The Coolest Guitar Effect... EVER

[@MusicisWin]

What do you think is the coolest guitar effect of all time?

[@thaatmatt]

Chorus

[@ZaneDalton]

Fuzz

[@davidleeroth543]

pogchamp 2nd

[@avesummer2754]

They're faster

[@connormccourt3098]

Whammy

[@khktgnk57]

The coolest (pedal) is obviously the Miku, thats not even a discussion

[@jowesh732]

You feel me

[@KrumpusPlunk]

i wish there would be alibaba knock offs of it

[@destroyerdestroy87]

Naw only weebs think so and they aren't considered people let alone things to consider opinions from.

[@heyassbut8199]

I don't know about the coolest, but god damn it's always great for a laugh. Especially after a drink or two.

[@matthewgraham6864]

I have one on my pickup jam board. It's never not funny to kick on like 10 minutes in once everyone is settled in.

[@AmperahGaming]

My Dad’s favorite Pedal is the noise gate, he uses it to mute my playing :(

[@francismarionswampfox3468]

Get good, I mean really good. Whether he ever admits it or not he'll be bursting with pride.

[@treetopjones737]

Power switch.

[@DMSProduktions]

Your dad is a smart man!

[@jasonggabbott]

Ha!

[@RexRyan2]

Same thing except my mom

[@mxtrsanz7794]

I use chorus a lot but i gotta admit phaser has more “magic” to it

[@manuelignaciomiranda5327]

Andy Summer approve this comment

[@captaintony1227]

I never knew I loved the phaser till I got one. Now I put that shit on everything ! Lol

[@leoc2174]

Yeah, I love Chorus for the "sound" (lack of better description), but Phaser is definitely great.

[@CarpeDiem23]

For me is chorus much better

[@spittingsteel_X2]

Same, I play bass and ngl chorus and phaser together are bad ass if you have them set the right way

[@mbreinin]

The Uni-Vibe, which is a phaser, is the coolest effect of all time.

[@masoncooper9324]

vibe is a volume modulation, produces a similar sound in a mix. i’d have to agree 🔥

[@Peter-rl4nc]

oh I have one of these

[@vintagecharlie5969]

@@masoncooper9324 The univibe is actually a 4-stage phaser. It differs in the way the effect is achieved and it has a different, assymmetric sweep unlike most other phasers and this is a part of its distinct tone.

[@vintagecharlie5969]

Totally agree. There are tons of great phasers, but none sound as organic and natural as thr asymmetric sweep and deep throb of the univibe. And it blows my mind that it was invented as far back as in 1968.

[@mbreinin]

@@vintagecharlie5969 yes, but it is technically a "phaser," although I consider it on an entirely different planet. Comparing it to a generic phaser is pointless.

[@cutlass8783]

i like how you're talking about phasers and the video is sponsored by reverb

[@cutlass8783]

@@Haha-Jim coming soon to the music is win channel

[@picksalot1]

Distortion, Reverb, and Delay are circling around my brain like the Phaser cycles a signal. I will absolutely be watching The Pedal Movie!

[@welchysawse]

chorus is my favorite

[@james6167]

Same. And flanger

[@qazimunibsabir4143]

I'm a simple man, I see Tyler upload, I like before the video starts

[@finlayyearsley_guitar]

Same

[@MusicisWin]

If this is a simple man I don't wanna be a complicated man

[@jonkerrmusic]

@@MusicisWin why would you, when this is something we'd love and understand?

[@ilikeguitar]

@@jonkerrmusic broooooooo best comment

[@TheGreenGuitarist]

Wish people would do that on my videos.. 😂

[@anticure8317]

I've always been a fan of Delay -> Chorus -> Reverb, in that order. Just seems to give that huge sound that makes it seem bigger than life.

[@tanishqrao]

'Wah wah' absolutely the coolest effect

[@bernardoconnor5512]

Thats just boring.

[@tanishqrao]

@@bernardoconnor5512 yeah its maybe for you not for me

[@bernardoconnor5512]

@@tanishqrao do you mean its for you and not me ?¿

[@maxsalmon1573]

Yes cool when it's not overused for me

[@colin1891]

@@maxsalmon1573 nothing is cool when it's overused

[@fredmeister5607]

Wah will always be my favorite effect, It can easily be used in basically every genre and always perks my ears up when I hear it

[@alsatia1]

Love how you immediately go into No Quarter in the segment with PRS. That was exactly the tone I heard myself. To me, that is the BEST Led Zeppelin song. And I totally wanted you to continue to jam out on Clean so I could sing along!!!

[@propyro85]

Tool did a pretty awesome live cover of No Quarter on Salival, their live album from 2000.

[@Newbyrock23]

I absolutely lost it when Brian Wampler was vocally reenacting the phaser and univibe. What a champ he is

[@patricknorman8103]

jimi hendrix's teeth are probably the coolest guitar effect

[@jonathand3277]

That guitar part with PRS reminded me so much of No Quarters by Led Zep

[@mackenzieaamodt5698]

Man, I love guitars and pedals so much, and it just puts a smile on my face every time Tyler uploads, especially if the video has anything to do with gear; which most of the time they do!! Great video Tyler, I love your channel so much!!

[@simonize251]

Music is Win. What a creative name for a channel.

[@imrikeinan9955]

In my opinion delay padals and wha pedals are the coolest ones, they make the sound so unique!

[@tatevancleve1802]

Delay allday. Whatever Jimi Hendrix uses on "castles made of sand" was stolen out of Heaven from God's own personal rig.

[@malte1984]

delay maybe but you can't allways use your Wah. But you can absolutely put at least a little bit Phase in basically everything and it will sound cool. clean, distorted, combined with delay, reverb, wha or tremolo, rythem, melody or harmony.. it doesn't matter. You can't go wrong with a phaser

[@Vivi_9]

Also overdrive, that's all you need imo

[@benfowler2127]

Ok, this was unexpected. I LOVE my phaser pedal more than any of my others. Not that my other pedals aren’t better, I just love what you get with it.

[@darthcolorlesstheblind6717]

Planet Telex is like, the perfect example of subtle Phaser really effecting a songs overall texture. The tremolo is heavily featured as well, but without the phaser, I don't think the song would be as spacey as it is.

[@Tangent_Frank]

one of my favorite radiohead songs

[@paulnoonan1151]

can't beat the 70's mu-tron showed in this video, i have one and will never let it go. Props for playing No quarter through it, very nice indeed.

[@arturogardunoguitar]

Delay is hands down the most useful effect for anyone’s setup.

[@LUZ-zv6pq]

Possibly but if I could only have one pedal, it'd have to be my eq..

[@arturogardunoguitar]

@Canal Florio If you already have an amp with built in EQ then a delay is the icing on the cake but hey! Opinions differ!

[@robbhill111]

Yeah, that's probably true, delay is super important but the video is titled coolest, not most useful.. 🤷‍♂️

[@joandrumz3176]

The most essential one is Reverb I feel like, but the most amazing Wah... c'mon, admit it it's amazing

[@ilanrodriguez7698]

This is just not true

[@garmen-]

Distortion. If we didn’t have distortion literally all of grunge, hard rock, thrash, black metal, death metal, and so many others would sound extremely different, or may not even exist.

[@garmen-]

@Rolph Finkin so you’re saying it would be fine if literally half of all music disappeared? Doesn’t sound like a great world to me. Think about it. No Ramones, no Sex Pistols, no Metallica, no AC/DC, no Megadeth, no Nirvana.. you’re fine with that?

[@OtherTheDave]

@@garmen- It wouldn’t disappear… amp distortion isn’t really an effect, it’s just what happens when you turn it up “too” loud. We’d only lose pedal distortion.

[@TrevorScanlan]

@@OtherTheDave JHS would spit in your face for that one (jk). You aren't going to get a 5150 sound from turning your amp up loud. It was originally discovered by poking holes in a speaker or turning way way up but I wonder if it is a side effect or effect. Especially if it is coming from a pedal. I believe I have heard that even amplifying a clean guitar tone considered an effect but I dunno fo sho

[@OtherTheDave]

@@TrevorScanlan If it were caused by holes in the speaker, it wouldn’t be an _amp_ effect, would it?

[@TrevorScanlan]

@@OtherTheDave that's funny to think of a torn speaker as a built in amp effect lol. I like it. I didn't see that you said we would only lose distortion/fuzz/od pedals. I wonder what Wampler or Josh Scott would consider distortion as an effect, amp effect, side effect, or what. Makes me wanna try go tweet one of those guys

[@guy_in_the_moon]

i'm a die hard fuzz fan, but i agree with you. without the phaser we have no psychadelia

[@CSLBRK]

The Kernom Ridge into a fuzz = a MIDI fuzz combined to a voicing overdrive with 128 presets ! It is a insane combo(plus a midi Switcher of corse).The Bigsby pedal is also realy cool and any of the Rainger fx with a Igor controler can bring you into a different dimention. Love the minibar concept into wich you drop any liquid to shape the sound diferently, poor some beer or some milk, some vodka or grape juice and it will change the sound it is pure genius as a concept.

[@thecaremaker1001]

That "Send in the Clones" pedal can create some really cool shit

[@patrickyeager7994]

My first amplifier was a Peavey classic 212 with a phaser built in with reverb tank . Literally blew me away with the phaser and I have been hooked playing guitar since 1983

[@vinciibnflr]

3:38 is still the best guitar effect in my own opinion

[@pokerpoking3207]

40 seconds into the video and I'm already more satisfied with my recent purchase of a phaser Ty

[@nielrohit4710]

My coolest pedal is the digitech whammy pitch shifter pedal... That Weeeuuu Weeeuuu sound...can't get enough of it..

[@yoursensei8837]

Whammy for the win

[@Douglas_I]

I really want one! I love the freqout lately!

[@RedBeerdN8]

Been using it constantly on my kemper and I can't get enough lol

[@facelessguitartutorials7557]

The jack white signature

[@SpywareVA]

Chorus, it adds that sweet sound to clean tones, and that Punch

[@Rakesh_but_handsome]

"Every guitarist should have" My wallet : lol I'd love to see that😂

[@CitoFlyyy]

Dead. haha.

[@pjladd04]

Just bought one for $700 😣😣😣

[@TheMelody911]

Overdrive or distortion...... Every guitarist used it!

[@KrumpusPlunk]

20$ used multifx

[@metramaks]

Buy digital amp.

[@NotBrutal]

I think hands down one of my favorite moments of a phaser being used is John Mayer's cover of "Wait Until Tomorrow" from the "Where The Light Is" album during the last bit of the solo. That solo by itself blows my god damn mind but as soon as he kicks in the phaser, it's that cherry on top that absolutely smacks you in the face

[@IndieTimberStudio]

Tyler: "Phaser will gives the illusion for fast playing." Stevie T: "Hmm, I wonder what some crappy bands will do?"

[@ryanpetrak]

all of these pedal videos from my favorite youtubers are making my day🥳🎛

[@ryansnydercg]

Let’s also not forget the Call Me The Breeze by Skynyrd phaser sound.

[@277southtombob]

I’ve had a Digitech Synth Wah on my pedalboard for years. I very rarely ever use it for shows but it’s got some really fun effects for crazy, off the wall jamming and I’ve had a lot of fun with it.

[@shannonm7981]

#1 is definitely the MetalZone.

[@shawncarson4109]

Whammy. Loved it ever since I got my digi multi pedal like 20 years ago.

[@guitarifuldexter6366]

Wah is definitely the coolest! 🤘🎸

[@madladmyles]

Brian Wampler and Paul Reed Smith are your friends. Insane how far you've come man

[@Impractical_Engineer]

Alright the title got me in here, Brian Wampler kept me here. I came, I saw, I am wiser...

[@matthewh6119]

Love me some Reverb and Delay. Love the @311 reference, Tim is a very creative guitarist.

[@yes-xw8cg]

“One of my favorite song intros of all time” *phone rings*

[@venjhammet]

Man I thought I had a Phaser on my pedalboard, it was a Flanger. Gotta get that pedal!!!

[@szzb-guitar4184]

MXR phase 90 is sooooo great.

[@jessicametal7796]

My favorite effect is distortion. It's allowed the guitar to become a monstrous wall of sound in and of itself. But if people say that's not a "real" effect, then I'll go with delay. The things you can do with it make the guitar sound like a whole different instrument.

[@cristorres9547]

The greatest guitar effect is every Kirk Hammett solo that uses WAH.

[@DylanoTheWizard]

Kirk Wahmmett

[@cristorres9547]

WAHMMETT!!!!!

[@millersgroove80]

Kirklop Wahmett

[@quinnmendel449]

In 1972 I got my first electric guitar. I picked up a used Silvertone combo tube amp (I loved that amp). I had to have a pedal, so I bought a Kay wah-wah. I did not know it at the time, but that wah was an unusual design. It used a variable inductance to control the envelope. It had a very distinctive, crunchy voice. There were sweet spots where the harmonics almost chimed. It did not sound like modern wahs. It used a germanium transistor for it's preamp stage, which gave it a soft clip, rather than the sharp clipping of silicon transistors and op amps. Of course, I did not understand any of the nuance of this at the time because I was only 13. All I knew was I really loved the sound it made in one position. I didn't care about the wah functionality. I rigged it to stay in that one sweet spot. Inside the pedal was the schematic. Even before I knew anything about electronics, I tried to copy the circuit. My first attempt was a useless noise maker, but I kept experimenting until I ended up with a sound I liked. This got me started on a journey of a lifetime in electronics. For years, I dug up every article I could from Craig Anderton, plus other books and articles on audio electronics circuits. I spent more time experimenting with sound than I did playing the guitar, but I came up with some amazing, one-of-a-kind effects. So believe me when I tell you, the coolest guitar effects are the ones you invent yourself.

[@lewishelliwell9463]

Phasers are cool, I like acoustic distortion

[@MrMaximumrocknroll]

I grew up using effects processors like the Digitech GNX1. I always gravitated toward the phaser effect, and when I built a proper pedal board, the MXR phase 90 was a no-brainer for me. Always been my favorite effect.

[@benzchuck240]

Kirk Hammett does not approve

[@boolosboi7503]

Nothing beats good ole fuzz plus phase.

[@captaintony1227]

One of my favorite!

[@andrewpappas9311]

My Phase 90 was one of the first modulation pedals I bought when I was growing up (probably around 14 or 15 years old) and it has always been my go-to pedal when it comes to solos and stuff, you can just get so much out of that pedal and it adds a whole other dimension to your tone. I still remember buying one of them because of Eddie Van Halen and David Gilmour, and my go-to riffs have always been Eruption and Shine On You Crazy Diamond. Such great fun to play and they're just such iconic riffs (Plus, four greatest notes of all time)

[@matthinton2902]

I just signed up for guitar super system and I love it!! Thank you @music is win

[@Stubz_Perez]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, phaser on a high-gain lead tone is amazing. If you don't have wah or want your widdly-widdlies to poke out more throw on a phaser with a slow setting and it really ties the whole thing together.

[@DjangoClouds]

A little blast of No Quarter there - always assumed it was a keyboard through a Leslie but it's the first thing I jump to playing whenever I have a phaser. 😁

[@Douglas_I]

I'm just in love with the digitech freqout lately. There's so many awesome things you can do with it!

[@diggy2107]

I agree phasers or a flanger I think that they are similar!

[@zachbowden1993]

I love my chorus. I use a Walrus Audio Julia for a few different modulations from batshit "my guitar is broke" vibrato to "sad boi be expressive" thickened clean tones

[@uhMaxx]

lmao

[@toolfan347]

I use the phase shifter from boss and I love the step effect cranked up to sound like you're playing under water.

[@savagehenrylive]

as a long-time guitar player who is just getting properly into effects... watching you duplicate that 311 intro was awesome. would love some videos about that side of guitar playing (effects, recording, digital manipulation etc)

[@paulxaviercyr]

Being an automobile tech with a ton of electrical diagnostic tools and a guitar/bass player... If you have an oscilloscope (I do) and some itching curiosity... You can actually, visually see what each pedal does to the guitar signal. It is amazing.

[@beyondriven5150]

I've never tried that! Gonna have to now

[@tomjordanmusic35]

I can't decide between Chorus and Phaser as my favourite effect, use them both so much and love them equally! Awesome video as always dude \m/

[@TonyVirili]

Agreed - phasers, when used right, are awesome. I remember when I first started playing guitar (late 80s, early 90s) and got some effects that included a flanger but no phaser (what a disappointment). Phasers were big back then, especially in the "alternative" scene. THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE WHAT A PHASER DOES... it creates the effect that is heard when two sounds that are identical go in and out of sync. DJs would create the effect by playing the same two LPs on turntables and put a slight drag one LP to have them go out of "phase" and then put a drag on the other to bring them back into phase.

[@seank.2589]

Delay is probably the coolest effect in my opinion because of the rhythmic genius you can use with it and there are so many kinds of delays.

[@BradRocker]

Phaser has Always been my favorite effect, from way back in the day like 1988 when I bought my first DOD FX20

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Yes! I'm addicted to phaser, and that particular EVH pedal too. It really was the secret sauce to the early Van Halen tone :)

[@thecroft6070]

Thanks Tyler, you've convinced me to blow the dust of my EXH Small Stone!

[@izziesane]

Back in the early 80s i had a electro harmonix poly phase wifh the envelope filter on my pedal board and it was awesome, was playing jazz rock fusion and used it more than anything else...wish i still had it.

[@spotlight-kyd]

My favourite phaser guitar moment: the first part of "Goodnight Kiss" by Dream Theater. Simple application of the effect but it fits so well with the guitar chord voicings and the mood of the song.

[@scguitars]

Distortion + Flanger. Gotta sound like a lightning storm jet engine constantly

[@georgeputnam4569]

I think my favorite effect right now is wah, but this video has given me a new appreciation for the phaser

[@VitaEx]

My fave is the nightwire tremolo has a setting where you can set the rate to attack ....it’s glorious melts into your sound with the speed being set by your pick and slowing as the string slows down its my favorite sound ever and I own dozens of pedals i pair it with a delay the kilobyte which has a momentary switch that selects infinity just as the trem slows down I step on it and ramp up the noise to feedback freaking love it pair made in heaven

[@thebooda]

Good stuff! You never disappoint! Thanks Tyler!!!

[@carlboswell986]

I agree with you. In my earlier years of playing guitar, a phase shifter was the first effect that I wanted. For me, a close second, is a flanger.

[@Wargasm644]

EQ is by far my favorite pedal. Allows me to run all my guitars through my amp without major tweaking. From standard to down tuned, passive to active, humbucker to single coil. Move a few sliders and it’s all good. No major re-tweaks on the amp or pedalboard. Just adjust a few sliders on the eq at the end of your chain. Gravy 🤘🏻

[@SquareWaveSymphonies]

I've never been huge on phasers. I've always been more of a flanger kind of person. That being said: I can definitely see what people love about phasers.

[@pearljaime2]

ah I just love my boss ph3. I used many a phaser, even a MXR variphase, but I always keep coming back to that fall phase.

[@FloridaManRacer]

that scientific explanation from Brian was mind-blowing. Weeeeorrrrwwwwwaaaahhhhhwwwwrrrrrr... got it. Also, love seeing more content with the EVH guitar.

[@patrickkeenan6331]

I think I can agree, Tyler! Had an EVH Phase 90 on my board for years; then I got the Keeley Darkside....wow.....

[@bigwavedave8492]

Small stone I've had since 1990 it's just fun how it sits with whatever you play

[@therockgodabides]

Just bought the MXR Phase 100, been addicted to it ever since 🤘🏼

[@armaanansari4922]

bro legit before this video i watched Agufish's video, now this, and on the side i've got samurai guitarist's video out along with Know Your gear. Reverb really got u all

[@2006ドイツ語の]

my favorite effects are fuzz, overdrive and delay, good video, greetings from argentina

[@krystianpilch956]

Yes, finally some love for the phaser!

[@rockonileva]

For me it's the octaver or the delay.., a simple touch of an lower octave can beef up any riff.. a POG can do som REALLY good sounds! The delays capability of building an atmosphere is so dope!! It brings life to solos, to harmonies, and can also be a cool rhythmic tool.... In the field of modulation... for me it's the univibe (rotary on 2nd place)

[@ronsalva4970]

Appreciate the time you put into all your videos

[@randomassguy]

Just a splash of pan reverb is the most goregeous effect you can get from a guitar in my opinion

[@jwk4724]

i love Wah and Chorus the best. i can't go without them

[@larkgraves5410]

I've always loved fuzz pedals. I bought a zvex fuzz factory a while ago and playing around with it inspired me to want to build my first pedal board which I'm working on now! after seeing this video I might need to pick up that boss phase shifter.

[@brianspenst1374]

Hearing the vintage phaser in action was cool.

[@Owen_plays_music1049]

Chorus, Reverb and Overdrive/Distortion are the coolest effects in my humble opinion :)

[@cristianconnolly2709]

100% agree, i dont know what it is about them but phaser and flanger effects sound great to me, specially the phaser.

[@Irishtwinbeads282]

Phaser I agree!!!! Def use it more than any other effect. It kills it in clean tones. So much better than Chorus I think.

[@666pinkster]

if you take two mono signals of the same thing and pan them against each other dynamically its kinda like what a phaser does. basically it uses a low frequency (speed) oscillator to sweep 4 or more phase shift stages. gives ya the feeling of spaceships flying thru your chromostones ;) it IS time... but very small. a flanger or chorus is more noticeable time. a phaser is closer to a dynamic sweeping filter, affecting tone more than time... it creates a similar effect tho, as when you take an out of phase signal and combine it with an in phase signal, the like parts cancel and the unlike parts reinforce. makes that wooshy sound we love so much. this creates the phasing, and its in parallel with the dry buffered signal. if you kill the dry signal, you get a vibrato instead which can be wicked freeking cool.

[@caiocury7655]

The step sounds a bit like an Oberheim VCF... An effect Frank Zappa used in a couple of songs (Black Napkins, Ship Ahoy). Really cool!!

[@tonnimoore]

Chorus or harmonizer man! All the wavyness!

[@10stripmusic]

over all these years, my most-used and most inspirational pedal has been my boss ph-2 super phaser! no fancy step mode, but that 2nd mode is killer. also, much love for 311!