Just grabbed this old guy from work for CHEEEEP. Pretty funky - I think it's a 4-stage phaser like a Phase 90, but it's got speed & regeneration knobs on it (no depth control). It's real swirly - I can almost get a flanger sound out of it. Anyone familiar with these?
It looks like this:
Score! DOD Phasor 490
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Score! DOD Phasor 490
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Re: Score! DOD Phasor 490
DOD made several phaser models...i've seen the 595 which was a six stage phaser. the 490 was an earlier model, so it probably is a four stage, but i don't know much else about it...of course 490 might be a clue...4 stage-phase 90?
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Re: Score! DOD Phasor 490
so far I've found that the earliest DOD phasers were the Phasor 201 (& 201B), Phasor 401, & Phasor 490. The 201 seems to have been comparable to the MXR Phase 45 and the 401 similar to the Phase 90. It looks like the 490 added a regen control to the 401 maybe? I don't know - I haven't really found any information on it. Oh well...
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