phazers on stun, spock....

[Mark Hammer]

I made a pair of Causalities, a 4-stager and a 6-stager.  They each do interesting things, but neither of them really nails the sort of sweep I like as easily as a P90.  More of an "inserted special effect", where I find the P90 is a set-and-forget pedal.  I was sitting in at a buddy's band practice about 2 months ago, ran a modded P90 set to low gurgle into an OD-1 clone, and pretty much left it there, and at that, the whole night.  I was as surprised as anyone how much I liked it, and found it suitable across an array of tunes....particularly considering I had brought two large tubs of pedals of every kind.

I appreciate subtlety too.  But you can get subtlety by reducing the number of stages and feedback - as in the P45, AND you can also get subtlety by eliminating or reducing the feedback (the infamous R28), and restricting the sweep width of a P90.

I will say that we have not had many folks commenting in the last few years on using a ramp-up/ramp-down add-on.  Or did all those folks go out and buy a Keeley phaser?

The old Roland AP-7 Jet Phaser also had a ramp-up/ramp-down feature, although the fast speed was fixed.

[wavley]

I made a pair of Causalities, a 4-stager and a 6-stager.  They each do interesting things, but neither of them really nails the sort of sweep I like as easily as a P90.  More of an "inserted special effect", where I find the P90 is a set-and-forget pedal.  I was sitting in at a buddy's band practice about 2 months ago, ran a modded P90 set to low gurgle into an OD-1 clone, and pretty much left it there, and at that, the whole night.  I was as surprised as anyone how much I liked it, and found it suitably across an array of tunes....particularly considering I had brought two large tubs of pedals of every kind.

I appreciate subtlety too.  But you can get subtlety by reducing the number of stages and feedback - as i the P45, AND you can also get subtlety by eliminating or reducing the feedback (the infamous R28), and restricting the sweep width of a P90.

I will say that we have not had many folks commenting in the last few years on using a ramp-up/ramp-down add-on.  Or did all those folks go out and buy a Keeley phaser?

The old Roland AP-7 Jet Phaser also had a ramp-up/ramp-down feature, although the fast speed was fixed.

You said it perfectly, I use the p45 as a set and forget pedal that is on more than it's off into two mildly breaking up low wattage amps.  I use the small stone for "inserted special effect"

The jet phaser is awesome, been so long since I've seen one I forgot about it, I would love to build one!