Ibanez FL9 Flanger

SPECS

Input Impedance 500K ohms
Output Impedance 10K ohms
Maximum Input Level 4 dBm
Gain 0 dB
Delay Time 1ms — 12.8ms
Speed Range 0.06Hz — 13Hz
Equivalent Input Noise –75 dBm (IHF-A)
Power Supply One 9 Volt Battery or external AC adaptor (9V)
Size 124(D) × 74(W) × 53(H) mm 4.9(D) × 3(W) × 2(H) inch.
Weight 570g, 1.3 lbs


This is your basic, and probably most well known flanger out there. It's traditional and old school.

UTILIZATION

4 easy knobs to control the flanging effect.
Speed, Regen, Width, Delay Time.

Start the knobs at noon and adjust from there, that's usually the best way to get things going.

SOUND QUALITY

Sounds great I think. Especially on clean you can get some very nice texture with clean when playing chords and such. As for single notes, unless you're sustaining them for a longer period of time it's not really audible.

To me, flangers on distorted guitars always sound messy and unusable so I don't have any opinion on that. Of course if you intend to use it with amp distortion it's generally recommended to put this in the loop of your guitar amp to get a clearer and not so muddy guitar sound. Otherwise, a flanger out in front with a distortion pedal (not using amp distortion) will have the same effect as well.


Again this is a flanger so the frequency of using this effect is quite rare and very sparingly. I haven't heard any guitar player overuse this type of effect I find it's actually hard to find use for a flanger in every song or parts of songs etc because the sound itself is so specific.

The pedal isn't true bypass so yes there will be a slight tonal change to your original guitar signal once this pedal is hooked up. Look for true bypass looper or a buffer or something else to get your most of your signal back if you wish to do so.

OVERALL OPINION

I like it because it's simple and of course easy to use. The flange effect itself is generally used sparingly and I think it sounds great for cleans to add extra spacey or texture to what you're playing. Otherwise it wouldn't be used quite as often as other effects. I've been told the maxon version sounds better and sucks less tone but that's completely subjective of course.

Though overall it's a great pedal if you know how to use it. The tone suckage is quite noticable so it may not suit some players.

The IObanez FL9 Flanger is an analog flanger. Flange is a type of phase effect that produces a wide range of "swooshing" effects on your guitar tone.
It has your standard 1/4" inputs and outputs, AC adapter input, and red led, all in a sturdy duck yellow metal box.

UTILIZATION

Flange is a complicated effect. If you've never used one, understanding what the 4 knobs control takes a bit of experimenting. The FL9 has knobs for "delay time", "regeneration", "speed", and "width", and can be a bit daunting to master. Sometimes I create a cool sound, and then forget how to achieve it again, the tange of sounds possible and level of control is probably unmatched by any other stompbox flanger on the market. But for a devoted knob twiddler, you will be in heaven. This box is not capable of making a "bad" sound, only strange ones you may find unusable at the furthest extremes of its spectrum.

SOUND QUALITY

The FL9 is classic analog flange sound all the way. There is no harshness, nor thin-ness. It is a thick and warm flange, that will make your guitar warble and whoosh for days. Add in an analog delay in your signal chain, and you'll be in space cadet heaven.
I especially like the ability to dial in some Andy Summer's Police sounds, which are on the more mild side, all the way to extreme whoosh effects that make the room feel like its spinning and are unusable except just to sound wicked.

OVERALL OPINION

Both original FL9's from the 1980's and the brand new reissues of the same era will cost you way over $100. They are worth it, if you value a warm, warbly, swooshing analog Flange effect for your guitar sound. Theres nothing about this box that I don't like.

This is an analog flanger.
There are four knobs: Width (depth of sound) Rate (frquence wave) Regen (rgle the effect that "jet" of the pedal, making the sound more or less spinning) and Delay Time (rgle which makes the character more or less "Dtun the pedal, the more one goes in the opposite direction to clockwise, and is Dtun .dropoff window
One would apprcier whether in stereo, but for me there is no problem. I put 9.

USE

This beautiful very simple, I think we need some time to get used rglages influence on each other. The variety of sounds is very important. We can have trsmtalliques stuff, but also very beautiful and deep chorus (Andy Summers). It is playing with the knobs around noon that obtained the most beautiful sounds, but variations can be large. Conclusion: it's easy to have a good sound, but it's hard to have time we want exactly. short, it is not either galre, but you have prvoir a small growth of "tweaking" before having his desire.

SOUND QUALITY

For me the sound is legendary. I thought dtester flanger that I assimilated this horrible sound of jet sometimes hears, but I realized that a lot of sounds that I believed be the chorus are actually flanger. To get the sound of the Cure as Andy Summers, the flanger is perfect. But if you want something more lightweight which allows to modulate the sound distortion or fuzz the Manire J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr, you can do it too.
What I mean is that even if made a sound typ it will not be limited to the sound of years 80. We just have to be measured, and not to abuse the Regen knob nor the Delay Time (not too much left, except if wanted).
Only small problem, it's not a true bypass, and I seem to hear a lightweight pitched noise, even when the pedal is dyed. In addition, there is a lightweight breath back like a wave. For me it is not Gnant, I have not seen the interest to put in an effects loop, but I imagine that might be effective.
(EDIT: to get the sound of Andy Summers on tracks like "Driven to Tears" or "Do do do da da da", try the following rglage: Width 2 hours, 11 hours Rate, Regen 1 Time and Delay Time 12.30pm. You tell me the news!)

NOTICE GLOBAL

This made me love the pedal flanger. The sound is natural, warm and crmeux, mtallique not at all (except in extreme rglages). It opens musical opportunits, and for this reason, I advise anyone who wants to bring a little more their pedal board.

Analog Flanger Pedal
4 controls, speed, regency, width, delay

UTILIZATION

Very easy to use, however, c not easy to find its settings, must spend time cherhcer, try extreme settings, you really discover it has great potential

SOUND QUALITY

This is the highlight of this pedal, the sound is a reference
it is typed, unlike most of the other flanger pedal, but its reputation has led to the reissue Ibanez
Ibanez pedals of the series "9" are highly regarded, TS9, FL9, CP9, AD9, etc ... but only two were republished views
guess what the second ??????
it can be used on a guitar but also on a machine, a mixing console ...

OVERALL OPINION

I have 15 years I believe ...
I separated because I penceh addition to the phasers, the flange c not my thing ...
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