The Tone City Summer Orange is a Tone City phaser pedal, currently around $54.90. Close alternatives include the Cordovox PH-8 and the Rotosound RKH1 The King Henry Phaser. It pairs well with the Marshall JTM45 45W Tube Guitar Amp Head and the Dumble Steel String Singer.
Tone City Summer Orange
Tone City · pedal
The Tone City Summer Orange is a phaser pedal from the budget-focused Chinese effects brand, following Tone City's broader catalog pattern of colorful, compact stompboxes covering classic effect types at accessible prices. As a phaser, it sweeps a series of notch filters across the frequency spectrum to produce the swirling, watery modulation the format is known for, distinct from a flanger's more metallic, jet-plane sweep. Tone City has built a presence in the budget pedal market by covering nearly every major effect category in a bright, visually distinctive mini or standard-size format, and the Summer Orange continues that approach within the phaser category specifically.
- phaser
- modulation
- metallic
- watery
- frequency
- presence
- flanger
- notch
Price updated Aug 24, 2026
Genres the Tone City Summer Orange is commonly used in
- Funk
- Classic Rock
- Alternative Rock
- New Wave
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Experimental
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Amps that pair well with the Tone City Summer Orange
Marshall JTM45 45W Tube Guitar Amp Head
amplifier
29% matchRun Marshall JTM45 45W Tube Guitar Amp Head after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm
Dumble Steel String Singer
Dumble
28% matchWhere this leans bright, Dumble Steel String Singer answers back smooth
Ampeg RB-112
Ampeg
16% matchTone City Summer Orange's modulated voice goes after Ampeg RB-112 in the signal chain — it's not there to compete with Ampeg RB-112's own gritty character
Ampeg SFT Ampeg Inspired Overdrive
Ampeg
16% matchRun the Summer Orange's watery, metallic phase sweep after the SFT's own warm saturation settles, so the modulation moves a defined tone.
Orange BT1000H Terror Bass 1000-Watt Bass Amp
Orange
16% matchKeep Orange BT1000H Terror Bass 1000-Watt Bass Amp's warm voice out front: Tone City Summer Orange goes after Orange BT1000H Terror Bass 1000-Watt Bass Amp in the signal chain so its modulated voice doesn't muddy it
Victory Amps V10 The Baron
Victory
16% matchRun Tone City Summer Orange after Victory Amps V10 The Baron in the signal chain, clear of Victory Amps V10 The Baron's own gain stage
Randall Century 200
Randall
16% matchTone City Summer Orange's modulated voice goes after Randall Century 200 in the signal chain — it's not there to compete with Randall Century 200's own aggressive character
Gibson EH-185
Gibson
16% matchRun Tone City Summer Orange after Gibson EH-185 in the signal chain, clear of Gibson EH-185's own gain stage
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Pedals that stack with the Tone City Summer Orange
Caroline Guitar Company Meteore
Caroline Guitar Company
26% matchLayer the Summer Orange's metallic, watery phase sweep after the Meteore's own spring reverb for movement inside the wash. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Fuzz Face Dunlop Fuzz Face Distortion
Fuzz Face
26% matchKeep Fuzz Face Dunlop Fuzz Face Distortion's silicon voice out front: Tone City Summer Orange goes after Fuzz Face Dunlop Fuzz Face Distortion in the signal chain so its modulated voice doesn't muddy it
Electro-Harmonix Memory Boy Analog Delay
Electro-Harmonix
23% matchRun the Summer Orange's sweep ahead of the Memory Boy so each phased repeat cascades cleanly instead of the delay smearing the phaser's motion. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Mr. Black Bloodmoon
Mr Black
23% matchKeep Tone City Summer Orange after Mr. Black Bloodmoon in the signal chain, clear of Mr. Black Bloodmoon's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Electro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff
Electro-Harmonix
22% matchElectro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff's smooth balances out the bright tone
Maxon AD-9 Pro Analog Delay
Maxon
22% matchPut the Summer Orange's phase sweep ahead of the AD-9 in the chain so the modulation gets carried by the delay's echoes instead of racing past them. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Beetronics Overhive
Beetronics
21% matchBeetronics Overhive's medium gain fills in what this transparent tone doesn't make on its own
JAM Pedals Fuzz Phrase
Jam Pedals
21% matchKeep JAM Pedals Fuzz Phrase's germanium voice out front: Tone City Summer Orange goes after JAM Pedals Fuzz Phrase in the signal chain so its modulated voice doesn't muddy it
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Cheaper alternatives
Boutique & premium upgrades
Cordovox FL-8
Cordovox
74% similarityShared character: flanger, overdrive_pedals, phaser
Carl Martin Two Faze
Carl Martin
71% similarityShared character: overdrive_pedals, phaser, alternative
MXR Phase 100
MXR
69% similarityShared character: phaser, modulation
Ibanez PH Mini Phaser Mini
Ibanez
96% similaritysimilar tone character
Catalinbread Many Worlds
Catalinbread
95% similaritysimilar tone character
Walrus Audio Lillian Multi-Stage Analog Phaser
Walrus Audio
95% similaritysimilar tone character
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Cordovox PH-8
Cordovox
74% similarityShared character: flanger, overdrive_pedals, phaser
Rotosound RKH1 The King Henry Phaser
Rotosound
74% similarityShared character: flanger, overdrive_pedals, phaser
Schulte Compact Phaser
Schulte
72% similarityShared character: flanger, phaser, modulation
Stagg Blaxx Flanger Mini
Stagg
71% similarityShared character: flanger, overdrive_pedals, alternative
Cordovox TR-8
Cordovox
71% similarityShared character: flanger, overdrive_pedals, phaser
W-LM Phased Out
W-LM
69% similarityShared character: overdrive_pedals, phaser, modulation
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Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Tone City Summer Orange?+
The closest matches in character are the Cordovox PH-8, the Rotosound RKH1 The King Henry Phaser, the Schulte Compact Phaser. Budget picks: Simple Sam Faze-It Phase, Simple Sam Flanger-Roo Flanger. Boutique upgrades: Cordovox FL-8, Carl Martin Two Faze, MXR Phase 100.
What pairs well with the Tone City Summer Orange?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Marshall JTM45 45W Tube Guitar Amp Head, Dumble Steel String Singer, Ampeg RB-112 — Run Marshall JTM45 45W Tube Guitar Amp Head after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm.
How much does the Tone City Summer Orange cost?+
Around $54.90 (live listing price, updated Aug 24, 2026).