LordRiffenstein « Great phaser, when it worked »
Published on 03/17/11 at 05:02The Retro-sonic phaser is based on the old MXR script phaser but takes things a step further. It's an all analog pedal that has more control thanks to the Level and Depth controls. It has a deep phasing effect that can go from slow to faster than a typical MXR.
UTILIZATION
The extra level of control allows for better tweaking and more tones from this great sounding pedal. The reason I choose this one, was the level control. I tried a number of other phaser pedals and most of them seem to loose some volume. This was solved on the Retro-sonic with it's level control. You can easily dial in both old-school phaser sounds as well as more prominent modern tones.
I bought the pedal 2nd hand and the previous owner hardly used it. Much to my surprise, the pedal started acting up after a couple of months. I had it in my rack setup and was powering it with a Pedal Power and the pedal would stop working, sometimes it worked well for a while but then all of a sudden it crapped out. I got in contact with the company and they told me to ship it. In the end, I took it to a repair guy I know and he had a look at it. He was able to fix the pedal and discovered a design flaw. I'm not a technical guy but basically, there's something wrong with the electrical part of the circuit resulting in some pedals having issues. Eventhough he fixed my pedal and I sold it because I could not have a possible unstable pedal in my setup
SOUND QUALITY
I was using the phaser in a rack setup and really liked the tone from it. It had a nice deep pulse and I could get the volume dialed in just right. I gigged with it plenty until it started having issues.
When it was fixed, I sold it and replaced it with a HBE Psilocybe.
OVERALL OPINION
Tone-wise, it is a great phaser, I choose it over a bunch of others but it was a huge let down when it broke down. I have read from other pedal who had the same issue with this and other Retro-Sonic pedals so buyer beware!!
For tone I would rate it a 9, for build I would say a 2, hence the 5.
UTILIZATION
The extra level of control allows for better tweaking and more tones from this great sounding pedal. The reason I choose this one, was the level control. I tried a number of other phaser pedals and most of them seem to loose some volume. This was solved on the Retro-sonic with it's level control. You can easily dial in both old-school phaser sounds as well as more prominent modern tones.
I bought the pedal 2nd hand and the previous owner hardly used it. Much to my surprise, the pedal started acting up after a couple of months. I had it in my rack setup and was powering it with a Pedal Power and the pedal would stop working, sometimes it worked well for a while but then all of a sudden it crapped out. I got in contact with the company and they told me to ship it. In the end, I took it to a repair guy I know and he had a look at it. He was able to fix the pedal and discovered a design flaw. I'm not a technical guy but basically, there's something wrong with the electrical part of the circuit resulting in some pedals having issues. Eventhough he fixed my pedal and I sold it because I could not have a possible unstable pedal in my setup
SOUND QUALITY
I was using the phaser in a rack setup and really liked the tone from it. It had a nice deep pulse and I could get the volume dialed in just right. I gigged with it plenty until it started having issues.
When it was fixed, I sold it and replaced it with a HBE Psilocybe.
OVERALL OPINION
Tone-wise, it is a great phaser, I choose it over a bunch of others but it was a huge let down when it broke down. I have read from other pedal who had the same issue with this and other Retro-Sonic pedals so buyer beware!!
For tone I would rate it a 9, for build I would say a 2, hence the 5.