Rhodes Phaser Review: The Mu-Tron Phasor!

In this episode of Rhodes Phaser Review, I look at the excellent classic Mu-Tron Phasor. This is the first version of this effect which has a completely different sound and circuit than later Mu-Tron Phasors.
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[@anthonysilva5312]

Dude. Your playing is so vibey! You could plug that Rhodes into a microwave and it would still sound great.

[@bassbymichele]

I'm a bassist but really love these vintage pianos.. I wish we lived near so to play together.. you're a great musician! congrats, love your channel Mike

[@NearaRussell]

Thank you for this!! Great sounds and playing! Excellent demo. I’m sold.

[@mootbooxle]

thank you for this comment!

[@thesubparscholar2963]

First of all I just want to say that you are an absolutely top-notch keys player and thank you for your videos! Having played keys for many years, I am still nowhere near your technique/playing level and I hope to one day be able to play as funky and awesome as you! Second of all, as much I love your channel, I also hate this video; I own a modified Phase 90 which I thought I really dug, but after watching this video I was immediately disappointed with it and had to hunt down and buy an original Mu-Tron Phasor, now my wallet isn't happy. Haha, but really, thank you sooooo much for these videos! I have a Rhodes Mark 1 and have been picking up pedals that would go nicely with it, your videos are excellent and give me an in-depth solid idea of what to pick up. I hope you will do more pedal demos with the Rhodes.

[@TheInterGalacticFederation]

Enjoying this timeless video in 2021 - great demos Matt!

[@dougplate8234]

Thanks Moot! Inspiring as always. Very clean recording also.

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

Used to have a Rhodes many years ago. This brings back good memories. Love the Mu-Tron Phasor sound. Will see how close I can come to this with my Yamaha YC-61, and built in effects. Thanks for sharing this, and best wishes for your continued success.

[@mootbooxle]

thank you very much!

[@patrickmoore3538]

Thank you for your video, great demonstration, and your playing is so beautiful.

[@gijsyo]

That sounded really nice. Very relaxing jam :)

[@VitaTristis]

You have a beautiful connection with this instrument. Very nice.

[@christopherpederson1021]

That high position sounds otherworldy good

[@monsterjazzlicks]

Beautiful tones there Moot! I have Rhodes and a MXR Phaze-90 pedal.

[@southernmonkey64]

Great info Video! Moot you are one of the hipest of the Hip!

[@Jamminn555]

Dude, killer playing and greta review.

[@EverettDudgeon138]

Absolutely shocked there’s been no clones of these.

[@joaquinvelazquez913]

the mxr phase 100 is somewhat like this pedal, in the sense of a knob that switches in between different phase settings, and a knob for speed. but the phasor sounds different of course. I ended up having Phase 100's and i started to fall in love with them.

[@mikulasroubicek4642]

there's one now - JSI

[@Rhythmicons]

That sounds fucking beautiful.

[@tsitracommunications2884]

I hope Deodato is taking notes

[@Ashfaq1999]

Brilliant 🎶

[@EdwardCashin]

1:50 makes me start to tear up. Also, I want to learn that song.

[@froogmaster7869]

What song was it?

[@RayyMusik]

@@froogmaster7869 “Just The Two Of Us“, Moot Booxlé version?

[@theycallmejpj]

beautiful rhodes

[@Jenzzeman]

Great video + sounds!I sometimes use your video to 'emulate' and compare the settings with my Mutron Phasor2. It's really some work to nail the sounds down exactly like yours :-)Jenzz

[@mootbooxle]

Jenzzeman thank you very much! The Phasor 2 seems to be harder to find. It's on my wish list! So you find that it's considerably different from the original?

[@Jenzzeman]

The difference is pretty minor. I can get dead-on close to the L / M / H settings of the depth switch in your video with setting the depth knob to 6 / 8 / 10 on the Phasor 2. For a more 'Zawinul-like' sound, the feedback knob comes in handy. I have around 3 most the time.Jenzz

[@MisterV619]

@mootbooxle Mike Beigel, the creator of the original pedal has resurrected his business and pedal line. There is a 3rd version of the the pedal now that runs on 9 volts, and it's a lot smaller too! www.mu-tron.com/products/phasor-iii/ No need for paying elevated prices for version 2 from vintage dealers. Mike Beigels new version stays true to the qualities we love about the originals.

[@MisterV619]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5Wck2uHjqadqNE

[@davidolivier6164]

Do not Agreev.I have The musitronics Phaser1 sam as video AND the the MU-TRON Phasor 3 the new one is not as smooth as the old ones too clean and punchy, maybe because the old components inside are old?. I use it on Supersatellites on the loop, @@MisterV619

[@hieronymusrex]

Mutron #1 EHX Polyphase #2 EHX Small Stone #3 well, audio in through a Moog Rogue is pretty fantastic, if a little bulky, heh

[@chemosis8259]

the phasor 2 and bi phase just dosent sound as good to me. this is one of the best

[@Rhythmicons]

That thing is huge!

[@henryhill92]

Whenever I watch one of your videos I get so mad at 5-year-old me for quitting keyboard lessons...

[@Ravedaze.]

Henry Hill I know right! I was the same.. damn it

[@captainkiddoregon]

Yeah I never took any keyboard lessons, I flat out suck at playing one. I do admit to get a little jealous watching Mootsie play (among others). I know he put in the time and has the talent. I really don't have that musical Gene in me so I struggle at any instrument. Plus I have arthritis in my hands which makes it all that much harder. Way to go as usual Mootsie!

[@gasolineandwine]

It's never too late to pick it up. It takes time and dedication, but the more you learn and the more comfortable you become with the instrument, the more rewarding it becomes. Try it man.

[@froogmaster7869]

What was the first piece played?

[@giansily]

Thanks for this great video ! How would you compare it to the later MUTRON II and the new Mu-tron Phasor III?

[@SenatorBanana]

anyone else fuckin love weather report/joe zawinul?

[@mootbooxle]

Canaan Banana every few years I go through a big Zawinul/WR obsession. I'm in the middle of one now! I can't get enough of Tale Spinnin' atm.

[@SenatorBanana]

really should listen to more post jaco weather report but it makes me sad :(

[@froter1]

Nice

[@reptilespantoso]

very pretty the moogerfooger 12 stage comes close but is less warm now I want one :'(

[@kierenmorre5641]

Yeah, 12 stages is too many ... :)

[@staceycarras3815]

Moot, your Mutron sounds KILLER !!!, but how do you rate it against the Electro Harmonix Stereo Polyphase ?

[@Bruno-hd9qo]

Have you ever listened to Roberto Carlos (the singer) 60's and 70's songs?

[@AlainHubert]

I was expecting to hear the start of Easy Goin' Evening from Stevie Wonder at any moment during this great Mutron demo... I believe he used that pedal on that recording ?

[@darwinsaye]

"fluid" was a very good way to describe it... I would goes as far as to say watery, :) It's funny when you get hooked on a pedal and you can't really describe what it is that others of it's type lack. My personal fave Phaser is the Small Stone. It has a sound that I've only ever really heard the Behringer Vintage Phaser approximate well -- a quality I've only ever been able to describe as 'chewy', haha.

[@robertgozdziewicz7838]

Hi! Why do not you use the effects loop on the Rhodes panel?

[@mootbooxle]

Robert Goździewicz oh! because it doesn’t work, hah! It’s never been quite right. I plan to replace the preamp when I get the money!

[@shawnphase]

it sounds niiiiiiiiiiiiice tho

[@eikcam55]

Nice!Making me miss Richard Tee.Anybody know of any free plug-ins available to emulate this type of phasing that i can use in Garageband or Logic?I guess I I need to go deeper into the parameters of those phasers and see.

[@Ston247]

Richard Tee ( back in the CTI days). I don't think he used a mutron. I know for sure George Duke and Herbie used them.

[@VitaTristis]

Richard used a Small Stone..

[@mojorisen74]

5:33 I love that run you do. BTW you wouldn't happen to know if this is what Bill Conners used on his guitar when he recorded Return to Forever's "Hymn to the 7th Galaxy" LP do you?

[@mootbooxle]

mojorisen74 hey thanks! I love what you’ve done with the Rundgren catalogue btw...your version of the Initiation album is the best I’ve heard. Did disc1 get removed? I wonder what Bill Connors used on his guitar. Probably a Maestro PS-1A! I love that sound and have definitely cultivated a guitar lead tone that’s inspired by it for myself. I prefer this Mu-Tron (before distortion) personally! What a great record.

[@mojorisen74]

@@mootbooxle Thanks. Yeah Warner started taking down my remasters. I've tried putting them back up but their unsearchable. I can find them but if i share the link it says video unavailable. They havent pulled the live stuff down thankfully.

[@mootbooxle]

@@mojorisen74 that sucks! I was afraid of that. I actually recorded all of your remasters of Initiation and The Ikon into my computer and burned them on discs to play in the car, so I still have them, thank goodness! Trying to put all of Initiation on a single piece of vinyl was so silly. I understand that Bearsville didn't want to put out a double disc due to a vinyl shortage, but ugh that record sounds terrible! Too bad since it's one of my favs! You really did it justice, finally!

[@mojorisen74]

@@mootbooxle I was really hoping Friday Music was going to continue their TR vinyl reissues. The last album they put out was a 2 LP of A wizard a true star. It sounds awesome! It has low end lol. I was really hoping Initiation would have the same treatment but they never continued the series.

[@philtowers1392]

Pro session! If the world made sense, you’d be more famous than kanye west.

[@adamziolkowski2549]

I haven't seen a comment this perfect in a long time!

[@life-is-inspiring3953]

Great sound; what’s the tube preamp you used here?

[@BuffaloVoice]

What do you think of the MOOGERFOOGER MF 103 12 Stage Phaser?

[@southpavv9746]

Your use of chords is amazing. major/minor 7th and 9th chords?

[@magicdudegary]

Southpavv Yes :)

[@kierenmorre5641]

Moots = best phasers [phasors :P], period.

[@joshuagarden7304]

What´s the music that starts at 6:30? How lovely. Do you have a full version?

[@mootbooxle]

Joshua Garden I don't have one just yet...but if you check out my latest couple releases on bandcamp, there's a lot of this type of music. Btw thanks so much!

[@joshuagarden7304]

Thank´s man, I´m a fan of your channel and I am a fanatic of Rhodes as well. BTW have you ever tried filtering a Rhodes through an Ensoniq DP4 sound processor unit? Toby Smith had the best sounding Rhodes I´ve ever heard and I´ve red that Ensoniq was his secret. I´m dying to see a review of those 2 in action.

[@winniebrown6719]

i have too

[@Ston247]

Yeah I owned three of these. What people don't seem to realize is the Mutron ll is not a true phasor. It's a cross between phasor and chorus/flanger. Which is why most phasors cannot duplicate the mutron sound. It's sort of a specialized pedal. I only use mine for specific reasons (songs). They're BIG pedals and not as sturdy as they seem. WATCH OUT for the on/off switch ! It's mounted directly onto the circuit board. If it get's damaged by dirt, water or by dropping.... kiss your Mutron goodbye ! No bullsh*t. Anyway, for "clean" funk/R&B I stick to the Roland PH-2. I still use my Small Stone and the Ibanez PH-7 ain't bad either. But the Mutron ll really is a special box.

[@Phil_Trujeque]

Nasher188... I recently had to re-cap my Mu-Tron Phasor due to leaky caps, and I can assure you, the On/Off rocker switch on mine doesn’t mount to the board. It mounts directly to the top panel, with its leads soldered to the board. The rocker switch itself is flimsy, yet I’ve never broken one on either of the two Phasor’s I’ve owned.

[@EdwardCashin]

I wonder whether univibe in vibrato mode is often used with the Rhodes... like a JHS Unicorn v2 or a vintage pedal.

[@mootbooxle]

Edward Cashin funny you should mention that...I was just thinking the other day how I’d like to have some kind of good uni-vibe clone!

[@michelcury]

When will you make the mutron biphase one? :D

[@vladimirelnitskii4448]

1:30 what is that? Shazam did not help me to find. Please, write to me, what is the original name of composition.

[@mootbooxle]

Vladimir Elnitskii hi Vladimir! That is really not any composition, just something I was improvising! I was trying to play something like Richard Tee would play, similar to the intro on “Just the two of us” by Grover Washington Jr.

[@vladimirelnitskii4448]

Thanks.

[@patrickgallagher1161]

But I thought the Small Stone was Moot's favorite...

[@gaurd3]

You can really play. None of that 2 finger mess.

[@nickf9392]

Serious question....I love the Rhodes sound, can you recommend any specific works that you think are good listening.

[@froogmaster7869]

Marcin grochowina I think

[@John-Brown]

Bill Withers - Just the Two of Us, Simon & Garfunkel - concert in Central Park

[@billnorswether3720]

@@John-Brown Richard Tee playing on both

[@silvertongues2]

My Phasor is a lot more subtle than yours, less of than resonance type sound. Do you have any experience of calibrating?

[@monsterjazzlicks]

Is this the model Zawinul used, please?

[@michelcury]

Zawinul used the Mutron Bi-phase! It is like two phasor II in one pedal.

[@monsterjazzlicks]

Thanks Michel, I have a video on Weather Report live in Germany, 1971 in a TV broadcast. Not sure if he uses it there? It may be a Ring-Mod? Cheers.

[@michelcury]

@@monsterjazzlicks yeah! I think that he used ring modulator and wah! The bi-phase came later 😊

[@monsterjazzlicks]

@@michelcury ok, cheers. He got a great sound out of it!

[@monsterjazzlicks]

+Michel Cury - Do you know please if the EHX Polyphase has a STEREO INPUT (as well as output)? Thanks.

[@philippeageorges6932]

mutron only for rhodes !

[@JSIsynth]

If you are searching an alternative, check JSI Phasor which is heavily inspired of this legendary model, kzbin.info/www/bejne/gX-bXpqvnJh3i80

[@Ston247]

Dude, you're supposed to use a clavinet with this phasor. That's the 70's sound.

[@seamanjive]

Odd voice...you ok?