The Summer Orange is a compact phaser pedal from Tone City, described by the maker as a "Classic Four Stage Phaser". Tone City's product page calls it "a four stages phase with MOSFET. All-analog", meaning the effect is produced entirely by analog circuitry, with four phase-shifting stages built around MOSFET components. Four stages is the classic phaser arrangement, giving the traditional sweeping phase sound rather than the deeper, more complex sweeps of six- or eight-stage designs.1
Controls
The Summer Orange keeps things simple with three controls, one large and two small12:
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Rate | The large control sets the speed of the effect1 |
| Feedback | Adjusts the frequency of the phaser effect2 |
| Depth | Adjusts the level of the phaser effect2 |
Tone City says the smaller feedback and depth controls "let you adjust the frequency and level of the phaser effect", giving you a hand in shaping the character of the sweep beyond just its speed.2
Flanger territory and use with drive pedals
The Feedback control is what separates the Summer Orange from a bare-bones phaser. Tone City describes it this way2:
"It gives you the classic phase sound and can go more farther with the adding of feedback signal, that sounds"
In other words, feeding the phase-shifted signal back on itself pushes the effect toward flanger-like sounds, so one small pedal covers both ground. The maker also addresses pairing it with drive: "Most important it will not make too much modification to your original sound when it is used with distortion pedal", which suggests it is meant to sit in a board alongside distortion or overdrive pedals without coloring them.1
Power and size
Tone City specifies power from a DC 9V power supply and lists no battery option, so plan on an adapter or pedalboard power output.1
The pedal draws 15 mA at 9V DC, a light load that any standard isolated power supply output handles.1 Physically it is small: 9.4 cm long, 4.5 cm wide and 4.8 cm high, weighing 0.26 kg. Tone City describes it as small enough to fit onto any pedalboard, with the feedback and depth controls as extra features for crafting the phase sound.1
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Questions
Does the Tone City Summer Orange take a battery?
Tone City's product page states only that the pedal is powered by a DC 9V power supply, and no battery option is mentioned. Plan to run it from a 9V DC adapter on your pedalboard power supply.
Is the Tone City Summer Orange true bypass?
Yes. Tone City lists the Summer Orange as true bypass, so when the pedal is off your guitar's signal passes through without the phaser circuit loading it.
How much current does the Summer Orange draw?
Tone City specifies a current draw of 15 mA at 9V DC, which is modest and well within what a single output of most pedalboard power supplies provides.
Can the Summer Orange sound like a flanger?
Tone City says the pedal gives the classic phase sound and can go further with the addition of the feedback signal, which the maker describes as sounding like a flanger. Turning up the Feedback control is what takes it there.
How does the Summer Orange work with distortion pedals?
Tone City says the pedal will not make too much modification to your original sound when it is used with a distortion pedal, so it is intended to sit alongside drive pedals without changing their character.
How big is the Tone City Summer Orange?
Tone City lists the pedal at 9.4 cm long, 4.5 cm wide and 4.8 cm high, weighing 0.26 kg, so it fits on a crowded pedalboard without taking much room.
Sources (2)
- Summer orange-Classic Four Stage Phaser-TONE CITY ▏Analog Pedals & Power supplies, Tone City, 2026
- Summer orange-Classic Four Stage Phaser-桂林华声乐器有限公司, Tone City Audio (桂林华声乐器有限公司), 2026