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MXR M117R Flanger pedal - review
After having a falling out with the Line 6 Liquaflange, I did my homework a little more carefully and i picked up a mint MXR M117R reissue flanger off ebay for about a hundred bucks.
This is really weird... i can't find ONE bad or obnoxious sound in this thing! Normally even with good flangers I'd have to be careful to avoid that real nasal, metallic, "metal rubber band" sound, but this pedal, even at its most extreme settings, doesn't do that in the least!
It's not too light, not too intense. It has the perfect amount of mix of flange versus distortion when run in my amp's FX loop on the dirty channel. It's nice and watery sounding but not too muddy or deep. It's kind of in the gray area bvetween a really nice chorus and a medium flange... guess it's just that vintage-style analog thing going on.
It can do a great Leslie imitation, too if you set the controls right!
It's not stereo, but then again I'm not running two amps, so I'm not concerned. It's built really solidly, it's not too big. The knobs are large and the white lines on them glow in the dark so it's easily readable.
My only two gripes are that there's a loud POP whenever I turn the thing on or off, and it uses 18V power. I can live with the 18V power for the sound I get and the pop can be tolerated as long as I don't have the delay pedal on...
but does anyone know how to get rid of that pop noise?
Anyways no more chorus pedals or wildass flangers for me. This one REALLY fits the bill. If you're looking for an old-school flanger or maybe just one that sounds real smooth and organic and not obnoxious, this one's worth looking into.
This is really weird... i can't find ONE bad or obnoxious sound in this thing! Normally even with good flangers I'd have to be careful to avoid that real nasal, metallic, "metal rubber band" sound, but this pedal, even at its most extreme settings, doesn't do that in the least!
It's not too light, not too intense. It has the perfect amount of mix of flange versus distortion when run in my amp's FX loop on the dirty channel. It's nice and watery sounding but not too muddy or deep. It's kind of in the gray area bvetween a really nice chorus and a medium flange... guess it's just that vintage-style analog thing going on.
It can do a great Leslie imitation, too if you set the controls right!It's not stereo, but then again I'm not running two amps, so I'm not concerned. It's built really solidly, it's not too big. The knobs are large and the white lines on them glow in the dark so it's easily readable.
My only two gripes are that there's a loud POP whenever I turn the thing on or off, and it uses 18V power. I can live with the 18V power for the sound I get and the pop can be tolerated as long as I don't have the delay pedal on...
but does anyone know how to get rid of that pop noise?Anyways no more chorus pedals or wildass flangers for me. This one REALLY fits the bill. If you're looking for an old-school flanger or maybe just one that sounds real smooth and organic and not obnoxious, this one's worth looking into.
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