Think 'Breathe' by Pink Floyd and you get the picture. Either way, the level of background noise is pretty low. With the tone switch in the up position, the effect sounds a bit more pronounced and resonant, but I preferred it in the down position, where slow phasing can be added to the guitar without radically changing its basic tone. The switching action is very quiet, and the level matches well between effect and bypass.Ī single knob controls the phase rate, from a very slow and languid tonal shift to a fast and bubbly effect that sits somewhere between rotary speaker and auto‑wah. The familiar retro‑style chunky footswitch provides a true hard‑wired bypass, and there's the expected red LED to let you know when the effect is active. It works all its magic using a single knob and a two‑way tone switch. VP1 Phaserįirst out of the box was the VP1 Phaser pedal, which can run from a 9V battery or a standard centre‑negative 9V PSU the battery compartment is accessed by means of a plastic cover in the base. Sturdy metal jack sockets are used for the inputs and outputs, and there's a standard coaxial socket for external power, although only three of the four units reviewed come with their own power supplies.

The folded-metal boxes housing all these pedals have a distinctly vintage look, in keeping with the name, that reminds me of the early Electro‑Harmonix pedals. Behringer keep coming up with affordable toys, and this time they sent us a selection of their 'Vintage' pedals.

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