THE PADDLE REGISTER · 2024 · CURRENT
Chorus Shapeshifter EX · HX · SX
Chorus expanded its 18K-faced Shapeshifter into three shapes, cut the price from $189.99 to $174.99, and trimmed swingweight while keeping stability. Pickleball Effect endorsed the EX and HX as aggressive control paddles with very high spin, and found the SX lost in a crowded widebody-control field. It closed 2024 as a value alternative to $250+ flagships.
- List price
- $174.99
- Launched
- Dec 14, 2024date known to the day
- Build
- Honeycomb + foam (Gen 3)
- Thickness
- 16mm
- Shapes
- Elongated (EX) · Hybrid (HX) · Widebody (SX)
Status checked Sep 21, 2026. Lists change; confirm on the USAP and UPA-A lists before a tournament.
TIMELINE
- Dec 14, 2024 LAUNCH Chorus introduces the Shapeshifter EX/HX/SX series. choruspickleball.com ↗
- Dec 14, 2024 PRICE Price cut from the original Shapeshifter's $189.99 to $174.99. pickleballeffect.com ↗
HOW IT IS BUILT
16mm honeycomb core with denser perimeter foam, under a carbon fiber and fiberglass layup topped with 18K 'cubic' carbon; a fiberglass 'activation layer' adds power on full swings.
- 116mm honeycomb core
- 2denser perimeter foam
- 3carbon fiber / fiberglass layup with fiberglass activation layer
- 418K cubic carbon fiber top layer
- Face
- 18K cubic carbon fiber over carbon/fiberglass layup
- Edge
- denser edge foam
Construction per pickleballeffect.com ↗
The original hybrid Shapeshifter predates this drop; its launch date was not verified.
VARIANTS · PUBLISHED AND MEASURED NUMBERS
| Variant | Shape | Length × width | Handle | Core | Weight | Swingweight | Twistweight | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shapeshifter EX | elongated | 16.5 × 7.5 in | — | 16 mm | 7.9 oz oz | 115 | 6.2 | pickleballeffect.com ↗ |
| Shapeshifter HX | hybrid | 16.2 × 7.75 in | — | 16 mm | 7.9 oz oz | 114 | 6.2 | pickleballeffect.com ↗ |
| Shapeshifter SX | widebody | 15.8 × 8.2 in | — | 16 mm | 7.9 oz oz | 107 | 6.7 | pickleballeffect.com ↗ |
Swingweight and twistweight are each lab's own measurement of its own sample. Unit-to-unit variance is normal.
MEASURED BY THE LABS
The register does not re-measure paddles or copy a lab's numbers wholesale. Power, pop and spin belong to the people with the radar guns; go read them.
FIELD REPORTS · AFTER YOU BUY IT
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