WHETSTONE v2 ANALOG PHASER & MODULATOR

Description

Another Blackout classic and a “Best Of…” industry pick in the analog modulation category!

VERSION 2 UPDATES: RING mode has been updated to provide even cooler ultra-fast phase tones and more usable ring mod effects. V2 also incorporates several new circuit tweaks to lower the overall noise floor and to resolve some of the early V1 quirks.

The vintage sound of an analog OTA-based phaser melded with contemporary parameters out the wazoo. From classic and not-so-classic sounds, subtle and over-the-top phase tones, mellow through seasick pitch vibrato, ring mod, glitchy octave effects, and outright strange phased/auto wah/tremolo hybrid sounds you won’t find anywhere else. No doubt the Whetstone can do things that your current phaser can’t.

Features

  • Killer old school analog phase tones
  • The slowest phaser cycle you’ve ever heard (1 minute; peak-to-peak at the slowest setting of PADS mode)
  • Quasi-rotary, pitch vibrato, low pass tremolo, ring mod, cocked-wah, and uni-vibe tones also on tap.
  • Speed Ranges: Normal, Pads (super long), Ring (super fast/ring mod), Fix (kills LFO, manual filter adjustment with Rate)
  • Too many combinations to list. Tweaker’s paradise.
  • Try it at 18V for more headroom

Specs

  • 9V-18 operation. Negative center supply with 2.1mm plug required; top-mounted.
  • Mono input/output jacks; side-mounted.
  • Feedback, Rate, Depth, Level and Range controls
  • Toggles: 2/4 stage, vibrato/phased, asymmetric/symmetric, low pass/all pass, shallow/wide
  • Speed Ranges: Normal, Pads (super long), Ring (super fast/ring mod), Fix (kills LFO, manual filter adjustment with Rate)
  • Internal trim pot for adjusting output gain of Level control
  • 200 mA current draw
  • Made by hand in Asheville, NC USA
  • True bypass switching
Manual