Pedal: To Buy or Not to Buy?

TinyFists

A friend has offered to sell me his Ibanez FL301-DX Flanger for £40. I really like the way it sounds (the most important point, of course) and from looking on the Internet, this seems like a good deal, as it's an original rather than a re-issue....but I don't really know much about pedals and which ones are good quality and what is a good price etc. Any advice? Before he offered I was thinking about putting my pennies towards a new phaser but maybe this opportunity should not be missed if it's especially good?!

Mike_Muse_Rage

It's tough to fit flanger into a song. It is indeed a good price for that particular model but it's by no means the be all and end all of flangers. If you're looking into buying other effects then I'd go for that; they'd be more versatile. I struggle to use my flanger at all these days.

xtremehardy388

Mike_Muse_Rage wrote:

It's tough to fit flanger into a song. It is indeed a good price for that particular model but it's by no means the be all and end all of flangers. If you're looking into buying other effects then I'd go for that; they'd be more versatile. I struggle to use my flanger at all these days.

I love Ibanez flangers

Mike_Muse_Rage

xtremehardy388 wrote:

I love Ibanez flangers

So do I; I have an FL9. The FL301-DX doesn't have a delay time knob if I recall. This loses it major versatility points, and on that basis alone I wouldn't get it. I got my FL9 for £45 and I've seen them go for less than that; just keep an eye out on eBay.

xtremehardy388

I got an FL-9 for pretty cheap. The value is through the roof

FinsburyParkCarrots

Personally, I'd save for a good phaser instead. Admittedly, some flangers can be quite versatile and do modulation effects overlapping what you hear on other pedals: for example, you can get a bit of chorus, or if your flanger has a negative/positive switch, you can get a vibrato sound. (I don't know the Ibanez flanger, though.) However, you'll be likely to use a phaser a lot more, and it'll give you a swoosh that beats a flanger's jet sound. Just my opinion

xtremehardy388

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

Personally, I'd save for a good phaser instead. Admittedly, some flangers can be quite versatile and do modulation effects overlapping what you hear on other pedals: for example, you can get a bit of chorus, or if your flanger has a negative facility/switch, you can get a vibrato sound. (I don't know the Ibanez flanger, though.) However, you'll be likely to use a phaser a lot more, and it'll give you a swoosh that beats a flanger's jet sound. Just my opinion

There's someone on this board selling a Phase 90...hint hint hint...ONLY$45....HINT HINT HINT....

TinyFists

Thanks for your thoughts. After a bit of debate, I think I'm going to hold out for a phaser instead. It is, afterall, what I wanted in the first place and I would probably still want one even if I got the flanger - but by then I would have already spent 40 quid!