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#183,302
dagrev said:
Question: My beloved late 70s early 80s MXR Phase 90 has been acting up. The last few Sundays it would make some crazy and loud popping sound after engaged for a few seconds. Makes my 410s really hop. Like shorts or some kind. So I brought it home to see if it did it there, but can't get it to do anything, batter or power supply or both. Anyone ever run into this? It's fantastic sounding and hate to toss it, but everything has an expiration date I suppose.

Any recommendations on Phasers given this is likely done for?
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Sorry to hear that. Personally, I'd just go with a modern Phase 90. They still sound really good, in my opinion. The Aguilar Grape Phaser has sounded good from clips I've heard too.
 
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dagrev said:
Question: My beloved late 70s early 80s MXR Phase 90 has been acting up. The last few Sundays it would make some crazy and loud popping sound after engaged for a few seconds. Makes my 410s really hop. Like shorts or some kind. So I brought it home to see if it did it there, but can't get it to do anything, batter or power supply or both. Anyone ever run into this? It's fantastic sounding and hate to toss it, but everything has an expiration date I suppose.

Any recommendations on Phasers given this is likely done for?
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Tanner5382 said:
NICE! No doubt that sounds killer. I never knew those cabs had little recesses for the feet of the head to go in. Cool!
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Thanks. Heritage 410 is massive sounding. I don't care for most Ampeg 410, but this one sounds nothing like any I've heard.

Tanner5382 said:
Sorry to hear that. Personally, I'd just go with a modern Phase 90. They still sound really good, in my opinion. The Aguilar Grape Phaser has sounded good from clips I've heard too.
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Good idea. I was just looking at those. GC has a bunch used, of various brands. Heard the Beheringer sounds really good as well. I don't want to spend over $100, and like the simplicity of the MXR. One knob. I can handle that!
 
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dagrev said:
Question: My beloved late 70s early 80s MXR Phase 90 has been acting up. The last few Sundays it would make some crazy and loud popping sound after engaged for a few seconds. Makes my 410s really hop. Like shorts or some kind. So I brought it home to see if it did it there, but can't get it to do anything, batter or power supply or both. Anyone ever run into this? It's fantastic sounding and hate to toss it, but everything has an expiration date I suppose.

Any recommendations on Phasers given this is likely done for?
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I would bet it could be repaired, but wait and expense may not be worth it.

My favorite phaser is the Small Stone.
 
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Tanner5382 said:
Something else I forgot to mention earlier. Yesterday I called two local GCs to check if there was any crazy chance that they did have one in stock. No luck, of course, but one employee who seemed like probably a manager told me the next shipment of NRs probably wouldn’t be until February for Burgundy, and not until July or so for Green and Blue. I can’t confirm the accuracy of that, but based on how this run was pushed back on its release, it doesn’t seem unlikely. Just some food for thought for anyone on the fence about purchasing now.
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I'm wondering if one of the issues is component availability. Thunderbucker is waiting on magnets. It took months for Hipshot to fulfill my order for a set of tuners.
 
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