MXR-R117 FLANGER

[Superfuzz]

Anyone has never tried this pedal?

I'm not a great fan of flanger and phaser but this seems very interesting sounding especially for the manual setting, if you turn it completely counterclockwise  there's no sweep and you can fix your setting in a certain phase, plus if you mess with the regenaration knob you can get some strange sounds like short delays and something like the third one that you can listen in their site
http://www.jimdunlop.com/index.php?page ... d_e_detail

[eggwheat]

Yeh, this is one I use. I think its the best flanger pedal ever made..Ive tried and owned many (BF-1 BF-2 BF-3, electro harmonix etc)..but this is king..tonally great, very natural sounding and capable of a lot of different sounds. And used by John Mcgeoch, my favourite ever guitarist (magazine, Siouxsie and the banshees, PIL)...

Check: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd5YEbY4OUo he has the pedal on a stand in front of him

[eggwheat]

I should add i use the original mains powered one with no led, i dont know what these re-issues are like.

[frippy]

Yeh, this is one I use. I think its the best flanger pedal ever made..Ive tried and owned many (BF-1 BF-2 BF-3, electro harmonix etc)..but this is king..tonally great, very natural sounding and capable of a lot of different sounds.

Do you know how the reissues compare with the originals?

[Superfuzz]

I should add i use the original mains powered one with no led, i dont know what these re-issues are like.

Talking about powering i know that it run two 9V battery, but maybe the godlike superpump adaptor could work well..

[eggwheat]

also the in and out jacks are on the same side of the pedal on a original so all things considered the new ones must have been fairly heavily re-designed

[JazzBlaster]

this one is good, I think the ADA is better.


I wish I hadn't sold mine

[eggwheat]

not heard of it before. got any evidence of it's kingness? Also was thinking of getting an electro harmonix flager hoax..that looks cool.

[Superfuzz]

I've heard of the ADA as one of the greatest flanger ever made, but on harmony central the mxr seems even better...

[Tweez]

I like my Boss HF-2 Hi-Band Flanger, but I don't really use flange a lot, I got it because it's pretty unique and it's good for when I want to play some Seventeen Seconds era Cure.

[eggwheat]

I like my Boss HF-2 Hi-Band Flanger, but I don't really use flange a lot, I got it because it's pretty unique and it's good for when I want to play some Seventeen Seconds era Cure.

Never heard one of them either...17 seconds huh? Another record with the MXR flanger on it!

[Tweez]

Really? I hear Smith used a BF-2. The Hi-Band Flanger only affects the higher frequencies so it's a lot more subtle, I like it, but as I say I rarely use flange.

[FireAarro]

Has anybody here used the Foxrox TZF Paradox Flanger? It gets the 60s studio flanging sound, apparently... sounds like a useful thing to have!

[eggwheat]

The BF-2 didnt come out till June 1980 seventeen seconds came out in April 1980  :)  the MXR was a staple of the banshees guitarists, smith played for them during 79 and took the flanger with him. Although he has used the BF-2 live for years.

The difference between a BF2 and the MXR is loads. Tonally so much better! The BF sounds nasal in comparison.

[Tweez]

Ahh ok, thanks for clearing that up. The HF-2 isn't nasally, it's just ever so slightly noisy when you're not playing but I'm not complaining, it's teh vintagez afterall. Well, it's older than me anyway.