Behringer VINTAGE PHASER VP1 Authentic Vintage-Style Phase Shifter

You'll be giggling about how little you spent on such a nice product.This is apparently an affordable clone of the EHX Small Stone phaser. EHX has since booted the original from the lineup and has recreated the Small Stone phaser several times since. Now while I have NO EXPERIENCE with any of the EHX pedals mentioned above, I have seen frequent comments that the new EHX Small Stone phasers sound "different" (usually with some negative connotation or inflection) and that they fail to give that authentic/genuine feel that the original EHX Small Stone pedal provided.In waltzes Behringer, dancing in the limelight with this beautiful product. Again, since I have no experience with the previously mentioned EHX stuff, I am forced to trust the common hearsay that this BEHRINGER VP1 Vintage Phaser pedal is an ABSOLUTE CLONE of the original EHX Small Stone.Now for my experience: It's freakin' awesome. It's is super underrated. And the chassis is made of metal and the pedal also has a removable panel to plug in a 9V battery, if that's your thing.Color switch works perfectly. UP position affects the note, DOWN position affects the tone. It sounds super lovely no matter which you choose. Knobs feel solid. The only common gripe is the actual button switch that toggles between ON/OFF states with a VERY LOUD click. You can literally hear the budget cuts Behringer made with a click like that. That's the ONLY downside.But you know what? Look at that juicy price. Now tell me, wouldn't you like to spend so little for something so high quality and still have money to BUY SOMETHING IN ADDITION?10/10 product.

Fantastic affordable retro pedal sounds like the krautrock spacey 70s

My VP1 unit arrived in excellent condition. I have only tested it out for maybe twenty minutes at this point, but can report that in the effects loop of an SWR California Blonde, it cleanly affected the guitar as intended. I could hear a very subtle change in the amp when not playing - like there was some hum that I'd not percieved that was actually getting removed in the phasing cycle, then returning. This went away when the effect was bypassed, and I also tried turning the "effect blend" down all the way on the amp with the effect on - at that point it became evident that my amp has a little self noise that this unit was simply removing. Reports are that this is not a "true bypass" pedal, and I cannot confirm nor deny that. The specs included do state an input impedance of 100k and output impedance of 15k. The battery compartment is easily accessed, but the battery clip is built into the compartment door, and beyond that is the abyss of the relatively simple innards - I could imagine a battery could slip from the clip and flop around causing damage in transit. And I cannot yet speak for the longevity of the item. The phaser has a "tone" switch that switches it from negative feedback to positive feedback, and the range available in each mode is set. I find that though a depth knob would be nice, the preset range is very usable - the positive setting is more warbly and the negative setting is more vertigo inducing. The rate knob goes from sooo slow to faster than I need. Currently I'm satisfied, excited to spend more time with it. If I've not returned to update or comment, the item has likely met with my constant approval! For reference, I also have a Dunlop Roto-Vibe and have had a original MXR Phase 100 (which I do wish I still had). The neg/pos toggle on this unit makes worth having on the same board as the Rotovibe for the negative feedback position. The MXR was definitely noisier when I had it.

Phaser effect isn't something I absolutely utilize a lot, but I do like it in certain situations. I only wanted a subtle amount of it, so I wasn't wanting to shell out more than $30 for a pedal. This one is not only a good phaser pedal for the money, it's a good phaser pedal period. It can go from a subtle amount clocked at zero on the dial, and by increasing the knob slightly, the effect also increases slightly; which I love. I hate when effects are so sensitive that turning the dial a tad sends it from very little amount to full on phaser (or any other effect for that matter.) The effect dimed is pretty interesting sounding, it's fun to play with and experiment, but not really ideal for me; like I said, I just wanted a little phaser every now and then, and this pedal is perfect for it. Doesn't water down your sound at all really. The stomp switch is silent, which if you use Danelectro pedals, it's similar to that. Kind of off putting when you might not know it's engaged, but not super loud like some pedals can be. Overall, a fantastic pedal at a great price brand new.

Does this phaser work? Yes. Does it sound good? Yeah it sounds pretty good. Is it built to last? I highly doubt that it will last to long. This is where the $20 something price tag really shows. The foot switch and the adjustment knob are going to break sooner than later. You always get what you pay for. It will be possible to put a switchcraft switch in and a new pot but by the time you are through you may as well have paid more for a nicer one.