Which Flanger?

[SPHDS]

Sorry if this has been done to death/is a stupid question.....but as the title suggests, I am in the market for a flanger pedal, and was wondering what to get - do I need a bass specific pedal, or will any do? Also, are there any that I should look for/avoid....?

[Soloshchenko]

Well personally I think the best use of flanger and bass guitar is Tool's Chancellor and he uses a standard Boss BF2 flanger designed for guitar. In answer to your question, no you don't need a 'bass' flanger. In fact, I don't know if any exist.

FYI, I'm selling my boss Bf2 in the BC for sale ads. Check it out

[Lozz196]

Hah, just about to recommend yours, the Boss BF2 is the best in my view.

[Sibob]

My vote goes to the Boss BF-2B (the brown one)

Si

[keeponehandloose]

one of the old Mxr ones , unbeatable.

[dudewheresmybass]

Dod fx72 stereo bass flanger.
The only flanger ill ever use ( maybe )

[Soloshchenko]

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1375576104' post='2163164']
Hah, just about to recommend yours, the Boss BF2 is the best in my view.
[/quote]

Absolutely!

[Ant]

my two faves are the old aria dual stage flanger and the pearl flanger

pearl ever so slightly won for me

[fretmeister]

MXR EVH model is fab! Very controllable

[RhysP]

I use an MXR M117R (the big four knob one) for both bass & guitar & it's great for both.

[SPHDS]

Righteo, cheers for the ideas! Missed out on a MXR earlier (forgot what time it ended.....D'oh!), so back to keeping on looking.....!
What are the opinions on any of these, as there seem to be a few on the 'bay....! (and how do they compare to the Boss, which I know seems to be seen as King....!)

1) Arion SFL-1
2) Behringer (various - HF300/SF400/FL600)
3) Danelectro FAB Flange
4) NUX Flanger Core

[SPHDS]

Anyone.....!?!

[steve-bbb]

as so many above are recommending the boss bf2 i am inclined to agree - i have the bf3 and while it is ok and does the job of flanging ok it is definitely a bit OTT for quick changing on the fly

[sk8]

Old beat up ibanez FL9 does it for me. One of the maxon made ones

[Mr Fretbuzz]

What kind of sound do you get from a flanger and how does it differ from a phaser? I've got a diago pedalboard arriving and I'm starting to acquire pedals. Got an ashdown LoMenzo distortion, a fender frv1 reverb arrived today and a boss chromatic tuner coming. Probably get an envelope filter next for a bit of fun. Maybe a chorus and I should be sorted then...maybe :-)

[uncle psychosis]

To my ears the all time best Flanger sound is the EHX Electric Mistress. Downside is that its huge and needs its own PSU.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC7KEXo9XRo[/media]

There's a few clones out there like the Mooer Electric Lady.

I've also heard good things about the Boss BF-2.

Edited August 12, 2013 by uncle psychosis

[mart3442]

[quote name='keeponehandloose' timestamp='1375598890' post='2163196']
one of the old Mxr ones , unbeatable.
[/quote]

Absolutely. Still use mine, beats the reissue hands down!

[SimonEdward]

[quote name='SPHDS' timestamp='1375569030' post='2163105']
Sorry if this has been done to death/is a stupid question.....but as the title suggests, I am in the market for a flanger pedal, and was wondering what to get - do I need a bass specific pedal, or will any do? Also, are there any that I should look for/avoid....?
[/quote]

Simples! The 'Vortex' by TC Electronic.. and check out the 'Sweet m***er' tone print by Mark King.. Job done! They are quite expensive (around £100 new), but they come up on evil bay quite frequently, which is where I got mine.. paid about £40.00

[jensenmann]

TC electronic SCF here, the only pedal which comes close to the TC2290 (the best flanger sound ever, if you know how to handle it - kind of rocket science)

[JapanAxe]

[quote name='Mr Fretbuzz' timestamp='1376332636' post='2172339']
What kind of sound do you get from a flanger and how does it differ from a phaser?
[/quote]
Both produce moving 'notches' in the frequency spectrum.

Chorus and flanger effects do this by delaying the signal by a short time (typically 2mS to 10mS) and mixing it with the dry signal. The delay is varied slightly - the speed or rate knob controls how fast this variation occurs. Flangers tend to operate at the lower end of the delay range, and feed some of the output back to the input.

Phase shifters create a very short delay by passing the signal through an 'all-pass filter', basically a resistor-capacitor network. The difference here is that the time delay is frequency-dependent, so different frequencies get delayed by different amounts. Like flangers, they also usually have a feedback or regeneration control.

Hope that helps!

Note - my personal preference is for a good phaser.

[Mr Fretbuzz]

Thanks Japanaxe :-)

[rmorris]

[quote name='SPHDS' timestamp='1375827629' post='2166320']
Righteo, cheers for the ideas! Missed out on a MXR earlier (forgot what time it ended.....D'oh!), so back to keeping on looking.....!
What are the opinions on any of these, as there seem to be a few on the 'bay....! (and how do they compare to the Boss, which I know seems to be seen as King....!)

1) Arion SFL-1
2) Behringer (various - HF300/SF400/FL600)
3) Danelectro FAB Flange
4) NUX Flanger Core
[/quote]

The Arion is good. But it might help to say what sounds /examples you are thinking of. Also have a listen to the CHORD flanger pedal.

[Thunderpaws]

I have a boss bf2b, a brown one, made in Japan. It does nicely and leaves the bass frequencies alone and works on the mid to high frequencies. Works wonderfully just after a decent distortion pedal.

[VTypeV4]

Whilst I don't use FX on my bass, many years ago I used to play my Korg MS-20 in a psychadelic group. During that period I tried many modulation units but (as already mentioned) nothing came close the agressive snarl of an Electric Mistress Deluxe.

[Twigman]

My vote goes to the Tokai TFL1 Flanger

I had onme of the 80s but I seem to have lost it.