Classic Flanger : Harley Benton Classic Flanger

8 years ago

I bought this pedal last year and use it a lot in live gigs and studio recordings. I didn't want to spend a lot of money for a flanger because I thought I would use it rarely to color my clean tone but I was wrong.

The controls :

- speed : works fine between 0-75% but above that it's very sensitive and may take some time to set the desired speed.

- Width & Delay : both affect the "tridimensional" sound of the flanger and I think they are the most important knobs of this pedal. Width can make your sound wider/bigger or narrower. Delay time enhances the effect in an interesting way..hard to describe in words. Actually the flanger effect appeared in recording studios when two tapes were not synchronized properly..in other words there was a delay between them.

- Regen : for me the regen it's like a reso knob found on phaser pedals. It makes the effect subtle or more obvious.

- cons : It's more like a wish..but a mix knob It would have been very useful especially when using it with overdrive. But for the price it's great as it is.

Image Harley Benton Classic Flanger

Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Harley Benton
  • Released in 2011
  • Average price : $32
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