ToadWorks Phantasm Dynamic Phaser Effect Pedal

ToadWorks Phantasm Dynamic Phaser Effect Pedal Review

ToadWorks Phantasm Dynamic Phaser Effect Pedal Feature

• Winner of the 2008 Guitar Player Editor's Pick Award
• True-Bypass, 100% analog design
• Used by Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins), Paul Jackson Jr.(American Idol)
• Rugged die-cast construction for years of use
• Made in the U.S.A.

Winner of the coveted Guitar Player Magazine Editor's Pick Award, the ToadWorks Phantasm is the world's first 9V battery operated, opto-analog dynamic phaser with a Center-Axis control pedal (whew!). With three basic modes of operation, stunning clarity and an uparalleled feature set, ToadWorks Phantasm is truly in a class of it's own. Phantasm utilizes vactrols (opto-isolators) both in the signal and control path, resulting in remarkably smooth, ridiculously quiet operation, and the fact that it runs on 9V batteries makes it all the more miraculous. Phantasm sets the standard for noise floor in analog phaser pedals, proving that analog phasers don't have to be noisy. Phantasm is 100% pure Analog phaser. Go from a light cream smoothie to hopped-up, caffeine laden grind with a swift turn of the Feedback knob for that swooshy 70's sound. Go slow, go fast. Make the sweep window wide, make it narrow. Go shallow, go deep. Control the sweep and depth dynamically. Re-center the whole sweep window, if you feel like it. Phantasm does all this and more, and no other analog phaser pedal on the planet can make the same claim. Period. Phantasm incorporates simplicity of design with a full-figured feature set, the centerpiece being the attack controlled modes. With Phantasm's Attack Controlled Depth (ACD) and Attack Controlled Sweep (ACS) you can increase OR decrease both the Depth and Sweep based on how hard you hit the strings. With the Width control at minimum and ACS off, the Axis control is effectively a “manual” sweep control and can sweep the phaser over the entire range. The end product of three years of development, Phantasm offers studio-quality phasing at a fraction of the cost. In fact, no other battery-powered phaser comes close to the range of features available on the Phantasm.