Guitar Pedals · April 3, 2026

It's More Than Just a Phase — Supercool Pedals Triniphase Demo

A boutique analog phaser inspired by Sony Trinitron CRT TVs. Landon Bailey demos the Supercool Pedals Triniphase — clean, dirty, and everything in between.

You know what they say — it's just a phase. But what if it wasn't? What if that phase sounded like a vintage rotary speaker, a Uni-Vibe, a formant filter, and a pitch shifter all at once? That's the Supercool Pedals Triniphase, and it's one of the most interesting pedals I've played in a long time.

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What Is the Triniphase?

The Triniphase is an all-analog OTA-based phaser pedal from Supercool Pedals — a boutique Canadian brand based out of Peterborough, Ontario. It's inspired by the legendary Ross Phaser circuit, but the designer Jamie took it significantly further with three toggle buttons that completely transform what the pedal can do.

And yes — it's designed and assembled in Canada. As someone based in Ottawa, that detail made me smile.

The design itself pays homage to Sony Trinitron CRT televisions — those iconic cathode ray tube TVs from the 70s and 80s. The dot matrix pattern on the face, the grid layout, the colorful RGB buttons — it's all a love letter to that era. Which is actually connected to YouTube in a weird way. The "tube" in YouTube? That's the CRT. It's all connected. Six degrees of Kevin Bacon tube.

The Controls

The Triniphase keeps it deceptively simple on the surface:

• Reso knob — controls the feedback within the circuit. More resonance means more aggressive, dramatic phasing.
• Rate knob — controls the speed of the sweep. From slow, subtle movement all the way to near self-oscillation.
• RED / Depth button — toggles between 4-stage and 8-stage phasing. 4-stage is your classic vintage phaser sound. 8-stage goes deeper, darker, and more complex.
• GREEN / Length button — two LFO modes that effectively double your speed range. In half-length mode, treble frequencies are emphasized, which pairs really well with the 8-stage setting.
• BLUE / Mode button — activates pitch shift mode, which takes the pedal into full vibrato and formant territory. This is my personal favorite — it gets genuinely weird in the best way.

The manual includes four suggested settings to get you started: Untamed Sweep, Octo Vibe, Wow!, and Eight Stage. I demo all four in the video — and they're a great starting point before you start combining buttons and going down your own rabbit hole.

How Does It Sound?

The short answer: really good. The longer answer: it depends entirely on which combination of buttons you're using.

Classic 4-stage with the Rate and Reso dialed back is smooth and musical — exactly what you'd expect from a vintage phaser. Think MXR Phase 90 territory. It sits well behind clean chords and rhythm playing without dominating the mix.

Flip to 8-stage and the sweep gets bigger and more dramatic. Crank the Rate and you're into Uni-Vibe and rotary speaker territory. Engage the GREEN button and the treble frequencies shift — it's a noticeably different character, brighter and more cutting.

Hit the BLUE button and things get strange. In a good way. The pitch modulation creates formant-like voice effects that sound unlike anything I've heard from a standard phaser. At more extreme settings you start getting ring modulation artifacts and pitch chaos. The designer said he wanted it to get crazy when maxed out — mission accomplished.

Build Quality and Packaging

Boutique, through and through. It arrives in a branded white box, wrapped in a custom black drawstring bag with the Supercool polka dot logo, with a pin badge, sticker, and a physical instruction booklet that actually reads like a zine. In an era where most pedals come with a folded sheet of paper, that booklet is a genuine differentiator.

The pedal itself is solid. The enclosure feels premium, the buttons have a satisfying click, and the knobs are smooth. For $219 USD you're getting something that feels like it was made with care.

Who Is This For?

If you already know you love phasers, this is a no-brainer. The Triniphase does everything a Phase 90 or Small Stone does, and then takes it significantly further with the button combinations.

If you've never really connected with phasers, this pedal might actually change your mind. The range of sounds available means there's almost certainly a setting that works for your style — whether that's subtle vintage shimmer, rotary-style Uni-Vibe, or full experimental weirdness.

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Play guitar and have fun. — Landon

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