The Fender Waylon Jennings Phaser is a Fender phaser pedal, currently around $144.66. Close alternatives include the Wylde Audio WA90 and the Catalinbread Many Worlds. It pairs well with the Mesa Boogie Rectifier Badlander EL34/100 Head and the Carr Mercury V.
Fender Waylon Jennings Phaser
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The Fender Waylon Jennings Phaser is an all-analogue phaser built around Fender's original 1970s four-stage phase circuit, developed with the Jennings estate to capture the outlaw country player's stage and studio sound. A three-position switch selects two, four or six phase stages, moving from a gentle, shallow shimmer through the classic thick four-stage swirl to a deep, resonant six-stage sweep. Range, Rate and Feedback controls set sweep width, speed and resonance, with higher feedback sharpening the notches into a vocal, hollow, more pronounced effect. A Sweet switch jumps straight to a favoured blend of clean signal against the phase-shifted tone, keeping the dry attack intact underneath. Reviewers praise it as unusually flexible and interactive for a phaser, and rich-sounding across all three stage settings.
- phaser
- outlaw country
- country
- classic phase sweep character
- phase sweep character
- phase shifted tone
- analogue
- dry
Price updated Aug 27, 2026
Genres the Fender Waylon Jennings Phaser is commonly used in
- Classic Rock
- Country
Amps that pair well with the Fender Waylon Jennings Phaser
Mesa Boogie Rectifier Badlander EL34/100 Head
Mesa Boogie
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Carr Mercury V
Carr
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
1970s Mesa/Boogie Mark I 'Snake King'
Mesa Boogie
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Bogner Barcelona
Bogner
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Amplified Nation Trem-Drive Deluxe Combo
Amplified Nation
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Bruno Cowtipper 35
Bruno
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Fender '68 Custom Princeton Reverb 12W 1x10 Tube Guitar
Fender
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Fender Vibrolux 6G11
amplifier
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Pedals that stack with the Fender Waylon Jennings Phaser
Wren and Cuff Box of War Small Foot Fuzz
Wren And Cuff
20% matchRun mid-forward into Wren and Cuff Box of War Small Foot Fuzz for more high gain on top
Greer Black Mountain
Greer
20% matchRun mid-forward into Greer Black Mountain for more fuzzy on top
Red Witch Titan
Red Witch
7% matchKeep Red Witch Titan after Fender Waylon Jennings Phaser in the signal chain, clear of Fender Waylon Jennings Phaser's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
EarthQuaker Devices Afterneath
EarthQuaker Devices
7% matchRun EarthQuaker Devices Afterneath after Fender Waylon Jennings Phaser in the signal chain, clear of Fender Waylon Jennings Phaser's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Tech 21 SansAmp Character Plus Fuzzy Brit
Tech 21
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Black Arts Toneworks Forest
Black Arts Toneworks
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Beetronics Nectar
Beetronics
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Caroline Guitar Company Crom Hi-Gain Fuzzstortion
Caroline Guitar Company
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Cheaper alternatives
MXR ZW90 Wylde Phase
MXR
67% similarityShared character: phaser, thickness
JHS Pedals JHS 3 Series Phaser
JHS Pedals
64% similarityShared character: phaser, resonant, natural_resonance
Tone City Summer Orange
Tone City
63% similarityShared character: phaser
Artec SE-VPH Vintage Phase Shifter
Artec
63% similarityShared character: natural_resonance, overdrive
Blaxx BX-Phaser
Blaxx
94% similaritysimilar tone character
CNZ Audio SPH-20
Cnz Audio
92% similaritysimilar tone character
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Wylde Audio WA90
Wylde Audio
65% similarityShared character: phaser, natural_resonance, thickness
Catalinbread Many Worlds
Catalinbread
65% similarityShared character: phaser, rich
Roland Corp US PH-3 Phase Shifter
Roland
64% similarityShared character: phaser, overdrive
Subdecay Quasar Phaser v4
Subdecay
63% similarityShared character: phaser, natural_resonance, overdrive
Fender Lost Highway Phaser
Fender
94% similaritysimilar tone character
Demon FX Sibling Analog OTA Phaser Just
Demon Fx
92% similaritysimilar tone character
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Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Fender Waylon Jennings Phaser?+
The closest matches in character are the Wylde Audio WA90, the Catalinbread Many Worlds, the Roland Corp US PH-3 Phase Shifter. Budget picks: MXR ZW90 Wylde Phase, JHS Pedals JHS 3 Series Phaser, Tone City Summer Orange.
What pairs well with the Fender Waylon Jennings Phaser?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Mesa Boogie Rectifier Badlander EL34/100 Head, Carr Mercury V, 1970s Mesa/Boogie Mark I 'Snake King' — Voiced for Fender-style amps.
How much does the Fender Waylon Jennings Phaser cost?+
Around $144.66 (live listing price, updated Aug 27, 2026).