Caroline Guitar Company Arigato – Analog Phaser for People Who Hate “Nice” Phasers

The Arigato is not your typical smooth, polite analog phaser. It’s an OTA-based analog phaser built on the same unstable, expressive DNA as the Somersault — but aimed squarely at movement, chaos, and character rather than studio cleanliness.

At its core is a fully analog LFO that’s intentionally allowed to misbehave. Caroline didn’t smooth it out, didn’t noise-gate it, and didn’t “fix” the edges — because doing so would have killed the fun.

What makes it different (and why it hasn’t been replaced by a plugin)

• Mode switch changes capacitor values and filter notch behavior, pushing the sweep closer to a classic Uni-Vibe feel — but slightly off-balance, uneven, and alive
• Momentary bypass option lets you punch phaser hits in and out on demand — instant motion, instant release
• Square-wave LFO option drives the phase into audible pumping and overload territory (on purpose)
• Mix control goes 100% wet, unlocking true vibrato and pitch-warble textures
• Havoc control is exactly that: all gas, no brakes — runaway feedback, wobble, and controlled instability

What it actually sounds like

Yes, it can do airy, psychedelic swirl if you want it to.
But that’s not why people keep this pedal.

The Arigato is for rumble, wobble, shake, rattle, and roar.
Crank the feedback and it leans into auto-wah-like filter sweeps.
Push it fully wet and it becomes a broken vibrato machine.
Hit it momentarily and it punches movement straight into your signal without washing everything out.

It’s a phaser for players who:

• already own a Phase 90 / Small Stone and never step on them anymore
• like pedals that feel interactive, not pre-polished
• want analog modulation that sounds like it’s about to fall apart — but doesn’t