Thursday, March 19, 2026
GuitarGuitar Effects

4 Ways to use a Phaser Pedal


This week, set your phasers to “user-friendly” and “insanely versatile,” because we’re going to showcase just how many awesome sounds you can get out of this effect. Spoiler: it’s a lot.

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:38 An introduction to phaser
1:46 Jerry Garcia joined The Beatles
3:12 “I’ve Got a Jam Band”
4:31 A homage to Nick
5:19 “Almost Solitude is Bliss”
6:20 Dark Side of Santana
7:45 “Almost Breathe”
9:20 An attempt at Van Halen
10:23 “Van Posers”
12:32 Record Time
13:33 Thanks for watching!

Gear used in this episode:
JHS – 3 Series Phaser
https://reverb.com/p/jhs-3-series-phaser?_aid=growsumo&gs_partner=JoshuaScott
JHS – 3 Series Compressor
https://reverb.com/p/jhs-3-series-compressor?_aid=growsumo&gs_partner=JoshuaScott
BOSS – DM-2w
https://reverb.com/p/boss-dm-2w-delay-waza-craft-1?_aid=growsumo&gs_partner=JoshuaScott
JHS – Smiley
https://reverb.com/p/jhs-legends-series-smiley-1969-london-fuzz?_aid=growsumo&gs_partner=JoshuaScott
JHS – Angry Charlie
https://reverb.com/item/36520207-jhs-angry-charlie-v3-distortion?_aid=growsumo&gs_partner=JoshuaScott

Record Time:
Tame Impala – InnerSpeaker
https://amzn.to/3QtI2TK

Josh’s record player is by U-Turn Audio:
https://amzn.to/34CRXjr

The jams from this episode are on BandLab! Head over to the link below to jam with us, download the stems, and create your own samples from our sounds… or all of those things.

https://www.bandlab.com/jhspedals

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33 thoughts on “4 Ways to use a Phaser Pedal

  • I love phasers. My first pedal was a Boss PH-1r and I currently have a Small Stone on my board. ????

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  • I was psychologically damaged by my Ross pedal in the eighties. I’m currently in therapy.????

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  • I feel like there was a time before that synth bros and guitar bros hung out and smoked doobies together, then something happened. but I feel like we're about due for a reconciling of the bros, and it's going to be huge. I envision a time when each guitar bro has a 104hp eurorack for their guitar set up and each synth bro has a guitar for their eurorack set up. I feel like we're almost their with the advent of the small AIO racks like the Cre8 Audio Nifty case and the Behringer Go Case. There's a huge influx of amazing affordable modules. Climb on board bros, it's gonna get wild.

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  • It sounds like a fun effect to play with, but to be honest, it sounds a little dated as an effect. It was over-used in the in 70's and I feel that's why it fell out of favor. I'd love to hear new styles utilizing this sound, I'll put it on my list of pedals to add Josh!

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  • Your comment that Tame Impala is what the Beatles may have ended up sounding like is a little mind blowingly accurate, and I (hot take) do not like the Beatles but love Tame Impala, so maybe this new neuron connection in my brain might help me enjoy the Beatles finally.

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  • Phaser sucks! It always sounds the same, even when used differently. I just dont like the heavy modulation like that. Look at Chase bliss. Three versions of the same phaser, one having a signature name and they still couldnt sell them. They had to give them away in the mystery boxes to clear out inventory for taxes. Companies keep making pedals that the majority of consumers have spoken they dont really want. How many remakes of a phaser do we need? A phaser phases. Its insane

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  • I love your content and I think I am now a pedal nerd who is think about trying to start a diy fuzz pedal project! Your educational content while having fun doing it is second to none! Thank You to Josh and everyone at JHS!

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