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Alright, I'm building up my pedal collection and amd looking for that next effect. I've already got a distortion pedal and I think I want to get a flanger next. Any suggestions about that certain effect, or is there a better effect to get that's neccesary for a well balanced pedal board? any advice, opinions, or suggestions are welcome!
I'm poor too so any thing around the 100$ range is good. If there's something more that is totally worth buying, however, feel free to let me know.
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Well if you're not totaly set on a flanger I'd sugest a phaser. But as far as a flange, I'd say get a used boss flanger
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Originally Posted by smashing guitar Well if you're not totaly set on a flanger I'd sugest a phaser. But as far as a flange, I'd say get a used boss flanger yeh, i second that. i find that flanger is not a terribly useful effect. i would get a chorus or a phaser. as far as price goes if you really want a flanegr, if you look at musiciansfriend.com, they have a good selection of flangers, so you could get a good idea of what you would end up spending. they have a good selection of other pedals too.
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Originally Posted by ibanez_dude yeh, i second that. i find that flanger is not a terribly useful effect. i would get a chorus or a phaser. as far as price goes if you really want a flanegr, if you look at musiciansfriend.com, they have a good selection of flangers, so you could get a good idea of what you would end up spending. they have a good selection of other pedals too. I'll third that. The only reason why I use a flanger is only for a cleaner clean. I don't really make it flange at all, I just put a bit of resonance in it for a brighter clean tone. My Boss BF2 gets it done perfectly. You can find a used one in excellent condition for under $100.
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Personally, if I were in a Flanger buying mode today, I'd go with a used Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress. Nice swooshy sound, but even more so, a great chorus sound (it was what Andy Summers used on the early Police albums).
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I'd also suggest checing out a delay pedal. Delay is a pretty versatile effect. More so than a flanger.
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Awesome thanks for the advice! I'll probably go with a phaser or delay. or both. I appreciate the help.
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Check out the Digitech Hyperphase..it will do the flanger thing and is a great phaser..
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what does a flanger do? never heard one, or if i did, i didn't know, and i use my wah for a phaser...
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if you want to go for swooshing sounds, then i would suggest not a flange, not even a phase shifter, but a wah
WHAT?? A WAH?
yes, because a wah when doing slow sweeps can get you a swooshing sound like phasors (emphasis on different frequencies) and it's manually controled. a wah is also more versitile than a set phaser or flanger because you can use it for leads or you can use it as a set filter.
good luck
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like i said, i use my crybaby as a phaser, but that still doesn't tell me what a flanger does, but from what i hear, if i want a flanger my wah will do it too...
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Flanging was first done with two tape machinces. They would both be playing back the same material, but one would be on a varispeed setting. So one machine is running constant, the other is slipping betweent faster and slower playback. The engineer could also use his finger on the flange of the reel of tape to get a similar effect (slow the tape...let go...tape speeds up to catch up).
Electronically, the process is pretty similar. The flanger splits the signal in two, one side stays dry, the other is delayed slightly (1-10ms), and modulated. At this point, you've basically got a chorus with a very short delay. Flangers are a little different in that they allow some of the delayed signal to be fed back on it's self.
The sound of a flanger is often said to be like a jet taking off. Depending on the settings, you can get this "house burning down" sound (like Hendrix or Eric Johnson) to a slight chorus (Andy Summers of the Police used a flanger to get his "chorus" sound).