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The Boss PH-1r Phaser was a revision of the original Boss PH-1. The PH-1r is a standard 4 stage phaser that was produced to emulate the swirling tones of the popular Leslie style rotating speaker cabinets without needing a specialised speaker setup. Users of the PH-1 were happy with it's tone but thought it lacked the throbbing tremolo-style phase that other pedals could produce (due to the PH-1's low internal feedback setting). Boss revised their flagship phaser with a resonance (feedback) control to give the user more control over this aspect.

The Rate knob adjusts the speed of the phase, the...