4 Phaser Pedals Every Guitarist Should Consider

In today's video, we shootout four different phaser pedals: the Mutron Phasor III, the Walrus Audio Lillian Phaser, the MXR Phase 90, & the JHS Series 3 Phaser. If you're a guitarist shopping around for best phaser pedal in 2023, you should be able get a good idea of how these four pedals compare to each other. I provide tonal examples of each phaser and I also review of each phaser; sharing my thoughts on each pedal's tone, feature set, & value. The phasers were first in the signal path after the guitar. Any overdrive that was utilized was located after the phaser in the signal chain.

This video is NOT sponsored, nor was I compensated to make this video. The opinions expressed are my own and just that; opinions.

Details about the gear used in this video can be found below.

Gear & Settings

Guitars:
• ’17 Mario Martin Tele (Don Mare Hayride pickups),
• ’19 Fender ’62 Reissue Strat (Custom Shop Fat 50’s pickups w/ Ilitich SSCS),
• ’60 Gibson ES-345 (Ron Ellis Signature Humbucker pickups).


Amp Setup:
• Two Rock Classic Reverb Signature
• Two Rock 2x12 with two TR1265-Bs (Neumann U87ai - Left)
• Germino Bass 35 (Bright Channel, Low Gain Input)
• Germino 2x12 with two 25 watt UK Celestion Greenbacks (Beyer Dynamic M160 - R)

Audio interfaces:
• Universal Apollo x8p
• Universal Apollo 8

Recording Signal Chain:
• Capi FD312WHR4 mic pre for U87 on Two Rock
• Capi VP28 mic pre for M160 on Germino
• Universal Audio LA-3A Compressor Plugin
• EMT 140 Plate Reverb Plugin
• SSL E Channel Strip Plugin for voice

Recording Software:
• Universal Audio Luna
• ECamm Live

Video Gear:
• Fujifilm X-H1 mirrorless digital camera with 23mm lens
• Aputure 120d for key lighting
• GVM-672S-B for backlight
• LIFX 80” LED strip + 40” LED strip for background lighting.
• Adobe Premiere

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:17 - Tele Funk
00:58 - Strat 90s Alt
02:46 - ES Rotary Blues
04:36 - EQ Response Visual
05:23 - Tele Chicken Pickin
06:52 - ES Rotary 90s Alt
08:07 - Phaser Backstory
08:46 - Mutron Review
11:34 - Walrus Audio Review
12:54 - MXR Review
14:29 - JHS Review
15:43 - Final Thoughts