Phase me bro

[catzodellamarina]

The only modulation effect I use is a phaser. My G-Major in my live rig has a "vintage" setting that gets me by but it's not as rich as the real deal. At home I've resumed assembling a pedal board. I've had the pleasure of owning a MXR Phase-90 custom shop. Now that's a sweet phaser but I was completely blown away this week when my Whirlwind orange phaser arrived. This pedal is packaged like a bottle of Chivas. Rightly so. It's royalty - the king of phasers. Made by the guys who built the original MXR's, it stands above my previous CS MXR model, which is still a really good unit. The tone out of it is thick, warm, and convincing. A bonus: it has a DC jack.

[BenoA]

Good to know, I'm a phaser guy too! I'll check those out.

[DonP]

I likes the Phaser in my first "tube" amp - a Peavey Classic VTX. I used it in the comb filter mode.

[markD]

good to know. i swear by the phase 90. i will have to check out the whirlwind!

[roodyrocker]

I found the Retro-Sonic Phaser several years ago and have stuck with it ever since. Its a high end phaser based on the original MXR Phase 90. It also adds a level control which is great because other phasers had volume discrepancies when on vs. off. The Retro-Sonic solves all that

[markD]

eh, to me, when you start adding knobs is when you fuck up the simplicity of the 70s phaser sound....

though, in pro-tools i just use the moog phaser plug in.

[roodyrocker]

eh, to me, when you start adding knobs is when you fuck up the simplicity of the 70s phaser sound....

though, in pro-tools i just use the moog phaser plug in.

It's not really that complicated, the Retro-Sonic phaser has Speed, Depth, and Level knobs

[VitaminG]

It's not really that complicated, the Retro-Sonic phaser has Speed, Depth, and Level knobs

dude, you must spend all your time programming that thing!

[markD]

It's not really that complicated, the Retro-Sonic phaser has Speed, Depth, and Level knobs

yeah, yeah.....

[roodyrocker]

dude, you must spend all your time programming that thing!

I just can't seem to figure out how to program these analog pedals, any one got some tips to help me out?

[Shawn Lutz]

I just can't seem to figure out how to program these analog pedals, any one got some tips to help me out?

turn knobs until those two things on the outside of your head hear something you like to hear

[roodyrocker]

turn knobs until those two things on the outside of your head hear something you like to hear

Will this method work with ear plugs? I'm so confused, I should ditch this analog stuff and go digital

[markD]

see? if you got the one that has ONE knob, you'd be all set!!!!!

[roodyrocker]

see? if you got the one that has ONE knob, you'd be all set!!!!!

Not quite. If it had only one knob would I need to turn it clockwise or counterclockwise?

[horns666]

Not quite. If it had only one knob would I need to turn it clockwise or counterclockwise?

I've been trying to figure that out for 48 years.