Product: Fender Starcaster Flanger
Price Paid: USD 39.99
Submitted
01/16/2008
at
12:55pm
by
Jason
Ease of Use
:
10
Very easy to use. Ten minutes will make you a master at it. I didn't need to look at the manual, just plug and play
Sound Quality
:
9
The sound quality really surprised me. I bought the pedal from best buy just to see what it was like. I paid forty dollars for it, but i could have spent well over a hundred and still have been happy. As soon as I plugged in the pedal i began hearing tones that sounded very, very familiar. I could get something close to a phaser, tremolo, or a chorus out of this thing depending on how i set it up. here is my setup: fender mexican deluxe strat>korg dt-10 tuner>mxr wild overdrive>EH small clone>starcaster flanger>EH small stone>EH holy grail> Boss DD-20>Boss DD-6>Line 6 dl4>Boss rc-20xl>orange ad30. This thing mixes great with other pedals, especially reverb and delay. The one band that came to mind as soon as i turned this on with my holy grail was red sparrows, or other shoegaze music.
Reliability
:
No Opinion
This is where i am not sure yet, i have had the pedal about a week and no problems yet, but i am figuring it has got to be too good to be true in some respect and this is the only area it hasn't proven itself yet. hell, if it breaks i will shell out another forty dollars.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
never delt with customer support
Overall Rating
:
8
This pedal really surprised me in every way thus far, i just hope it keeps it up.
Product: Fender Starcaster Flanger
Price Paid: USD 39.95
Submitted
11/16/2007
at
11:28pm
by
Dave
Ease of Use
:
3
How easy is it to get a good sound out of it?
-You can't get a good sound out it.
How is the manual for it (if there is one)?
-No manual.
Has your unit been upgraded?
-No. It's new out of the bubble wrap.
Sound Quality
:
1
Very Noisy, however it does appear to have true bypass, from four setting knobs almost effect is heard. More of a lousy vibrato the a Flanger.
Reliability
:
7
Built like a rock, but battery wire is too short (asking for a pulled out wire).
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Overall Rating
:
1
It's the worse pedal I've ever heard. Up till now the worse flanger I've heard was the Dano Psycho triple Flanger. At least the psycho made some useful noise.
The Starcaster is going back to Bestbuy tomorrow. It's a shame Fender put their name on such a lousy pedal.