Boss CE-2 Chorus vs Electro-Harmonix Bad
The Boss CE-2 Chorus and the Electro-Harmonix Bad are both pedals sharing low gain. The Boss CE-2 Chorus leans modulated and shimmer. The Electro-Harmonix Bad leans fuzzy. Current prices: $165 vs $56.71.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.32% — somewhat different
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- low gain
Boss CE-2 Chorus
Boss · pedal
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$165via Reverb
$56.71via Reverb
The Boss CE-2 Chorus Ensemble was the industry first compact chorus pedal, an all-analog BBD design known for a warm, lush, three-dimensional shimmer. It thickens the guitar with liquid, watery modulation that rounds out the tone rather than drastically altering it, with rate and depth controls spanning subtle movement to expansive, sparkly textures. The CE-2 shaped countless 1980s rock, new wave, and post-punk records and is associated with The Police, The Cure, the Pretenders, Rush, and clean Metallica tones. It sits well on clean and lightly driven sounds, adding depth and width while staying musical, and it remains a benchmark vintage chorus that modern reissues like the CE-2W emulate.
The Electro-Harmonix Bad Stone is a classic analog phase shifter first introduced in 1975, notable as one of the first phasers to incorporate a feedback control into its circuit for a more resonant, intense sweep. It offers a six stage phase shift with rate control and a manual mode that lets you set and hold the phase position by hand rather than using the LFO. Its voice ranges from subtle, watery movement to deep, swirling, resonant phasing with a vintage, organic character. It suits classic rock, funk, psychedelic and experimental players who want a warm, characterful vintage phaser with the unusual flexibility of manual phase control and feedback enhanced resonance.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- New Wave
- Rock
- Post-Punk
- Classic Rock
- Funk
- Experimental
- modulated
- shimmer
- lush
- smooth
- fuzzy