Digitech DOD Phasor 201 vs Movall Audio MP-301 Van Golem

The Digitech DOD Phasor 201 and the Movall Audio MP-301 Van Golem are both pedals sharing analog warmth, low gain. The Movall Audio MP-301 Van Golem leans mid-forward.

Similarity
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51% moderately similar

Shared tone character
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  • analog warmth
  • low gain
Citation fame
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Price

$49.44via Reverb

Description

The DOD Phasor 201 is a classic two-stage analog phaser pedal originally produced by DOD Electronics in 1976, delivering simple, musical phase shifting with a single Speed control. The two-stage design produces a subtle, focused phase notch sweep suited for gentle, musical phasing. One of the earliest mass-produced phase shifters, the DOD 201 influenced the development of phaser pedals across the industry.

The Movall MP-301 Van Golem is a budget analogue mini phaser offering more control than a typical one-knob vintage-style phase pedal. Alongside Speed it adds Width and Feedback, so the sweep runs from a subtle, slow shimmer adding gentle movement to a lead tone, through to deep, watery, resonant phase sweeps that swirl broadly across clean chords. Raising the feedback sharpens the notches for a more vocal, resonant and pronounced effect. Built into a small but weighty aluminium-alloy enclosure with a slip-resistant base, true bypass and an LED status indicator, running on 9V DC centre-negative. An accessible way to get flexible analogue phase movement in a very small pedalboard footprint.

Genres
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  • Blues
  • Country
  • Classic Rock
  • Electronic
  • Rock
  • Funk
Tonal lean
  • mid-forward

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