All-Pedal and Spaceman Effects release the Microdose Phaser

September 21, 2023 · 3 sources

All-Pedal announced the Microdose Phaser on September 21, 2023, a collaboration with Spaceman Effects that the maker describes as its first phaser¹². Pedal of the Day reported that the pedal is based on Spaceman's discontinued Explorer Deluxe and adds new features².

The Microdose is an optical, stage-selectable analog phaser with an all-analog signal path and selectable 2, 4, or 8 stages of optically swept phase shifting¹. It has a wide-range LFO with 16 waveshapes, tap tempo, and a rate multiplier with selectable speeds of .5x, 1x, 1.5x, 2x, 3x and 4x¹. Controls include level, blend, resonance, depth, rate, multiplier and waveform, plus a wave set selector switch¹. An expression pedal input acts as the rate control¹. The pedal is true bypass, measures 4.7 by 2.6 inches, runs on 9VDC at 36mA and has no internal battery¹. It is designed and built in the USA¹.

Premier Guitar described the Microdose as "a digital phaser collaboration with Portland's Spaceman Effects" and as "an evolution and expansion of Spaceman's Explorer Optical Phaser," with 16 wave forms, "more than triple the Explorer's five"³. All-Pedal's page describes an analog signal path¹. Premier Guitar listed the price as $325.00³. Premier Guitar's review said the pedal has no preset functionality, which it said can limit usefulness on stage³.