I'm using a couple of Teles through an old Super Reverb amp. The AP-5 isn't noisey at all considering it's over 20 years old. It's whisper quite in fact.
There's a couple of things that make this phaser different from others. First is it has enveloped control or touch sensitive phase. This means the hard you play or the loud the signal going in, the fast the rate of phase. There is a knob to control the sensitivity of this function. This feature pretty cool but I haven't found a place to use it yet. Second is it has a footswitch that switches between fast and slow settings. There are knobs that control both settings. What's cool about this is there is a rise time. So when you switch from slow to fast it's not instantanious it takes a bit of time to get all the way fast. This mimics the sound of the leslie rotating speaker starting up. Very cool. I'd imagine it would be even cooler on keyboards. There is also a knob for intensity. When this knob is at zero it gives a sound similar to the original uni-vibe. when it is all the way up it get pretty intense. When the rate and intensity are at 10 it's sound very much like a real leslie. I can't really think of any bad sound characteristics so I think I'll give it a 10.
Reliability/Durability:
It's built like a tank. I have never had any problems and don't forsee any.
Ease of Use:
Easy as pie!
Customer Support:
It's an old pedal not made anymore.
Overall Rating:
I give it a 9/10 because it's HUGE. It's not really pedalboard friendly but it sounds fantastic.
