Well all good blogs have to start somewhere. Since my blog happens to be about pedals I’ll start with my favorite type. The flanger.
I won’t bore you with the science specifics of what a flanger does, those can be seen at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanging for a great intro as well as a small sound sample.
I tend to use flangers for ambience in my playing. My current favorite is this one: http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n53/PeelingPaint98/Gear/?action=view¤t=bouleflange.jpg
I got this Japanese baby late one night on ebay for the low low price of $20 shipped to my door. I was kind of excited until I heard it then I nearly wet my pants. A good classic sounding flanger should be smooth with a nice swirl to them. Remenicent of eighties hair metal chorus. This flanger though has a comb filter from hell.
There is alot of growl in the sweep of this flanger, almost as if it got too much filtering in the circuit. Also the sweep is forever long. Even with the rate up you get a long growl on the LFO then suddenly it drops into a tube. Quite facinating.
If you’re nice and I have time I will post a clip later this week.
Cheerios
