TC Helicon BLOOD MOON PHASER Vintage-Style Phaser Pedal with Four-Stage Filter and All-Analog Circuit

I'm really impressed with TC Electronics' phaser pedal. With its three dials there is room to tailor the effect, even though I haven't quite worked out the nuances yet (I tend to just fiddle about with it and enjoy the result).The pedal is really well-made, it looks great, it feels great, and it has an epic name in Blood Moon that inspires you to play.I have it going direct into a small practice amp with no effects loop and I ensure it's placed at the end, or at least after any overdrive or distortion pedals, that way you don't get excess noise.Brilliant for chordal play or soloing, a versatile and highly enjoyable pedal.

I tried this unit as an alternative to the well-known-phaser. The price was great too. But I was dissapointed. I did not manage to get out of it the sounds I wanted and it was returned. But I have to say that it is very well built, it is a very good pedal overall and if you do not have preconceived ideas of what a phaser should sound like, this one can open new sonic horizons. Pity this was not what I was after. Maybe it's perfect for lots of other people out there, so, do not discount it.

Full disclosure, I'm a bit obsessed by this line of pedals and I already had several other effects from the same line before buying the Bloodmoon phaser. It's a genuinely nice effects pedal. I'd wager the best you'll find for the money. It's got a vintage 4 stage filter analog circuit, and while the controls are not perfect they have good range and sensitivity, so it's easy enough to to dial in the tone you want. While not small either, the top mounted jacks mean it has a very efficient footprint on your pedal board. Definitely recommend.

A lot of phaser pedals have a single control knob. The three controls on this pedal allow adjustment of the effect in much more subtle ways. Depending on the settings used, its position in the signal chain and the other pedals it is used with, this pedal can give an unwanted (or desirable) uplift in volume. It works for me!

I have bought several phasers in the last couple of years, compared them, and kept two. This was one that I gave away. It does everything you would want a phaser to do, with the exception of the extra tricks that some have, but it does sound a little sterile with my gear. A friend has tried it on her electro harp & it's not bad at all there, but a more basic unit is at least as good. So it's all about what works for you. If you want a classic phaser sound, buy one of the classics. If you wish to experiment further, consider this one.

Quite disappointed with this. The phasing just doesn't cut it - it's there but never very pleasant or smooth and sometimes distorting even when all playing clean with good headroom. Frequencies seem to either disappear or fuzz out as it goes through the range rather than a continual smooth swoosh and it adds a high-mid bump and changes the underlying tone quite significantly. I have an EHX Bad Stone reissue and it's nowhere near it. Not even a fraction of the price kind of OK. Just a bit ugly.

Just as good as expensive brand phaser's full range of tones.

A positive feature - three knobs to adjust parameters. However, FX generates so much noise that it becomes impossible to use it in any scenario.