You have an incredibly killer channel here Brewster! You most definitely know your subject matter and you also demonstrate these subjects. By the way, you're an outstanding player. Keep up the great work! 🤟
Keith Richards used an mxr phaser for a lot of stones songs and he didn't use a lot of effects but he always had a phaser on his board it became an integral part of his guitar sound. I replaced my small Stone with a multi-effects modulation pedal- not even close to the ehx. It's probably going to wind up back on my board. Love your channel you're a great guitar player and teacher.
Ha! I got that same tee shirt when I went to see Van Halen kick off their 1984 tour here in Jacksonville, FL!! Still have the ticket stub (remember when they used to physically tear the tickets?? 😉) Great video man. Love your channel! ✌🏻🎸🎶
Gilmour and MXR, Terry Kath and Meastro, Trower and Uni-Vibe are what remind me of Phase effects of the early 70s. Oh and Waylon Jennings was a user of phase effects in the 70s as well.
Phaser junkie here. I was taking photos on my cell phone of your video. Its a great guitar effect, and I never get tired of it. In fact I spent years pursuing the sound I need. Always learn something new from videos like this. Have a bunch that work great clean. My challenge has been nailing down the phase with distortion sound. I think an original maestro would do it, but that is out of my price range.
I bought a Phase 90 in the 70s I remember all the curious folk checking it out as I tried it in the music store - had quite a crowd gathered Which I still had a lot of stuff from then that's collectable now...
I'm digging these pedal episodes where you're incorporating them and showing your audience how and where to use them. Love the channel. I always enjoy your choice of guitarists and music.
You are correct, the only reason I know is that I started playing in 67. Just as a note. Just because these effects were technically available, they weren’t widely available , certainly here in the UK. However the practical electronics style mags published schematics. So you could recruit a skilled friend or go to your local tv repair shop and have one built.
Alex Lifeson used the Maestro Phase Shifter PS-1a on the early Rush albums. Then at some point the Boss CE-1 and Electric Mistress flange/chorus. Keyboardist Tony Banks of Genesis used the MXR Phase 100 and 45. Joe Walsh "County Fair", never heard of it. 😎
Appreciate your deep knowledge and your ability to communicate it without making the rest of us feel stupid :) Also, agree with you about the intro of Lay it On the Line. IIRC, when Emmet played it live he used a 12 string. Your rendition matched the actual recording. Shine on You Crazy Diamond is one of the best examples of phase. Great video, thank you.
I recall first hearing the phase effect on Lou Reed's Rock and Roll Animal - Steven Hunter & Dick Wagner were both using some type of a pedal phase, it had a sweep to it, must have been 1976, I remember the Phase 90 unit from MXR with affection
First chord I thought Wild is the Wind - Bowie. Phaser is my favorite modulation along with Tremolo. My favorite Phaser is the DOD 201...very chewy...Thanks for this.
I had a Hemispheres tour program that included a very detailed equipment list for each of the three members. Alex indeed used a maestro phaser along with 2 Deluxe Electric Mistresses.
You are correct sir... specifically the Uni-vibe is a 4 stage phaser. I know because I own about 10 different Uni-vibe clones and they all use the same LDR circuit to achieve that classic tone. As far as Eddie using it as a buffer.... I think your describing the fact that the MXR phase 45 and phase 90 were not true bypass so if you switched the effect off it would still load down the signal and a little of the phased sound would sneak by. I used to keep my phase 45 always in my signal path but never turn it on. And because a little phased signal would get by it would add just a little "magic" swirl to the signal that was subtle but very useful. Def a case of NOT true bypass being a good thing.
@@steverherb Sabbadius - Funky Vibe 69’ = boutique builder from Argentina or maybe Chile. Found him on Reverb. Best $600 i ever spent. Can now sell off all my other clones. Best sounding cheap clone = Danelectro chicken salad. Otherwise TC electronic Viscous Vibe .. because of the deep editing you can do via the tone port / computer editing.
Damn I love your channel man! Such a great job. When it comes to phase, I find the guitar solo in Little River Band's "Long Way There" to be sonic perfection.
Great video! As a big fan of guitar through Leslie speaker I've always loved the doppler effect, I bought my univibe for the leslie effect, the later Dunlop version with a expression pedal for speed control and ran it in stereo. David Gilmour used a Yamaha RA-200 and leslie's.
Chris Buck did a show on the univibe where he quotes the original japanese designer saying that he was trying to emulate the distortion of the ionosphere on the reception of radio moscow, and didn’t design it for the guitar at all. Not sure if that helps the debate at all but I think it’s cool 😎
Always loved Eddie Hazel and his use of the phaser! Dean Ween also had some nice phaser moments if you are into Ween. It tends to be hit or miss for most people.
Very nice David! My first pedal was my dad's original script MXR Phase 90 that he bought new in 1974-ish. I still have it, but I replaced it with the EVH Phase just because of how much the original is worth.
Trower’s heavy use comes to mind first. However, I can think of several from the classic rock era. Including those who phased bass, cymbals or hi-hats There just weren’t that many gadgets by comparison today. One effect that always caught my ear was Page and only a few others, recorded compositions using a Leslie cab. Would love to hear your thoughts, love the channel.
Mike and Brandon from Incubus talk about “spilling the paint” as in manipulating effects live in real time and having them go haywire or losing control and finding ways to get back to the song. Cool, episode!
I couldn't agree more. I don't currently have a phaser, so in a pinch I used my MXR Univibe on 'The Wanton Song' and it worked. So I guess I do have a phaser.
Zappa gave a Mutron to several people in his band and I really liked the high stage phase sound on fairly low oh and I believe that Albert King had a Phase 90 on all the time during his session with SRV.
"Shine On You Crazy Diamond" Epic for sure. To me that was the best song that you gave an example of The Phase Craze of the 70's. Except for EVH's use of it which is #1 in my opinion.
So good! My Hendrix Univibe has always been one of my favorite pedals on my board. I've been meaning to get a Phase 90, but maybe I don't need one after all.
I used to have an Ibanez Bi-Mode and loved it. I liked the regen control on it and the 2 modes. I am phaser shopping and there are just too many choices. Not too mention my old orange Ibanez either can't be found or is through the roof $. I am seeing some other Ibanez but the MXR Phase 95 looks nice too, and the Boss ph-1. I am frozen by choices.
There was a certain Eagles album in the late 70s that used the phase effect a lot, from the title track with the 12 string to other songs on the album.
Bowie's Wild is the Wind from Station to Station.(Or Johnny Mathis ).One of the few covers that Bowie did. Jeez,haven't heard that one in years.I still gig with an MXR phase 90 and UniVibe. What was old is new again.Cant tell you how many questions I get about the occasional phase shift sound.
Also on Caress of Steel, Alex uses a phaser on the No One At The Bridge section of The Fountain of Lamneth. And he uses is very noticeably on the clean section of Soliloquy during 2112.
Pretty great. I had a late '70s Peavey Mace (colored knob). It had a phase advertised as covering 720 degrees. I rarely used it. Nice amp tho,,,,speaker change (Pyles) and a lead channel mod (amp lab, rwc) it sounded great.
When I think phaser, I immediately think of the Lynyrd Skynyrd intro to their version of Call Me the Breeze. I think it was Gary on that part but not sure. Love this video!
on shine on you crazy diamond there's a p90 but I think reverb plays a big role in it.... in the mid 70's pedalboard there was a p90 ... the univibe was used mainly on the dark side however the "4 notes" come just as well with a univibe... ciao
Alex Lifeson used an electric mistress. Not sure if it’s a phaser/flange etc. I owned an original one and it nailed all the 2112 modulation. Wish I never sold it! Andy Summers used the electric mistress too! Thanks for the awesome musical education!
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Freakin' youngsters. LOLOL The first time I heard a phaser dominate a song was in The Byrds " I Wasn't Born To Follow", which is in the Easy Rider soundtrack and only a couple of clicks away on CZcams. Btw, all phasers sound like vibrato pedals (or auto-wah pedals) if you turn the rate and depth up high enough
Dude even country music used phase shifters Waylon Hank Jr Willie Nelson David Allen Coe and so on brother, Judas priest Rainbow Sabbath Fleetwood Mac Iron Maiden you can go on and on
Who's that lady? Sexy lady, beautiful lady. You guys remember that Isley Brothers song? czcams.com/video/q1DDgNCLD84/video.html The phaser on that guitar solo was insane. It was the Roland Jet Phaser. That phaser has a real chewy sound to it, thicker than the other pedals. I think Warm Audio has their version of that same pedal: czcams.com/video/U5aiP2P3LKQ/video.html
You have an incredibly killer channel here Brewster! You most definitely know your subject matter and you also demonstrate these subjects. By the way, you're an outstanding player. Keep up the great work! 🤟
100% this guy is a gem.
@@justinatest9456 Couldn't agree more. Very gifted guitarist with a unique presenting style.
The Necromancer!! 👍😎
My favorite modulation. Can sound a bit vibey or even flangery.
(Yeah, I create my own words, but y'all understand, so it works.)
I love County Fair. Thank you for including it.
Nothing beats David Lindley's lap steel phase tones with Jackson Browne.
Nice! Wild is the wind! I'm impressed!
Usually to better understand where we are we need to examine the past. Great Video. Thanks for the examples David. Great channel.
Keith Richards used an mxr phaser for a lot of stones songs and he didn't use a lot of effects but he always had a phaser on his board it became an integral part of his guitar sound. I replaced my small Stone with a multi-effects modulation pedal- not even close to the ehx.
It's probably going to wind up back on my board. Love your channel you're a great guitar player and teacher.
Can you hear the music on goats head soup
Ha! I got that same tee shirt when I went to see Van Halen kick off their 1984 tour here in Jacksonville, FL!! Still have the ticket stub (remember when they used to physically tear the tickets?? 😉) Great video man. Love your channel! ✌🏻🎸🎶
Really excellent video David, thank you. I'm a big Joe Walsh and David Gilmour fan and their use of the phase effect is magical.
Gilmour and MXR, Terry Kath and Meastro, Trower and Uni-Vibe are what remind me of Phase effects of the early 70s. Oh and Waylon Jennings was a user of phase effects in the 70s as well.
Waylon used an MXR phase100 pedal. In fact a lot of 70's country players embraced the phase100 pedal.
And Peavey had the phase built into a few of their amps.
Didn't Gilmour use a Univibe? That's what I've read. Breath does seem to have that "through zero" sound of a vibe.
Phaser junkie here. I was taking photos on my cell phone of your video. Its a great guitar effect, and I never get tired of it. In fact I spent years pursuing the sound I need. Always learn something new from videos like this. Have a bunch that work great clean. My challenge has been nailing down the phase with distortion sound. I think an original maestro would do it, but that is out of my price range.
I bought a Phase 90 in the 70s
I remember all the curious folk checking it out as I tried it in the music store - had quite a crowd gathered
Which I still had a lot of stuff from then that's collectable now...
There's a Freebird solo outtake where it sounds like Allen Collins ran a take with a phase 90 on.
I'm digging these pedal episodes where you're incorporating them and showing your audience how and where to use them. Love the channel. I always enjoy your choice of guitarists and music.
You are correct, the only reason I know is that I started playing in 67. Just as a note. Just because these effects were technically available, they weren’t widely available , certainly here in the UK. However the practical electronics style mags published schematics. So you could recruit a skilled friend or go to your local tv repair shop and have one built.
Just found your channel not long ago. So glad I did ! Great channel !
Alex Lifeson used the Maestro Phase Shifter PS-1a on the early Rush albums. Then at some point the Boss CE-1 and Electric Mistress flange/chorus. Keyboardist Tony Banks of Genesis used the MXR Phase 100 and 45. Joe Walsh "County Fair", never heard of it. 😎
Appreciate your deep knowledge and your ability to communicate it without making the rest of us feel stupid :)
Also, agree with you about the intro of Lay it On the Line. IIRC, when Emmet played it live he used a 12 string. Your rendition matched the actual recording.
Shine on You Crazy Diamond is one of the best examples of phase.
Great video, thank you.
Van Halen's Ain't Talkin Bout Love was my first conscious awareness of Phase 90 back in the day. So many classic songs using it.
Ain't talking about love is mxr flanger.
@@johndeaux3703 its both actually
Had a Ross Phasor since the late 80s. Different sound that the MXR Phase 90 but a classic none the less. PS. Love your work Mr. Brewster.
Nice one. First effect pedal I bought was a Phase 90, specifically to try to sound like Alex Lifeson
I think Alex started with a Maestro on Hemispheres and then moved on to the Phase 90 -fantastic sounds!
Phasers sounds so cool!!! Thanks, David! Nice playing, too!
Always loved the phased sound Gary Rossington used on Call Me The Breeze.
Great video, love phase effect (and chorus)
I recall first hearing the phase effect on Lou Reed's Rock and Roll Animal - Steven Hunter & Dick Wagner were both using some type of a pedal phase, it had a sweep to it, must have been 1976, I remember the Phase 90 unit from MXR with affection
12/73
Ernie Isley was a big user of the phaser.
The song That Lady had phase all over it.
This is one great channel.
First chord I thought Wild is the Wind - Bowie. Phaser is my favorite modulation along with Tremolo. My favorite Phaser is the DOD 201...very chewy...Thanks for this.
Great episode! Love all the swirly whirly!
Can you do a similar video with spring reverb? The “drip” sound, surf, history and invention of it?
wild is the wind
I believe you’re correct as to Alex Lifeson and the Maestro Phaser.
I had a Hemispheres tour program that included a very detailed equipment list for each of the three members. Alex indeed used a maestro phaser along with 2 Deluxe Electric Mistresses.
You are correct sir... specifically the Uni-vibe is a 4 stage phaser. I know because I own about 10 different Uni-vibe clones and they all use the same LDR circuit to achieve that classic tone. As far as Eddie using it as a buffer.... I think your describing the fact that the MXR phase 45 and phase 90 were not true bypass so if you switched the effect off it would still load down the signal and a little of the phased sound would sneak by. I used to keep my phase 45 always in my signal path but never turn it on. And because a little phased signal would get by it would add just a little "magic" swirl to the signal that was subtle but very useful. Def a case of NOT true bypass being a good thing.
10 univibes? You're my hero. Which are your favorites?
I love my Vibe-Unit clone. Brings out my inner Trower.
@@steverherb Sabbadius - Funky Vibe 69’ = boutique builder from Argentina or maybe Chile. Found him on Reverb. Best $600 i ever spent. Can now sell off all my other clones. Best sounding cheap clone = Danelectro chicken salad. Otherwise TC electronic Viscous Vibe .. because of the deep editing you can do via the tone port / computer editing.
I still have a MXR flanger that I bought back in 1982.
Interesting intro pic...carpet from The Shining.😏
Damn I love your channel man! Such a great job. When it comes to phase, I find the guitar solo in Little River Band's "Long Way There" to be sonic perfection.
Great video! As a big fan of guitar through Leslie speaker I've always loved the doppler effect, I bought my univibe for the leslie effect, the later Dunlop version with a expression pedal for speed control and ran it in stereo. David Gilmour used a Yamaha RA-200 and leslie's.
Chris Buck did a show on the univibe where he quotes the original japanese designer saying that he was trying to emulate the distortion of the ionosphere on the reception of radio moscow, and didn’t design it for the guitar at all. Not sure if that helps the debate at all but I think it’s cool 😎
Always loved Eddie Hazel and his use of the phaser! Dean Ween also had some nice phaser moments if you are into Ween. It tends to be hit or miss for most people.
That is a beautiful strat!. Sounds great.
Very nice David! My first pedal was my dad's original script MXR Phase 90 that he bought new in 1974-ish. I still have it, but I replaced it with the EVH Phase just because of how much the original is worth.
Hey David! Merci pour tout tes conseils, toutes tes vidéos sont des " mines d'or "🤟🙏🎸🙂 i like that! Bonjour de la France
Trower’s heavy use comes to mind first. However, I can think of several from the classic rock era. Including those who phased bass, cymbals or hi-hats There just weren’t that many gadgets by comparison today. One effect that always caught my ear was Page and only a few others, recorded compositions using a Leslie cab. Would love to hear your thoughts, love the channel.
I once recorded a track with a leslie cabinet. That was one of the most fun days I've had in a studio, and generally I love studio work to begin with.
Mike and Brandon from Incubus talk about “spilling the paint” as in manipulating effects live in real time and having them go haywire or losing control and finding ways to get back to the song. Cool, episode!
I couldn't agree more. I don't currently have a phaser, so in a pinch I used my MXR Univibe on 'The Wanton Song' and it worked. So I guess I do have a phaser.
Hey Dave, a Rik Emmet's chordplay will be fantastic.
Tamotua from Scope II - my favourite 70s phaser overload track
Zappa gave a Mutron to several people in his band and I really liked the high stage phase sound on fairly low
oh and I believe that Albert King had a Phase 90 on all the time during his session with SRV.
"Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
Epic for sure. To me that was the best song that you gave an example of The Phase Craze of the 70's.
Except for EVH's use of it which is #1 in my opinion.
_Shine On You Crazy Diamond_ is one of very few songs that is not immersion breaking for me whether I'm feeling mellow or amped.
Love the triumph lick
The swooshing. whooshing sound.
Robin Trower's Bridge of Sighs comes to mind
I think that Bridge of Sighs was a Univibe,
Univibe on that track
Outstanding
Very cool content with great examples!
Carlos Alomar and The beautiful Wild Is The Wind
Gary Rossington
Another great episode and I especially like the shirt 👍
So good! My Hendrix Univibe has always been one of my favorite pedals on my board. I've been meaning to get a Phase 90, but maybe I don't need one after all.
Excellent review
I used to have an Ibanez Bi-Mode and loved it. I liked the regen control on it and the 2 modes. I am phaser shopping and there are just too many choices. Not too mention my old orange Ibanez either can't be found or is through the roof $. I am seeing some other Ibanez but the MXR Phase 95 looks nice too, and the Boss ph-1. I am frozen by choices.
2022: Year of the Phaser
I had an MXR bass phaser I used on Stranglehold by Ted Neugent
Love Jimmy pages use of phase 90. Kashmir the rover Achilles last stand
I have a few pedals that have been on my board for a decade or more. My R28 modded Phase 90 always has a spot
Scott Gorham of Thin Lizzy was a big fan of using a phaser
Jimmy Page put phaser on Kashmir's DRUMS (specific fills) -- and that may have been the first place you heard it outside of a guitar.
Alex said on an interview his effects were a Maestro phase-shifter and a good old Echoplex
There was a certain Eagles album in the late 70s that used the phase effect a lot, from the title track with the 12 string to other songs on the album.
Awesome.
Frank Zappa also deserves mention. His phaser of choice was the Mutron.
Bowie's Wild is the Wind from Station to Station.(Or Johnny Mathis ).One of the few covers that Bowie did. Jeez,haven't heard that one in years.I still gig with an MXR phase 90 and UniVibe. What was old is new again.Cant tell you how many questions I get about the occasional phase shift sound.
Also on Caress of Steel, Alex uses a phaser on the No One At The Bridge section of The Fountain of Lamneth. And he uses is very noticeably on the clean section of Soliloquy during 2112.
Pretty great. I had a late '70s Peavey Mace (colored knob). It had a phase advertised as covering 720 degrees. I rarely used it.
Nice amp tho,,,,speaker change (Pyles) and a lead channel mod (amp lab, rwc) it sounded great.
When I think phaser, I immediately think of the Lynyrd Skynyrd intro to their version of Call Me the Breeze. I think it was Gary on that part but not sure. Love this video!
I love your channel! Please do a Chordplay video on Big Wreck!
haven't seen that shirt since friends came back from the 1984 concert
Great video. Thanks for playing County Fair, an underrated Joe Walsh classic.
@@countyfair74 when the Foo Fighters got in Joe to do a solo on their record they expressed their love of the song too. Good choice of name btw.
Dude! Kudos for including some Rik Emmett and Triumph! Love your channel.
Phaser album, Rolling Stones - Some Girls
Bowie's "Wild is the Wind"
I have an old Mu-tron phaser from the 70s my dad used to use. I dont mess with it much because its such a big pedal to carry around.
I've never heard Wild Is The Wind - so I thought you were playing a filled out version of Careless Whisper.
on shine on you crazy diamond there's a p90 but I think reverb plays a big role in it.... in the mid 70's pedalboard there was a p90 ... the univibe was used mainly on the dark side
however the "4 notes" come just as well with a univibe... ciao
Alex Lifeson used an electric mistress. Not sure if it’s a phaser/flange etc. I owned an original one and it nailed all the 2112 modulation. Wish I never sold it! Andy Summers used the electric mistress too! Thanks for the awesome musical education!
I guess I'm giving away my age if I mention a Maestro Fuzz Phazzer?
I will never not have one of these in my rig.
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haha as soon as you said it was tecnically a phaser, I thought I wonder what JHS would say and then low and behold you quote them ! nice
let us mention true thru zero tape flangeing.
Freakin' youngsters. LOLOL
The first time I heard a phaser dominate a song was in The Byrds " I Wasn't Born To Follow", which is in the Easy Rider soundtrack and only a couple of clicks away on CZcams.
Btw, all phasers sound like vibrato pedals (or auto-wah pedals) if you turn the rate and depth up high enough
I always thought Rocket Ride was a Flanger, it has that distinctive nasal, mid hump flangers do..
Wild is The Wind by David Bowie
I still use an MXR Phase 90
I love it I'll never change lolol
FRANK MARINO
PAT TRAVERS
Dude even country music used phase shifters Waylon Hank Jr Willie Nelson David Allen Coe and so on brother,
Judas priest Rainbow Sabbath Fleetwood Mac Iron Maiden you can go on and on
Starship Trooper/Wurm!
Phaser.. mm "Love hurts" by Nazareth. The solo is minimum but sounds.. too beautiful.
Blackmore. All over Rainbow's Long Live Rock n Roll, too.
Any Major Dude Will Tell You that Donald Fagen plays a Rhodes piano through a Phase 90.
I have the phase 100
All of Rush Fly by Night and 2112. Alex almost used it like Eddie. Always on. The Maestro PS.B? Something?
Who's that lady? Sexy lady, beautiful lady. You guys remember that Isley Brothers song? czcams.com/video/q1DDgNCLD84/video.html
The phaser on that guitar solo was insane. It was the Roland Jet Phaser. That phaser has a real chewy sound to it, thicker than the other pedals. I think Warm Audio has their version of that same pedal: czcams.com/video/U5aiP2P3LKQ/video.html