What is the best cheap flanger?

lasermonkey

preston61 said:

Lebarque said:

Mooer Eleclady. End of.

Why are there any more posts after this one?? The man said "End of." There are no other answers. This pedal is almost as good as the Hartman Flanger, which is possibly the best flanger of all time. Plus the Elecladay is about an 1/8th of the size.

Why anyone else bothered to comment I'll never know

Because as far as flangers go, it's on the chorus end of the spectrum. Many people like that. Me, I'm not so keen. I like my flangers to sound very much like flangers.

I'd be looking at a s/h BF-2, a Yamaha FL-10MII or one of the Ibanez flangers, such as the FL-9, FL-10, FLL, etc (they're all the same, circuit-wise).

preston61

lasermonkey said:

preston61 said:

Lebarque said:

Mooer Eleclady. End of.

Why are there any more posts after this one?? The man said "End of." There are no other answers. This pedal is almost as good as the Hartman Flanger, which is possibly the best flanger of all time. Plus the Elecladay is about an 1/8th of the size.

Why anyone else bothered to comment I'll never know

Because as far as flangers go, it's on the chorus end of the spectrum. Many people like that. Me, I'm not so keen. I like my flangers to sound very much like flangers.

I'd be looking at a s/h BF-2, a Yamaha FL-10MII or one of the Ibanez flangers, such as the FL-9, FL-10, FLL, etc (they're all the same, circuit-wise).

Everything after the 1st comment is just white noise, pointless, indiscernible noise ;-) 

ICBM

Second hand Boss BF-2. Dozens of them on Ebay. They seem to have gone up a bit in price now, but you'll still get one for under £60.

andy1839

I've had a TC Electronic Thunderstorm Flanger on my board for a couple of months. 
I think it's a really great flanger. Solid build too.

Oh and it's £26.

Eggman

andy1839 said:

I've had a TC Electronic Thunderstorm Flanger on my board for a couple of months. 
I think it's a really great flanger. Solid build too.

Oh and it's £26.

This is one that I've been considering. Thank you andy1839 , I was hoping some one would mention this pedal. Can you get a good range of sounds out of it?

andy1839

Eggman said:

andy1839 said:

I've had a TC Electronic Thunderstorm Flanger on my board for a couple of months. 
I think it's a really great flanger. Solid build too.

Oh and it's £26.

This is one that I've been considering. Thank you andy1839 , I was hoping some one would mention this pedal. Can you get a good range of sounds out of it?

It's got a really good range of sounds, quiet and plays nice with my other pedals. 
For the price I think it's certainly worth a try.
Since getting it I haven't been looking for another to replace it.

thermionic

ICBM said:

Second hand Boss BF-2. Dozens of them on Ebay. They seem to have gone up a bit in price now, but you'll still get one for under £60.

Crikey, you’re right! I’m going to have to get one now.

EricTheWeary

thermionic said:

ICBM said:

Second hand Boss BF-2. Dozens of them on Ebay. They seem to have gone up a bit in price now, but you'll still get one for under £60.

Crikey, you’re right! I’m going to have to get one now.

BF2 runs off 12 volts ( watching something on YouTube) apparently?  Might be an issue. 

ICBM

EricTheWeary said:

BF2 runs off 12 volts ( watching something on YouTube) apparently?  Might be an issue. 

That’s the original ACA power supply they were designed to use. They run fine from a 9V supply if daisy-chained with another 9V pedal, or are easy to mod for 9V. If I remember rightly the later Taiwanese ones are PSA (9V) supply as stock.

EricTheWeary

ICBM said:

EricTheWeary said:

BF2 runs off 12 volts ( watching something on YouTube) apparently?  Might be an issue. 

That’s the original ACA power supply they were designed to use. They run fine from a 9V supply if daisy-chained with another 9V pedal, or are easy to mod for 9V. If I remember rightly the later Taiwanese ones are PSA (9V) supply as stock.

Ahh, was a Japanese black label one in the video. 

meltedbuzzbox

ICBM said:

EricTheWeary said:

BF2 runs off 12 volts ( watching something on YouTube) apparently?  Might be an issue. 

That’s the original ACA power supply they were designed to use. They run fine from a 9V supply if daisy-chained with another 9V pedal, or are easy to mod for 9V. If I remember rightly the later Taiwanese ones are PSA (9V) supply as stock.

But they sound awful

ICBM

meltedbuzzbox said:

ICBM said:

If I remember rightly the later Taiwanese ones are PSA (9V) supply as stock.

But they sound awful

They sound identical to the Japanese ones.

meltedbuzzbox

ICBM said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

ICBM said:

If I remember rightly the later Taiwanese ones are PSA (9V) supply as stock.

But they sound awful

They sound identical to the Japanese ones.

They sound awful too

ICBM

meltedbuzzbox said:

They sound awful too

Ah, I see what you meant now .

But for the record, the Japan/Taiwan thing - although it does apply to a very few Boss pedals, eg the DS-1 (which most people think both sound awful too!) - is irrelevant for the BF-2... they sound the same. I've had a couple of MIJ ones and a MIT, and the only reasons I kept the earlier MIJ one are because I've had that particular one a very long time, and I slightly prefer the black/orange knobs to the later grey-top ones, they're easier to grip and turn quickly when you're making silly noises with it.

enjo

I have a BF-3 that I'd part with if anyone's interested? Not sure how it compares to the BF-2.

Dominic

Majorscale said:

Lebarque said:

Mooer Eleclady. End of.

Without a doubt, this!

It's better than most at three times the price -in fact it's the best budget pedal of any type