![]() ![]() Although original vintage CE-2 pedals are quite commonplace, good ones are much sought after and vintage market prices tend to be higher than for most other BOSS pedals of the same age. It wasn’t until October 2001 that BOSS made the switch to digital circuitry in the CE-5 Chorus Ensemble. ![]() Unlike some of its contemporaries, the CE‑2 is mono only and works entirely in the analogue domain. The CE‑3 was a different proposition altogether both functionally and sonically, and which lasted until 1992 (made in Taiwan from 1988). The CE-2 remained in production for 13 years until it was replaced in 1982 by the stereo CE-3. Early models of the CE-2 have become particularly desirable, particularly those that use the Panasonic MN3007/MN3101 ‘bucket brigade device’ (BBD) solid state integrated circuits, which many say is responsible for the pedal’s distinctive signature sound. The original BOSS CE-2 Chorus pedal was the Japanese Roland company’s first compact chorus pedal, released in 1979 and replacing the earlier large box mains powered stereo CE-1 Chorus Ensemble. ![]()
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