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Effects for Me & my Monkey YouTube channel Facebook Fretboard's "resident pedal supremo" - mgaw
Effects for Me & my Monkey YouTube channel Facebook Fretboard's "resident pedal supremo" - mgaw
I don't have it on the board. Currently it's a 'home use only' thing.
I have a flanger and a chorus so these are my current mods of choice.
Either very slow and wide (ideally with a light fluttery tremolo at the same time), or the lovely "rise" mode on the Boss PH-3, or on a decent multiFX where you can sweep it manually with an expression pedal as a nice alternative to a wah.
My most recent phase dabbling has been in the digital modelling camp - not even in the same universe as this.
It's a little more complex than it first appears though. The 45's circuitry is somewhat different from the 90 and IMHO it's more than "half a Phase 90". I made myself a 45 clone with a switchable extra 2 stages and I think it sounds nicer than the 90. Certainly there's less distortion (I find it's quite easy to overload the Phase 90, especially with humbuckers).
Then there's a few different versions of the Phase 90. The "script" version doesn't have any feedback in the phase shift circuitry, giving a somewhat smoother tone, whereas the "block" version does. There's a couple of other minor differences, but it's the feedback part that makes most difference. It's easy to put on a switch though (or on a pot, should you like more control over it).
The Phase 100 also has script and block versions and off the top of my head, the difference is just a few resistor values. I modified my new block version to script version specs and I think it does sound a little sweeter. The three dual opto-couplers used in the Phase 100 (six swept phase-shift stages and four static stages) are fairly expensive, and as far as I know, only General Guitar Gadgets did a PCB for it, though I don't think it's been in stock for years.
In terms of sonic differences between the three models, the 45 is more subtle and particularly nice at fast settings, the 90 is pretty much the standard phaser sound and the 100 is rich and for want of a better word, creamy sounding. All sound very nice indeed.
Both the 45 and 90 are ripe for modifications too, so are well worth mucking about with.
I said maybe.....
thanks for the input.....
Had an old DOD 201 back in the early 90s and found it too weak. Then heard a digitech hyper phase which just sounded digital and sterile to me, no warmth to it.
I've got a Carl Martin two faze which is lovely.