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06-17-2009, 03:16 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Highland, CA (Inland Empire) | |  Boss PH-3
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A.K.A. Boss Phaser PH-3. Just got one because of a good deal and was just wondering what the overall consensus on this pedal is. I work night shift and cant play with it properply till about thursday night when i'm free. Any cool things that I can do with it? Besides either throw it out the window (for the people that don't like it) or sell it (ditto). Searched but just came up with reviews and versus ( insert other phaser) threads. Any tips?  |
06-17-2009, 06:01 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Rhode Island, USA | | | I used the PH-3 for well over a year and liked it a lot. I ended up moving to the EHX Stereo Polyphase just because of the different modes it had from the Boss.
As for consensus around here, I'd say that generally it's considered to be quite a versatile phaser, although some people think its tone is too thin and digital. I think its a bit unfairly maligned. It all depends on if you want a "funky" or "spacey" phaser. The boss is definitely more on the "spacey" side.
Here were my favorite settings when I had it:
4-stage mode, high rate (around 3:00), depth and res lower (below noon) - kinda sounds like a leslie
rise mode, low rate (below 9:00), depth and res high (3:00 or higher) - sounds like a neverending jet taking off
step mode, high rate (4:00), depth and res wherever it sounds good to you, fed into a delay pedal - trippy spacey arpeggiated stuff. |
06-17-2009, 06:50 AM
|  | Jack Grundle and Chad Choad
Builder for FUZZROCIOUS PEDALS | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Mount Laurel, NJ | | | Did the highs on the step get all poppy?
That was my issue w/ the gyroscope. |
06-17-2009, 06:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: San Diego | | Quote:
Originally Posted by rratajski  Did the highs on the step get all poppy?
That was my issue w/ the gyroscope. | Nope, I didn't notice it when using 'my' guitarists. In my experience that's just a quirk with some analog step filters in the highs, especially if you cant control the envelope. my gyro did it too in many settings, and the prometheus will do it in some, albeit not as prevalent through its range, the moog can be controlled, etc. |
06-17-2009, 10:40 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | not at all. Quote:
Originally Posted by rratajski Did the highs on the step get all poppy?
That was my issue w/ the gyroscope. | |
06-17-2009, 11:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Puerto Rico | | | i opened mine up and modded it, now it's a sound generator with various algorithms determined by the parameters (basically way cool crazy sounds). super loud though. |
06-17-2009, 11:28 AM
| | Registered User | | | | | can we see that mod please |
06-17-2009, 11:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Leeds, UK | | | I love my PH-3. I use the 10 stage setting most of the time because it sounds the fattest to me.
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06-17-2009, 03:48 PM
| | | | I just use it for step phasing after synth. It's dope. I prefer my Nano Small Stone for normal phasing. |
06-17-2009, 03:53 PM
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Beta Tester: Source Audio. Hacker: Heavy Drone FX | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Spokane, WA. | | | Step Mode FTW. I'm keeping my eyes peeled for a good deal to come up on one. |
06-17-2009, 03:55 PM
| | | | You can get really insane sounds if you use the step phaser unconventionally. I tried running my PH-3 into my filter the other day and it was freaky. |
06-17-2009, 03:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Louisville, Ky | | Quote:
Originally Posted by jufros I just use it for step phasing after synth. It's dope. I prefer my Nano Small Stone for normal phasing. | I agree.
I love the step phaser that is worth the purchase alone. The rest of the PH-3 is not as nice as other options IHMO.
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06-17-2009, 09:11 PM
| | Registered User | | | | | i think the rise, fall, and step options are the winners in this phase. if you want a fat inexpensive rad phase....go for a nano small stone...the end. |
06-17-2009, 09:26 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Vientiane, Laos | | | It's a good pedal with a lot of usable options for bass. As a regular phaser it is very tweakable compared to something like a small stone. Plus step mode is cool and the rate can be controlled using tap tempo.
On the down side it suffers it bit from bottom end loss and BigO accurately described it as sounding a little on synthetic side - which is a reasonable call.
It you use a an old P bass through a B-15 you'll probably want something more organic but if you're going to run it after a noise box or heliotrope or my fav, an OC-2, it's the phaser for you. |
06-17-2009, 11:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Highland, CA (Inland Empire) | | | Thanks for all the hints so far. Bigchiefbc: the rise mode that you recc. is isane and works great when talking to my q-tron. As far as the spaciness goes it sounds great, if i want funk then the q-tron can more than deliver. Besides that tha nks so far and keep it coming. Gonna play with it all day tomm when i wake up! |
06-18-2009, 04:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Puerto Rico | | Quote:
Originally Posted by whoatherechunk can we see that mod please | i'll be posting up a video showing everything in about a week on the youtube channel | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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