HI my Mooer Elec Lady just broke and I need new flanger now (not another Mooer). So I would like it to be more like Andy Summers so no MXR. I've been looking at EHX Deluxe Electric Mistress XO which is expensive but it is what I'm looking for. Any other alternative (cheaper)?
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It's unfortunate because the Deluxe Mistress is a fairly unique flanger that sort of blurs the lines between a chorus and a flanger. Most other flangers are really more about the airplane whoosh than about the subtle filter movement.
So your options are fairly limited, honestly the Mooer is the only super cheap way to get that kind of tone that I've found. Most of the current Deluxe Mistress flangers don't sound quite right to me or have issues with tone suck.
A fairly decent solution could be the TC Electronic Vortex Mini: http://www.tcelectronic.com/vortex-mini-flanger/ When you buy the pedal it might not sound like a deluxe mistress but you can download different tones to upload into it, and a bunch of them are geared towards doing the Andy Summers/Deluxe Mistress thing really well.
Heres a video of someone using the Vortex (large version) to that end:
The other option of course is to go with a chorus pedal, as Andy did later in his career, a Boss CE-2 or clone of that (of which there are many).Originally posted by BigAlTheBirdI just got oiixed in the mung by a Canadian.
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DEM XO is true bypass, runs on 9V, I've also heard that volume drop is fixed + smaller box. And yes, I would prefer flanger if it's like EM. Vortex is digital (I think) but really versatile though. So there are only Mooer which isn't really reliable, DEM XO which is bigger and costs much more and digital Vortex?
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Originally posted by TimmyPage View PostHeres a video of someone using the Vortex (large version) to that end:
James Santiago has some great tone videos on the Voodoo Lab youtube channel, using pretty typical pedals to show you how to get a lot of signature tones.
EHX has the Neo Mistress:
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I've been using a Boss BF-2 to get Andy Summers sounds for 30 years. With the Manual control all the way down and just a smidge of resonance, it does that clangy, heavy-chorus, "Walking On The Moon" thing pretty well. I've never A/B'd it with a real DEM but that would be pointless for me; the DEM is a non-starter based on size alone.Tra-la-laa, lala-la-laa!
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Originally posted by guitarplayer100 View PostWhat about original DEM? NEW coasts me 130$ but I'm worried... don't know how big this thing really is.
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Originally posted by TimmyPage View PostIt's unfortunate because the Deluxe Mistress is a fairly unique flanger that sort of blurs the lines between a chorus and a flanger. Most other flangers are really more about the airplane whoosh than about the subtle filter movement.
So your options are fairly limited, honestly the Mooer is the only super cheap way to get that kind of tone that I've found. Most of the current Deluxe Mistress flangers don't sound quite right to me or have issues with tone suck.
A fairly decent solution could be the TC Electronic Vortex Mini: http://www.tcelectronic.com/vortex-mini-flanger/ When you buy the pedal it might not sound like a deluxe mistress but you can download different tones to upload into it, and a bunch of them are geared towards doing the Andy Summers/Deluxe Mistress thing really well.
Heres a video of someone using the Vortex (large version) to that end:
The other option of course is to go with a chorus pedal, as Andy did later in his career, a Boss CE-2 or clone of that (of which there are many).Jackson Soloist/EMG 81,85
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