GEAR DATABASE
The Best Phaser For Guitar? Dan Chooses! [Phase 90, Phase 45, Small Stone & More]
Published 30 May 2025
Duration:
00:55:30
Phaser is an essential sound for Dan, so which one will he choose?
It's old-school TPS time! Dan is on the hunt for a phaser to do the do in his new 1970s rock-inspired band. So we chuck a handful of his faves on the board and pick a ‘winner’.
There are two requirements:
1. It Must Sound Great.
2. It Must Not Be Too Big.
There will be more news on The Dan Band / The Danologues / BanDana in due course.
Enjoy the show!
Pedals & Stuff used in this show
• TheGigRig Three2One
• Sonic Research Turbo Tuner ST-200
• Browne Amplification Protein Dual
• JAM Pedals Ripply Fall
• 1978 Electro Harmonix Small Stone Phase Shifter
• 1974 MXR Phase 90
• c1980 MXR Phase 45
• Boss PH-1 Phaser
• Tone City FX Summer Orange
• ZVEX Vibrophase
• Maestro Orbit Phaser
• Boss DD-8 Digital Delay
• TC Electronic HallOf Fame 2 Reverb
• TheGigRig G3
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Interesting bits and go to sections…
0:00 Intro gag & playing
1:20 Why a phaser for Dan?
2:16 Difference between phaser and flanger?
5:18 Today’s amps
6:14 Phaser and chorus sounds compared
10:30 The classics intro
11:10 Small Stone, Phase 90, PH-1, Phase 45 quick comparison
13:05 Fave so far?
14:00 Where have we heard phaser?
17:00 Signal path?
17:42 Phase 45, before and after and wet-dry
23:10 Phaser before and after overdrive?
26:55 Depth on the PH-1
28:20 Does he have a fave yet?
29:10 Summer Orange or Phase 90?
33:24 Humbuckers & Summer Orange
36:05 ZVex Virbrophase
41:20 Maestro Orbit Phaser and general comparison
47:00 A little bit of wet-dry with Dan’s faves
50:45 What do we think then?
53:53 All on!
Guitars in today’s show
• Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster - Dan’s video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnQ4OIJFTgY&ab_channel=ThatPedalShow
• 1961 Fender Stratocaster - video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOMHUQeHGRQ&ab_channel=ThatPedalShow
• Gibson Custom True Historic 1957 Les Paul Goldtop, Murphy Aged - no specific video
Amps in today’s show
• Matchless C30 with 112 ESS / Celestion G12H-75 Creamback
• Lazy J 20 with 12-inch Fane A60
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