Beetronics - Seabee Lite in Pink

Beetronics has always done things their own way — hand-built, deeply analog, and unapologetically weird in the best possible sense. The Seabee Lite brings that same philosophy to a more streamlined package, delivering genuine bucket-brigade chorus tones with the kind of warmth and movement that digital approximations just can't fake. The heart of this pedal is its BBD analog chorus circuit, inspired by the original Seabee — a pedal that earned a serious reputation among players who wanted something richer and more alive than the usual chorus suspects. That bucket-brigade character means the modulation has actual depth to it: a slightly dark, lush quality that swirls around your signal rather than sitting on top of it. Slow it down and you get that wide, dreamy shimmer. Push it into faster territory and it gets wobbly and expressive, almost vibrato-adjacent. It breathes. What makes the Seabee Lite particularly smart is how it handles control. Three distinct chorus modes give you meaningfully different sonic personalities — different LFO shapes, delay times, and voicings — so you're not just adjusting speed and depth on the same underlying sound. You're actually switching between three different flavors of chorus. And there's no menu diving, no hidden parameter layers, no alt-function button combos to memorize. You set it, you play it. Underneath that simplicity, though, there's serious depth for players who want it. Sixteen presets let you store your favorite settings and recall them instantly, and full MIDI integration means it slots right into a modern rig without friction. Stereo outputs open the door to wide, spread-out chorus in a dual-amp setup — the kind of spatial movement that makes a clean passage feel genuinely three-dimensional. The input level selector is a thoughtful touch too, keeping the circuit happy whether you're running a hot humbucker signal or a single-coil at the front of the chain. The tone itself? Think warm and organic over pristine and polished. There's a slight softness to the top end that feels vintage without being murky — it's the kind of chorus that makes a Telecaster sound like it's floating, or gives a clean Strat passage that slow, rolling swell that players chased by modding old Boss CE-1s. Expression control adds real-time movement to the mix, letting you swell the rate or depth with your foot for something that feels genuinely performative rather than set-and-forget. It's the kind of pedal you plug in for a quick test and then realize an hour has passed. **Specifications:** - Inspired by: Beetronics Seabee - Modulation Type: Bucket-brigade analog (BBD) chorus - Chorus Modes: 3 (distinct LFO styles, delay times, and voicings) - Presets: 16 - MIDI: Yes - Outputs: Stereo - Input Level Selection: Yes - Expression Control: Yes - Alternate Controls / Menu Diving: None - Finish: Pink - SKU: SL-ST-PINK