Flattley Bass Star Fazer phaser pedal

For sale is a Flattley Bass Star Fazer, a phaser pedal designed for the bass guitar from Flattley’s premium lineup. Flattley Guitar Pedals is a boutique company based in Gloucestershire, England. If you've never heard of them, you're not alone: neither had I! But the Guitar World review and Paul Flattley's background in avionics encouraged me to give their pedals a try. And I'm glad I did! The Bass Chief impressed me enough that I later bought the Bass Star Fazer as well. (I've since secured a Broughton Sunray and a second Chase Bliss Wombtone MKII so I'm no longer using these.)

Featuring a quartet of matched transistors, the Bass Star Fazer is a 4-stage phaser voiced for the bass guitar. The focus here is on simplicity: you have control over Rate and Depth which makes it easy to dial in good-sounding modulation. The 4-stage design keeps the effect fairly subtle and strikes a balance between 2-stage phasers (like the JAM Ripple, which I find to be too subtle) and 6-stage phasers (which are much more in your face). I'm a big fan of running phaser in conjunction with dirt. A slow rate and wide depth fed by the harmonics of a dirt pedal adds just the right amount of interest to what can otherwise be a fairly basic tone.

Flattley pedals are true boutique pedals with some fancy features. They have a halo light ring instead of your standard LED. This diffuses the light in a pleasing way and avoids the piercing light some overly bright LEDs have, especially on dark stages. Both pedals also feature aluminum footswitch toppers for more better contact when switching the pedal on and off. Finally, they have amazing finishes:

The bare aluminum enclosure is abraded prior to painting with the etch primer. The etch primer acts as a anti corrosive layer and allows the primer to bond to the enclosure ensuring a tough resilient paint finish. Multiple coats of base coat primer are applied which are then lightly abraded to remove any blemishes or paint speckles. Then several coats of base color are applied until an even coverage occurs and the base color develops rich smooth depth. Metallic holographic chrome flake is then applied using a clear inter coat which adds that all important Flattley sparkle. The pedal enclosure is now ready to be hydro dipped in its Flattley graphics. This is the process whereby the graphics are applied using water activated film, the residual PVA film is then washed off and the enclosure is then allowed to dry naturally. Once dried the lacquer process begins. Each “Flattley Platinum” pedal has a minimum of three coats of lacquer which are all wet sanded between coats. Once the lacquer has hardened, it is then hand polished using three different grades of polishing compounds and it then has a final polish to achieve a high gloss finish using a wool finishing pad. This process gives the smooth deep luster finish. Check out the additional pictures I've uploaded to see how the finish subtly sparkles under the right light!