Jean-Luc Ponty's Phaser Effects Pedals

Then soon after came the MXR phase shifters, first the small footswitch which I used on tour and on my next albums Aurora, Imaginary Voyage and Enigmatic Ocean.

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During Jean-Luc Ponty’s takeover of the Eventide Effects blog, he discusses his early effects use, including the Maestro PS-1A.

The first effect I got was a Maestro phase shifter, with 3 different speeds, switching speeds gave a similar effect to what the Hammond organ did with the Leslie, either speeding up or slowing down the vibrato effect while playing.

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In his takeover of the Eventide Effects blog, Jean-Luc briefly discusses his use of the Mu-tron Bi-Phase:

Then in 1978 I got the Mutron Bi-Phase which was quite sophisticated with various controls over different effects such as phasing, flanging, and swept harmonics.

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