Product: Amdek FLK-100 Flanger
Price Paid: (for work done) used
Submitted
07/26/2004
at
07:35am
by
Warren G
Email: Warrenjg1<at>hotmail dot com
Ease of Use
:
8
Easy , But you have to experiment to get the right sound. order of effects pedals is very important for the goood sound
Sound Quality
:
6
My setup - 1990 us strat reisssue ,ibanez blazer,Laney tf200 amp, you can get some really good (read different ) sounds , for the the right song ,it sounds great. Being a nice old analogue unit , it adds sound- Can't use it all the time - too limited but I would sell it.
Reliability
:
7
Had to fix the sockets and has had a noisy pot or so, I use a external supply, I have gigged with it , no problems ,but set it up before hand. Backup ? where would you get something that sounds this different.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
never seen one before and I have not seen the brand before(must be from the early 80 or so
Overall Rating
:
8
I play anything ( for about 25 yrs) I would probaly buy another flanger because it sounds great for certain solos(slow weird stuff-sometimes with artificial enhancement), I haven't tried many flangers but I would like to try a delay unit with it- it is better with a cleaner sound than some overdriven sound.
Product: Amdek FLK-100 Flanger
Price Paid: 50 $ CAN (like 25 $ US) used
Submitted
04/18/2004
at
02:07pm
by
Phil
Email: atomic_punk at caramail<dot>com
Ease of Use
:
10
It has 4 knobs, Manual, Depth, Rate and Res. It's a really amazing analog flanger, there's plenty of great sounds to get out of it, from deep chorus sound to big jet airplane noises, and even wacky vibrato. I bought it in a pawn shop, so it was used, for 50$ CAN. No manual came with it but who needs one? It's so easy to use!
Sound Quality
:
8
My rig consists in an 1984 Aria ZZ Custom equipped with Seymour Duncan Invader humbuckers, going trough a Bespeco Weeper > Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi > DOD Ice Box Chorus > Amdek Flanger > Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Reverb > Traynor Bass Mate all-tube amp. It's not noisy at all, even with volume turned all the way up. It has a big woosh when used with the fuzz on, but if u max the Res knob with the fuzz turned off the woosh becomes whistling and covers all the melody.. So if you use it when playing clean arpeggios, u better not max the Res knob. But I can get the Van Halen flanger sound really easily, it can really emulate the MXR to perfection.
However it's noisy when used with the wah-wah, it seems to crisp the mids way too much, but using a flanger with a wah has no real application in the music I play..
Reliability
:
7
I guess i can depend on it. I'm pretty sure it's older than me. The switch is external, wich means the mecanism is OUTSIDE the box, i heard guys complains that their switch would sometimes crap out.. Keep it clean, don't let dust go there, and everything will be just fine. It's not ''built like a tank'' like a Boss or Digitech X-Series, looks more like cold-rolled steel, but if u don't jump on it it will last as long as mine.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
never dealt with them, i think they're out of buiseness or they became Boss, anyways...
Overall Rating
:
9
I play grunge, punk, hardcore, heavy metal, whatever comes in mind.. it helps me get a good sound, i love everthing about it and the fact it's analog is like a good thing, cos i'm obsessed with old stuff. But compared to the sound of an Ibanez CF-7... oh well, that thing kicks serious ass anyways
