Frequency Central Sonic Death Ray Phaser

Product Description


I’m pretty obsessed with phasers, built dozens, searched and searched for the ‘most swooshy’, didn’t ever find it – so I designed it! Most phasers stop at 4 stages, a few dare to go to 6 or maybe 8 – Sonic Death Ray is a 14 stage FET based phaser with some nice added extras.

Firstly, there are multiple regen taps available, sending the phased signal back to an earlier stage of the phaser for sonic emphasis – this is not a feature found on any other phaser I’m aware of, and a phaser needs to have a large number of stages to make it a viable option to add. In Sonic Death Ray the regen path can be selected over 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 or 14 stages by using the Regen Taps rotary switch in combination with the Parity Switch. Each and every regen tap makes the unit sound like a different flavour of phaser – really versatile.

Secondly, Sonic Death Ray features Parity Modulation, found on no other phaser in the World. A second LFO allow the number of stages in the regen path to be toggled automatically between an odd and even number, imprinting another layer of cool on an already cool effect. Sometimes it’s like adding a kind of vibrato on top the phasing, sometimes it’s like the thing is talking! Parity Modulation has it’s own footswitch – it deserves no less.

When I first built this phaser I swore never to build another, because it’s a huge circuit (and therefore a tight build), and because I have to match 14 FETs for each unit – no mean feat in itself. But I’ve bowed to demand and am now offering a limited run of a maximum of 10 units. 9 are already spoken for. The production run is going to differ from the prototype – I’m using a bigger enclosure to make for and easier build. Each enclosure will be hand sanded/hand etched/hand painted and will look similar in artwork to the pedal shown below (which is not a Sonic Death Ray, but an uber-delay).


You know the phrase "Set Phasers to Stun?" Well, the Frequency Central Sonic Death Ray 14 Stage Phase Shifter might be what they were talking about. Created for the simple yet daunting task of being the "Swooshiest" phaser possible, somewhere in the design of the Frequency Central Sonic Death Ray 14 Stage Phase Shifter 14 stages of regeneration were unlocked, a parity switch was added and a new beast was born.The Frequency Central Sonic Death Ray 14 Stage Phase Shifter features a plethora of JFET based phase, flange, rotary speaker and even percussive tremolo sounds 100% unique to the Frequency Central Sonic Death Ray 14 Stage Phase Shifter!!











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