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Behringer Vintage Phaser VP1
damien514 damien514
Published on 05/02/07 at 20:39
Phaser is an effect for guitar, bass or keyboard ...
This is clearly a copy of the sound and cosmetics "small stone" Electro Harmonix.
It's 100% electronic.
2 connector jacks In / Out 6.35 "
Metal housing
standard 9V connector - tip + ring
Note the handy battery cover that do not disassemble the pedal to change the battery.
Made in China, recess for the price (36 € to 45 €)

UTILIZATION

Configuration very simple.
You plug it regulates the speed of oscillation with the knob and if we want we reverse the signal phase in the mixture wet wet / dry with the button "TONE" is "COLOR" at EHX.
not require manual is instinctive.

SOUND QUALITY

The pedal is very very convaiquante. I use it on guitars, bass, rhodes.
Honestly other than the potentiometer should not turn the foot because it is the Camelott from the Electro Harmonix, it's worth buying for small grants that can not pay € 40 more in the SMALL STONE.

Circuit-level electronics, is based on a pair of:
LM13700 - Dual Operational Transconductance Amplifier with Linearizing Diodes and Buffers
from National Semiconductor
http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM13700.html
and a single OTA that operates in the same way as above.

It's a little different from the electrically small stone which revolves around five simple OTA CA 3094 or CA3080.

The result is the hearts hearts, because basically it happens electrically the same.
The Vintage Phaser circuit is smaller because many components are chip surfaces. to repair it will be necessary to forget, especially since the PCB is double sided.

Basically the small stone is very typical, you can hear this effect on many of Roy Ayers rhodes, rhodes on Led Zepplin "No Quarter" for example, Funk and level guitar the best example is that of Nuyorican Soul "Sweet Tears" with Roy Ayers (again decided) ...

The Phaser is moist and tender 70s. It's much more colorful than a MXR Phase 90, which is more subtle. Behringer also prepares a clone to be released soon.

I put 10 because I love the small stone phaser, which is so typical and the Vintage Phaser sounds the same, with the same color.

OVERALL OPINION

The sound is clean, maybe even more than the original.
the potentiometers albeit fragile does not crack, it's the same for interuptor. If you're the type who plays with his Punk pedals Take the small stone, if like me you bought this for use in a studio on the hood of your Rhodes go for it in your favorite store.
I'm not a pro behringer because I like beautiful vintage stuff is expensive, but I am against not one to slam € 100 in a phaser which costs € 37 for the same sonic result. Some purists will say that the sound is more blah blah blah blah or too little, I assure you that it is mistaken.

Note that I struggled to find in Paris. Referencing the many shops on their site but the only one who was in the shop Bass-Center in Pigalle.

I put 8 because of the potentiometer quite fragile.
However for bricolos, you can put a good pot 'metal.
I put pictures on the forum for those who want to see the guts of the beast.