4 Ways to use a Phaser Pedal

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  • Опубликовано: 1 июн 2024
  • This week, set your phasers to "user-friendly" and "insanely versatile," because we're going to showcase just how many awesome sounds you can get out of this effect. Spoiler: it's a lot.
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    Chapters:
    0:00 Intro
    0:38 An introduction to phaser
    1:46 Jerry Garcia joined The Beatles
    3:12 "I've Got a Jam Band"
    4:31 A homage to Nick
    5:19 "Almost Solitude is Bliss"
    6:20 Dark Side of Santana
    7:45 "Almost Breathe"
    9:20 An attempt at Van Halen
    10:23 "Van Posers"
    12:32 Record Time
    13:33 Thanks for watching!
    Gear used in this episode:
    JHS - 3 Series Phaser
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    JHS - 3 Series Compressor
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    BOSS - DM-2w
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    JHS - Smiley
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    JHS - Angry Charlie
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    Record Time:
    Tame Impala - InnerSpeaker
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    Josh’s record player is by U-Turn Audio:
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    The jams from this episode are on BandLab! Head over to the link below to jam with us, download the stems, and create your own samples from our sounds... or all of those things.
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  • @anthonymichael3029
    @anthonymichael3029 Год назад +742

    Josh’s ability to play convincingly in whatever genre he’s attempting isn’t talked about enough. Kudos!

    • @fanoboss
      @fanoboss Год назад +4

      i concur

    • @lovecraftmusic8717
      @lovecraftmusic8717 Год назад +25

      Not true, he stops at indie rock...hard rock and metal aren't his thing at all.

    • @KelticKabukiGirl
      @KelticKabukiGirl Год назад +11

      He could use some serious Metal lessons though, I am hoping to fill the Metalhead Pedal void soon

    • @KelticKabukiGirl
      @KelticKabukiGirl Год назад +6

      @@lovecraftmusic8717 finally someone else said it too! He can hard rock kinda, who can't? But can he Show offf some Entombed or Dismember style riffs for an HM2 or Obituary for a Rat? No,....... I wish i could sit in just for the Metal bits, But I have my own channel to start just for Heavy shit and Pedals, there are no Pedal focused RUclipsrs for Metal

    • @CletoFrost
      @CletoFrost Год назад +5

      totally
      love how he can demo almost every pedal he shows here, very convincingly.

  • @deanoplym
    @deanoplym Год назад +347

    I never see anybody mention the quality of the drum sounds on these recordings. amazing guys

    • @davelanciani-dimaensionx
      @davelanciani-dimaensionx Год назад +19

      Not to mention Nick and Addison are a great rhythm section.

    • @ChiefMiddleFinger
      @ChiefMiddleFinger Год назад +4

      I’ve mentioned it a few times and I’m a guitar player.

    • @_-_Michael_-_
      @_-_Michael_-_ Год назад +2

      Do we know how they get the sound?

    • @Nightdare
      @Nightdare Год назад +7

      Are you kidding, that snare sound achieved legendary status amongst regular viewers

    • @dahliafiend
      @dahliafiend Год назад +6

      Its a Kemper

  • @risingtide_official
    @risingtide_official Год назад +176

    I own MANY phasers. Can't imagine never having phasers.. Sometimes they're set to kill, sometimes they're set to stun.

    • @ronmanalo5001
      @ronmanalo5001 Год назад +8

      Set Phasers to Stun - Taking Back Sunday

    • @DeadlySpecies
      @DeadlySpecies Год назад

      Some are disruptors

    • @JV-un7qw
      @JV-un7qw Год назад +1

      you should try double phasers. Seems like fun

    • @shaft9000
      @shaft9000 10 месяцев назад +1

      Makes a hell of a lot more sense than a bunch of reverb pedals.
      Imagine "requiring" a studio-quality 'verb with "high end air-band" to put through your amp's speaker...a speaker that rolls off rapidly above 5-6kHz and can't make a peep in the 10kHz - 20kHz region.

  • @RAndrewNeal
    @RAndrewNeal Год назад +1

    Man, that first jam went from in the pocket to grimy. I could listen to that in an entire Pink Floyd-length song.

  • @gingerAV
    @gingerAV Год назад +66

    my gf accidentally ordered me a 3 series phaser when i’d asked for the chorus.
    honestly, a perfect accident. love this thing!

    • @terrymiller111
      @terrymiller111 Год назад +13

      You were meant to be together.
      (You and the pedal. The girlfriend? We'll see!)

    • @jfo3000
      @jfo3000 Год назад +6

      Phase is much better than chorus. She knew what she was doing.

    • @stevenburvenich168
      @stevenburvenich168 Год назад +1

      @@jfo3000 well, chorus always has had an "additive" modulation to me, phaser a "subtractive". Can't describe it better.

  • @charlesrense5199
    @charlesrense5199 Год назад +116

    This phaser set was stunning!
    I'll see myself out.

    • @teemusid
      @teemusid Год назад +8

      Thank you for not disappointing me. Live long and prosper.

    • @Jaspertine
      @Jaspertine Год назад +5

      Turns out we can't eliminate puns all at once.
      We're gonna try phasing them out.

    • @chickenboyyyy7860
      @chickenboyyyy7860 Год назад +4

      Relax. Theres nothing wrong with you. Ithink you might just be in a bad phase in your life

    • @asmahism
      @asmahism Год назад

      You got a mirror or something? Otherwise I’ll make sure you leave ya gabagool

    • @asmahism
      @asmahism Год назад

      Oh I forgot the phaser pun. Mine is so subtle you won’t even be able to figure it out (or hear it I guess).

  • @notarealperson87
    @notarealperson87 Год назад +89

    for the EVH phase sound you gotta run the phaser into the distortion, since Eddie didnt have an effects loop and used amp distortion. it's also how you keep the phase sound subtle so you can leave it on all the time.

    • @harrisfrankou2368
      @harrisfrankou2368 Год назад +4

      I have mine before the amp and after my fuzz...settled on that.

    • @JoelCaseyJonesMusic
      @JoelCaseyJonesMusic Год назад +4

      I was literally about to post this. Love that subtle pre gain sound.

    • @dannyllerenatv8635
      @dannyllerenatv8635 Год назад +4

      Even when using an amp that has an effects loop, I always like phase and vibe before overdrive or distortion. Fuzz always goes first just because most fuzz pedals are temperamental. All other modulation and time-based effects can go after my drives or in the effects loop.

    • @wea69420
      @wea69420 Год назад +7

      true, but Eddie didn't really leave it on very long. At least in the early albums he used it for solos and the odd accent here and there

    • @davelanciani-dimaensionx
      @davelanciani-dimaensionx Год назад +5

      Yep, was just going to post this - EVH had his MXR 90 very early in his signal chain, but certainly before his Marshall which is where his distortion came from. So try running the Phaser before the Angry Charlie and I bet it sounds closer to "the sound."

  • @Trentstone121
    @Trentstone121 Год назад +37

    I use the best type of phaser ever made. I use a univibe. Regular phasers are just not enough for me anymore. I've moved on to harder phasers. I mainstream my univibe directly into my heart intravenously.

    • @BrianOboylemusic
      @BrianOboylemusic Год назад

      They say that’s the best way

    • @resistor27
      @resistor27 Год назад

      That will be my next pedal. Probably the last one I’ll ever need.

  • @raedellwood6911
    @raedellwood6911 Год назад +25

    London Calling album by the Clash, Mick Jones was addicted to phaser at that time, it's all over that record. Don't know what brand or model he was using but it's everywhere. Kinda overdid it with the phase on that one maybe. I tried phaser and moved on to univibe real quick, but I guess that's just a fancy phaser.

    • @benwebb7698
      @benwebb7698 Год назад +8

      It was an MXR Phase 100 if memory serves.

  • @RobertFisher1969
    @RobertFisher1969 Год назад +62

    Having grown up in the ‘80s, I always thought chorus would be the only modulation I’d ever need. 🙂 But as I’m also a child of the ‘70s, you’ve now shown me that I need a phaser.

    • @robcobi
      @robcobi Год назад +1

      My first pedal was a DOD Chorus in 1990 maybe? My second pedal (NS-2 lol) wasn't bought until the mid 2000s, so I'm with ya!
      I never knew how much I needed a compression pedal until just a few years back, now I have like 10 of them to switch between (old school DOD Milk Box being my fav, Philosopher's Tone (Ge) next). I've bought a Waza Chorus recently too, great pedal. Maybe I'll get the MXR M134 one next 🙂

    • @RobertFisher1969
      @RobertFisher1969 Год назад +2

      @@robcobi : Heh. My first pedal was a chorus bought around 1990 too! Mine is a Washburn. My second pedal was either a Boss DA-2 or JB-2, so sometime between 2013 & 2018. I’ve got the Waza Chorus now too. (And a JC-40.) And I’m eyeing the DC-2w.

    • @stevenburvenich168
      @stevenburvenich168 Год назад

      try a phaser into a chorus ..... speed setting is important but it gets you a nice rotary nuance

    • @waltjames407
      @waltjames407 Год назад +2

      I got pretty sick of chorus because in the 80s EVERYONE was using one and a lot of players just left it turned on all the time. I have one in my pedal board, but I almost never use it. I regard it as a seasoning to be used sparingly, as I regard most modulation effects. Most virtual rigs I set up on modelers don't even have a chorus in the chain, and if I put a chorus in, it's generally only on the clean rigs I set up.
      The script MXR Phase 90, OTOH, is my #1 desert island effect. I use effects sparingly, but phaser is the one I go to most frequently. It is THE effect, AFAIC.

    • @shaft9000
      @shaft9000 10 месяцев назад +1

      Two '70s modulation effects units that everyone should hear before they die, but most won't:
      - Marshall Time Modulator
      - the effects section of the Farfisa Polychrome...possibly the most glorious implementation of analog fx in any stock instrument ever made
      And a few more:
      - Bode Frequency Shifter (not a pitch-shifter, and all-analog), particularly on drums. Some vocoders can sound good on drums too, but not quite so cool as a BFS.
      btw the early Sennheiser and EMS vocoders can slam and sizzle even more than the classic Rolands, worth many a listen.
      - The Moog Phaser heard drenching the ever-living f*ck out of the Moog modular in the _Clockwork Orange_ theme is another.
      Ground-zero for Flanging is _Axis:Bold As Love._ People were flanging a bit before and a lot since, but never had it been utilized to more appropriate and dramatic effect.
      I don't rate pedal flangers, or anything not utilizing twin copies of a mix being varispeeded _ahead in time_ as well as real-time (two copies of the same vinyl can do it with a pitch-adjustable turntable, also).
      (that said, the Lovetone 'Flange With No Name' wasn't too egregious as pedals go...it actually sounds quite good! But it still doesn't sound like tape-flanging. :)

  • @michaelsnydermusic
    @michaelsnydermusic Год назад +77

    It was nice to actually hear some JHS pedals on the JHS show! Oh and Nick, you nailed the scream for the Floyd song. That was awesome!

  • @chrisradzion2148
    @chrisradzion2148 Год назад +91

    The “Dark Side” jam sounded like “Breathe” mixed with “Dogs” from “Animals”. Which is a good thing. I’d love to see the Smashing Pumpkins phaser thing, where they run everything through it, and use it with the rate all the way down during solos.

    • @nedim_guitar
      @nedim_guitar Год назад

      I might try that. I use mine mainly on cleans.

    • @Aaron-zh4kj
      @Aaron-zh4kj Год назад +2

      Jinx! I commented about the Smashing Pumpkins also. As a result of loving that sound, I bought a phase 100 (what they used on guitars during Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie). Also, Behringer just did a clone of the mutron bi phase, a rare unit they heavily used during Siamese dream especially! If I wasn't so digital dependent now and had the space, I'd maybe think about buying one.

    • @chrisradzion2148
      @chrisradzion2148 Год назад

      @@Aaron-zh4kj I’ve seen that Behringer. I love their pedals (great in all but housing; the SF300, HM300, and TM300 are all spot on clones of the Boss FZ2, HM2, and Tech 21 SansAmp, respectively. I’ll have to look into that BiPhase, because if it’s close and affordable, it’s a get. Currently, I use a Phase 90 clone for Pumpkins. I think Reverb did an article about using an MXR UniVibe at certain setting to get similar results, but I’ve never tried it.

    • @Aaron-zh4kj
      @Aaron-zh4kj Год назад

      @@chrisradzion2148 The behringer biphase clone isn't just a pedal, as I remember. They put it in essentially the same housing and everything as the original. I also got an MXR Phase 99, which is basically two phase 90's in one box, also with a script button. I wanted it after learning that Billy Corgan mentioned using two Phase 90's in tandem later on, so I could do the same thing with less space consumption on my old pedal board.

    • @chrisradzion2148
      @chrisradzion2148 Год назад +1

      @@Aaron-zh4kj I was looking at it today. Looks exactly the same. Still too pricey for me (I think it’s about $300). I think getting a Phase 99, 100, or just another decent Phase 90 clone will do the trick. I also have a small multi effects pedal with an “auto wah”/ envelope filter on it. At certain settings (I have them pictured somewhere), you can get what Corgan calls a “cocked wah” type sound. If you love the tones of those first few SP albums, especially the leads, it’s so cool to figure out how to used some of these modulation pedals, sometimes unconventionally, to get those tones. Most people stop with an Op Amp Big Muff and maybe a Marshall sounding Plexi pedal, but these other effects add these little things that make it so much better. I’m very close to buying a TC Mimiq for some of those solo tones (I’d get a Strymon Deco, but that’s right there with the Biphase- out of financial reach at the moment).

  • @Mini1124
    @Mini1124 Год назад +128

    My favorite phaser is by far the Small Stone. InnerSpeaker is what drew me to that fuzz into phaser sound, and Kevin has almost always used a Small Stone. For like $50 used, you seriously cannot go wrong with that pedal.

    • @Merlincat007
      @Merlincat007 Год назад +3

      Yep! I do prefer the big box versions though, personally. The nano seems to sweep too low or too long in the low so it kinda drops out at the bottom imo. Actually I've got a cheap mini phaser by Kokko that can get like 95% of the way to that sound too! Weird find on that one (it's even digital I think!) after trying many phasers. Another cool one is the CKK Robot. About $100 like the big box small stones, maybe not quite as lush but more versatile for sure.

    • @natethagod2426
      @natethagod2426 Год назад +2

      @@Merlincat007 i have the nano, the big box and the Black Russian and the big box is definitely the best but the Black Russian(if you can tweak the insane volume drop) has a very unique and dark sound

    • @malcolmgordon2988
      @malcolmgordon2988 Год назад +5

      Completely agree! I got one after hearing that it was used on the intro to Radiohead’s Subterranean Homesick Alien. The Phase 90 seems to get more love these days and it certainly has it’s own sound, but the Small Stone does for me hands down!

    • @flipdry
      @flipdry Год назад +4

      You can get the Behringer VP-1 for $45 NEW and it's a copy of the vintage small stone in a similar enclosure, really nails Kevin's sound and Toro Y Moi's sound on MAHAL.

    • @samdixon6433
      @samdixon6433 Год назад +1

      especially having the big box version as it has that "gooey" phase sound that the nano just doesn't have!

  • @icepop77
    @icepop77 Год назад +36

    If you're into Shoegaze, I highly recommend the song "Ocean" by Lush, on their album titled "Spooky" from 1992. It's a pure embodiment of 90's Phaser with a wonderful stereo effect thrown in there at the end.

    • @AdamGarrett72
      @AdamGarrett72 Год назад +3

      I always thought that was flanger. I also always liked to imagine Robin Guthrie just slamming the pan pot back and forth by hand at the end, though I'm sure it was probably a rack unit

    • @jhspedals
      @jhspedals  Год назад +10

      Lush is so gooood!

    • @icepop77
      @icepop77 Год назад

      @@jhspedals one of my all time favorites!

    • @flyjohnson711
      @flyjohnson711 Год назад +2

      Lush is special. Though Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins produced their first album and Spooky…..and I always have felt he played some of the guitars. This track is a prime example. It’s funny….Lush is such an embodiment of CT but really every shoegaze band was. Reality I cannot think of a band that singularity inspired an entire genre of music….maybe the Beatles in Pop and Rock and Black Sabbath in metal ….there you have it ….The most important bands of all time….The Beatles, Black Sabbath and the fuckin’ Cocteau Twins.

    • @shaft9000
      @shaft9000 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@flyjohnson711
      - *Velvet Underground,* yo. no velvets = no shoegaze as we know it
      - Joy Division were the first thoroughly post-punk band
      - many would say *Kraftwerk* (for Krautrock, New Wave AND Techno) but the Krautrock goes primarily through Tangerine Dream in 1969, and nobody called anything "Techno" in the '70s (except for Bruce Haack). Kraftwerk definitely DO get credit for the entire Electro genre, though, and were arguaby the first all-synth pop music ensemble (i.e. "New Wave") outside of perhaps YMO in Japan. Or...
      One other band was influencing tons of New Wave and Post-punk that followed, arguably as much as Bowie did:
      - Sparks...yes, *SPARKS*
      The Mael bros pre-empts both Roxy Music and Queen - who's approach to recording and building harmonies would probably have sounded different if they hadn't heard _This Town Aint Big Enough For the Both of Us_

  • @eddie1188
    @eddie1188 3 месяца назад +3

    Back in the seventies the phase shifter was the second pedal I got after the fuzz box ! The chorus pedal kind of replaced the phase shifter ! I loved my phase shifter , pedals where rare and slowly picked up momentum , the wah pedal was another early pedal from the 60's !

  • @tobiasthiel5291
    @tobiasthiel5291 2 месяца назад +2

    I didn't know a phaser was so versatile. I have a Peavey vtx classic 65 combo and besides the spring chorus it's got a built-in phaser. I always felt that it was so random to integrate a phaser, of all the effects. But that was because my only association with phaser was Van Halen :D I will definitely experiment with it now, especially for cleaner sounds. Thanks for the inspiration.

  • @larrykhulmann6262
    @larrykhulmann6262 Год назад +4

    Best songs with Phaser: Big Star Ballad Of El Goodo, Clash Lost In The Supermarket, Tame Impala anything off the record you just showed us, Paul Mccartney Back Seat Of My Car

  • @samsewall8341
    @samsewall8341 Год назад +72

    I don't usually comment on the jams, but I think this was some of the best jams you've done. And now I really really really want a phaser. Looks like I am trucking myself to the music store to grab a 3 series.....
    Great phaser uses was Phil Lynott from Thin Lizzy, used on his bass. Check out Dancing in the Moonlight from the absolutely stellar album Bad Reputation.

    • @AlfredHugecokk
      @AlfredHugecokk Год назад +2

      That's one of my favorite song !
      Knew it from the movie Infiltrator in the opening scene.

    • @doctorscoot
      @doctorscoot Год назад

      I have two and it’s not enough

    • @thetribalist6923
      @thetribalist6923 Год назад +4

      @@AlfredHugecokk agreed! It’s one of my wife’s and my “songs”. Thin Lizzy is regarded as one of the greats, and I yet I’d still label them underrated. Criminally so. This song was a great use of phase and just a great song in general.

    • @andrewryan2280
      @andrewryan2280 Год назад +3

      I used to think the guitarist, Robertson used a phaser too, but found out it’s a wah he leaves on heel position (not sure of technical term). Solos, like Emerald and Don’t believe a word, spring to mind are wah but sound great with phaser.

    • @harrisfrankou2368
      @harrisfrankou2368 Год назад +2

      @@thetribalist6923 Wow I just worked out Boys are Back in town as a Piano ballad...In Ab!
      Love Thin Lizzy Phil is the most under rated writer ever in my opinion.
      The album tracks are amazing...so many Gems Borderline one of many.

  • @streetwisehercules5200
    @streetwisehercules5200 Год назад +14

    As a deadhead, Jam 1 was simultaneously hilarious and impressive. Good job!

    • @markschuth8036
      @markschuth8036 Год назад

      Pulled off EVH better than Jer though. 😂

  • @chrisbarriere101
    @chrisbarriere101 4 месяца назад +2

    8:52 Carlos is standing in the corner sipping mescal tea and grinning like a lizard indeed😮

  • @markhammer643
    @markhammer643 Год назад +9

    Some hot tips for phaser use.
    1) All FET-based phasers - which is everything pretending to be just like a Phase 90 and a bunch of others - will have a small trimpot inside to adjust where in the spectrum the unit sweeps. This is also used to get the FETs into a range where they all "row together" rather than some rowing and some freezing up at the highest or lowest point of the sweep. That trimmer does not have an exceedingly wide range of adjustment, but there is usually a bit of leeway, that allows you to move the phasing up a bit to be more "swirly", or down a bit to be more "gurgly". If it's a one-knob phaser, then that trimmer will be adjusted for every single pedal out of the factory to sound the same and sweep in the same range of the spectrum. But you CAN play with it to get a different sort of sound, without destroying anything. Make a point of noting where it started out, though, so you can return it to the default. Better phasers, with more than 3 knobs might have a Manual or Offset panel control that allows the user to nudge the sweep range this way and that. MXR went with a compromise setting that worked for all speeds, and hid the possibilities from end-users.
    2) TWO phasers in series can yield some really interested sound, especially if one is sweeping much slower than the other. It produces a phasing sound that can appear to gradually move up and down in its range. Look for the RUclips demo of my Double Vision phaser for an example of this in action.
    3) As has undoubtedly been described and demonstrated by countless RUclipss from people like Brian Wampler, phaser *before* distortion yields different sounds than phaser *after* distortion. Why? Pedals that distort do so by exceeding the headroom limits of the circuit and clipping the signal. When a phaser is located *after* a distortion of some kind, the swept notches filter out, or downplay, the harmonics added by the distortion. When the very same phaser is situated *before* the distortion, those swept notches move parts of the signal further away from or closer to the clipping threshold as the unit sweeps, producing different degrees of extra harmonic content in this or that part of the spectrum. The result sounds more "animated" than "filtered".

  • @removemental2873
    @removemental2873 Год назад +44

    Trick question. I do own a phaser.

  • @mattrobbins2268
    @mattrobbins2268 Год назад +1

    I bought a Small Stone when l was a kid. I could barely play and l hated phasers but it was available so l got it. I had to adjust the way l was learning to play to accommodate that little beast--that is NOT THE WAY YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY!--and l discovered all the lovely, harmonically rich wobbles and undulations a phaser provides.
    So l never learned how to play guitar properly but l developed my own style. And ensured that l would never be in danger of playing cruise ship gigs in a top 40 show band. So: Phasers rule.

  • @70topbananaman
    @70topbananaman 24 дня назад +1

    My favorite Phaser - 1980 Ibanez PT-909. Ditched my EVH phaser and put it back on my board.

  • @flipdry
    @flipdry Год назад +10

    Recently bought a Behringer VP-1, copy of a vintage small stone and I love it on my bass!

    • @yadayada369
      @yadayada369 Год назад +1

      Dude I have one of those and like most Behringer pedals while it's not the most road worthy, it sounds fantasti! I love it on both guitar and bass as well

  • @brackstubblefield1932
    @brackstubblefield1932 Год назад +15

    Oh, Man! You guys gotta do a little more on this one; phase before and after gain, different stage phasing, what makes phase different from things like chorus and flange.
    Anyway, loved it!
    Favorite phaser songs:
    “We Will Rock You”
    “Passenger Side”
    “I Don’t Think Hank Done It This A Away”

  • @nx01craig
    @nx01craig 3 месяца назад +1

    My beloved 1970’s Morley Phaser pedal truly did disappear. Man it sounded awesome with my Mellotron M400! Still have the Mellotron, wish I still had the Morley pedal. But you can still hear that glorious combination if you search RUclips for Eternal Void Moon Sliver (Full Album). That album is full of vintage Mellotron and Morley Phaser (& Echo) pedals!

  • @solidgroundmusic
    @solidgroundmusic 4 месяца назад +1

    Josh, you need to take this band on tour. Seriously

  • @patrickfinnegan5230
    @patrickfinnegan5230 Год назад +26

    One of my favorite uses of phaser comes from a surprising source, actually: Gordon Lightfoot. Or more precisely, his former lead guitarist, the late, great Terry Clements. Clements used an MXR Phase 90 in the ‘70s with his Gretsch Country Gentleman to add a bit of swirl to Lightfoot’s peak-era folk-rock. The electric guitar arpeggio combined with Lightfoot’s acoustic strumming or finger picking creates some very pleasing textures.

  • @jbognap
    @jbognap Год назад +21

    For me, phaser before distortion - it sounds less "effecty". For cleans, just barely on - same reason. You don't want listeners to focus on the effect.

    • @mariocanascerrato6788
      @mariocanascerrato6788 Год назад +2

      This is some great advice. I wish someone had given it to me earlier.

    • @thenwyeti7270
      @thenwyeti7270 Год назад +1

      Totally agree. Compressor - phaser - OD / boost etc. the Keeley cosmic country phaser is a rad one too. A blend knob is a must have.

    • @vladv5126
      @vladv5126 Год назад +1

      Unless you do. It's all good.

    • @BrianOboylemusic
      @BrianOboylemusic Год назад

      Excellent advice…..

    • @newpinglegend9304
      @newpinglegend9304 Год назад

      @@vladv5126 I'd agree mostly with the OP, but I think you're right to point out there could always be an exception.

  • @jimlutz8092
    @jimlutz8092 4 месяца назад +1

    I have five pedals on my current board which sometimes can be all ON at the same time (a Compressor, 2 Overdrives, a Chorus, and a Delay). But I sometimes switch out the Chorus for a Phase Shifter, for rhythm on specific songs only. Two such songs in my rotation that require it are "Beast of Burden" and "Lightning Crashes." It's not the same without a Phaser. Just don't overuse it, on songs that don't require it. It's a nice occasional flavor to have in your arsenal.

  • @Creed_fan_69
    @Creed_fan_69 Год назад +14

    Josh has gotten a lot better at guitar over the years. That first jam really shows that he got chops.

  • @martingeerars9640
    @martingeerars9640 Год назад +3

    I like phaser but I prefer univibe, now I understand I need both

  • @noyd4172
    @noyd4172 Год назад +8

    Favorite jam was "Almost Solitude Is Bliss". (Nick nailed the intro fill)
    Favorite phaser is the Moog MF-103, because it's big, wood paneled, and has twelve stages, so that's immediately three times better than most phasers.
    Favorite phaser track is "Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore" by The Mars Volta.

  • @rickgonzalez3662
    @rickgonzalez3662 Месяц назад +1

    The parts we were playing at the beginning of the video send it Allman brother like well done

  • @UCS0608
    @UCS0608 4 месяца назад +1

    I have a first gen Electro harmonix Small Stone Pahse Shifer, that I bought in 1975. Then it was an unbelievable effect and we used it on my guitar and on the organ (along with the Big Muff ramshead) to emulate a synthesizer.😀 I still have it, butI haven't used it since 1980 or so. I do have a small multi effect on my board that has phaser, flanger etc, just in case I need it. That don't happen very often...

  • @donsmith5385
    @donsmith5385 Год назад +5

    Carlos Alomar used a Phaser on a lot of Bowie songs, Santana ‘s Europa on the clean part uses the Phaser in a really swirly setting

  • @tz64nk41
    @tz64nk41 Год назад +4

    also great on synths, organs and e-pianos!!

    • @walterdaniel1060
      @walterdaniel1060 Год назад +1

      Yup. The classic combination is a Rhodes electric piano through a phaser. The 1970s string synths were just transistor organs with some filtering and phase shifting...

  • @AtomicGarden68
    @AtomicGarden68 3 месяца назад +1

    Definitely part of my sound...nice and slow= warm and beautiful overdriven tone, and of course clean is a beauty :)

  • @robbyray
    @robbyray Год назад

    Informative and wonderful, as per usual. Thanks JHS!

  • @maxwellblakely7952
    @maxwellblakely7952 Год назад +4

    I have learned more about pedals, how they sound, how to tweak them, and which ones I should buy from your videos than any other place. Keep up the great work!

  • @tweakerofknobs
    @tweakerofknobs Год назад +4

    I love the pigtronix moonpool. Really cool tremolo and phaser in a small form factor.

  • @EOD714
    @EOD714 Год назад

    Fantastic jams. All were great. I'm going to use my phaser more often.

  • @johnmoser2689
    @johnmoser2689 Год назад

    Great episode... always fun thanks again Josh

  • @MacedoinaChoirs
    @MacedoinaChoirs Год назад +4

    I've been using Phasers ever since I heard "Comin' Round The Mountain" by Funkadelic by in 1976.
    It's still my # 1 effect after all these years.

  • @greenlichtie1570
    @greenlichtie1570 Год назад +6

    Phaser just takes me back to the sounds I heard as a kid coming from the radio in the 70's, a real nostalgia hit. The phased Rhodes on 10cc's I'm not in Love is a personal favourite.
    I think Massive Attack use Phaser subtly and beautifully on their song Protection as well

  • @thetranz13nt52
    @thetranz13nt52 4 месяца назад

    I’m glad Rob showed me your page. You really explain how to get the best out of effects. Your compression video is amazing and really explained how to actually use it. Love your channel keep it up

  • @ryanpjolley
    @ryanpjolley Год назад

    My favorite effect! Great video, and great playing!

  • @ryanevans371
    @ryanevans371 Год назад +4

    These jams are some of the best you guys have done.
    It's not just that the concepts and playing are tight (although they are). It's mostly that they're some of the most inspiring you've done: they seriously make me wanna go pull out some pedals, plug in, and Try Stuff.
    Which is, I assume, the intent. Well....great success.

  • @ZigbertD
    @ZigbertD Год назад +6

    Phaser was the first modulation pedal I ever heard anyone play in person, and it has been ever since my favorite modulation effect. I currently have the Walrus Audio Lillian on my board. Awesome phaser. So many great phaser songs, first one that popped into my head is Dire Straits "Industrial Disease" from the Love Over Gold album. It's not on the main guitar part but on the second part, all these little staccato rhythmic accents, but it sounds fantastic, suits the song perfectly.

  • @JensLarsen
    @JensLarsen Год назад

    Great video! Really enjoy the way they are produced/edited and the humor as well as the information 👍👍

  • @banditsbikeco3439
    @banditsbikeco3439 Год назад +1

    I just got your 3 series compressor last week and I LOVE the pedal! It’s my first JHS product and I’ll definitely be buying more. Keep doing what your doing ❤

  • @JonathanMartinez-kv5sx
    @JonathanMartinez-kv5sx Год назад +5

    I love the approach of Santana looking or playing like Gilmour's way, that is genius..
    Thanks Josh and JHS team for the inspiring ideas!! (And cool performance..)

  • @TheSailsCall
    @TheSailsCall Год назад +15

    I think I first realized phaser from the song Throw Away Your Television by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. You can hear the super thick Moog 12 stage phaser heavy on the guitar during the choruses and it just adds just a mysterious ambience to the whole song as the entire song is a mega trip!

    • @AlfredHugecokk
      @AlfredHugecokk Год назад +4

      Yeah But the song is a repeat... and it's getting old 😉

    • @TheSailsCall
      @TheSailsCall Год назад

      @@AlfredHugecokk hahaha!!! I see what you did there😈🔥🤘🖤✳️

    • @AlfredHugecokk
      @AlfredHugecokk Год назад

      @@TheSailsCall 🤘🤘

  • @ethangold3000
    @ethangold3000 Год назад

    Love that this ep dropped the day after my 3-Series Phaser arrived. The extremes of the knobs are super useful sounds too. Really versatile pedal.

  • @jamiejamieson8
    @jamiejamieson8 Год назад +2

    Filthy good VanH! Excellent demo of Phaser goodness.

  • @derekheyman893
    @derekheyman893 Год назад +5

    I love the Series 3 Phaser for bass! The blend know allows me to cut back so the effect isn't too extreme, as it is with, e.g., the Small Stone. Using a phaser gives a bass movement and a psychedelic sound, but too much in and out just removes the steadiness of the bottom. The blend knob solves that. It's also more tweakable than most phaser pedals. It can be extremely subtle or ... extreme.

  • @salvadorsolis3948
    @salvadorsolis3948 Год назад +6

    I'm waiting for JHS to make a high quality Phase 90 + Small Stone in one. 4 Stage Phaser powerhouse! I know most of the songs you played in this videos would sound even better with it, rather than playing them with a 6 stage phaser as you did. Please make it Josh!

    • @MadMaxBS
      @MadMaxBS Год назад

      I'm just waiting for anyone to make a Small Stone inspired box that uses a knob instead of a color switch. I feel like it should exist (pretty sure it exists as a mod) but I've yet to find one online.

  • @solvospero
    @solvospero Год назад

    Good jams. Loved the surprise at the end of the Floyd. 'Was not expected, although, it also was... Strange.
    Shine on You Crazy Diamond.

  • @shanelaing4402
    @shanelaing4402 Год назад

    Funny Video 😁 and the description of Gilmore playing with Santana in the room is spot on! Great playing. My Lillian Phaser is back on my board this week 😉 thank you.

  • @Negative.mrb1
    @Negative.mrb1 Год назад +8

    I own a 3 series phaser I like it because most the phasers I’ve had, never had a volume or blend knob. I like it low and slow and wide. I’ve bought most of the 3 series pedals all really good and versatile. I also like they are from Kc too !!

  • @thejolt124
    @thejolt124 Год назад +4

    I have this weird Maestro phaser ph-70 I got for like $50. It does absolutely nothing for the majority of the range of the rate pot and then blooms into this incredible, wide, weird sound and I love it so much. It's the only phaser I've ever used and is one of the few modulation effects I really enjoy. This was an awesome episode, put me in a better mood watching you guys. Thank you for everything you do.

  • @jasperdevries1726
    @jasperdevries1726 Год назад +2

    Somehow I always associate Andy Summers in the Police with chorus (and he did use chorus), but it only struck me later how much of their early stuff was played with a MXR Phase 90 pedal.

    • @geraldfriend256
      @geraldfriend256 Год назад +1

      And most of his chorus sounds were actually an Electric Mistress flanger.

  • @nickmizell1141
    @nickmizell1141 Год назад +1

    You and your band are great!! Keep up the good work love the videos.

  • @GabrielSantana-jd5uf
    @GabrielSantana-jd5uf Год назад +9

    Definitely my favorite effect! I used to say tremolo was my number one, until I got to now phaser, it sounds amazing for rhythm and even cooler for solos if you kick a fuzz in front of it

    • @JonNewquist
      @JonNewquist Год назад +4

      Me too. Other modulations come and go from my board, but phaser, tremolo and spring reverb are always on tap. I could play any gig with those three and an amp that breaks up at stage volume.

  • @frogunrua
    @frogunrua Год назад +7

    The Slow Rush is my favorite but they are all amazing!

    • @notation254
      @notation254 Год назад +2

      The slow rush definitely has some bops on it

  • @jelopezandthegrips
    @jelopezandthegrips Год назад

    Great playing on this vid by the whole band. Awesome!

  • @Bob-of-Zoid
    @Bob-of-Zoid 4 месяца назад +1

    I had the original Maistro Phaser way back in the day! It was a mind melter!

  • @joshuamessenger
    @joshuamessenger Год назад +6

    I love my 3 Series Phaser!
    Everyone should listen to more Waylon Jennings.
    And can you please convince Maestro to reissue that big PS-1 Phase Shifter?

  • @alankelly1001
    @alankelly1001 Год назад +16

    I love Tame Impala's "Innerspeaker" album, but I have the limited edition CD with the second disc "Extraspeaker" that has b-sides and remixes including the song "Half Full Glass of Wine" (probably my favourite Tame Impala song) and their excellent cover of "Remember Me" by Blue Boy.

    • @jackh1570
      @jackh1570 Год назад +1

      Theyre both on spotify too if you go back far enough. I wish some others of his old ones like "The Sun" were on there but the EP with HFGW is amazing.

    • @skyb8687
      @skyb8687 Год назад

      Feeling like I wanna go backwards babay

  • @brucemillar
    @brucemillar 2 месяца назад +1

    Tame Impala, Western Australian band! Nice work. Enjoyed that immensely. Keep em coming. Great playing Josh and you convinced me to pull out the old green Boss phaser and give it another chance.

  • @KatmanJazznBlues
    @KatmanJazznBlues Год назад

    I am pumped for some phase! Nice stuff!!!

  • @chaptermasterpedrokantor1623
    @chaptermasterpedrokantor1623 Год назад +5

    Flanger is by far my most favorite modulation pedal. But if I had to pick a pedal board as small as possible I'd pick a phaser. It's just so versatile. Phase and Tremelo would be my minimalist pick. And the less knobs the better. All a phaser really needs is a rate knob. And the Small Stone intensity switch. Which is why the Small Stone would be my phaser of choice.

  • @mourningleaves
    @mourningleaves Год назад +11

    ‘Meeting of the Spirits’ by Mahavishnu Orchestra has a pretty prominent phasey riff. It was released in 1971, so well before MXR. I don’t think it’s a Univibe, could it be Maestro? Maybe some weird wah pedal?

    • @chiplarison1914
      @chiplarison1914 Год назад +2

      I think that the phasing effect on that was John McLaughlin using a wah, very slowly sweeping through the frequency spectrum. Try that if you have a wah pedal. I gives a really cool filter effect.

  • @YanYeiDei
    @YanYeiDei Год назад +1

    The Almost Breathe jam was spot on Santana stare influence. love it!

  • @geliasr2562
    @geliasr2562 4 месяца назад +1

    The best music gadgets channel! Cheers!

  • @Markleford
    @Markleford Год назад +14

    Need to give props to the "step-phaser" effect, where they use sample and hold for the phase distance instead of just an LFO. Great with a random pattern!

    • @Merlincat007
      @Merlincat007 Год назад +1

      Yeah! Boss PH-3? I love Barberpole phasing too.

    • @markhammer643
      @markhammer643 Год назад

      I built envelope-controlled speed into a Phase 90 clone I made for myself. Having a bit of speed-up when you dig in imparts a bit more emotion to the sound. Recommended. But yeah, S&H effects with any sort of filtering effect are loads of fun. The Line 6 Liqui-Flange also has a S&H "step" function for flanging.

    • @Merlincat007
      @Merlincat007 Год назад

      @@markhammer643 Awesome! Envelope rate Bias Tremolo with or without panning is likely my most used effect! At shallow depths it's subtle and natural, just sounding like string interactions or room acoustics. But I usually dial in a bit more than that.

    • @Merlincat007
      @Merlincat007 Год назад

      @@markhammer643 Ever try the Copilot FX Autodialer? It's a pedal that converts your guitar envelope to expression output!

    • @markhammer643
      @markhammer643 Год назад

      @@Merlincat007 No, but I did make this: ruclips.net/video/ouqkQWhK5ZU/видео.html

  • @MrSpeed-lt8gr
    @MrSpeed-lt8gr Год назад +10

    I own a phaser. And probably use it way too much 🙃. I love it of course to get that Van Halen tone for solos. I also love to turn the knob up (I use the 1 knob MXR) to get a faux uni-vibe sound.
    Edit: Josh I’m a Van Halen die hard since 1984 (pardon the pun). That was an awesome Van Halen jam. Your tapping is awesome! You did the legend proud 🤘🏼❤️🎸

  • @jeroen4734
    @jeroen4734 Год назад +1

    Good stuff dudes! I like phasers, my favorite (so far) is the behringer vp-1. Cheap yet sooo good!

  • @TheBluesBox
    @TheBluesBox Год назад

    Nice jams! Really… nice one 👍 maybe time to take another look at phasers

  • @texasbootlegger3752
    @texasbootlegger3752 Год назад +3

    My favorite is the Keeley Dark Side! Many options plus the additional Fuzz options! A nice pedal.

    • @thebaneofyourexistence.3377
      @thebaneofyourexistence.3377 Год назад

      Recently got a hold of one, absolutely dynamite. I’ve also come out with a horrible rash from my new guitar so haven’t played as much as I’d like to have :-(

    • @texasbootlegger3752
      @texasbootlegger3752 Год назад +1

      @@thebaneofyourexistence.3377 First I've heard someone getting a rash from a guitar! Dang get better!

    • @valvenator
      @valvenator Год назад +1

      @@thebaneofyourexistence.3377 Could it be your strings? Are you using something different? Some folks have allergies to certain metals.

    • @thebaneofyourexistence.3377
      @thebaneofyourexistence.3377 Год назад

      @@valvenator maybe, but I’ve never had that problem before, I’m wondering If it’s the oils from the rosewood.

    • @valvenator
      @valvenator Год назад +1

      @@thebaneofyourexistence.3377 It's a possibility. New guitar?

  • @violinmiata
    @violinmiata Год назад +4

    EHX Neo Clone into a script Phase 90 gets me where I need to go, every time I change that for other pedals I go back to that combination. Those two classics dance together really well. Keep meaning to rehouse both into one box, but I’m lazy and like the cases

    • @backlogbuddies
      @backlogbuddies Год назад

      I need to try that. I did clone into phaser and didn't like it

  • @vincedejesus2285
    @vincedejesus2285 Год назад

    This is great, I literally just bought a 3 series phaser and really dig it, the blend knob is key

  • @randyteta9170
    @randyteta9170 4 месяца назад

    I’ve bought your reverb and delay pedals so far I’m impressed

  • @collinkennedy8231
    @collinkennedy8231 Год назад +3

    You guys should do an episode where you do more of those random band mashups cuz that shiz was 🔥

  • @fortheloveofnoise9298
    @fortheloveofnoise9298 Год назад +5

    I do...but I don't play guitar, I use them with my synthesizers.

  • @maciejtreppa
    @maciejtreppa Год назад

    Great. Now I have to buy a phaser. Fantastic. Thank you very much.

  • @chriskellervxstudios
    @chriskellervxstudios Год назад

    Legitimately funny. Love these videos. My favorite is Boss PH-1r! And props for going for the EVH! Wasn't bad!

  • @trevorgwelch7412
    @trevorgwelch7412 Год назад +3

    I have a Star Trek Phaser ⚡️

  • @rickjohns689
    @rickjohns689 Год назад +5

    I'm quite the opposite. Phaser is my favorite effect, I just picked up a Stymon Zelzah, it is the first pedal to dethrone the mighty phase 90 on my board.

    • @taurushamilton2739
      @taurushamilton2739 Год назад +1

      The Zelzah is the 💣 love that pedal. It’s on my main big board🤘🏾

    • @rickjohns689
      @rickjohns689 Год назад

      @@taurushamilton2739 I literally got it yesterday. It's everything I ever wanted in a modulation pedal. I can get EVH phase, Heart Barracuda Flange, And Andy Summers Chorus out of it with ease. I love this pedal.

  • @brianwilson3133
    @brianwilson3133 Год назад

    everything in this band sounds great, especially the drums!

  • @jonnust6236
    @jonnust6236 Год назад +2

    I love how stereo phasers sound on synths, it tickles my brain in just the right way

  • @viperBSG
    @viperBSG Год назад +2

    But I do own a Phaser. It's one of those Orange MXR thingy's. Hard to beat an MXR

    • @borgetc
      @borgetc Год назад +1

      My “It’s Just A Phase” t-shirt is wearing out - can we get a new batch??
      BTW - I like to use mine as a sometimes always on at the lowest setting (sounds like something Josh would say?) ala Peter Frampton. And Mr. Frampton spoke to this on Beato’s show so I know I’m not just making it up :-)

  • @loneathome4754
    @loneathome4754 Год назад +5

    dID u kNoW tHaT tAmE iMpAlA iS jUsT oNe gUy?!?!?!?

  • @bryanp8010
    @bryanp8010 4 месяца назад

    Phase was my 1st effect pedal 25 years ago. Been hooked ever since

  • @tlskxchris
    @tlskxchris 8 месяцев назад +2

    jhs vids always have the tightest jams sessions. love it

  • @mr.astrophysics9115
    @mr.astrophysics9115 Год назад +3

    I'm going to miss Fulltone..yesterday I was offered $800 for my Deja Vibe MDV-3 answer is No..

    • @theofficialdiamondlou2418
      @theofficialdiamondlou2418 Год назад

      Same here. I love my Full-drive 2 MOSFET . Compressor , MOSFET tube screamer , vintage tube screamer all in one . ✌️

    • @abdullahzayed9646
      @abdullahzayed9646 Месяц назад

      Well... they are back now.

  • @scotthutchens1203
    @scotthutchens1203 Год назад +1

    Some very interesting sounds that could make me like phasing again! I don’t like phasing a whole lot nowadays except when I put my phaser into my old TCE Chorus, Flanger, P.M. to make an unbelievably great Univibe sound that breathes and pulses and does other amazing things because of two sets of controls. In about 1976-‘77 I got a Mutron Phasor ll but didn’t bond with it because there was no blend control to get lower amounts of the effect. After talking with Mutron, they pointed me to semi-custom builder Castle Instruments Phaser lll which I still have and is the best phaser I’ve ever heard with many more innovative controls that did things unheard of on mass produced units, plus also went lower and higher in range than anything in the stores. They also made rack mount units; after that, the owner branched out into chorus and echo/delay and flangers. The keyboard player with the Dixie Dregs was a user and endorser.

  • @rumbletruck1
    @rumbletruck1 Год назад +2

    One of your best episodes ever! Pre-order purchased! (Joe Walsh, Turn to Stone). 👍🏻🤘🏻

  • @spacedout_bae
    @spacedout_bae Год назад

    Great jams too btw like usual!