MXR Phase 100

I've owned several phasers like Phase 90, Small Stone, multi-effects pedals and boutique stuff like Grand Orbiter and HBE Psilocybe. They're all pretty good on bass, but Phase 100 is the one I always come back to. It's the most unique one (not a single boutique phaser is based on it), and it simply sounds the best on bass guitar to me.

It has a rich, detailed voice that never turns into mud for live application (unlike many dark sounding OTA and Opto phasers), and it absolutely NAILS the "For the Love of Money" tone unlike most other phasers I had. Part of that tonal uniqueness is the fact that it's a 10 stage phaser (6 modulating + 4 fixed). It's very liquidy, and has a bit of flanger-like quality to it as well. In comparison to say Phase 90, it doesn't have the same low mid bump and so I find it more pleasing in the mix and less grating. It works really well with dirt and fuzz pedals, as expected.

I haven't noticed any tonal loss when it's off, even though it's a hardwire bypass and not a true bypass, but I tend to have a good buffer in front of my board and at the very end. You can't really go wrong with MXR phasers in general. Let me just leave with this quote: "Favorite phaser? The orange one."

Love the pedal. It sounds great and very simple to use. Surprising the wide range of sounds can be achieved with just two controls. Works really well with some reverb and the MXR Compressor which is also a very good and easy to use pedal. The simplicity may mean it is slightly less versatile than other modulation pedals that offer phaser, flanger, univibe type option, but this pedal gets pretty close. Sound is also crystal clear.

La mXR Phase 100 est la grande soeur de la phase90. La différence est que vous pouvez choisir la forme d'onde, vous avez le choix entre 4 effets différents. SI vous êtes puriste, celà vous permettra d'affiner le son de l'effet mais il faut changer à lamain le potentiomètre entre chaque morceaux si vous utilisez des réglages différents. Le deuxieme potentiomètre vous permet de régler l'intensité de l'effet. Il est très progressif, ce qui permet d'être très précis dans son réglage.
Cette pédale est livrée avec 2 jeux de boutons de formes différentes ainsi qu'avec un petit pad en mousse pour coller en dessous pour éviter qu'elle ne glisse sur le sol si vous n'avez pas de pédalboard.

L'alimentation est en 9V, il n'y a pas de pile fournie avec, donc mieux vaut avoir une alimentation.

J'utilisais avant un pédalier numérique et je ne regrette pas du tout d'avoir achté cette effet analogique dont le son est excellent. Un très bon phaser, de qualité mais comme toujours chez MXR.