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  • September 24, 2009 at 8:01 pm #79033
    Dave1223
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    I see so many people using phasers but I just wonder.

    Why a phaser? What do you use your phaser for?

    September 24, 2009 at 8:22 pm #101744
    BlueSteel
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    i think phasers sound really cool.

    i use them for a lot of stuff, but mostly when i’m playing red hot chili peppers music.

    September 24, 2009 at 8:43 pm #101746
    DarkAxel
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    well I usually use my PH-2 for… um… some more extreme phasing i should say. Incubus style :-) that’s why I bought it in a first place – I totally dig what Mike Einziger does with it

    but if i’d want something lush, i’d definitely buy a Small stone for some mellow phasing…

    for me, it adds something to the sound that sometimes can be exactly what it needs :-) simply – modulation effect

    September 24, 2009 at 9:04 pm #101747
    Fender&EHX4ever
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    I see so many people using phasers but I just wonder.

    Why a phaser? What do you use your phaser for?

    I love phaser, but especially EHX phasers. Lots of great songs out there using phaser:

    David Bowie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLqJJmmB-dA

    Cocteau Twins: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yna3wMFi_W4

    Rolling Stones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JBQI2kD4FM

    Brick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7KDTnjrF64

    Big Star: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn1t6l7UUPc

    Steely Dan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEhRnBSGPjA

    September 24, 2009 at 9:50 pm #101748
    Fender&EHX4ever
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    Personally for me I fell in love with the sound after first hearing Pink floyd
    “speak to me/breathe” from Dark side of the moon when I was a wee lad.

    Yes, excellent, though it’s always been pointed out to me that technically Gilmour used a Univibe on that.

    September 25, 2009 at 1:28 am #101760
    ghost
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    Adds movement to stagnant sounds….

    Variation to riffs….

    Sweep to things….

    Phasing to un-phased events….

    and because it’s trippy…..

    September 25, 2009 at 1:47 am #101762
    Fender&EHX4ever
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    Here’s a great Bowie song chock full of phasing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfUhzzwyxww

    September 25, 2009 at 8:00 am #101767
    SupremePancake
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    Personally for me I fell in love with the sound after first hearing Pink floyd
    “speak to me/breathe” from Dark side of the moon when I was a wee lad.

    The only reason I’d ever buy one.

    September 25, 2009 at 12:16 pm #101769
    Dave1223
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    i think phasers sound really cool.

    i use them for a lot of stuff, but mostly when i’m playing red hot chili peppers music.

    Really? What songs?

    September 25, 2009 at 8:16 pm #101776
    BlueSteel
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    Quote:
    Quote:
    i think phasers sound really cool.

    i use them for a lot of stuff, but mostly when i’m playing red hot chili peppers music.

    Really? What songs?

    I just add phasers into pretty much any rhcp song. i use it to just add a little something more than just playing the album versions.

    but i guess wet sand, minor thing, universally speaking, easily, charlie, save the population, fortune faded, jungleman and a few others

    September 26, 2009 at 9:30 am #101797
    DarkAxel
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    and another thing (I do it sometimes) – you can simulate a rotary speaker :-) when you know how to turn the knobs, it can produce a very nice sound (even my PH-2 which is kinda hard to tame)

    September 26, 2009 at 12:06 pm #101802
    cabomano
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    My phaser takes care of so many things. It can do a slow spacey wash, the pseudo rotary effect or some serious wobble when needed. It also doubles as my ‘wah’ for funky rhythm and lead parts. I’ll always keep one on my board. :thumb:

    September 26, 2009 at 5:18 pm #101810
    electro-melx
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    It also doubles as my ‘wah’ for funky rhythm and lead parts. I’ll always keep one on my board. :thumb:

    yeah, I used to do that….I’d put it before dirt on a slow speed/high depth.. then crank out a grungy solo and you get a sort of wah/but not wah sound.

    October 5, 2009 at 7:35 am #102027
    John J
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    i’ve been playing with the trimpot in the MXR block phase 90, you can get a really airy swirl around the higher frequencies that sounds crazy clean at higher rates. i usually find phasers get too wobbly and pronounced at high speeds, particularly the small stone – there is a bit of a bump at either end of the sweep that i dont like. with the knob below 1 o’clock it’s not too bad, sounds alright for playing ‘transdermal celebration’ or really any other ween song. particularly the phase 90, the small stone kind of has its own thing going on that doesnt often fit my needs (i keep it around for the color switch though).

    honestly i think the univibe mode on the wiggler is about as good as it gets, it’s crazy subtle at low speeds and really manageable at higher speeds – great for those abbey road / sgt. pepper leslie swirls.

    October 5, 2009 at 6:49 pm #102039
    devnulljp
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    Personally for me I fell in love with the sound after first hearing Pink floyd
    “speak to me/breathe” from Dark side of the moon when I was a wee lad.

    …which is a univibe not a phaser (although strictly it is a kind of phaser).
    I love phasers and have a bunch of them — Bad Stone, Small Stone, Phase 90, Maestro PS-1 & 1A, Mutron Phasor II, jen Motorphaser… — as well as a modern vibe clone (Hey, EHX should really do a nice vibe — pair it with a Muff in the same unit and I’d buy one).
    I use them for adding subtle movement with the rate down low, or up high to kinda emulate a leslie speaker (the Jen and Maestro phasers ramp up and down when you change speeds like a leslie).

    Can’t stand chorus or flange, but I love phasers.

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