Hey guys this is my first post, and I have a question about which Moogerfooger I should get. I play in a funk band. I have not played the Freqbox yet, but I have played the phaser. Please comment and let me know what you think. 
What instrument do you play in your funk band? Keys? Guitar? Bass?
9 times out of 10 I’d recommend the Phaser. The Freqbox can be hard to tame, but can also sound lavish. Depends on what you do with it and how long you are willing to spend learning it.
The Phaser sounds great out of the box and can be a very subtle effect or really in your face.
i play guitar, also im willing to spend time learning how to use it
I play funk, (bass player) and I don’t know if either one would be ideal for funk guitar.
The 101 filter or the murf might be closer, those are filter effects. On my bass, the murf will do some really 70’s sounding stuff.
The Freqbox can be used as an intresting distortion, but for funk I can’t really say.
WHen I think Funk guitar Im thinking clean tone, but I like my guitar clean tone, fender amp style.
I can’t say about the phaser cause I don’t have one and haven’t seen one. Maybe it would be good.
(i’m his friend) the thing is, he wouldn’t be using freqbox on funky nine and 7 chords. He’s the lead guitar player, so I told him that on solos Freqbox would sound cool, cuz you can get a synth-wah like effect. If he were rhythm he would get the phaser… just my opinion. 
For guitar, I’d say Phaser. And with an EP2 (or 2) you could really make it shimmer and shine. Watch some your tube vids to see what you think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyFVSZpEPE0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvNzjZJVVdw
The synth wah would be best done with a low pass filter pedal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBc6bJsycCk
At 3:00 he demos it as a wah.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE my Phaser.
But if I played lead guitar in a funk band, it wouldn’t be my first choice.
I agree that the MF-101 Filter (plus an expression pedal) would be great for you. There’s your Wah sound.
The Freqbox on guitar, well…keep in mind that it works best on single note lines, not chords. Not even two-note double stops. On single notes it essentially adds a little edge to your tone if used properly - a little buzzy, distorted, comb-filter kind of edge. But if you play two or more notes at once, it just degrades into a distorted mess. It’s just a hard-sync oscillator. It does not track the pitch of your guitar like most people think it does. You get clearer notes from it on bass guitar.
I definately would say that for funk lead guitar, a freqbox isn’t going to give you the funk wah sound.
Variable distortions yeah but synth wah no.
Freqbox would be good for some leads if you want to play some eddie hazel style funk.
Eric
MF-101 filter is a killer auto-wah.