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Old 01-13-2013, 10:05 AM
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Phaser with booty

I have always wanted a good phaser tone and bought a phase 100 and although it sounds pretty good it loses almost all the low end and sounds thin to me. What's the popular opinion from guys here that dig on a phaser that won't lose bottom? Great analog tone not too complicated. New EBS?

Did some searching didn't find specific answers..
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Old 01-13-2013, 10:10 AM
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My Psilocybe has a switch that allows for low end retention. Obviously some parts of the phase shift will highlight some areas of the frequency curve more than others, however...
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Old 01-13-2013, 10:19 AM
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I use the Pigtronix EP2.
Not too simple but not too complicated and has tons of booty until you hit the invert switch - then it does a cool "Talking" effect.
I used it on this song for Michael Tracy:
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Old 01-13-2013, 10:23 AM
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I use the Pigtronix EP2.
Not too simple but not too complicated and has tons of booty until you hit the invert switch - then it does a cool "Talking" effect.
I used it on this song for Michael Tracy:
https://soundcloud.com/michael-tracy/ever-old-ever-new
I also own the EP-2, and I think it loses a touch of low end on the LFO setting personally. YMMV of course.
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Old 01-13-2013, 10:28 AM
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Thanks so far guys is there different versions of the Psilocybe Phaser I should look out for?
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Old 01-13-2013, 10:37 AM
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The Moog 12-Stage is wall crumbling. Seriously good phaser with bass. Yum!
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Old 01-13-2013, 10:38 AM
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Thanks so far guys is there different versions of the Psilocybe Phaser I should look out for?
There are different colors that they used through different production runs, but AFAIK they're all the same internally.
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Old 01-14-2013, 02:03 AM
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I would suggest Wave Logic by GFI System http://www.gfisystem.com/home/

Here's a video I made with bass, comparing Wave Logic with Boss PH-2. I went with Wave Logic and sold my Boss PH-2 after I bought it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU4Wk-NXAeY
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I have only used one, but the subdecay quaser Dlx, works extremely well, all my low end was kept, and it sounded amazing.
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Old 01-14-2013, 07:26 AM
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The Moog 12-Stage is wall crumbling. Seriously good phaser with bass. Yum!
+ 1. This is the mother (or father) of all phaser!
Once you own it you cannot upgrade. The evolutionary road stops there. An epic piece of hardward.
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Check out the Earthquaker Devices Grand Orbiter.... plenty of low end there.
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i'm pretty happy with my ancient Musitronics PhasorII. to me, it has plenty of low end. here's a quick clip of it with a p bass:

http://soundcloud.com/johnk_10/musitronics-phasorii
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+2 for the Psilocybe! Though I'd like to try the Orbiter, FayeSing, and Quasar Deluxe.
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Old 01-15-2013, 04:13 PM
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+1 on the Grand Orbiter. Been using one for several years & I'm still very happy. It retains all low end, has wet/dry mix & offers critical control of the phaser effect.
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I was a big fan of the Grand Orbiter when owned it but my Fav is my modded Boss PH-2 (has a phase inversion mod switch and LFO disable).

Lots of low end here esp with the phase invert: actually ADDS some lows!
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Perhaps my ears deceive me, but I don't think my bass loses any bottom end with the HardWire SP-7 stereo phaser. Hear it here and judge for yourself.
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Old 01-26-2013, 01:15 PM
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I looove my old boss PH1-r. really seems to boost the lows, and slightly boost the volume. great little pedal if you can get one...
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Old 01-26-2013, 01:21 PM
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I'd get favourite phase and use outer blend pedal which allows mixing phase with dry sound. I also like MXR 100 very much and probably won't get anything else.
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