Old Boss Chorus Question

ZenOvertone

Hi, my old Boss CE3 is starting to develop a few issues that may be component age related (slight delay in switch on, increased hiss, volume jump), just wondered if there's any common things that are a good idea to replace for something purchased in the 80's - cap changes etc?

Thanks :-)

Kebabkid

The CE-3 is not listed here in their Mods Section but it might be worth contacting them and their service is good (used them before)

http://www.pedalmods.com/mods/boss/boss-ce2.html

You could nab another one as might be cheaper than a repair.

thermionic

Boss used electrolytic caps in the signal path (coupling caps) when they needed higher values. I've replaced them in a couple of my older Boss pedals with tantalums or something else. Electrolytics associated with the power supply might benefit from a change as well maybe?

richardhomer

Kebabkid said:

The CE-3 is not listed here in their Mods Section but it might be worth contacting them and their service is good (used them before)

http://www.pedalmods.com/mods/boss/boss-ce2.html

You could nab another one as might be cheaper than a repair.

Seconded - I've had Pedalmods do some work on my CE-2 (reversing a mod which had been done prior to me buying it back to factory spec). Great service - and the pedal sounds fantastic.