Which Flanger

[PosterBoy]

So I was making a quick demo for my worship leader today and out of the blue used the flanger effect on my pod 2.0 with a slightly dirty tone for some lead lines. I love the almost mournful sound that is produced.

I have to get a Flanger for my board (when the rest of the stuff arrives) I'm guessing I don't need anything too fancy if I liked what the Pod gave me. But can anyone recommend a decent one, it will be pretty much used for lead work rather than rhythm.

[4styx]

The Ibanez FL-99 is a great flanger,very versatile.

[Twanger]

I've always dug the Boss Flangers, you could pick up an older BF-2 for pretty cheap. The newest Boss BF-3 is neat in that it has tap-tempo. The Ibanez/Maxon FL9 is great too, you can also get some nice chorusy textures out of it.

Of course, there's always the MXR, but it takes up a little more real estate on the board...

[bluntage]

I just picked up a MXR M117r flanger and it sounds great!

[Mr. Kite]

An old Deluxe Electric Mistress with the power cord not the wallwart. The newer ones are noisey as can be without mods. It's big though. Big pedal....Big tone.

[keithb7]

I have an old Yamaha Analog Flanger. FL-01. These sound great! Hard to find but every once in a while you can get one on the bay. Self oscillation and warm analog sound. Have a look at the ratings on harmony central. You'll love it.

[Flaser_Phanger]

Here's a comparison of a bunch of different flangers (with sound samples), hopefully this helps. The FL9 for example is a great flanger IMO.

http://www.pedalarea.com/flangers.htm

[PosterBoy]

Thanks guys

FP I found a FL9 on ebay so I'll be bidding on that

[Don't Post]

Yeah, if you are wanting to use flange for rock/metal, you should look at the MXR flangers.

[brianf]

I have3. A Maxon FL9, Fulltone Choralflange and Rocktron Hypnotic Flange.

Maxon wins without a doubt. Rocktron is number 2 and only cost about 90.00.

brianf

[Dale]

My current favorite is the fl3.

http://drpietrzak.com//music/npedalboard.JPG

[geetarman]

I'm also using a Maxon fl-9 sounds very good and has a small footprint.

[Trotter]

Originally Posted by 4styx

The Ibanez FL-99 is a great flanger,very versatile.

+1000.

Best Flanger PERIOD!

[Dr Git]

When some of you say the FL9, do you mean the reissue? Does it have true bypass now too:RoCkIn

[Dr Git]

I'll say this. The best I ever used was an A/DA circa 1980....Second best was an old Electric Mistress....Currently I'm using a mild Flange, so I went with the Fulltone Choralflange. I hate the Chorus on the pedal though, too metallic. I was going to get a FL-9 but never got it. As far as the MXR Flangers go, from the past ones I tried, they were noisy