The Alchemy Audio Phasor II is an Alchemy Audio phaser pedal. Close alternatives include the Warm Audio Mutation Phasor II and the Tone City Summer Orange. It pairs well with the Soldano SLO 100 100-Watt Tube Guitar Amplifier and the Park P50 Classic.
Alchemy Audio Phasor II
Alchemy Audio · pedal
Alchemy Audio's Phasor II is a faithful clone of the original Musitronics Mu-Tron Phasor II, a classic electro-optical phase shifter from the 1970s prized for a rich, swirling sweep distinct from later, cheaper phaser designs, reissued here in a modern, pedalboard-friendly footprint running on standard 9-volt power. Where original vintage Phasor IIs have become expensive and increasingly hard to source in good working condition, Alchemy Audio's recreation gives players access to that same classic Mu-Tron swirl without needing to track down and maintain a genuinely vintage unit, part of the company's broader specialization in careful reproductions of rare or discontinued effects circuits.
- phaser
- optical
- rich
- analog
- modulation
- vintage
- specific tonal character
- funk
Genres the Alchemy Audio Phasor II is commonly used in
- Alternative Rock
- Funk
- Classic Rock
cited
Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
Amps that pair well with the Alchemy Audio Phasor II
Soldano SLO 100 100-Watt Tube Guitar Amplifier
Soldano
10% matchInto the SLO-100's saturated, sustaining lead channel, the Phasor II's optical sweep adds motion without fighting the amp's own thick gain.
Park P50 Classic
Park
10% matchWhat Park P50 Classic brings here leans toward compressed — that's worth building a pairing around
Pedals that stack with the Alchemy Audio Phasor II
Univox Super-Fuzz
Univox
8% matchUnivox Super-Fuzz's own octave character is the real reason this is worth trying
ZVEX Fuzz Factory
Zvex
8% matchRun the Phasor II ahead of the Fuzz Factory's gated, glitchy germanium fuzz so the phase sweep still tracks a clean signal before the gate chops it up.
Crazy Tube Circuits Splash MKIV Reverb
Crazy Tube Circuits
6% matchPut the Splash's surf-voiced spring reverb after the Phasor II's optical sweep, not before, so the phase modulation doesn't wash out in the reverb tail. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Crazy Tube Circuits White Whale
Crazy Tube Circuits
6% matchRun the White Whale's tank-voiced reverb after the Phasor II in the chain — the phaser's sweep stays defined instead of blurring into the reverb's own harmonic wash. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Alternativessee all similar tone character →
Warm Audio Mutation Phasor II
Warm Audio
69% similarityShared character: tone, phaser, original
Tone City Summer Orange
Tone City
69% similarityShared character: overdrive_pedals, phaser, alternative
Maestro PS-1A Phase Shifter
Maestro
68% similarityShared character: phaser, digital, analog
MXR Script Phase 90 (LED)
MXR
68% similarityShared character: phaser, modulation
Carl Martin Two Faze
Carl Martin
68% similarityShared character: overdrive_pedals, phaser, analog
Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser
Spaceman
67% similarityShared character: phaser, analog, rich
Catalinbread Many Worlds
Catalinbread
67% similarityShared character: phaser, rich, modulation
Carl Martin Surf Trem V3
Carl Martin
67% similarityShared character: overdrive_pedals, digital, analog
Valco Black Hole Vintage Phaser
Valco
95% similaritysimilar tone character
EarthQuaker Devices Grand Orbiter
EarthQuaker Devices
95% similaritysimilar tone character
Death By Audio Moonbeam Stereo Multi-Stage Phaser
Death By Audio
94% similaritysimilar tone character
Walrus Audio Vanguard
Walrus Audio
94% similaritysimilar tone character
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Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Alchemy Audio Phasor II?+
The closest matches in character are the Warm Audio Mutation Phasor II, the Tone City Summer Orange, the Maestro PS-1A Phase Shifter.
What pairs well with the Alchemy Audio Phasor II?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Soldano SLO 100 100-Watt Tube Guitar Amplifier, Park P50 Classic, Univox Super-Fuzz — Into the SLO-100's saturated, sustaining lead channel, the Phasor II's optical sweep adds motion without fighting the amp's own thick gain..
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- vs Death By Audio Moonbeam Stereo Multi-Stage Phaser