stewblack Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 It's an envelope filter into a phaser. Only two controls and a choice of upsweep or down. It sounds absolutely amazing. I never knew an envelope needed a phaser. It's like going through life eating chips with neither salt nor vinegar on them. What a revelation. Easily smashing its way into my top 3 ever pedals, the moment I tried it. I do have a question however. The power socket is labelled 9 - 18v. After literally minutes of extensive research, I found a video where Josh wotsit off JHS, said it made little or no difference which I used. He said some people claim it makes a difference, but really it doesn't. He wasn't on about this pedal mind you, just the whole 9 to 18v thing. Now here's the thing. My pedal works beautifully with 18v, with 9v the light comes on but nobody's home, it doesn't affect the sound at all, with 12v nothing happens, the light doesn't even come on. My question, in a nutshell, is this. What gives? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Hughes Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Hmmm, that’s an odd one. I had one of these years ago, I don’t think I even had a way of powering it with 18volts so it must have been with 9v and it worked fine, from memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted January 2, 2022 Author Share Posted January 2, 2022 Just now, Gareth Hughes said: Hmmm, that’s an odd one. I had one of these years ago, I don’t think I even had a way of powering it with 18volts so it must have been with 9v and it worked fine, from memory. I'm perplexed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumOne Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Funk² Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunion Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 (edited) There is an article somewhere on another forum that says the 9v is a misprint they sell an adaptor for 18v apparently Edited January 2, 2022 by Bunion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted January 2, 2022 Author Share Posted January 2, 2022 36 minutes ago, Bunion said: There is an article somewhere on another forum that says the 9v is a misprint they sell an adaptor for 18v apparently Makes sense. Mine came with an 18v PSU so it's all good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Pigtronix make excellent pedals. I've got one of their original EP-1 Envelope Phasers ( the big half moon shaped one), and it's a killer sounding pedal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassist_lewis Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 17 hours ago, stewblack said: It's an envelope filter into a phaser. Only two controls and a choice of upsweep or down. It sounds absolutely amazing. I never knew an envelope needed a phaser. It's like going through life eating chips with neither salt nor vinegar on them. What a revelation. Easily smashing its way into my top 3 ever pedals, the moment I tried it. I do have a question however. The power socket is labelled 9 - 18v. After literally minutes of extensive research, I found a video where Josh wotsit off JHS, said it made little or no difference which I used. He said some people claim it makes a difference, but really it doesn't. He wasn't on about this pedal mind you, just the whole 9 to 18v thing. Now here's the thing. My pedal works beautifully with 18v, with 9v the light comes on but nobody's home, it doesn't affect the sound at all, with 12v nothing happens, the light doesn't even come on. My question, in a nutshell, is this. What gives? I have an Fulltone OCD that runs at 9-18v and I honestly can't hear the difference between the two. I saw that video and felt vindicated. I feel there's a lot of myth and magical thinking in the pedal world about components, vintage pedals etc etc. and it's good that someone like Josh Scott is *trying* to dispel the myths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted January 3, 2022 Author Share Posted January 3, 2022 6 minutes ago, bassist_lewis said: I have an Fulltone OCD that runs at 9-18v and I honestly can't hear the difference between the two. I saw that video and felt vindicated. I feel there's a lot of myth and magical thinking in the pedal world about components, vintage pedals etc etc. and it's good that someone like Josh Scott is *trying* to dispel the myths. He's a brilliant broadcaster, obviously a complete pedal geek, and by featuring all pedals not just his own, has produced a wonderful show. I love his humour and the way he shares his knowledge. Not a half bad musician either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassist_lewis Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 1 minute ago, stewblack said: He's a brilliant broadcaster, obviously a complete pedal geek, and by featuring all pedals not just his own, has produced a wonderful show. I love his humour and the way he shares his knowledge. Not a half bad musician either. Yeah, I love the show. The irony is, he hardly changes up his own pedalboard! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted January 3, 2022 Author Share Posted January 3, 2022 The only weakness I can see is the lack of bass content. He did one show where the message was, stick a graphic after the pedal and boost the low end. But surely the low end isn't there to be boosted if the guitar pedal has sucked it out 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassist_lewis Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 7 hours ago, stewblack said: The only weakness I can see is the lack of bass content. He did one show where the message was, stick a graphic after the pedal and boost the low end. But surely the low end isn't there to be boosted if the guitar pedal has sucked it out 🤔 I sometimes wonder if what's happening there is that the upper frequencies are so loud as to cause us to perceive the lower frequencies as quieter. The ear (bot the physical structure and the audio centres of the brain) pick up more on upper mid frequencies than anything else, cause that's roughly where human voices lie. Total theory and nothing to back it up mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted January 3, 2022 Author Share Posted January 3, 2022 Yeah, could be. It's different for many pedals. I believe some have a low cut and mid boost, but certainly not all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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