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I know a phasor is a modulation effect, but what classic rock songs use a phasor? Who uses one and why?

 

 

Van Halen used it in alot of the early stuff. Why? It sounds cool and hides a multitude of slop. I sound like freakin' EVH myself when I lay on the modulation and enough dirt. But I never use it to play songs.

 

I have a DOD FX-20-B that wll go up on ebay soon. Like others I prefer Chorus to thicken my sound now. I want to start getting into delay too.

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I use my EVH Phase 90 for my Arch Enemy moments as Mike Amott uses his for harmony and lead tones, i also use it for some clean tones like Dream Theater - Pull Me Unders clean intro.

 

I also have a MIJ Boss PH-1 whitch is from 1981 that is quite simply the best {censored}ing analogue phaser ever made to my ears, i use it sparingly as its my only bit of vintage gear and my EVH does everything i need, the PH-1 is there as the script mode of the EVH isnt great, its the block lettering mode of my EVH i always use, the PH-1 is best for the analogue phasing that i sometimes need.

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i might be talking out of my ass here but isn't pretty much the whole verse of shine on you crazy diamond a phaser or am i mixing songs up?

 

i use it on some songs to go a bit crazy and make a wall of noise.

 

it sounds brilliant when i do it at the end of coldplays fix you when all the instruments kick in:thu:

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So what are are saying is Joe Walsh uses a phasor on Turn to Stone?

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I think "shattered" is a phaser. There's definitely some in "Ten Years Gone" (Zeppelin). I like them because flangers always sounded too metallic (that jet engine whoosh). Phasers just seem like they are a little more subtle.

 

My favorite one was always the Electro Harmonix Small Stone. They weren't built as solidly as the Boss or Ibanez pedals, but the new 'nano' series by EH seems to have finally resolved the problem of flimsy stomp boxes.

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No {censored}, I don't play shred.
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I didn't say you did. I was just having a crack at the shredders who often use heavy modulation on their tracks, sort of like Van Halen on acid, which covers up the actual solo making it hard to hear(and also thus covering their mistakes). I was likening this to the irony that even though a phaser makes a guitar sound like "But it's in SPACE!", you wouldn't be able to hear it if it really was.

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I'm not well so cut me a little slack, I could just be having a major senior moment.


Anyway I am bored and just dusted off the remainder of what was my effects board...one of the remaining effect pedals is an old DOD FX20 III phasor (two knob) however for the life of me I can't remember what tunes I used it for?


I know a phasor is a modulation effect, but what classic rock songs use a phasor?


Who uses one and why?


Sorry it's been awhile since I've used modulation.

 

 

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because they sound great, for certain applications

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'cause distortion into overdrive doesn't make enough sense without a phaser in between.

 

 

In between distortion into overdrive meaning, distortion> phasor> overdrive?

 

Splain why it doesn't make much sense without a phasor inbetween?

 

Anyway since posting this thread I've been having a blast with this phasor, now I'm in the market for a distortion pedal like a (RAT distortion) or simular, I have a wasabi OD which is pretty cool, but I need something for metal as well.

 

The remaining effects I have left and how I currently have them arranged on my board powered by a brick is as follows; BOSS TU2> BOSS DD-6> BOSS CH-1> DOD FX20 III phasor> Dano Wasabi OD> DOD FX 40-B EQ. ...i'm sure they can be arranged for better opitmization, so I'm all ears for placement recommendations.

 

I may put my Tonelab se on ebay to help fund other effects.

 

Thanks again for the replies

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The only think I can think is that distortion as opposed to lower gain, more mid heavy OD tends to add sparkle to most phasers. The Moon Phaser does this best, IMO. So the distortion isn't just a boost, it also adds the sparkle that would be otherwise lost using it before OD.

 

At least that's why I think he said that.

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+1...that was the worst dirt I've ever heard (Fab-Tone meets MT-2)

 

 

After trying to drum up a description of just how lame that was, I am left without words to describe just how juvenile sounding that was. A giant FAIL. Apparently it's true and Kittie proves it, the only taste that some people have, is in their mouth because that clip PROVES that Kittie has NO taste for good tone.

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