TV Jones Ful-Fidelity Filter'Tron
- Bailey Curve Special w/ Wizz Premium Clone PAFs

Amp is a Vajra JTM45 clone running into a Zilla Studio Pro 2x12 cabinet loaded with Scumback S75-PVC AlNiCo and Celestion AlNiCo Gold speakers. Recorded with Aston Spirit Condenser, '70s Sennheiser MD441 and sE RNR1 ribbon mics, with a Schoeps CMC6 room mic.

0:00 Intro
3:32 Clean Playing
8:44 Pre Gain
10:34 Post Gain
12:11 Outro


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