Chankgeez wrote:(I bet Tom'd build a purple Flangerine for anyone who asked.)
i might email him about a custom one sometime. sadly i've never actually had a fuzzhugger pedal yet (because they were all non-flanger pedals until now)
i've bought Pope's ex-Chank Yamaha and have also ordered a Fromel mod kit for the BF-2 (i have two so i can compare them then).
chuckjaywalk wrote:When money allows, I am REALLY tempted to upgrade to a Flangerine with graphics ala 'A Forest' since that is what I use flangers for, anyways.
hell yeah, i've really been enjoying running Bass VI -> BF-2 -> RV-3 -> JC120 for the Robert Smith cred.
Was trying to choose between a BF-2 and a Tunnelworm, but now the new Electric Mistress XO and the Zero Point are in the mix.
I can't decide if I want crazy through-zero tape-style flange or bucket brigade analog-style. I probably need one of each but where to start. Where to start.
friendship wrote:Was trying to choose between a BF-2 and a Tunnelworm, but now the new Electric Mistress XO and the Zero Point are in the mix.
I can't decide if I want crazy through-zero tape-style flange or bucket brigade analog-style. I probably need one of each but where to start. Where to start.
if you can pick up a MIT BF-2 cheap i would definitely say that's a good place to start. sub-$100 i can't think of anything better unless you see some old 4-knob japanese ones.
i haven't tried any of the new EHX but everything except the Flanger Hoax generally seems to be regarded as rubbish, the zero point seems awesome but it's $200 and has no knobby control so maybe not a good starting point.
tunnelworm seems really neat though, i've been meaning to try some Mr Black pedals.
The longest I've had a pedal is my flanger. I've had an MXR M-117r for ~5 years now, still on the board. Never tried another flanger, never felt the need to. No one else here seems to ever have this one for some reason but I love it in every way possible <3
Big range, the important knobs, cheapie. The only issue was 18v, gross but I added a lil mad bean charge pump and have run it off a 1spot ever since!
Chankgeez wrote:
(I bet Tom'd build a purple Flangerine for anyone who asked.)
Tom would give you pink with purple polka dots if you asked nicely. One of the nicest and agreeable people I've ever dealt with. But I think a lot of the builders around here would bend over backwards to give you what you needed if it could be done.
117 can get clangy and weird as hell. Also because of that feature being in a knob and not a toggle (EM) you can get half/slow LFO where there is barely any movement to spice things up while having the icy delay/verb filter sort of thing happening. I think there is a good example at the end of the PGS vid.
kbithecrowing wrote:So I want to get a flanger for frozen flange filter type effects, Electric Mistress and MXR 117 are both contenders.
Anyone compared the frozen flange sounds on these two?
Does anyone know of any other flangers that disengage the lfo?
The Subdecay Quantum Starlight has a fixed mode that's really useful. I haven't compared to other flangers with the same/similar features though.
The Quantum Starlight behaves (and sounds to an extent) like a phaser. Albeit, a really metallic phaser. The thing I love about it is that there's extreme range on the Rate control and you can get ring mod-like sounds with the Rate dimed...especially on the Triangle/Square and Step/Triangle LFO shapes. Subdecay recently released a new version of the Quantum Starlight with expanded features/functions that seems really interesting.
I also really like the Mr. Black Tunnelworm. It has a very tubular sound and is less clangy or whooshy than other flangers I've owned/tried. It goes from subtle metallic chorus-like richness all the way to crazy detuned sucking into black hole madness. A unique and simple to use flanger for sure.
