ok, a more detail one, in HC style....
Ease of use: Should be quite straight forward. 3 knobs, one stompswitch and a sliding swtich on the PCB(inside enclosure) for adjustment to using higher output guitar.
The 3 knobs, velocity- for the speed of the trem/tremophase/phasing effect, Trajectory- for the depth/intensity of the effect tone, cosmology-6 ways switch to select , from left to right, tremolo, tremophase and 4 different setting of phasing. Lastly, there is a very bright green led shining when engage, dont look into it, its really much brighter than other effect i have seen :lol:
Sound- Guitar used, slingshot custom thru a carvin belair.
i'll divide this into the 6 different sound from the cosmology knob, from left.
1) tremolo- With tremolo engage, the bassy clean tone that i dial in from the amp disappear, the tone sounds brighter and less bottom end. The tremolo effect that i got from it, can be from a almost volume swell style at extreme setting to smooth stuttering trem sound at the other end of tracjectory knob. The range is quite big. I thot The trem effect is decent. Nothing too bad or over the top.
2) Tremophase- combination of tremolo and phasing effect. Sounds rather nice to have both effect in one knob. The trem and the phasing is not over the top kind of setting. Got to play around with the velocity and trajectory switch to get a good balance of tremolo and phasing at the same time. The phasing in the background of the trem can be rather subtle. but its there
3) Phaser 1- phasing effect with less bass, more brighter. From my original tone, the bass seem to be taken out and from the sweeping of the phaser, the tone can be from a very dry/bass-less tone to a slight bassy phasing tone. Work better with clean tone. Using overdrive or distortion, the phasing effect seem to get lose in the gain increment.
4) phaser 2- To me, this is the more transparent phaser setting for this pedal. It just blend in with the original tone and adding a slight bit of fatness in the tone. With clean tone, this is the best phaser setting i like for this pedal.
3) phaser 3 - Similar to phaser 1 tone, less bass and more emphasis on the mid and treble. Work fine with clean and diver/distorion.
4) Phaser 4- Similar to phaser 2, but phasing effect is strongest on this setting than the other 3 setting. Work very well with clean and drive/distortion.
Overall in sound. The moon phaser seem to open up the tone and make it 3D like. IT has a really stereo sounding effect to it. It can be rather addictive and result in over using it. Once i disengage the stomp switch, seem to find that the guitar to amp tone is really lacking in clearity and really lifeless, the mojo is not there anymore.....
In term of phasing, this pedal really does enhance the sound and give a swirling, sweet, but not over the top, thin and chocking sounding phase.
There is not audible tone loss( to me that is, if not, think my lack of sleep causing some misjudgement :lol: )
If anyone gotten used to the boss style of phasing effect, then this pedal might not be your cup of tea, imho. It might sound weak to you....Boss pedal just seem to have a overpowering effect to me. Sometime i do like it for some of their pedals, but for boss phaser, i dont like the tone at all..
BUT, if anyone want a good phaser, then really got to check out this one.
This moon phaser has got people in various effect forum raving about, and its indeed worthy of some praises.....
Reliability- not too sure, i treat all my pedals rather gentle. Shud last quite a while, under normal playing condition
Customer support- Oh well, from the friendly neighbourhood effect peddler
should treat me well :lol: mwahahahaha
Overall rating- good for what it can do. Enhance the sound really well.
Must try it to find out, my words might not have fully describe well enough of this pedal.
Lastly, if want to have cons- its much more expensive than most phaser.
one can find locally. Unless we are talking bout moog or prophecysound infinitphase i guess... Oh, and the chrome design of the pedal, i can guarantee that it look absolute stunning, but its a bitch to keep wiping off the fingerprint after handling it, its a fingerprint collecting pedal too :lol:
ok, thats all, thanks for reading thru
