Airplane Flanger

[Hellbat]

Has anyone tried one of these themselves? Is it useful as a normal flanger or is it all about the takeoff mode?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkUfPUKilWI

It seems very cool for those of us with fixed bridges that want to throw in dives/pullbacks for texture. I kind of want one.

[Gank]

Oh wow, that thing kicks ass!

[toxikdeth]

That sounds radical

[dannyr]

Damn that's cool!

[gitfiddler]

i have the airplane flanger. it can get some cool flange/chorus sounds.. i am disappointed with the takeoff mode. it "plays" without you even hitting a note and the sweep is too narrow. it's not nearly as wide as the ADA sweep that gilbert had.

i would not buy it again and would (and did) spend the extra $80 or so to get the HBE frostbite flanger. It has much better flanger sounds (non take off) and can do the crazy gilbert whammy thing with a much larger sweep. you're looking at $235ish for it. It's MUCH better IMO

neither really does the van halen unchained. the hbe does a cool queen "keep yourself alive" thing

here's the hbe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7nCzXvVY3g

[Hellbat]

Hey thanks for posting that. It looks interesting. Can you buy the HBE ones in kit form and build them yourself or am I thinking of another brand? I haven't built anything electronic in a few years and kind of would like to take a stab at building something again.

[gitfiddler]

i don't know about kit form. Homebrew Electronics is the manufacturer, and he sells through retailers. Great guy