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I've gone phaser - flanger - chorus - flanger/chorus and have now decided phasing is where I want to be; I want a phaser again

I did I own an EHX nano small stone but moved it on thinking a wanted chorus and finally ended up with a EHX Stereo Electric Mistress which I've now flogged. I've looked around and searched and listened and have ended up with the following list of possibles

Mojo Hand Nebula
Sub Decay Quasar
EHX Polyphase
Red Witch Moon Phaser

The nebula sounds nice and subtle, as though it would sit well in the mix but the others give me tweak ability to get different sounds. I do like the nebulas plug and play ability as sometimes I just can't be bothered to tweak. I would like something different from the small stone this time.

I like the sound and nebula but I don't want to be stuck with just one range of sounds as there will be no chorus, flanger etc on the board so I want the ability to change the sound. I like simplicity but want to take my sound sculpting further. I'll be using it mainly in a praise band setting to add some colour. I liked the small stone sound especially on low settings but want to be able to build on this.

Or should I get a Nebula and there say a quasar later?

Help, experiences, other options welcome.

Thanks in advance

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[quote name='sk8' post='154515' date='Mar 10 2008, 01:39 PM'](...)

Thanks in advance[/quote]

sk8,

I recommend you the MXR Phase 90 (or a clone). It tends to cut the lower frequencies. In order to fix this you may want to change the input and out capacitors.

Silent Fly
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[i]P.S. Nothing personal, but posting [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=414187"]exactly the same thread[/url] on two different forums asking for advice is not usually considered very polite. If you want to maximize the number of answers, you may want to consider posting the question once and then posts links in other forums.[/i]

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[quote name='Silent Fly' post='154901' date='Mar 10 2008, 09:15 PM'][i]P.S. Nothing personal, but posting [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=414187"]exactly the same thread[/url] on two different forums asking for advice is not usually considered very polite. If you want to maximize the number of answers, you may want to consider posting the question once and then posts links in other forums.[/i][/quote]

Have to say in regards to this there is no point of him posting on this forum at all because I can tell you straight off there are only 2 people that have tried all the pedals he's listed and one of them probably won't answer, whereas on TB loads of people have tried these pedals, so far everyone has recommended the phase 90 is this because it's the best? or the fact its the one most people have tried.

I don't think there is anything wrong with cross posting, infact in this case it's actually helpful to other people to let them know there is more than an MXR Phase 90 out there.

sk8 I'll chat to you on TB :)

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[quote name='Silent Fly' post='154901' date='Mar 10 2008, 09:15 PM'][i]P.S. Nothing personal, but posting [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=414187"]exactly the same thread[/url] on two different forums asking for advice is not usually considered very polite. If you want to maximize the number of answers, you may want to consider posting the question once and then posts links in other forums.[/i][/quote]not everyone on BC posts on TB so i was ensuring that i get a UK view as well as the expansive view from TB

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Yeah im also really interested in buying a phaser. I would like something quite pronounced if thats any help.

I'm looking at an EHX Small Stone, but id like to know, other than the pedal board footprint and the handy 9v negative tip input of the NANO, is there any difference in the sound between the NYC model, the Russian and the NANOs all in production at the moment? Which would you all recommend, baring in mind i dont really want to spend over £50 on one, which could ofcourse rule out the MXR Phase 90.

Sorry if that was really wordy!

Thanks, Rich

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[quote name='EskimoBassist' post='160474' date='Mar 19 2008, 08:28 PM']i dont really want to spend over £50 on one,[/quote]

Don't bother then, seriously cheap effects generally sound cheap wait till you've got a bit more cash together and get something worth the money.

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[quote name='tayste_2000' post='160478' date='Mar 19 2008, 08:32 PM']Don't bother then, seriously cheap effects generally sound cheap wait till you've got a bit more cash together and get something worth the money.[/quote]

Would of the aforementioned pedals really be that poor in comparison to a more expensive boutique pedal per say? I understand about buying quality equipment but i was under the impression that such EHX pedals were quite nice.

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Well the small stone has no real range to the sound, there isn't a lot you can do with it so if you like it great if you don't hmmmm not so great, bypass can be sucky on the russian ones and I've always noticed hum on the EHX modulation pedals I've tried but this may or may not be a concern for you, if you can pick one up cheap second hand go for it. I've always been a bit of a sucker for the 80's Dod pedals so maybe see if you can find a phaser on ebay.

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[quote name='cheddatom' post='160644' date='Mar 20 2008, 09:29 AM']Cheap stuff doesn't have to sound cheap. It depends what you do with it. I gig with 20 odd cheap pedals and I don't sound cheap, I sound f*ckin' massive! (IMHO)[/quote]

Massively cheap....







Just kidding :)

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my arion stereo flanger is the best iv tried of its type, and it cost me £15

okay iv only tried the gt6b's, the old skool dod and 2 of the boss ones (the bass version and the current one), but i cant imagine id find a more flexible flanger that sounds as good

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If you want a cheap, flexible pedal, look at the Akia Intelliphase. they're quite desirable as they're not made any more.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Akai-P1-Intelliphase-pedal-phase-pedal_W0QQitemZ140216735191QQihZ004QQcategoryZ22669QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Akai-P1-Intelliphase...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]

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What about this -
[url="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.zerotoys.com/newsite/products/images/StarTrekPhaser_image2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.zerotoys.com/newsite/products/TREKPHASER.htm&h=326&w=500&sz=19&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=ZZoQkpU8Pq7fmM:&tbnh=85&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dstar%2Btrek%2Bphaser%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den-us%26sa%3DN"]Phaser[/url]

:)

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[quote name='cheddatom' post='160835' date='Mar 20 2008, 02:20 PM']You wrotter!

I might sound massively cheap though, it's only my opinion.[/quote]

I'm sure your tone fits what you play. If you enjoy your tone, that's all that matters!

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