Stereo Vintage Ensemble Professional
Portland's Mr. Black has quietly built some of the most respected chorus and modulation pedals in America, and the Stereo Vintage Ensemble Professional is the company's magnum opus in the category. It succeeds the beloved Stereo Vintage Ensemble — discontinued in May 2026 — with an entirely new circuit that keeps the mission intact: the lush, dimensional sweep of the Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble, the 1976 unit whose warm analog swirl defined records from The Police to Nirvana's 'Come as You Are' era and remains the reference point every chorus is measured against. The Professional earns its suffix with features the vintage unit never dreamed of. True stereo processing creates that immersive, speaker-to-speaker width that made the CE-1 famous in studios. Dual modulation engines handle chorus and vibrato modes, with the vibrato side offering its own depth and rate character rather than an afterthought toggle. Tap tempo — almost unheard of in vintage-style chorus — syncs the sweep to your song. Onboard presets store and recall your favorite settings, expression pedal input allows real-time morphing, and full MIDI implementation slots it into modern switching rigs. Mix, depth and rate controls with a normal/stereo mode switch keep the interface immediate. For players who consider chorus a foundational color — the shimmering cleans of 80s pop, dreampop haze, or Andy Summers' arpeggios — this is the rare pedal that honors the CE-1's soul while behaving like a piece of modern professional equipment.
