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MXR: P95 (which lives in the P45 setting) That settings great, they really killed it with that pedal! I enjoy my MXR Phase 45 (Script) as well. My brother has that fancy MXR "1974 Vintage Phase 90" and it sounds ... well, just how everyone thinks a phaser should sound. Definitely good. But the Phas...

Well, got into the PH1 and easily cleaned the switch. It’s a momentary/silver screw/clear switch version. Just popping the switch from the chassis, easily opening the switch up with a screwdriver and squirting Deoxit into the contacts was enough to get it working again. The grommet had disintegrate...

It is still affordable. It is one of those vintage systems that is flying under the radar for many years now.

Yes, the Arion offers both options, and both sound nice.

Nice to hear that you still enjoy the PSK Phaser! It is indeed a BOSS PH-1R, just relabelled and rehoused for the South Korean market. I purchased an Arion SPH-1 Stereo Phaser a few months ago. It has nothing in common with the BOSS phasers, it's an own breed and really cool sounding. It has a very ...

Consecutive serial numbers are fun, indeed! I think I have two KORG PME modules with consecutive numbers ...

1983 honourable mention #2: ARIA DUAL STAGE SERIES In early 1983, Aria introduced its first major line-up of compact effect pedals, the Dual Stage series . While the corporation had already produced the RE pedal series for export during the '70s – mainly for the European market – these new Dual Sta...

1982 NEXT EPS-1000 Effects Programing System In late 1982, the Japanese pedal manufacturer NEXT – a sub-division of Morris, known for high-quality acoustic guitars – presented a pedalboard system that operated very similarly to the BOSS SCC-700. The NEXT EPS-1000 "Effects Programing System" [ sic ]...

1982 BOSS SCC-700 Sound Control Center While the UE 300 offered a first affordable and compact solution with included effects, targeted for the average musician, the BOSS SCC-700 , released in the same year, was without doubt the exact opposite. After having introduced the first trio of its hugely ...

1982 MAXON UE 300 (Ibanez UE 300) In 1982, the Maxon / Ibanez UE 300 hit the market as the very first commercial multi-effect unit in a portable pedal format , featuring three fully adjustable effects in a single enclosure . The UE 300 floor unit included an internal power supply and housed the cir...