Thursday, May 13, 2021

FLANGER- WALRUS AUDIO Polychrome Analog Flanger ... just wierd? or dead cool?

 WALRUS AUDIO POLYCHROME ANALOG FLANGER 
$200.00 USD
The analog Flanger has been with us for decades.The early Electro Harmonix and the MXR along with the Boss are all still popular to this day. The E-H was quirky but dramatic and the MXR & Boss were smooth rich and wonderfully to the point. The A/DA was the first of the 'everything possible' Flangers that although magic can easily turned into a dog's breakfast. many companies that make 'one of everything' skip the Flanger as it hard to make and easy to get wrong.
There are many newer pedals that are very good but boring and a few clones of the classics. Digital Flangers area whole different thing (I had 2 but hated them)
as for the classic clones most are terrible but the Retro-Sonic is a to die for E-H Electric Mistress. The one Andy Summers made famous with the Police. Even things that most thought were the Roland Jazz Chorus amp were the Flanger set to sound more like a Chorus!
CONCLUSION
The thing that struck me is unusual about the Walrus is it is unusually full like a Chorus. It is also very warm yet it does not get muddy or loose any clarity. It is different thing than the classics but definitely holds its with anything. Excellent!

1 comment:

  1. I have recently come to the same conclusion and as I hate the look of my new version Deluxe Electric Mistress (Sorry Mike) - this is getting ordered today. Thanks for this article

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