The Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser is a Spaceman phaser pedal. Close alternatives include the Ibanez PH Mini and the Electro-Harmonix Small Stone. It pairs well with the Randall Lynch Box and the Marshall Super Bass.

Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser

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The Spaceman Explorer is a hand-wired six-stage analog optical phaser built in Portland, Oregon, known for a sweet, distinct phase voice that is sometimes liquidy and smooth, sometimes chewy and lush. Its frequencies ebb and flow organically while offering deep tone-shaping through resonance, mix, range and volume controls. The Resonance control adds feedback for over-the-top phasing, Range sets the low-frequency extension, and a wide Rate control spans extremely slow to very fast modulation, with five selectable wave shapes including sine, ramp up, ramp down, triangle and square. True-bypass relay switching with a soft-touch footswitch rounds out a boutique build that sits at the intersection of organic warmth and precise, mechanical pulse, suiting psychedelic, classic-rock and experimental textures.

  • phaser
  • modulation
  • lush
  • resonance
  • sweet
  • boutique
  • organic
  • psychedelic

Genres the Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser is commonly used in

  • Classic Rock
  • Experimental
  • Funk
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  • Ambient
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  • Alternative
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  • Neo Soul
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Amps that pair well with the Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser

Randall Lynch Box

Randall

30% match

Layer the Explorer's lush, resonant six-stage phase sweep after the Lynch Box's thick, cutting metal rhythm voice for movement without softening the crunch.

Marshall Super Bass

Marshall

25% match

Marshall Super Bass leans toward bright, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

PRS HX 50 Head

PRS

23% match
$3199via Reverb

PRS HX 50 Head leans toward bright, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Marshall Lead 20 Model 5002 Amplifier

amplifier

21% match

Put Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser after Marshall Lead 20 Model 5002 Amplifier in the signal chain, clear of Marshall Lead 20 Model 5002 Amplifier's own gain stage

Randall RG100ES

Randall

21% match

Run Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser after Randall RG100ES in the signal chain, clear of Randall RG100ES's own gain stage

Díaz CD-100 Amp Head

Diaz

19% match

Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser's modulated voice goes after Díaz CD-100 Amp Head in the signal chain — it's not there to compete with Díaz CD-100 Amp Head's own mid-forward character

Blackstar 1RH MKII

Blackstar

16% match

Keep Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser after Blackstar 1RH MKII in the signal chain, clear of Blackstar 1RH MKII's own gain stage

Blackstar Series One 45-Watt 2x12"

Blackstar

13% match
$830.20via Reverb

Run Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser after Blackstar Series One 45-Watt 2x12" in the signal chain, clear of Blackstar Series One 45-Watt 2x12"'s own gain stage

Pedals that stack with the Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser

RHC Rat Turbo Rat Distortion

Rhc Audio

34% match

The Explorer's lush, resonant phase sweep doesn't stack gain with the Turbo Rat — it just rides on top of that aggressive metal clipping.

MXR EP3 Echoplex Preamp

MXR

26% match
$189.86via Reverb

Keep MXR EP3 Echoplex Preamp's airy voice out front: Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser goes after MXR EP3 Echoplex Preamp in the signal chain so its modulated voice doesn't muddy it

Snouse BlackBox Overdrive 2

Snouse

25% match

Run Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser after Snouse BlackBox Overdrive 2 in the signal chain, clear of Snouse BlackBox Overdrive 2's own gain stage

JHS Angry Charlie

JHS Pedals

24% match

JHS Angry Charlie's own crunchy character is the real reason this is worth trying

Wampler Phenom Distortion

Wampler

24% match
$99.97via Reverb

Run Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser after Wampler Phenom Distortion in the signal chain, clear of Wampler Phenom Distortion's own gain stage

Wren and Cuff Box of War Small Foot Fuzz

Wren And Cuff

24% match
$199.99via Reverb

What Wren and Cuff Box of War Small Foot Fuzz brings here leans toward sustaining — that's worth building a pairing around

Tech 21 Marty Friedman

Tech 21

23% match
$369via Reverb

Put Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser after Tech 21 Marty Friedman in the signal chain, clear of Tech 21 Marty Friedman's own gain stage

MXR Custom Shop Joe Bonamassa CSP265 FET Driver

pedal

23% match

Run Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser after MXR Custom Shop Joe Bonamassa CSP265 FET Driver in the signal chain, clear of MXR Custom Shop Joe Bonamassa CSP265 FET Driver's own gain stage

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Alternativessee all similar tone character →

Ibanez PH Mini

Ibanez

74% similarity

Shared character: phaser, natural_resonance, true_bypass

Electro-Harmonix Small Stone

Electro-Harmonix

74% similarity
$239.58via Reverb

Shared character: phaser, natural_resonance, subtle

Walrus Audio Lillian Multi-Stage Analog Phaser

Walrus Audio

73% similarity
$209.61via Reverb

Shared character: phaser, natural_resonance, vocal

Alexander Pedals Luminous Phaseshifter

Alexander Pedals

72% similarity
$229via Reverb

Shared character: standout, round, phaser

T-Rex Sweeper 2

T Rex

72% similarity

Shared character: phaser, natural_resonance, vocal

Orange Series Phaser

Orange

72% similarity

Shared character: experimental_textures, phaser, vocal

Mojo Hand FX Nebula Redux

Mojo Hand Fx

71% similarity
$142.31via Reverb

Shared character: phaser, true_bypass, warm

JHS Pedals JHS 3 Series Phaser

JHS Pedals

71% similarity
$99via Reverb

Shared character: phaser, natural_resonance, true_bypass

MXR Phase 90

MXR

71% similarity
$89.99via Reverb

Shared character: phaser, true_bypass, mix

Wylde Audio WA90

Wylde Audio

71% similarity

Shared character: phaser, natural_resonance, subtle

Red Witch Deluxe Moon Phaser

Red Witch

71% similarity

Shared character: phaser, natural_resonance, vocal

Boss CE-2 Chorus

Boss

71% similarity
$185via Reverb

Shared character: round, subtle, warm

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Questions people ask

What are good alternatives to the Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser?+

The closest matches in character are the Ibanez PH Mini, the Electro-Harmonix Small Stone, the Walrus Audio Lillian Multi-Stage Analog Phaser.

What pairs well with the Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser?+

Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Randall Lynch Box, Marshall Super Bass, PRS HX 50 Head — Layer the Explorer's lush, resonant six-stage phase sweep after the Lynch Box's thick, cutting metal rhythm voice for movement without softening the crunch..

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