Roland AP-5 Phase 5 (and vintage phaser discussion)
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Re: Roland AP-5 Phase 5 (and vintage phaser discussion)
Joske Turbo: does your guitar have pickups with very high output? This can cause distortion in many situations where pedals work like a charm with standard pickups.
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Re: Roland AP-5 Phase 5 (and vintage phaser discussion)
No it doesn't, it's a Fender Cyclone and I always use the single coil neck pickup so that shouldn't be the problem I guess.
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Re: Roland AP-5 Phase 5 (and vintage phaser discussion)
Hello,
A bit late, did you pull the trigger?
I'll dig out my Phase 5 in the next few days.
I love the "advanced" features which are now just becoming available on boutique pedals, such as the touch sensitivity control, the harder you play, the more phasing, genius! to be fair I haven't played it that much. Two speeds for a Leslie ramp is also great.
It is similar in the at "sweet", "70s", "funky" tone that all Roland BOSS phasers inhabit sound wise.
Notable vintage phasers, the Pearl PH-03 and 44, regarded as the best phaser(s) ever by Mr ZVEX himself!
I regret not getting a Block logo vintage 100 MXR cheap a few years back, it sounded heavenly, lush almost chorusy, all the complimentary adjectives!
For the record here's my newly catalogued phaser collection:
A bit late, did you pull the trigger?
I'll dig out my Phase 5 in the next few days.
I love the "advanced" features which are now just becoming available on boutique pedals, such as the touch sensitivity control, the harder you play, the more phasing, genius! to be fair I haven't played it that much. Two speeds for a Leslie ramp is also great.
It is similar in the at "sweet", "70s", "funky" tone that all Roland BOSS phasers inhabit sound wise.
Notable vintage phasers, the Pearl PH-03 and 44, regarded as the best phaser(s) ever by Mr ZVEX himself!
I regret not getting a Block logo vintage 100 MXR cheap a few years back, it sounded heavenly, lush almost chorusy, all the complimentary adjectives!
For the record here's my newly catalogued phaser collection:
- Big Jam Bi-Phase
BOSS PH-1 Phaser
BOSS PH-1R Phaser
BOSS PH-3 Phaser (junk)
Electro-Harmonix Small Stone
Guyatone PS-2 Phase Shifter (Micro)
Guyatone PS-007 Phaser x2
Guyatone PS-101 Phase Sonix x2
Ibanez PH-99 Classic Phaser
Ibanez FP-777 Flying Pan (Reissue)
Jen KPS Phase Shifter
Malekko Omicron Phaser
Maxon PT-9 Pro (Orange)
Maxon PT-909 (Small box)
Maxon PT-909 (Big box)
Morley Phaser 1
Pearl PH-03 Phaser
Pearl PH-44 Phaser
Roland AP-2 Phaser
Roland AP-5 Phaser
SIB! Mr. Fazeadelic
Yamaha PH-01 Phaser
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Re: Roland AP-5 Phase 5 (and vintage phaser discussion)
Ah! You also have the Yamaha PH-01. I have the same unit in the KORG incarnation: the KORG PHS-1. It has a very sweet and gentle tone. I wanted to do a demo of it all the last years ... like so many others.
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Re: Roland AP-5 Phase 5 (and vintage phaser discussion)
Hi fuzzbuzzfuzz, no I waited too long sadly and it was gone! The PH-3 that I had on the way is now officially declared lost so bummer, but I'm keeping an eye open for that one or the bigger brother. I'm gonna try out a Luck Duck Pedals Nu-Tron soon, which is apparently a clone of the infamous Mu-Tron II, really curious for that one!
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Re: Roland AP-5 Phase 5 (and vintage phaser discussion)
Ah, alas!
There is one on Digimart.net for around 300 dollars/30,000 yen I note.
My PH-3 is sadly plagued by selector knob failure (never trust those ones!), I wish I knew where to get a replacement..
Good luck with the Mutron, my Big Jam Spit-Wahs are apparently similar copies, funky!
There is one on Digimart.net for around 300 dollars/30,000 yen I note.
My PH-3 is sadly plagued by selector knob failure (never trust those ones!), I wish I knew where to get a replacement..
Good luck with the Mutron, my Big Jam Spit-Wahs are apparently similar copies, funky!
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Re: Roland AP-5 Phase 5 (and vintage phaser discussion)
Yes indeed, to be fair I have spent little time with it, I should dig it out.
I almost picked up a Coron phaser that had a similar two-knob layout however I hesitated as the sound was very similar and I'm well stocked for phasing!
Oddly I'm not a huge Phase 90 fan
The most recent is The Ibanez PH-99, that whole chrome series seems to fly under the radar but have very nice circuits.
btw Pepe, I bought something last weekend that will blow your socks off! Its a big box - like a tape echo but not one, 1970s 70s, colourful with a footswitch unit. Can you guess?
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Re: Roland AP-5 Phase 5 (and vintage phaser discussion)
Yesterday I received an early SS PH-1R. It needs a bit care, though (new battery clip and DC jack). So far it sounds very nice, but with less resonant sounds than I expected.
Oh, my! Can it really be the Maestro USS-1?!fuzzbuzzfuzz wrote: ↑Mon Feb 04, 2019 11:26 pmbtw Pepe, I bought something last weekend that will blow your socks off! Its a big box - like a tape echo but not one, 1970s 70s, colourful with a footswitch unit. Can you guess?
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Re: Roland AP-5 Phase 5 (and vintage phaser discussion)
Ooooh, you are so very close Pepe!
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Re: Roland AP-5 Phase 5 (and vintage phaser discussion)
...and here it is!
Comes in a nice sort of sixties attache case too!
Comes in a nice sort of sixties attache case too!
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