Budda Karma Chorus Guitar Effects Pedal

Very disappointed from this pedal. It came in a nice box, nicely packed inside, heavy duty box, smooth finish, true bypass etc. The first thing I noticed was the ON/OFF buttons very hard to press, not like my TC electronics Flashback x 4. Second I put it in my tube driven effects loop, because is a chorus effect, but when you press the switch to turn it on or off a very unpleasant loud pop sound is produced. Ok I know that this is a flaw of true bypass pedals, but I have others also true bypass and nothing like this happens. I decided to put the pedal in front of the amp after my distortion pedals. The popping sound decreased, but was again audible and can ruin a song during a gig or maybe your speakers. The sound of the pedal itself has a very specific character. Compared to my boss CH-5 not so deep sounding, somehow psychedelic.

This is a great chorus pedal, with the great option of being able to fatten the sound up with some vibrato.The pedal is well constructed and the casing is solid, knobs are accurate and well fitted. the paintwork is really cool to.I will say that you have to work with this pedal a bit to find the best sounds - it's quite easy to add too much depth and speed - and my preference is to keep most them lower than 12 o'clock.The vibrato feature is pretty cool - it allows you to mix the chorus with a neat vibrato - the whole unit can sound really fat and psychedelic.Overall a good unit - it sounds a lot different to usual chorus pedals (BOSS and so on) - but it's different in a good way and at the current price is amazing value (49.99 at time of purchase)Sounds great with single coins and 'buckers. I particularly like this with the bridge pickup on my telecaster.

I like the Budda pedals, as they are a little quirky, but match my playing style. Mainly used at home so the price (£49) was a factor. Blending vibrato with chorus gives some subtle variations.