An eight bit digital phase shifter is described which is suitable for multiple pulse NMR of solids in terms of settling time (≅2 μs) and phase resolution (1.406°). The unit incorporates an 8-bit Merrimac digital phase shifter model PSDW-84-1, and an amplification-damping-pulse shaping circuit to solve the problem of variable attenuation as a function of phase setting. Results of multiple quantum spin counting and homonuclear dipolar decoupling experiments on ensembles of strongly dipolar coupled spin 1/2 systems are used to demonstrate the capability of the unit.