Ibanez CF-7 Chorus/Flanger

Easy to use until the pedal won't toggle on and off with one press of the pedal. After about 8 years of moderate use the unit started having trouble toggling on and off. Had to replace it. I bought a Boss super chorus. Hope it lasts

Noisy with only a fair sounding chorus.

Not too bad for the $60 I paid but I would advise buying a better unit.

Hey. Hope ur having a good night and catchin a good buzz. gettin' high on life. i don't care. i get off on good music, new gear and getting drunk.
CF7? oh yeah...thats right. Just bought one. love it. I'm in digital chorus heaven. Yes....it is easy to use...OK?

Setup? yawn. Fender Jaguar 66 re-issue made by Japanese people (love it. Arigato!). Effects?(always changing)Boss NS-2> Boss LS-2 >Loop1-Boss PW-10 Vwah> Boss SD-1> Keeley DS-1. Loop2-EHXmicropog> EHX>metalmuff.> Boss DD-3> Ibanez CF-7> Boss RV-5> LaneyVC-50 + Guyatone Reverb Custom. Both Amps on clean channel with a touch of gain.
I play shoegaze guitar. in the style of: my bloody valentine/swervedriver/ride/chapterhouse etc.
I needed something digital sounding on my pedalboard and i wasn't disapointed with the CF-7. It's like a rack quality chorus + flanger in one. I mostly use the Chorus. I'm using it in stereo with two amps. I read the other reviews and no-one mentions stereo?!? it has two outputs for 2 amps...if you're disapointed with the sound thru one...try 2! practice amps even whatever! If i only heard this pedal in mono i wouldn't be happy either. i give the chorus a 9. It's better than my boss CE-3 and CH-1....and i really like Boss. Chorus is a weird effect though...to me it always sounds un-natural. But isn't that the point of effects? to EFFECT the sound of your guitar and amp...I dislike reading reveiws that say: "it ruins my guitar and amp tone!!!" I have a solution for those cats: PLUG YOUR GUITAR STRAIGHT INTO YOUR AMP!!! and stop reviewing effect pedals. Haha.

I just got it...and, yes...It looks tough...and er... "dependable".

No opinion.

This is where tough guys write "if it got stolen and i caught the guy..." How boring!!! Get a life! And when you do...tell me how to get a life. Seriously! i need one. I'm writing a pedal review FFS.
Don't buy this pedal just for the flanger...or the Wack'd feature...I think "Wack'd" is a very appropriate name for THAT switch.
I'm 35...been playing guitar for 20 years. You really wanted to know that didn't you? The CF7 is as good as any Boss chorus...which some people believe to be the standard. As for the flanger it's not my thing but it's not totally horrible...it's just as aweful as every other flanger i've ever heard. Peace and Love 90's britpop style!

Pretty easy to use, despite the misnomer "WACKED" being used in place of "HI-SPEED", which is mostly what it does. WACKED doubles the max SPEED available, as well as increases the maximum DELAY TIME. If you find yourself lost when switching between NORMAL and WACKED, turn down the SPEED and DELAY TIME to get back to a more "normal" sound and tweak from there.

Once you figure that bit out, the pedal is as easy to use as any other chorus/flange pedal you'll come across.

Playing the CF7 with various custom Strat-copies into tube amps. Sounds good, pretty normal setup.

Effect is a little noisy when various controls are moved, but they settle down after a few seconds. There's a little hiss when the effect is engaged, but not much of a concern unless you're running it into a distortion or other gain-boosting stage.

There are two main contributors to the brittle sound the CF7 has in its stock configuration. The first is the op amps (other than the LFO op amp). Stock, they sound flat and brittle. I swapped IC1 with a Burr Brown OPA2134PA to get the high-impedance JFET input near the effect input, and then put two JRC4558D op amps in place of the JRC4580 chips for IC2 and IC3. This brought the much-needed mids back into the tone. After that, I replaced every 1.0uF electrolytic cap (including the tantalum in C7) and 0.47uF electrolytic cap with equivalent film caps. This brought the bass and life back into a rather flat, filtered-sounding tone.

The second issue is with the digital delay part of the circuit when used in chorus mode. The delay has a real hard "digital" edge to it that is difficult to subdue. I put a couple of 0.047uF capacitor shunts to ground on the outputs of the M50198D digital delay chip to darken the output of the chip, which helped. However, if you're looking for the sweet, mushy chorus you'll get with a vintage CE-2 or similar, you really can't get that out of the CF7. The chorus effect (with the aforementioned mods) sounds better, but still sounds digital. It's not a bad sound at the end, but is not really a great chorus effect either.

So the chorus can be made decent, but with the aforementioned mods, the flange part of the CF7 becomes quite good. For this reason, I use the CF7 primarily as a flanger and rely on my modded Daphon E20CH for its sweet, CE2-like-but-better chorus tones.

I can't split my rating in this category, so I'll break it out here.

Stock Chorus: 3
Modded Chorus: 6

Stock Flange: 5
Modded Flange: 8

Very well built. Everything inside is screwed to the chassis...no floating boards anywhere. Should last as long as the other ToneLok pedals I've had over the years, some of which I still have. Those pedals still play like they did when I got them years ago.

Ibanez has schematics/parts lists for the ToneLok series available on their website, which helps immensely when trying to mod these pedals. Given that, which is better than BOSS/Roland, I'd give them a strong thumbs-up on customer support.

As for warranty support, I'll never get the chance to use it, as I usually mod my pedals in some way as soon as I play them for a few weeks.

If you're prepared to heat up your soldering iron, the Ibanez CF7 can be made into a nice little Flanger and reasonably-good Chorus. Stock, the CF7 is brittle and harsh and is of little use beyond using it for high-rate vibrato-like effects used for ambient fills.

So once again, I'll split my overall rating as follows:

Stock CF7: 5
Modded CF7: 7

Pretty simple; if you know how to read and
if you can use your ears, no problems at all.

I use mediocre to good guitars (good being '52. reissue telecaster in
my book). Current amp of choice is Roland Cube 60 for its great clean
tones.
The bypass isn't great, be warned. No tone suck, but a little digital
weirdness is perceived. The chorus is abysmally bad in my opinion.
Maybe the worst I've ever heard.
The flanger is polite and usable, and proper settings can produce
a much nicer chorus than the chorus setting itself.

Now the reason I'm writing this review is a fabulous ringmod sound
I was able to get: the settings are flanger/krazy switch on;
all knobs on 10, but the delay time can be adjusted to taste.
A warm, fuzzy, gonky ringmod sound that's allways in tune.

I've also got the de7 delay (great, great pedal, incredible for
the money). They've both been kicked around and/or dropped plenty
of times, and the worst I've been able to inflict on them is
light scratches across the knobs (no, being "hidden" inside the
box didn't help). So, pretty reliable, but the tiny switch looks
flimsy. For the money, though...

No idea.

Hmm, usable flanger and a fab ring mod.
Pretty robust and reliable. Good times for the bucks.
The crappening of the overall sound is a bit of a let-down.

I'm thinking I'll be getting a true bypass loop, something
small and cheap like the one mr. Keeley makes.

Not really easy to find out what the knobs do.

Two effects rolled into one? Forget about it. The only usable sound i found was a vibrato (chorus in wack'd mode, I believe) that made my bottleneck/e-bow-efforts sound like a theremin. The flange is weak and only souns halfway decent if you put a RAT in front of it.
Worst thing about it: even if it's turned off your guitar sounds like Andy Summers going de-doo-doo-doo-de-da-da-da - bypass is no good.

The switch is most unreliable, like most tone lok stomps, so it seems.

No idea.

I gave it two years, kept tryin. No use for it. It's gotta go.

I bought it used, so there was no manual, but it's as easy as any other modulation effect. The Regeneration control doesn't effect the Chorus sound, only the flanger - that confuses some people I know. The only thing that really interferes with the ease of use is the footswitch, which is only slightly more reliable then the ones on my 80's DOD boxes.

I am an 80's DOD freak and buy and restore every one I can find. I usually find some good sounds with a modded Boss CS-3 - modded DS-1 - DOD Overdrive Preamp - Grunge - CS7 - and finally a DOD digital delay or Akai Headrush. I like Fender Telecasters combined with either a Peavey Bandit (for durability) or a Fender Bassman (for tone). The CS7 has a thin, digitized, brash tone that is easily offensive to the ear, but often fits in perfectly with the music. Guitarists sometimes forget that the guitar is not the one and only constituent to good music. A thicker sounding chorus could make the music feel too weighty when combined with the bass, but the CS7's thin crackle floats above a band mix in a very Radiohead sort of way. I still have it on the same arbitrary setting that I used in the store, and it does a good job of giving chord parts some movement. The Flanger makes the usual cool-but-useless sounds that a flanger makes, just not as cooly as most other flangers. I used the Wack'd mode to record one overdub part a while ago - it's OK, I guess. My DS-1 set to a slight Marshall-y snap and running into this pedal makes by far the best sound (remember the intro to Hell's Bells?)

The footswitch is iffy, as are the mode switches. So far, no problems, but I don't think this pedal is near as well made as a Boss (the internal stomp switch is the size of a grain of rice). This thing eats batteries for breakfast, and sometimes has seconds. It draws 85 milliamps, about ten times as much as must pedals. That being said, I'm used to 80's DODs, which usually stop working for no reason - at least this thing breaks for a reason. The Bucket Brigade chips in this thing are very sensitive to voltage spikes and there's no internal regulation, and I'm constantly aware that it is one surge away from death. Chorus is not an important part of my sound, so this pedal is the only one that isn't backed-up.

No opinion, but I'm not one to run whining to the company anyway. If something breaks, I can usually fix it myself.

I usually play laid-back jazzy rock with copious amounts of delay. I've come to really love the thin sound of this and other digital effects. My playing is very scruffy, and analog effects can make it sound like I don't know what I'm doing. It mixes well with a little bit of grind from the Overdrive Preamp or the DS-1, but is useless with high gain distortion. It is mostly religated to random noise-making when I play crazy dissonance with my Sonic Youth-esque band. I chose this over a EH Small Clone because it was $20 cheaper and I didn't want people to see me with my Fender Mustang, DS-1, Small Clone and think I was just another Kurt Cobain ripoff. Currently, it is filling the space on my pedal board until I can find a good DOD box to make my life complete.

Ease of use: 8: pretty easy, except getting good ring modulator sounds
when using the delay knob, with the flanger on "wacked".

The manual couldn't be any more minimal: one piece of paper with 4 languages expaining only the most basic characteristics.

Setup: Wormoth strat (SD hot rails in neck, and lace gold sensors in mid and bridge positions); Epiphone korina wood SG; old 1970'2 Hoyer(like a Fender Jaguar); and a Samick Telecaster ->Johnson J-station-> Ibanez CF7-> Crate 20 watt vintage club, tube amp.

Not that noisy.

The effects are strong but are very synthetic feeling. Definately "colors" your sound.

The Chorus: Gets deep but somehow doesn't get "lush", kind of synthetic, alot of options, though. I have gotten only a few useable sounds out of the "wacked" function.

I give the Chorus a 7.5

The Flanger: Also gets deep and has nice spread but doesn't leave the inherant sound of your guitar intact. The most annoying problem is, while trying to get some Jimi-sounds, I noticed this flanger sounds like crap with all of the distortions offered by the J-station, which is over 12 different kinds, with a wide range of personalities. The flanger gets this tinny-noise grain that sits on top of the sound when putting distortion through the flanger. Tried a few eq corrections and when I finally got rid of it, the tone was sucked right out of my signal.

I think this petal is suited for heavy distortion-type players who want the "chaosion option-package" offered by the "wacked" feature. Which I could, BTW, get some really interesting sounds that would be good for industrial music and the like.

My brother's girlfriend through this petal right through the wall, I pulled it out, covered with sheet-rock dust, plugged it in and went to town!

I play clean, jazzy, jam-style music; this petal is not a good match because it lack natural sound qualities

I've been playing for about 11 years.

If it were lost/stolen, I would get a much better petal than this one.

My favorite sound is a distortion into a deep chorus-pretty thick and sweet.

I wish it had better quality, more-transparent sound.

I don't even use this petal that often at all.

Petal searchers: Research the pedal, play the pedal, hang out with the pedal, if mail-order be ready to return the pedal, COMPARE THE PEDALS, and take home the one you like. There is no such thing as "best" there is only what is pleasing to you!

THis Pedal is as easy to use as most chorus or Flanger pedals. I never got the manual as I got it new from the store and the Clerk was looking at it and nicked it. I've had it for about a yaer now and am just dissapointed.

I use either a fender strat or an SG through a behringer GMX 212 there are pedals to but theis is the only one that sucks tone ( I've tested it) and it is only used by itself.

I bought this when I needed a Flanger or Chorus sound for live use and have yet to get a satifying sound out of it. First the wacked switch is useless as it just makes everything sound like crap and i can do that without a pedal if i wanted to sound like crap which i dont.

THe other guitarist in my band at the time chose this for me as an exceptional pedal. but since then i've played through countless better pedals. the sounds are usable but when engaged the pedal's sounds seem to say " HEY I"M AN EFFECT". This is not a good thing as my playing is based mostly on the tone i'm getting through my guitr and amp.

as solid as a BOSS

I play a mix of Rock Blues Ska Regae Jazz and of course Funk and Fusion.
This was bought for a Ska/ Psychodelic Jam style thing but just didn't work out well. the digital chorus on my amp was better and since that wasnt cutting the mustard ( the reason i got the pedal) i just dont think i'll ever use it again unless i have to which somehow I cant envision such a situation.

It easy to get an ok sound on the chorus. Every chorus effect pedal seems to be pretty easy to set up. Just mess with the knobs.
The flanger is easy enough to use as well but the sound always sucks. The settings in the manual made a decent flanger sound for a couple minutes until I realized there is an incredibly loud hiss that is at its worst point when you put it at what the manual calls the classic flanger setting.

My setup is a prs custom 24 to a vox wah-wah, another tone-lok pedal-- the TS-7 tubescreamer, a fulltone deja' vibe and then the CF-7, all going to a mesa boogie rectoverb.
The effect I use the most is the chorus. It's decent, but not a very lush chorus sound. It kinda has a sterile sound to it. I solve this problem by using the deja' vibe in conjunction with this which makes the sound VERY lush sounding. This is just a trick I found works, but it doesnt speak well for the ibanez.
The flanger sounds even more sterile, there seems to be no way to make it sound like a normal flanger pedal. The worst part with the flanger though is this loud rumbling hiss that comes as the the flange comes to its highest frequency. The stronger the flange, the longer and louder the hiss goes for. making the delay time longer helps, but then you get a reverb sound, and again, always sterile sounding.
In retrospect, I should have realized that a pedal this cheap is gonna sound really cheap. But when I bought this thing probably 4 or so years ago I was only 16. I read a review in Guitar World that said this thing was really great for chorus and flanger and that krazy switch made some cool sounds. It's true that it can get some cool ring modulator sounds, but to me that is no reason to buy a chorus/flanger pedal. Only if you play guitar to make stupid noises and you don't care about how to play guitar will the ring modulator effect be worth the cost of the pedal. Thanks for saying anything to make money and keep your sponsers Guitar World.
Actually, I love Eric Krasnos' and Scofield's guitar styles, and they get those ring modulator sounds alot, but this pedal's effect is kindof unusable in a real musical situation cause little turns of the knob throw all of the frequenceis out of whack.

It's dependable. I use it without a backup

I am not a fan of this pedal. If you really want a good chorus/flanger pedal, I really think you have to pay for the price of a chorus pedal and the price of a flanger. If you want to cut corner's and buy a cheap pedal ok good for you. It just isn't gonna sound good.
My goal is to buy a fulltone chorus/flanger I tried one out in a store and the thing was amazing. The flanger sounded like a real flange effect from slowing one reel when using 2 reel-to-reel recorders. This is how the true flange sound effect was invented. It wasn't as intense as alot of flangers, but the quality is what counts. And that pedal goes for $295.
It's alot of money but you can either do something half-assed or do it good. Who cares about the money, if you really can't afford it than practice without effects instead and you will become a really good guitarist first. Then you will make alot of money and you can get whatever the fuck effects pedals you want.

4 pretty self-explanitory knobs and 2 switches. One toggles between chorus and flanger, and the other between normal mode and useless mode. I haven't used the manual yet, but I have a pretty good understanding of effects.

I don't notice any signal loss when pedal isn't on, but my signal is usually heavily overdriven. When it's on, there is the normal light swooshing sound when not playing anything, but no noise. I haven't tried this in the effects loop of my amp, though.
The chorus can go from a very light, smooth sound to crazy ray gun blips. I'm not a big fan of flanging, so I haven't used the flanger side much.
The Wack'd mode is retarded, so I never use it.

I have never had any problems with this pedal, but I've heard that the switches can be flaky. So far, it's been very reliable and I'd probably gig with it without a backup. If I used it as much as, say, distortion, then I'd probably get a backup.

No idea.

This is a very versatile effect for those on a budget. I'd probably give it an 8 if it wasn't so cheap. You can get some decent modulation and some fun noisemaking from this pedal.

Seemed to be easy to use. didn't get a manual with it.
set it up in my fx chain in a live situation got one quick
chorus sound and waited to use it.

That one quick setting i dialed up sounded good. but as soon as i went to use it live it died! had to unplug and bypass it. tried to get it working after we finished playing and the only sounds i got out of it were the tapping noises of my fingers tapping the pedal trying to get it to work. icould drop it from about four inches and it sounded like a train wrecking!
finally got it working again! for bout two minutes
sounded good when it was working though.

not at all!!! dealer took it back and is getting me another one. i may have to pay him a visit and pick out another pedal first.

didn't mess with ibanez yet hope it doens't get that far
hope dealer will work it out

i will have to enter another review when i get the second one. after reading how this thing sucks batteries dry not sure i want one
may have to try and get him to fix me up with a boss super chorus!

I've chosen to post a review on the Tone-Lok pedal series instead on one pedal in particular. Not difficult to use, just spend some time on the controls and find the sound you like the most.

I've owned two, the CF7 (Chorus-Flanger) and the DS7 (distortion). Also if not the best sound around, for example like the CS-505 or CS 9, the sound of the pedals I've owned is pretty good. On the DS7 you have to keep the tone control to zero to have a sound closer to the real one you have bypassing the effect. It only cuts some little low frequency.

I've got a used CS 505 lately, and I think it's the better Chorus around, no matter what. But the CF7 is not that far to the old pedal. If you have the chance to change the latter for the old one, do it. If not, keep this one. It has a great sound, expecially for the price you pay for it.

This is not on the customer support, but on the overall quality of the Tone-Lok serie. I really don't know how Ibanez might had put these pedals on the market. The quality is close to zero. In 41 years of life I've never, and say never seen so many units going back to the customer support because of the defects. I've bought the CF7 first, and changed it three times because it didn't work mehanically or electronically. It's really a shame. Maybe the people at Ibanez put on the market again the 9 serie because of the great, great lack of quality of the Tone-Loks. I really hope they'll improve the quality because the pedals on sale right now are aweful.
Anyways I've got the chance to have the pedal changed three times. In the end I gave it back and partially traded with a guitar.

Good sound but aweful overall quality. Even if "cheap", also if I don't know why they call 50 euros a cheap price, the construction sucks completely. I don't think they have a quality control at all. I really can tell on... say 10 pedals, 7 came back because of the defects.

I had a bit of problem founding a good sound first, so I tried the manual settings. Deep chorus and Classic Flanger were pretty good, but I didn't like the Whack'd vibe and the other vibe thing at all. Too out-of-tune for me. Ring mod was good. Let's put it other way. It was WEIRD, which is what ring mods should sound like, so I guess it's good. After a while of playing I got bored with the Deep chorus' (IMO) over-deep sound. I also got bored with flanger. And I don't have a real use for a ring mod. Time to twiddle the knobs and get *my* sound. I got really great sound after a while, and it works in chorus-normal, flanger-normal and flanger-whack'd as well. Speed 5, Depth 2, Delay time 5 and Regen 8.

I'm using it with an ESP guitar, Orange amp, Fuzz Face, Dunlop DB-01 Dimebag custom wah, Ibanez SM-7 smashbox, LF-7 Low Fidelity Filter and DE-7 Delay/echo.
Lots of people are complaining about chorus not being deep enough. I don't think so. I like my chorus with depth set at 2. Also the flanger SHOULD sound metallic. I don't find it noisy.

Dependable, at least has been for the year I've had it. Switch looks flimsy.

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I play metal, funk, Hendrix-y stuff and experimental and prog rock. Suits my style and was cheap. Try one before buying, this is not for everyone.

It's easy to use... it's a pedal... got knobs... a switch. It does some odd stuff in the whackd. DON'T USE THE WHACKD!

I also could never get it to whoosh in and out with the beat. It's very random. points off in sound quality though, it's still easy to use.

It is noisy in all settings. and in an effects loop. the flange sounds better than the chorus, but it still is very metallic. Like somebody scraping around inside a tin can. Only with your guitar sound. The chorus is wimpy. it gets lost in distortion, and it makes your clean sounds very trebly. Don't use the whackd, not worth it. I'm noise-core and I can't do anything useful with it. yes it ring-mods, but terribly. it's literally impossible to create a harmony or even a nuetral note in the modulation. It does Korn... but wimpily, and I don't like Korn.

Now, I can't lie. I have another 7-series pedal and it's awesome. I'll buy more. Theyre hardcore. but not this one. At least it's built like a real pedal, though.

Who knows. I hear they'll trade you up for them older pedals with bad switches. Both mine have good switches.

Overall, huh? I play in two bands, one in church, the other doing rock and alt covers. And I write music on my own. Been on it for two years, but I've got a job and some time. I don't suck. I'm a music freak, and I wouldn't tell yall bout it if I had no skills to back it up.

I like the Ibanez 7s, but not this one. I've tried four of them, own the de7 too. I'll sell this one and buy a ph7, see if it agrees with me any better. If it was stolen, I'd want my battery back.

I've tried the boss flanger, I liked it more, but not for the extra $40. I don't need a flanger, thought it would start something creative. I found myself going out of the way to use it, and getting mad at it. Stay away, boys. peace.

a million different sounds can be found in this pedal. four different possible effect settings
chorus/normal
chorus/whack'd
flanger/normal
flanger/whack'd

very nice.

sound is good especially the normal modes. i play alot of crazy noise-core stuff with it.

hasn't let me down or caused alot of problems.. but ibanez pedals suck the shit out of batteries really fast so i use it with a power supply.

never had to deal with them

good versitile pedal of high quality. if you don't have a power supply... get one. i used to have to change the battery like every 2-3 hours.

It's your basic pedal, and thus fairly easy to use. Finding usable sounds is pretty easy, though you probably will be dissapointed the overall sound quality. As they say, though, you get what you pay for.
The manual is average, gives a few cool settings - but otherwise it's nothing special.

Current setup is Schecter C1+ --> Marshall ED-1 Compresser --> Art FX-1 or Alesis Nanoverb (I can't use them both until I get a noise gate)
--> HAO Rust Driver --> Crate V-Series 1512 (Class A All-Tube) Amp.
I no longer use this pedal, but tried it in various positions/combinations before I sold it.

The chorus effect is fairly weak. It doesn't sound horrible, but it is way too thin. A chorus is supposed to fill sounds out - the CF7 is simply too weak to do this. Again, it doesn't sound bad, per se - but it doesn't act like a chorus should. Tweaking the knobs, and using the "wack'd" (stupid name) switch can get you some cool vibrato-type chorus, which is kinda neat as a sound effect that you might wanna insert into an interlude of some sort. Overall, however, the chorus is not something you are going to wanna write songs with.

Now, the flanger. Things get even worse here. It's noisier than a flanger should be, for one. It sounds too harsh and robotic, almost. If I didn't know better, I'd assume it was coming from some antique, low-budget, low-quality digital proccessor. Which is not to say you can't get ANY usable sounds out of it, you can - but there are so many better flangers around - using this one as a primary flanger effect would be ridiculous. As a beginner flange, it isn't too bad I suppose, but there are still better flangers for similiar prices. Oh yeah, and the flange KILLS tube tone. If you're a tone freak, stay far away.

The most dead-on effect in this pedal is actually the ring modulator. No, it doesn't include a ring modulator - but if you use the "wack'd" mode, and tweak the settings right - you will get a spot-on ring modulator sound. But when a Chorus/Flanger pedal's best sounding effect is ring modulation, well - you know something's just not right.

As for emulating artists, I dunno - I aim to create my own sound, and don't really wanna sound like someone else. I believe ex-Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes whoever used one of these though, so maybe you can sound like him? Why anyone would WANT to sound like Limp Bizkit... I don't know.

One more thing, noise. The flanger is the noisiest, as I mentioned earlier. Also, all these Ibanes Tone-Lok pedals create hiss and buzz when you aren't playing.

Overall, the sound quality is fairly poor for the actual effects, but if you're looking to create some odd modulation sounds, then the sound quality is OK.

It seems pretty well-built, certainly not a BOSS or anything, but better than most lower-end pedals. However, the foot pedal is horrible! It's very finnicky, sometimes the effect comes on, sometimes it doesn't. You usually have to figure out how to press it just right to make it work - either that or step on it 3 or 4 times. This is just unacceptable, and would be a disaster in a live situation. I'm taking off 4 points for that. This pedal also sucks batteries worse than any other pedal I own - I shouldn't have to buy a 20 dollar adapter for a so-so pedal, so I'm knocking it down another couple points for that.

I play lots of styles - blues, metal, punk, garage rock, etc. I've been playing for about 5 years or so.
I wouldn't buy it again, in fact I sold it to a friend of mine who is less picky than me.
The only way I would reccomend this pedal, is if you like to insert weird sounds and such in your songs, then it might be ok. Otherwise, stay away. There are better sounding pedals at affordable prices. Rocktron, Guyatone, Boss, Digitech, etc.

This thing is not too complicated. You may have to mess with it for a bit to get the sound you're looking for but that goes for most pedals.

The chorus sound is good. There are no suprises here. If you are looking for a heavy chorus sound you may want to try something else. I use it to get that trippy water effect that gives your sound and tone that little bit extra of pimpness. A lot of people hate on the flange. I agree that it is not very powerful but again, if you want an effect pedal that doesn't drown out your tones this is the one. My only gripe is with the Krazy switch. You WILL lose tone when it is on wack'd mode and have distortion on. You don't notice the tone deteriation too much when the distortion is off. I don't know of another way to duplicate that weird sound so unless you know of one, this pedal is the only way to get that krazy korn vibe.

It eats batteries so get an adapter or power supply (but that goes without saying).

My type of music is a cross between Shadows Fall, Fear Factory, Korn, and Deftones. The CF7 is ideal for this sound. I've been playing for about 10 years an played all types of rock with all types of sound and the sound I have now is my favorite. I use an LTD guitar with duo humbuckers, the DOD death metal distortion pedal(I don't care what you say, it friggin shreds!) the Boss Noise gate and the Boss delay /reverb. If I lost my CF7 I would buy it again because it has exactly what I need, nothing more, nothing less. What I love about it is that it is that it allows me to incorporate what a lot of nu metal bands are doing now into my own style. I'm not going lie...I like being able to finnaly duplicate a sound I have been trying to achieve since '96-'97. I only wish the wac'd switch didn't take out so much tone. This pedal by far has opened doors and changed my sound in a way I've always wanted.

This pedal is pretty easy to use, its not too difficult to find some good sounds. The manual helps a lot to get you going and show you what knob does what.

I was in a Police cover band for 2 years and I needed a good chorus pedal I decided on this one becuase the other ones I tried sucked.
I used mine with a Marshall JCM 2000 DSL 100, Les Paul, and a Strat.
The sound quality was pretty good. The chorus mode adds a really nice brightness to your tone but its weak overall and does not give you the expansive feel that a better chorus will give. The flanger is nice but its very noisy, if your not playing and its on, it hisses like crazy. I never found a use for the "wackd" mode, you cant use it unless you want to cover a Korn song or let people know that you can make the "Korn sound". This is a great pedal for a beginner or someone looking for a nice combo pedal. If you really want THE BEST chorus pedal get a Boss Chorus Ensemble. Its unbelievable and hands down the best, most powerful chorus pedal I've ever heard.

What can I say, it crapped out on me during many gigs. We gigged about 3-4 times a month and our shows were about 4 hours long. This piece of shit would "die" out of nowhere and kill my whole effects chain and therefore all of my sound! It had plently of power from a daisy chain so it wasnt the battery. I would have to jump to the front of the stage and slam it up and down till it lit back up and made a loud popping sound. It wasnt the cables or connections either I tested the shit out of them after the first time it died. The bitch of it all was that it would perform just fine through hours and days of practice but go to shit at the gigs. I ended up buying a Boss Chorus Ensemble and throwing the Ibanez in the trash.

Don't know never called them. The fucker died 2 months after the warranty expired.

I bought it becuase it was cheap and had 2 sounds. The chorus is pretty good and sounds different from all other choruses. It broke at the worst possible times. It would be great for someone who only plays at home becuase you get 2 quality effects in one box and its cheap. The tone lock knobs are a really nice touch. If you want a really good, "watery" sounding, professional chorus DON'T get this one.

It's pretty easy to get a alright chorus sound. The flange, however, is okay - I'm not big on flange because I have a small amp, and the whoosh overpowers it, thus turning the sound to shit. The "Wack'd" switch gives me what I bought this pedal for: weird stuff. Yeah, yeah, yeah, "it's that Korn shit again" - well, what if you twist it to your liking? I liked the fucked-up tremelo-esque sounds because it's creepy. Especially in the middle of a song [like Korn, of course] when those unnatural, eerie tones pierce the distortion-driven riffing - just cool.

The switches [to switch between modes] appear to be off-set, but they work just fine. The push/lock knob idea was a genius one, as I tend to get a sound I like, and I'd like to keep the settings while I'm playing.

The main on/off switch is variable, however. You gotta give it a quick, hard tap to make sure it's on/off - if you tap halfway, it flicks on and off quickly, and screws you up.

Other than that, it's pretty easy to configure.

I'd rather not reveal my setup, as it's a bit "low-tech".

It isn't quiet at all times - during flange mode [or any mode that sounds like it's "moving"], you can hear a background "white" noise, like static on a TV, and it gets annoying.

The effects are pretty good as far as sound quality goes, and you can get pretty chorus and flange sounds from 70's/80
's metal bands. As far as the "Wack'd" sounds go, the only band I can think of that utilizes these tones is Korn.

Due to the dodgy on/off switch, it probably won't be reliable unless one is wary. I would use it on a gig without a backup, because these Ibanez 7-series pedals are of high-quality physical design, and the sound is exactly the same every time.

Haven't dealt with Ibanez as of yet. My only real issue with them is that they tend to keep up with the top trends, i.e. "Wack'd" switch = Korn, heavy-duty shells = heavy-metal slammin', etc. Not like I mind - just that it seems they don't want to be completely original at times.

I play whatever I feel like playing - this pedal helps out with those different tones, and helps me escape from the natural guitar tone, although I do like it. If it were stolen or lost, I'd at least want to get my money's worth back, whether it be replaced with another or refund.

One thing I wish this pedal had is a better switch.

Unlike a lot of other chorus pedals currently on the market, the CF-7 is much more configurable. The time setting alone allows for a wide range of chorus sounds, while a lot of other similar pedals have one specific chorus sound that can be manipulated. In terms of the flanger effects, it is about as configurable as most other similar units. If you take some time and sit down with this pedal and learn how its controls work, you will be rewarded.

I use the CF-7 with a number of different guitars including Strats. Along with other pedals, I play it into a Digitech Genesis 3 which outputs to a Mackie mixer, an amp and studio monitors.

Just like the other Ibanez (DE-7 Delay/Echo) pedal that I use, I find the CF-7 to be very quiet.

In terms of the sound quality, I would rate it has excellent, especially as compared to other similar pedals on the market. I also own and use a Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble which has a great sound but is very one-dimensional compared to this unit. The "wacked" switch opens up all kinds of sonic possibilities (including ring modulation) that are far beyond what most chorus/flangers are capable of.

This unit looks to be extremely well-built with a metal case. It looks like it would be very reliable. My other Tone-Lok series pedal has been.

I haveb't had to deal with Ibanez.

I think that the CF-7 would be a good match for anyone looking for a wide range of chorus/flange/modulation effects from a single pedal. I think the sound quality is great and with the right knob adjustments, you you will be amazed at the range of sounds that are available. It does require a bit of work to learn it and unleash its full potential, however. There are other pedals on the market that may offer more recognizable and distinctive sounds, but this pedal covers all of the bases pretty well. If I was buying just one chorus/flanger pedal, this would be the one I would get.

Its easy to get a good sound but the delay time knob is confusing I usually keep it off or at 3 o'clock but you will need to learn to use it if using the pedal in whack'd mode. There is 4 knobs and 2 switches Speed, Depth, Delay Time, Regen and Chorus/Flange switch Normal/Whack'd mode switch

The reason why I give an 7 is because the flange effect is weak when clean but sounds good when distorted. The chorus effect is good usually but it doesn't compare to most other single stompbox effects. The whack'd mode is cool and basically speeds up the flange or the chorus.

Pretty Dependable seems like its made of plastic though so if you dropped it, it might break. Haven't had any problems with it in the 8 months ive had it

Never had to deal with it

Ive been playing for about 2 years and i own 11 pedals. This pedal is good if you don't have a chorus or a flange so you can get 2 in 1. Also this pedal is good if you are looking for ring mod type effects (whack'd mode). I wish the flange wasn't so weak but its ok because i now have a Ibanez FL301DX (One of the best flangers made 1975)

Very simple to use

Wack'd mode is useful.
Chorus is decent (but it's very difficult for me to describe it because I don't like very much this effect)
Flanger is very good with clean sounds and very particular for distorted sounds : It destroy your notes.....you can only ear the flanging....I like it but I know some people can hate it.....you must try it ! I had a Boss BF-2 Flanger and the quality is the same but the Boss doesn't destroy your notes so I prefer the CF7

Flanger and Chorus are not, in my opininion, very importants effects so I use it only some times.

I play alternative-rock and I've a very noisy touch such as Matthew Bellamy (Muse). My set is......
-Fender Telecster

-Jim Dunlop Original Crybaby
-Electro-Harmonix Big Muff (Russian Reissue)
-Boss OS-2 (Overdrive/Distortion)
-Ibanez CF7
-Boss DD-3 (Digital Delay)

-High-watt Bass amplifier

I'm looking for an used Whammy but there are so many versions of it.............(2, 4, XP-100....).
My favourite guitarist is Tom Morello (Ratm)
.......Johnny Greenwood and Ed O'Brien(Radiohead)

Jimi Hendrix Rules
Sorry for my English.......I'm Italian.......

Turn the knobs. There's four of them, and a switch. I dunno. The switch just made the thing sound like arse, so there isn't really one thats important. Its cool that you can lock your settings, Ibanez really scored with this.

K, setup. '68 Fender Mustang -> Mr. Crybaby -> TS9 -> ProCo Rat -> CF7 -> Ibanez Analogue Delay -> '65 Fender Deluxe Reverb. This pedal sounds alright. Nothing amazing. It doesn't kill your tone when its off. It doesn't really kill it when its on. It doesn't really enhance it in any way. I just got this thing to make some noise really, and to recreate some Incubus sounds, but that Fuel line comes to mind (jeez, remember them?). I also would like to use it in a "Speak to Me and Breathe" type of way, but it doesn't quite sound lush. The chorus doesn't really do anything, I kept bringing my face closer to the light to see if it was on. It was. Then I fell over.

Uh. I've only played it a couple times. Ain't nothin broken. I'm sure it won't, I treat my pedals pretty well.

Sure.

Hey, its a flange pedal. I had 80 bucks and decided today would be a good day to buy a pedal. It was. I bought this one. Cheap, effective. If it got stolen, I'd get pretty pissed, but I wouldn't miss it in any specific way. I only buy pedals because I think I need it when I'm writing a song, like "I hear this sound right... HERE"

Not too difficult to use. The manual is decent.

I bought this pedal primarily for its chorus function. I would say that the chorus sounds on this are really good. The pedal is also capable of doing a good univibe simulation. You can also get a ring modulator sound. The flanger sounds are a bit of a disappointment, though. The flanger doesn't sound too good with distortion. It's alright if you're using it for a slight flange but its more extreme settings aren't too good.

I've had it for a month now. No problems so far.

I think that this is a really good, versatile pedal for the money. The chorus and univibe sounds make it worthwhile. Pity about the flanger.

If you stay in normal mode you'll get some good regular chorus and flanger sounds, but when you get in the whack'd moded learn how to control that stupid Delay Time knob, i personally don't like that whack'd mode, only for getting fast flanger sounds since their not in normal mode and sorrta uni-vibe sound with the chorus. I give it a 9 just because of that stupid Delay Time knowb

great sound quality but when you mix distortion thats between your guitar and this pedal with this pedal while in whack'd mode you lose volume and tone, but if you put a distortion pedal in between your amp and this pedal the whack'd mode will be fine but the normal mode will lose volume and tone, other then that it sound pretty kool by it self and with delay. i rather use my boss ce-5 chorus ensemble though because i barely use flange or those whack'd chorus sounds.

these tone lok pedals or tanks!! only thing im worried about is if it will start doin what my SM-7 will do, the switch doesn't work some times!

never had to dealt with them

it's good but i bought these one with out trying other pedals first, try diffrent chorus and flanges before, try boss! or digitech's new x-series!

It's an effects pedal, they're not hard to use in general. very simple to use. haven't had trouble yet

I play a Martin 00CXZE acoustic cutaway through it and it fits my needs. I haven't tested every pedal out there, but for a coffee shop type of setting on an acoustic, i haven't found one that gets the soft tones of this pedal. If you're a hard rock guitarist, i may recomment staying away, you may be dissapointed.

Mine has survived the college dorm room and several gigs and hasn't a ding on it. I'd say it's pretty reliable

haven't dealt with them.

For my acoustic style, it's great, i've been playing for several years and have been using effects in my music for about 2 years. At some points i wish the chorus/flanger sounds were a little deeper, but i don't have many complaints other than that. If you're looking for a pedal to "rock" with, i'd stay away, but if you're an acoustic guitarist, i think it's the best value for your money. Check it out.

incredibly simple, a two year old could operate it...the manual is horrible, not that you would need it anyway

horrendous, this is easily the WEAKEST flanger on the market that i have encountered to date, the chorus section resembles the quality of a 1960's chorus pedal - if you were to smash it against the wall until it no longer mattered what the dials were set too,

this is entriely reliable to sound the same way everytime, its horrible, it cannot be depended upon for anything...as far as gigging without a backup, i wouldnt even discrase myself by gigging with it to begin with

never dealt with them

rock/alternative/shoegaze/everything else under the sun, the only remotely interesting thing here would be the "wacked" mode, and even then, the problem of having versatility factors in and this loses...i'm not likely to notice whether this is stolen or not, havnt played with it since the week after i got a BF-3 from boss, probably just hock it for a patch cord or something, i am running out of picks...overall this sucks, certainly not worth it

I had this pedal for about a year and sold it. Is hard to find a really good sound with this pedal.
The manual is good, this explain the functions of the diferents knobs and specifications. This pedal have a lot the options that in the practice won't use that.

I play by a Ibanez SA-160, Boss DS-2, Phaser Small Stone EH, Marshall ED-1, Ibanez CF-7, Fender Performer 650. I put first the ED-1 and after the CF7, DS-2...
Noissy?, not in all, no problem with this and tone sucking even when isn't true by pass.

I buy this mostly for the Chorus and second for the flanger. The Chorus is too weak even with the DEEP to max. In live it's lost, it's not a volumen problem it's a quality problem. The Chorus need more bright and deep, any way it's sucks.

The Flanger have the same problem that the chorus but it's run some better, a little better.

Yo never will get the Van Halen's sound in "I can't stop lovin you" with this Chorus, hearme, never.
And never will get the flanger sound of Lenny Kravitz in "Are you gonna go my way", the rythm guitar of this solo with this pedal.

It's good reliability, I don't have any problem with this but i had the pedal only for one year.
I don't like how it look, but it's not big deal.

I never have dealt with this company and y haven't any problem with the pedal.

When i buy it, i'll like use this pedal with my distortion and search a sound like "Comfortably Numb" or Alex lifeson's (of Rush) sound because i play in Pubs this songs and i never found this sound with this pedal. You only Imagine that the Chorus lost in clean, so won't expected more with distortion.

If it stolen i don't care me because who stole that don't have a great electronic piece in his hands.

So, in resume, this isn't a great fx, is too poor and weak. I'll like a Boss chorus, by ultimate before this CF-7.

Manual is great, shows 5 good settings to start you off and its very easy to get a good sound

I was looking for an Alex Lifeson (Rush) sound and its here in abundence. Its very quiet and the subtle sounds are fantastic. The wilder sounds are pretty cool too but I fail to see how you could really use them at a gig-they're more for the bedroom

Its a really rugged piece of kit and I would definately use it without a backup (anyway I'm skint and couldn't provide one)

I haven't needed to deal with Ibanez but the website and the manual were very good indeed

I play heavy rock ranging from Rush to G 'n' R and for my quieter moments this pedal is stunning. If it were lost I would definately replace it. It kicks Boss's ass and is great value for money even without a flange effect.

Very... you just gotta play with it, when i first got this pedal my first reaction is thats it sound shit really!!!.... BUT.... if you get this pedal "please please play around with it for awhile" its worth it, i have the habit of "if i can't make it sound good in a few seconds, i don't like it!" im being honest here u guys!
I've had this pedal for a year now and i am still makeing different sound with it... its probably the most versatile Chorus/flanger pedal out there on the market, although the flanger effect it not the best, it has choice like no other. there is also i nice 'flick button' for the battery which is better then those f##king BOSS pedals were you have to unscrew the bolt thing to get to the battery....

The sound quality is v.good not amazing but you can get a stereo effect with the two outputs, it makes NO noise when its in my chain
true bypass (if anyone says other wise they have very shit equipment)
It dose play well with others... a team player

If your gonna use it for a live situation...NEVER USE IT WITH THE BATTERYS they won't last for shit in this pedal. I give it less then an hours use before the battery gives up, use a adapter if u can other wise don't use it lots. Other wise... useing the pedal with the adapter i give it it a ten out of ten. ONE year and never a hint of failing on me!

V.Good lots of choice... loads of sounds... Useing it with Batterys is the only downfall coz the go faster then a rabbit being chased, its because the pedal is DIGITAL. other wise a bill pedal!

Sweet jesus on a stick this is an excellent pedal ( despite it's manufacturers poor credibility ). It's about time Ibanez pulled their heads out of their nu-metal rears. You can get SO MANY sounds out of this pedal it's not even worth desribing. So many tones...so many so many. Although if you're using poor equipment the Flanger can sound a little tubeamp distorted ( even on solid state ) on the dive down.

Speed at three accompanied by depth at half and delay time at six gives you the standard progressive flang.

meanwhile on the chorus side of the box with everything up at max and speed at 4 you can get something very dreamy with the right guitar setting to company it.

Smash box was a hunk of crap, broke in three months, but I've had this for a year or two and it hasn't even scratched. Long battery life...things like that...I couldn't imagine life without it.

going out on a limb and saying it's terrible. Ibanez, after all.

Okay, I know I hate ibanez to the point of genocidal thought...but this pedal is LOVELY. The variety of sounds you can make with it is VERY useful...you can make luscious, progressive dream tones or change a normal note into a strange springlike BOING sound. If you REALLY want a kick, run your mic through this and have fun sounding like a robotic god. It's like a synthesizer in a can...er...box.
Wonderful wonderful thing

This thing is pretty easy to use, you do have to find a sound thats right for you and the music you play but after you use it a few times u get used to it. The manual does help, but you'd have to be pretty stupid to not know how to use it. The knobs have the locking option thing, where u can just push the things like further into the pedal, which helps when im playing shows, I like to jump around, and when I do i usually will change the settings on some other pedals, but this one stays right on where I want it to sound.

Sound quality is cool, it can be a little loud at times, becuase when I'm using the flanger I tend to turn up the depth a little to loud, which in turn makes my guitar unheard and the pedals the only thing that can be heard. I do like the sound of it but the "krazy er whack'd" setting is just retarted. The effects aren't "weak" but its hard to find the balance of sounding cool and hearing just the pedal, which can be ear piercing. I'm using this thing with some big crate amp, and it sounds pretty cool, I have it on effects loop, just because of some problems. I can mimick some incubus stuff, infact my band has made up a song where I pretty much leave the pedal on just to sound like the guitarist from incubus ("dave lance" er something like that, not too sure what his name is) The chorus is kool, but you can get some really retarted stuff outta this thing, it just takes some time to find what you think sounds cool.

Three words, "eat my batteries." This thing has one tragic flaw, it likes to eat every battery in a matter of seconds. Fortunate for me, a kind employee at a music store gave me an adapter for free. (thank you jeremy) The pedal is pretty reliable and I have used it at one show, and it died in the middle of a song, which is why I use it in the effects loop now, and thats why I got the adapter. The pedal is a pain to power, thats the worst part, and I don't think I would use it at a show without the adapter. Anyway the adapters only six bucks, plus an extension chord, so thats about 15 dollars added on, which isn't so bad, but hey I'm only fifteen what do I know?

I've never dealt with any costumer support, other than Daddy's Junky Music. I did ask if there was anyway to make the battery last longer, and I sent a letter to Ibanez, but they kind of worked their way around telling me anything. A typed crappy letter that said "Please refer to the manual of your: instrument, accessory etc." was the response, which didnt help. The only way to get this thing to work any better is to buy more crap for it.

I play an emo punk style of music in my band, but I play plenty of other styles including some blues stuff. This pedal is a good match for anyone who to plays guitar as long as your not expecting it to make you any better at playing. Remember its only an effect, you need to know how to use it. I've only been playing for a year or two and I got this pedal RECENTLY. I also use a RAT distortion pedal, which does combine pretty well with the futurastic sounds of this pedal. If I lost this pedal I may buy it again but I have played with a boss BF-2 flanger and they sound pretty much alike. I love the flanger effect on it, and the way that it can sound. I hate the stupid krazy option, cause if anyone uses that onestage, they better be real good at guitar. The pedal could stand to have a little less options, I don't even notice the difference when I turn up the "regen" knob. Just remember no pedal will help you make music, I usually just use an acoustic guitar to make up things, then I transfer the chords into power chords, and so on. No pedal will help make music, it can inspire you to make things up, and then use the pedal with these songs, which has happened to me. After using this pedal I wouldnt want to lose it, many of the riffs I play seem ineffective without it. Overall, be prepared to shell out an extra 15 dollars, either for a nice little supply of nine volt batteries or for the adapter and an extension chord.

Getting a decent sound from this device is not overly complicated. The major problem here is switching between the effects if you have a need to do so quickly. The box features four click-recessive knobs (speed, depth, delay, and regeneration) and two switches, one for switching between chorus and flange and one for mode swapping (labeled "KRAZY," with options for "NORMAL" or "WACK'D") plus a Boss-style click section to turn the pedal on and off. The multiple effects parameters provide a multitude of sounds at the user's fingertips, but the tiny switches to change between chorus and flange and to switch between normal and super-fast effects speed prevent the box from being more than one effect at a time (though at each sitting it can essentially be one of four!). Thus, an eight out of ten; on the other hand, it would probably be less useful if it had four big buttons on the top.

Once again, and eight; it is solid, but it's a given that a low-priced box containing essentially four effects will not be perfect in each of the four. The chorus can sound very much like a cheap delay box if the depth knob is too shallow, and the flange sometimes produces sweeps that "bottom out" my amp and produce a burring noise, but neither is the fault of the pedal. It is true that the flange produces an audible frequency sweep (a whoosh) when the guitar is tacet, but its presence does not detract from the usefulness of the pedal. If I had to choose one of the effects over the other, I would definitely say the flanger is the better of the two, but as previously stated, both effects are solid, especially for this price. I run my Squier strat through a Boss OD2R, then this pedal, and then an early model Morley PWV into a Fender Champ 15B amplifier. Sometimes I put the CF7 in flange mode first and turn on the OD2R's "Turbo" feedback loop which provides an interesting "metallic angst" effect with minor-seventh hammer-ons (think the end of "We Will Rock You" or "Weekepaug Groove," with a different twist provided by the CF7) and power chords. The unit also provides intresting feedback modulation when one phyiscally places the pickups near the speaker. Major plus: no signal boost or drop when this pedal is added to or removed from the effects chain.

Needs a power supply (which I don't have; bought used and got only the box and a cord), because battery only lasts about four hours at most. Box is heavy for its size, and made of thick metal. Buttons retract for safety. Would suggest playing barefoot if you want to switch effects midsong without risking breakage of the switch(es).

I have only been playing guitar for about three years, and so my semi-evolved playing style (imitative of Trey Anastasio, Dave Matthews, Pete Townshend, Syd Barett, and Dave Dederer (of the Presidents of the USA)) is well-suited to the unit. It makes good basic sounds, fun strange sounds in "WACK'D" mode (use the flange version of this mode and you've got a much better imitation of the bass intro sound in the President's single "Peaches" than a lone tremolo unit would create), but no really "great sounds." It would suit me even were I a professional, but it is doubtful that famous artists would choose this box over a "more refined" unit (ie using no ics whatsoever, or perhaps tubes; I'm sure some part of this is digital, but it's so heavy it must have a few solid-state parts in it). It is a definite sound enhancement which I would reccommend to anyone, especially someone on a budget; I got this one on the cheap, costing less for two decent-quality effects than one alone would probably go for. If it was stolen, I would probably purchase another if one could be found for a similar price, but if I could buy a separate chorus and flanger that sounded any better than the effects in this box for less than $100 then I would choose the latter option. The month or so I've spent with this product has broadened my musical horizons in a small way; never again will I go without having some kind of chorus or flange effect in my rig.

May take a few minutes to get a good sound, but once you get used to it, you can find many good sounds...

When I bought this pedal, I was looking for a ring modulator kind of sound, but the chorus sound works for me (distorted and clean) as well. I like the delay knob for that added versatility that I don't think is on any other chorus pedal. I don't use a lot of the crazier sounds you can get out of this (besides ring modulatorish sounds), but this pedal is quite versatile. I can't give it a 10 for sound, though because I don't care for the flanger (too weak for me). Also, an EQ might be a good thing on here, but it isn't the end of the world either....

nothing has happened with it so far. Seems as sturdy as any of my Boss pedals. Although I did have an Ibanez pedal's switch go out after a year or so once, but that was with the soundtank line....

never dealt with them

I listen mostly to alternative rock (Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, Tool....), and this fits well with what I do - whether I want some crazy sounds or just a fatter sound, I think this is the most versatile chorus pedal that I have seen. If it were lost or stolen, I probably would get another. So, while it may not be the best chorus sound, it is still very good. (And for my flanging needs, I LOVE my DOD fx747, fyi).

prety easy flanger can get a little tough to get a decent sound out of though didnt have a manual for it so i didnt know jack about the settings

i actually am a bass player i use a muusic man sting ray bass and have a strange amp set up a a tube amp drivinging A 1X15 cab have a 7 band eq pedal so i can dial out a lot of the harshness of this pedal. when using a distortion pedal before the flangethen i have my eq fix the mess my guitarist has an mxr analog flange which kicks this things ass seven way to sunday but when i tried it for the first time(this pedal) it gave me what i wanted a slow almost out of phase swoosh type sound. the delay time knob really only fucctions as a maunual like the mxr knob labeled as such except the mxr manual wont give you such a harsh top end. but whaqtever i like this effect because it does what i originally wanted it to do. i only use it on solos and it is an eye opener. usualy bass players dont solo with the jet plane distortion flange combo and it gets the attention away from my guitarist the crazy settings forget about them the chourus settings who needs em' i got a boss ceb for that.this effect as a bassplaying tool? no not really i can only use it for soloing.

when my cosin (this is not the guitarist for my band and doesnt have an mxr to play with) tried using this pedal with his guitar with the delay/manual back all the way down he could also get very usuable sounds yet the thing that is the best thing to do with this pedal is... using itwith the line 6 revese delay the reason of this iswith the line 6 delay it can onlt speed up times 2 or slow down by 1/4 if your looking for that tape machine in reverse sound it needs to be slowed down by only a ratio of 1/16 this pedal set to a slow flange slows the signal in such a way that when reversed it can give you that castles made oif sand sound the mxr will do this too i guess but the ibanez does it for less expense. the chorus is preety good for guitar.

the sound i was looking for was something that sounded unique and i guess i have it for solo/novelty other than that save your money for a line 6 mod modeler it will take a long ass time to save up to afford it but it will be worth your while ive tried it out and to me it is the all be all of modulation (even if some of the effects dont sound exactly like the ones there modeled after there are really genuis sounding and super musical)

this thing eats battires like nobodys damn buiseness the power supply is not an option

i play mostly inde rock. my style and app[roach is much like that of a classic rock sound yet i dont emulate any artists in my style this effect isnt too musical yet when i solo i only have the drummer play and my guitarist stops playing GET A LINE 6 MODUALTION MODELER OR AN MXR ANALOG OR EVEN AN ELECTRIC MISTRESS ALL ARE EXPENSIVE BUT ARE FOR A REASON THEY ARE THE TOOLS OF ARTISTS NOT NOVELTY ITEMS OR FOR INDUSTRIAL/KORNY KIDS THIS ITEM IS ONLY A TOY DONT THINK YOUR GOING TO GET FAR WITH IT AT ALL

Speed, Depth, Delay Time, & Regeneration; switch to choose chorus or flange, and a switch to choose between wack'd and normal. One input, two outputs that are 180 degrees out of phase as mentioned before, ac adaptor, etc. If you spend a little time with it and get to know everything it can do, it's actually pretty decent.

I've been a bass player for the last 5 years and by no means claim to be an expert. This is just from personal experience.
Chorus: I always have the Speed at 12 o'clock, Depth and Delay at full clockwise, and Regeneration at full counterclockwise. This produces a very nice chorus sound that is metallic but not to the point where it loses its warmth. For bassists, the sound IS nicer on your D & G strings compared to your A, E, & lower strings. It was made for guitar though. I never change the settings on the chorus mode so I can't say anything else about it, except that I prefer these settings so much that I don't feel the need to explore.
Flange: I think that flange is an effect that should be used sparingly to be effective. I rarely use this mode and really can't comment on it.
The wack'd modes are kind of cool to mess around with but I don't believe that I would record a song with them.

I've had the pedal for over a year and it's held up so far. I'd play without a backup just for lack of money but I think it's built well enough. I use an AC adaptor for it so I don't have to worry about the battery problem (I hear it's a very large problem, by the way).

I've never really bothered to go through the trouble of contacting a large corporation because you will always be put on a list with a thousand other names and you will have to wait and wait and wait for whatever it is you're waiting for. And finally one day, you'll get a letter or e-mail telling you that they stopped making the part you need a month ago or that you will have to pay shipping and handling to send it to them on top of what you are paying them to fix it. Hmmn...

Chorus pedals go well with any musical genre and should be used often. On the other hand, flange should be used as little as possible so it is more appreciated when it is used. For the styles I play (blues, rock, metal) and the techniques I use, this pedal works great. I can't speak for everyone but for me, it's been lovely. I can't say I'd buy it again just because there is better stuff out there that could do a better job. That requires money though, which many of us have little of.

too easy to get a good sound. Hard to believe really

the chorus sounds so much better than most individual chorus pedals, and if use a eq along with it, the sound will blow u away. Definitely rack quality.

the flanger is a normal flanger though, nothing special..can't really comment, it's a flanger, just a flanger.

overall, this thing sound great.
-2 marks just because it produces some noise(when playing)when using with distortion, kind of pain. If it's noise that come out when u're not playing, then it's fine, but the noise come out when i'm playing, so it's realy terrible. The flanger also produce a little jet plane sound whenever it's on. So if u really care about those noise (when ont playing), must really get a noise supressor, or else the jet plane sound when u're not playing can kill u.

not reliable, ask those using Ibanez 7-series pedals for a long time then u know what they'll tell u.

Seriously, this thing sounds wonderful. But i returned it to the shop. Would look around first and if nothing match. Then i would go back to the shop and get the CF-7 again.

My only point in writing this review is to warn all bassists. DO NOT USE THIS PEDAL ON BASS! It sounds so thin and ridiculous. Seriously, avoid it all costs. You want flange, get a Boss BF3, you want a chorus, get a Boss CEB3. Just get something eq'd for bass, not this. I'm sure it would sound great on guitar, but it's worthless on bass. The whack'd mode sounded stupid too. I'm not saying this is a bad product - they never said it was usable on bass....BECAUSE IT'S NOT!

bleh

It's not that hard to find your sound if you just take some time and find out what the different controls do...

I use this chain:
BC Rich Warlock > Boss TU-2 Tuner > Boss MT-2 Metal Zone > Boss GE-7 EQ > Boss CE-2 Chrous > Ibanez CF7 > Boss Volume Pedal > Boss Digital Delay > Randall Amp. It doesn't suck noticeable tone, it's a very versitale (don't know the spelling) pedal since it has normal chrous, wackd chorus, normal flange, wackd flange and controls for all of them, with wackd flange you can even create a ring mod sound... I play Metal and uses this to create some funny noises or effects.

I would definatly not use this pedal on a gig without a battery eliminator (adaptor), this thing litteraly EATS batteries, 98 mA draw, that's a lot... An analog distortion pedal usually draws 6-10 mA so you see the difference... But with an adaptor I'd definatly gig with it, it seems rock solid but i have heard some complains about that the switch is easy to break and hard to replace.

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I use it to make effects mostly but it's very versitale and a lot of people likes the chorus and flanger effects so it is not just for noises.

it's cool and easy to use with 4 knobs and two mode switches. if you just buy it as a cool chorus/flange and like to 'wak'd mode because it makes you sound like Korn, then you are brain-dead and should not be playing guitar.
speed, depth, delay time, and regen (only works on flange modes) are fairly sensitive.
chorus/flange switch explains itself (if you don't know the difference, you are brain-dead and should not be playing guitar).
the normal/wak'd switch is just a rate-doubler (for all you brain-dead Korn cover bands who think it's magical).

sound wise, both the chorus and flange can go significantly faster and slower than many choruses or flangers out there.
with the rate-doubler, you can push the flanger into speeds that generate their own sub-sonic tone, which can be funny.
the dual inputs are handy (especially when plugged into stereo input effects) but they are not wet and dry, they are normal and inverse (180 degrees out of phase, so running them to sepereate amps means you might get some sonic cancellation).
aside from that, all of the modulations on this pedal are decidedly thin and fizzy...which is fine for the brain-dead Korn wanna-be players, shite for anyone who plays real guitar.
I don't play guitar, and I want it to sound fuzzy, so it's cool
( I use it to make a $15 radio-shack keyboard go "boyoyoyoyoyoyoy" really fast or slow, with with adjustable modes and stompbox on/off ability (leaving both hands free to play within teh keyboards 3-note polyphony...woohoo)

the recessed knobs are a cute and helpful idea, but they should lock into position once pushed down (which they do not)
some people think it could rival a boss, because it is shaped like one and made of cast metal plating. it is sturdy, but there is one concern that should be addressed.
a mass-produced stomp box is only going to last as long as it's SPDT bypass switcher (the electronic bypass switch you brain-dead bastard).
in boss pedals, this switch is big, and easliy replaced.
in ibanez pedals, the switch is smaller than a grain of the rice I cooked last night, and it is socketed directly to the electronics board (and the casing is latch mounted by rivets.
thusly, if you stomp on this thing too hard, especially at an angle, you ARE GOING TO BREAK THE SWITCH, thus transforming your "make me into korn" machine into a paperweight.

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nice, handy, versatile effect. it seems mysterious, until you learn how it works inside, then it opens up a few more possibilites.

I use it for keyboard and studio...you don't.

Easy... Four knobs to set it the way u want it to sound, nice touch with the battery department, the battery case filps up.

Nice, the over all sound of the pedal is brill, it sound really shit on a dirty channel, you can't hear it properly. It sound real nice on a clean channel though.

Shit, i swear it eats batterys for breakfast. I put a new battery in and about five mins later (after using) the red light wasn't working.
I was not a happy bunny.

I have not a clue!

Good but the battery live is sooooo shit. Its a great sounding pedal though hands down.

Easy enough

Terrible it goes from two extremes, Bland and pointless to Modulation that is to extrem for any thing usefull, best suited to industrial metal bands

this thing eats power like no other pedal on earth.
1 brand new high quality battery
10mins later
1 dead battery.
You can literally see the led getting dimmer.

I couldnt be bothered to complain i just sold it and bought Boss pedals.

I Might buy one again one day, so i can throw it through the ibanez head office windows.

Pretty simple, knobs and switches. No problem.

I go from my standard strat to original crybaby, to boss ds-1, to the cf-7 to the ibanez de-7. It sounds really cool. The chorus can be altered a real lot, and the flange adds a nice sound to undistorted guitar. The krazy switch makes, well, crazy sounds. It can sounds really cool or make sounds that hurt to hear. I like having the option of making the effect completely nuts, though, cuz it adds a different flavor to my sound.

It's pretty sturdy, i dunno. I dropped it on a concrete floor and it only got a little scratched, no other problems. It doesn't seem as tough as my boss, though.

I dunno.

I love this pedal for playing with an undistorted guitar, but when distorted, the flanger sounds great. I don't really like chorus with distorted sounds, but i still think this pedal sounds awesome.

Takes a little bit of fiddling, but you can get some nice tones after about 10 minutes of messing with the settings. I don't really use the delay time setting except at maybe the 7 o'clock position. I set the speed and depth controls for 1 o'clock and 12 o'clock, respectively. I haven't really messed with the regeneration, as I got the unit for the chorus effect. I don't even use the "Wack'd" switch.

I play a Fender 48th Street Strat into a Dunlop 95Q, Boss CS-3, BD-2, this box, and Boss NS-2 all going into a Peavey Bandit 112. So far I like the sound I can get out of this pedal. I like a more subtle chorus that I can use to "fatten up" solos and occasionally use for rhythm guitar (ie: Skynyrd). I have found that chorus in this box, at least until I can save up for an Analog.Man. For the price, you can't beat the sound and it compares with either of the two Boss chorus' out right now. I haven't really messed much with the flanger, except when I get in an Eddie Van Halen mood. It sounds pretty generic though. This doesn't matter though since I hardly ever use it.

What can I say? It's built like a Sherman tank. With an all metal case and switch, about the only thing that could break would be the dials and once you set them you can lock them down into the case by pushing them. Battery use isn't an issue for me since I use a daisy chain from my NS-2.

Never dealt with them.

Very good unit for the price, especially if you are like me and are buying it primarily for the chorus. The flanger is just a bonus.

Right out of the box, you can get an okay chorus or flange sound out of it, but as with any effect, you gotta play around with it. 4 knobs, and 2 mode switches. I'm still trying to figure out everything this pedal can do. It's a little confusing at times. This little box will keep you busy.

Hamer Strat --> Fender amp. (I don't think any good pedal would sound bad with this setup :) ) If you don't know what this pedal is, its a chorus/flanger (and more).

One thing I noticed is if you crank the amp (or use cheap patch cables) you will hear the chorus swirl or flange sweep when you don't play, but if you click the pedal off, it's completely silent.

This has got to be the most versitile of the Tone-Lok pedals (the delay/echo one is nice too), the flange is great. You can get a short, warbly sweep to a long, underwater sounding one. The chorus, well, you really have to play around with it. But it does everything from a faint shimmer to a very full sounding chorus. I think the chorus sounds warmer than my Boss CE-5 does.

The Krazy switch is fun to play with too. It basically makes all the knobs more sensitive, and gives you cool modulated sounds. You can get anything from a ring modulator tone, to weird, super-fast vibrato sounds. Some people here have said the Krazy switch is useless and stupid. Well, ignore that. It's fun to play with, and more sound versatility is always better.

Ibanez Tone-Lok effects are VERY reliable. I've owned my SM-7 (also Tone-Lok) for some time now, and have NEVER had any kind of problem with it. These things are cased in a rugged (and cool-looking) metal housing. I would never abuse my gear, but these pedals can take it. I saw a dude accidentally drop his amp on one of these things, and a few minutes later when he plugged in, it worked fine.

I fully trust these pedals, and would gig without backups and not think twice about it.

Never had one break or fail on me, so I can't say. I would imagine it's good though.

I haven't played very long, I'm basically a punk-rocker. This thing suits the role perfectly. Heck, the CF-7 is so versitile, I think it would meet your needs, no matter what you play. By far the best feature of this thing is the amount of sounds you can coax from this little box. I've played around with it at the music store a couple of times before, and when I brought it home today, I was surprised to still find new sounds.

The chorus and flange are a little hard to control, but when you figure it out, you can get ANY sound. Even with out the Krazy switch on, you can get some funky sounds, and when you turn it on, you can get some really trippy effects.

Here in Hawaii, they jack up prices on everything, but I didn't mind paying extra for this one, because it just kicks ass. This thing is an absolute steal, like everything in the Tone-Lok series. I'm sure my future pedalboard will consist mostly of Ibanez products (except for wah, pitch shifting etc, but there's a Tone-Lok for every other effect, I think they surpass their Boss counterparts in terms of sound and cool features :)

Anyway, nothing bad to say about this one. Go try it out, I promise you won't be disappointed!

You'd have to be pretty stupid not to understand the basics of this pedal. Anything further can be discovered through fiddling with the knobs and the two switches.

It dosen't matter what my setup is, this pedal blows. Not that it completely sucks. If I just played guitar to sit in my room and show off to my friends, it would be fine, but I actually play shows, and the tone on this thing is embarrasing. I used it as a backup for my E-H Deluxe Electric Mistress Flanger and I have to say that this does not at all stand up to the EH pedal.

When my gear broke down at a show, I threw this awful thing across a field, and it wasn't even dented. It still sounds like crap, though.

It just sounds like crap. Really.

It's a traditional stompbox, so the CF-7 wasn't too hard to figure out, and the instructions gave some pretty good starting points for good chorus and flange sounds if you're clueless about how to use one of these. It's useful to have chorus and flange in one pedal (provided you don't want to use both at once), but I found it difficult to go between them at the flip of the switch. In addition I always had to turn a few dials as well. The tone-lock dials are a nice but unnecessary feature (I hardly ever have problems with other pedal dials moving in transit).

This pedal sounds very impressive, especially for the price. The flanges are nice and deep and the chorus is very rich. The "wack'd" switch produces some neat ring modulator and vibrato effects, though I personally won't need them. I used it with a Jeckyl and Hyde distortion, and found that on some settings, with the JH placed first, there was a big volume jump when the flange was on. Put a wah before the chours for some funky jazz grooves.

The tone lock dials seem a bit cheap, but other than that, the housing is very sturdy. Make sure to buy a good adaptor or have tons of spare batteries handy though, before I plugged this pedal in, I was going through a Duracell Ultra a night, using the CF-7 on 2-3 songs per gig. With an AC adaptor, this pedal is very reliable.

This is a great mid-range pedal if you're looking for something better than dano minies and cheaper than boss. Make sure you budget in an AC adaptor when buying this pedal, as its heavy power use drains batteries, sometimes in the middle of gigs. If you don't own either a chorus or flange, or want to build a second, smaller effects rig, this is a great pedal to buy. Good for jazz, rock, punk, country, you name it.

I read the manual right away just like I do with all my pedals, and even after that I had a pretty difficualt time trying to squeeze a decent sound out of it. You really just have to play with one knob at a time, test it on each setting.

I play a Fender Strat and my setup while using this pedal was Strat > Ibanez CF-7 > Dunlop Crybaby > DOD FX 69 Grunge Box > Fender 15 Watt Frontman Bass Amp. After using all of the settings that were recommended in the manual I still wasn't pleased so I triend rearranging the pedals and using different combonations but it was no good. I even tried using my friend's Jackson and I still hated it. The recommended Chorus setting sounded allright with distortion but that was about it. The add said that it would "whoosh, swoosh, chirp, and blurp" with the Whacked mode on but it just sounded lame. No backroung hum at least.

You'd have to take a jackhammer to this thing to even dent it. Very solid construction.

No idea.

I play in a Black Sabbath style band but on my own I play a good variety of styles. This pedal is terrible and I sent it back the day after I got it. I tried incorporating this pedal into some prettier songs I knew like Under the Bridge and Stairway to Heaven but it basically took away from any good tone I allready had. The flanger is practically non existent and you have to really strain you ears just to realize that it's even on.

Not too hard to use, although there are more things than most stomp boxes, 4 knobs and 2 switches.

The chorus sucks nuts, it's impossible to get a nice chiming chorus sound, it's quiet and suttle on the highest settings, and it's chunky and grainy, not smooth like chorus should be. Get an EH Small Clone, or a Boss CE-5, or even a DOD Ice Box, they're all better for chorus. The flange isn't TERRIBLE, but it definetly could be a hell of alot better. I have a Boss BF-2 which I prefer over this by alot, this pedal only makes that "whiny sort of feedback knob up" flange. No smooth even Jet Plane flanging, which is what I prefer, and unlike the Boss pedal you can't cut the little dip out when the flange hits the lowest frequency stage and starts it's rise back up. I hate that. The Wack'd mode is something new and inventive, if you want a really "Korn" type warbling effect pedal, this pedal's great for those sort of sounds, but very crappy untraditional chorus and flange.

It's all metal, it's made by ibanez. It's solid. It's reliable. The footswitch is a little wacky though, it's not as well designed under the pedal as a Boss pedal.

Like I said above, good for Korn warbly sounds, not traditional flanging and chorus. Not the greatest pedal. Ibanez should stick to guitars, I have an RG570, best guitar you can buy for the money.

four knobs (rate, depth, delay time, regeneration) and two switches (chorus/flange and normal/wack'd). quite a bit to mess around with, but if you sit down and play with it for a while, you can get the hang of it pretty fast.

the regeneration knob doesn't affect the chorus. it would've been cool if ibanez assigned something else to that knob for the chorus function. oh well...

normal chorus: exactly what it sounds like. the delay time is a little screwy, though. all the way up and there's a slight delay (hey!) between your playing and the sound coming out of the amp. this might be just because i've only played in mono, though. if i had more than one amp i'd try it in stereo. not a particularly outstanding chorus, but it does the job adequately.

normal flange: no complaints, works great. plenty of versatility in the sound. not really much else to say about it.

wack'd chorus: a really unique sound. can work as a really screwed-up, almost square-wave sounding chorus, a vibrato, and a light ring modulator. some settings obscure the notes altogether. a freakin' hoot if your into making noise. i have a setting that'll get a sound kinda like the clean guitar intro to radiohead's "my iron lung".

wack'd flange: more craziness. more quasi-ring modulation and a sorta mutant lesie-wannabe sound. less pitch modulation, too, for a more distinct sound from the wack'd chorus. lots-o-fun.

seems to be built pretty well. not quite boss-caliber, but better than the soundtanks and it's sure as hell better than dod's. it's never given out on me or anything, but it isn't too kind to batteries. an a/c adapter would go nicely with this. the whole tone-lok thing is nice, too, but i've never had any problems with settings getting messed up or anything. maybe i'm just more careful than other guitarists...

for a normal chorus/flange pedal, it's simply adequate. nothing outstanding, but nothing to scoff at. there's definitely worse out there, and for $70, the price is definitely right. but throw in the wack'd setting and this thing becomes a real asset to any sonic youth fan's setup. i've even managed to make the pedal itself make noise without any signal from the guitar. fun stuff indeed. if lost or stolen, i'd have no choice but to replace it, because no other pedal can do what this does. i'd need at least four different pedals to match this one. this thing has it all: quality, versatility, uniqueness, and damned if it ain't a lot of fun to play with.

Very easy.

the sound is fantastic. i hate ibanez guitars, but when i was this pedal in the store, i thought what the hell, try it out, as i was going to get a chorus anyways, and i was very very impressed with the sound of this little pedal. and for the price, it can't be beat.

seems reliable. i haven't had to deal with batterys for it cause i use an adapter. but so far, seems as good as your average pedal.

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if you see this pedal, play with it. even if you don't need one. because of thw wack'd setting (talk about a stupid name) there's alot more to this pedal than just a chorus/flanger

this pedal is really fun to use with the wack'd mode and is fairly easy to use you just have to play with it a bit because there is such a wide range of sounds on it.

Chorus sounds real good but the flanger sounds like any other flanger ouy there. The wack'd mode is fun and can be useful if you like experimental music.

No problems yet and looks like it could take a lot.

i play my own stuff which is mainly hard rock similar yo Tool, Black Sabbath, soundgarden etc. and I use the chorus a lot and you can make some some pretty crazy intros with the wack'd mode.

It's extremely easy to use and the manual is one of the best I've seen. It gives you clear instructions as to what everything does and gets you going with some great sounding sample settings that you can use as a basis for getting your own sound.

I'm using on the effects loop of a Mesa Single Recto Solo 50 Head through a Doyle 4x12 with an Ibanez S470. It's totally quiet especially if your running a bit of gain. The effects are raw power, they blast through even the most crushing of Mesa distortion settings without overpowering sparkling clean sections. Both of the effects are equally good as well, neither are just tacked in as a gimick.

It seems dependable enough but it's not a Boss. The pedal switch itself seems a bit flimsier than the boss and pots aren't as tough but then again nothing can ever come close to the boss reliability. It's easy on the batteries too.

Never dealt with them.

I play new metal with the band and blues and other such things at home. I've been playing seven years, I'm 15 years old and I own A Mesa Single Recto Solo 50 head, a Mesa Rect-o-Verb head and three Doyle custom 4x12s. I play two Ibanez Sabres, an S470 and an S1520.
The Wack'D setting is crazy! Sounds come out of it that remind me of a ring modulator and the original setting is perfect. I'd seggest trying the Wack'D setting with Chorus mode, Have Fun

Sounds great, delay knob is a little difficult to set right, but that's probably just my fault. Manual's pretty helpful getting you started but expirementation is ultimate for getting what you want.

Gibson>CF-7>Marshall AVT
I can get about any sound, but the Freak On A Leash (KORN) effect is hard to copy. It's a little plinky sounding on the wack'd mode, but that mode isn't very useful anyhow.

Very dependable (except for batteries) i always know i can get what i want if i know how.

My Dealer is really great, but i havn't dealt with ibanez personally.

Very good for playing contemporay metal. I also have a Morley Wah, but i don't useally use it.

4 Knobs - Speed, Depth, Delay, Regen. 2 Switches one for Chorus and Flanger the other for Normal and Wack'd

Using Ibanez GAX70 -> Morley PWA Wah (sucks)->MXR DynaComp ->Ibanez TS-7 ->Ibanez CF-7. Chorus effect is fantastic, nice and shimmering very full sounding. Flanger is ok, but to me sounds a little too artificial. Wack'd mode is a little silly not to useful, but there is one wack'd setting with the chorus that can give cool vibrato effect, but that's about it....

Built like a tank however it sucks down batteries with no mercy. I originally returned the first one I bought because I went thru 3 batteries in 4 days and I thought there was something wrong with it. It's just a battery hog. I bought the CF-7, the TS-7 and the Dynacomp all in one shot. The same 9v battery is in the TS-7 and Dynacomp, but like I said I've gone thur at least 6 batteries for the CF-7. I would buy the power supply, but I'm looking to get the Boss tuner that can run as a power brick

Never had to deal with them

The CF-7 is an all-round good pedal, if it was stolen I'd probably just buy seperate chorus and flanger pedals but for the price your almost getting 3 pedals in one

The Knobs are easy to use...but don't get too carried away with adjusting. This pedal has a huge variation of adjustments but keep it simple.

The sound is Great...especially the Flanger. If you like that Jet Plane effect kinda sound, this is the way to go. I run my Kramer Focus thru the Vox wah --> Boss OS-2 --> DOD Grunge --> Ibanez CF-7 --> Fish & Chips EQ to my Vox Cambridge 15. I've had professional guitar players tell me it sounds pretty DAMN good! Still lacking a delay pedal. soon to come

Very strong casing and lighter than Boss.

The CF-7 is a pretty cool pedal. It's a Chorus/Flanger pedal for those of you who don't know. The sound is killer. I've just gotten serious about playing guitar again, and I bought the pedal for the Flanger option. But I've fallen in love with the Chorus option a little more, because it gives a really nice full sound. The Flanger option gets a little carried away sometimes if you have your reverb up too much.

I'm using the CF-7 with an Ibanez AX-220 guitar, a Peavy Studio Pro 112 amp, along with a footswitch. The Chorus option is really good on this pedal. It's gives a nice full sound that I really haven't found with other pedals. Now the Flanger option is ok, but get's a little out of control if your reverb is up too much. I like hard styles of rock and alternative. With a clean channel, the pedal set on chorus, and tuned to 'D', I've gotten a lot really cool Nirvana riffs to come out perfect.

Since the CF-7 is digital, it's sucks the little 9 volt battery in it. So I have to use a power adapter. I'll be playing, and the pedal just sucks the life out of the battery. I'd definitely need a back up.

I like playing all types of music. For the erie grunge style, the chorus is totally perfect. I love that type of guitar effect. The Flanger on the other hand, I wasn't completely thrilled about. It is more or less for really f'ed up sounds. And I'm trying to get some seriousness, for once, out of my guitar playing, so it just isn't working for me right now. I'd definitely buy it again if it came up missing. The Chorus option is just really good on this thing.

This pedal takes a little getting used to, but the directions help and once you figure it out, you won't be disappionted.

This pedal kicks ultimate ass! Regardless of what your sound preference is, this pedal can give you what you want. If you want wierd sounds (i.e. Korn or Orgy) or cool chorus or flanging (i.e. Metallica or Alice in Chains) this pedal has it covered.

This pedal's only problem is power supply. But after getting an AC adapter, zero problems whatsoever.

Like I previously said, this pedal kicks ultimate ass!

It is very easy to get good sounds out of the CF-7. I wish that it was in a multi-effects processor or a rack of some sort so I could program it and stuff but just knobs will do I guess. The manual explains the functions well for those who might be new to such things. It has a few settings for you to start off with which is pretty nice.

Hmm I am using many different setups that I really don't care to list. It really isn't noise. The effects tend to sound pretty good and if they don't you should be able to get what you want after a while. It is really easy to get tones like that of Korn,Orgy or other modern rock artists that use more unconventional sounds in their soundscape. The

It is really dependable. I dropped it and a multieffects processor and the multi effects processor had to go to the shop. I would use it without a backup but I would bring several batteries to a gig for it though.

haven't had in contact with them. heard that they are nice.

I play all styles and it basically works for most. Or I use it for most I should say. It works well for me. I have been playing for about 10 years. If it was lost or stolen I would spit in anger then go buy another. I would only buy it again and not get replacement. I compared it to other products such as the boss flanger. this was the one I heard rave reviews by people and it was increadable weak. The CF7 blew it out of the water quality wise. Nothing really can compare with it. I only wish it had higher paramaters but you can't get everything. they are pretty high anyway. IT doesn't get in the way of making music.

Simple...4 locking knobs....Ibanez also gives you some cool sample levels in the manual to try out...

I am currently using a Mesa Boogie.....Ibanez 7 string(RG7421)...
No extranious sound at all....sounds EXCELLENT......the cool thing about this specific pedal is that it is a Chorus AND a Flanger...so there are a TON of different unique options. Ibanez has added switches to change it up even more, I have been playing with it for 5 hrs, and still can't get enough

only had it for a few days, but the thing looks like the best pedal Ibanez has ever made....no paint to chip...its like cast iron or something....like a friggin tank

haven't had to deal with em yet...

I play many different types of music, my main influence is Trey Anastasio, Korn, Bizkit, etc....(I know two entirely different genres). If it were stolen, I'd replace it QUICK...the thing I like most about it is every little detail Ibanez has made to their new line of pedal. There is a push button on the front that pops open the battery compartment under the switch, there are predrilled holes on the bottom to mount it to a pedal board, and the new MODE and KRAZY switches are unbelievable....no where else but these pedals can you get so many sounds......ITS LIKE BUYING THREE PEDALS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE(Chorus, Flanger, and they supply settings that sound identical to a UniVibe)...I can't wait to get the other 7!!!

I'm new to these types of pedals, but after aruond 10 minutes of experimenting with the recommended settings that were the leaflet, I found some different chorus and flanger sounds I liked. The manual is pretty descriptive and accurate.

I am using a Fender Mex Fat Strat w/a marshall 50 watt solid state amp. The chorus has an airy, windy kinda sound. The flanger has a swirling kinda sound, but i guess that's normal for both chorus and flanger. They effects are extremely strong, in fact almost too strong heheh. I can easily get all kinds of weird modulating sounds (through wacked mode in flanger), such as ones from Fuel's "Hemmorrhage" and flanger from just about any band u name it. THe Chorus can easily sound like "come as you are", even though i dont' know that many other songs that use chorus. The wacked mode in chorus is pretty nice though i haven't found any big use for it. Chorus sounds nice, thick, and bright in clean drive, and very mid/high tone in distortion. Flanger sounds really high, and almost painful in distortion, I had to set the frequency of teh flange to as low as possible. Also I have the regeneration as pretty low, because teh flange sound basicaly will bury the guitar sound at anything more than 3 regen. Overall this pedal sounds pretty good, and i'm betting, even though it doesnt' have a mix knob taht adjust how much guitar sound vs. flange sound u get like the BOSS flanger does, the regen probably makes up for it. As one point of information, i found really good settings for both Chorus and flanger in normal mode, so i never change my settings, except for wacked mode ( all i change is the depth from 3 o clock to around 9 o clock, cause the modulation is just way too damn strong!) This pedal is so damn versatile, u can play just about anything.

My first one busted, but that's because i blew it out by plugging in the wrong polarity w/my adapter whoops.
The light is fairly easy to see, unlike what people have said. I would depend on it, and I doubt i woudl ever use chorus and flanger at the same time, as they are pretty similar effects, so using them both would sound like muddy shit. I bought this pedal for keeps, not as a backup, or as a transition pedal so i could get a better one later. It's about as good as any boss pedal, and definitely better than any multiFX pedal. THe only problem was that the stomping was a little weird, sometimes i woudl bump into it, and it woudl turn on accidentaly, sometimes, i would stomp and it wouldn't turn on, but that happens VERY rarely, so i wouldnt' worry too much bout that. Overall, it's hard ass steel, or somethign lke that, zinc or something, i don't know, but as long as you're not an idiot, and surge it like i did, then it shoukld be very reliable.

Only deal with guitar center, they gave me an exchange for a new one even without all the original packaging.

I play punk, alternative, and metal. This pedal covers any chorus/flange/slow or fast modulation/ring modulation/just plain fucked up sound that I woudl ever concievably want. I have been playing for a scant 10 months, but I guarantee you, I'm better than most people who have been playing for around 4 years. If this pedal were stolen and lost, I woudl slaughter the fag who woudl dare steal my pedal, and if it were lost, I woudl go on a wild goose chase finding it....or simply....buy a new one. I love the fact that it has a large button to stomp on, unlike those retarded danelectro and marshall pedals w/that tiny ass circle button hahaah. It is customizable, easy to use, and very powerful (and loud). I compared it w/effects on the zoom and digitech pedals, the boss flanger, and all those boss chorus ones, and this one sounds the best. It never gets in my way, and using chorus in 1 song, and flanger in teh next, is for me, literally flicking that button from chorus to flanger. No knob adjustment required. For songs that require modulation, i have my handy manual with a bunch of recommended settings, which I can use, but generally, it's no big hassle. What i love seeing is those people with multiFX peds cranking away trying to program, or people who think it's worth an extra 70 or 80 bucks to buy separate chorus and flanger pedals, when they most likely won't use both at the same time, and they could get the same sound + more w/1 nice ibanez pedal. The only thing i could wish that it had would be the presets arleady built in, because I really am just that lazy. Thats why i hate multi fx peds taht require massive programming. It definitely helps me make music, and I am using it to write my new CD. My band name is 132, and i would love to hear your comments on my song "cramp". download it on napster, though it's kinda hard to find. The band website will be up soon http://www.the132band.com/ Also, my music consists of punk/alternative/metal, and this pedal has expanded my horizons a lot. I am now coming up w/really nice fills that I will include in our 2nd CD, which will also have cramp, along w/several other original songs by us, and maybe some covers here and there.
Have fun.....remember Ibanez rules.

I was very pleased by the simplicity yet vastness of controll options. The manual is a bit confusing because its hard to find the english among the other asian languages.

AWSOME sound. If you're a big ORGY fan then this pedal is for you. If you get the settings just right you can sound like amir!

Unfortunatly, this bugger sucks up battery juice like there's no tomorrow but it DOES crank out sweet sounds

I play pretty much anything that sounds cool. I guess anything thats considered "heavy without overdrive"

4 knobs: speed, depth, delay time and regen. (regen effects only flanger mode)
2 switches: Mode (chorus/flanger); Krazy (normal/wacked)
Extras: second output for stereo (inv.)
A huge array of different chorus/flanger sounds can be produced with this compact unit. You can either produce super-flanging sounds, vibe-like sounds, subtle chorus effects and much more....
The biggest problem I've so far encountered is a problem you can only solve by having two of these units: you can't for example place the chorus in front of your amp and the flanger in the effect section without unplugging cables.
Also, using the switches can't be done by a remote like on boss effects.
All in all it's really not difficult to use; note that the regen knob only effects the flanger note, if you often switch between chorus and flanger mode.

The sound quality is ok; since this is a very versatile unit, not all sounds are great, but the CF-7 can do some nice sounds. My favorite is vibe like sound for clean playing (using the flanger and the wacked mode, set to 11 o'clock regen). Unfortunately, there is a little bit more background noise when the unit is on, which is annoying enough to be noted and surely at least somewhat a problem when recording. Some people say, the chorus sounds too hollow, but
A) It's not intended to be a chorus ensemble
B) If you crank either the speed OR depth knob, you get very deeply modulated sounds
C) The sound quality probably comes a great deal from the type of guitar/pickups/amps you use. I also somewhere read that the CF-7 has problem with very loud signals but I haven't encountered any problems so far (I have a guitar wiht a Seymour Duncan SH-8, but I don't use it very often). Hey, what's the volume knob on the guitar for anyway.

I usually use a Marshall JCM900 and a Gibson SG standard, the only other pedal being a Boss SD-1 (before the CF-7). I noticed that the flanger has a great sounding effect on the bottom end with the SD-1. Overall, I'd say the BOSS effects (like the CH-1) or the Small Clone-Chorus surely sound better as chorus, and there are probably better flangers out there too, but the CF-7 strength is the wide array of effects and it's easy use. (I used to use a ZOOM 8080 for all kind of effects, but grew tired of all the complicated sounds and settings, now I rarely still use the ZOOM).

Well, it looks ok, but who can tell what's in the inside. Still, I don't need a backup, since I don't rely on effects much.

For recording, I'd be careful, for live it's really good (oh, yes, it has a true bypass!). All in all I'm quite satisfied with this pedal, especiall the wacked switch is something you can't find anywhere else (ok, maybe the EH polychorus, but that's about 3 times the price). For the money, you get at least 3 average sounding stompboxes in one. Since I hate dozens of pedal in front of my amp, this is a very compact solution not only for beginners.

Simple, turn the knobs, flick the switches until you here something you like. Manual includes some samples, never really needed them.

I wasn't all that impressed with the individual sound, but I never intended to use it indiviually. Actually the chorus is fine, but I rarely use it. I run a Ibanez RG-270DX or Ibanez EX Series bass through a Boss SYB-3 Synth, DOD Envelope Filter, DOD Metal distorion, then the CF-7 and then an Ibanez DE-7 delay all into a Genz Benz combo and the secondary outs on the CF-7, DE-7 and SYB-3 into a Roland keyboard amp. Trust me, with that setup, you don't even need a Whack'd mode, but it does add to the fun. All in all, the sound is great, especially for the price

I've had it for a couple months, it hasn't let me down yet and I doubt it ever will. I would gig without a backup, but I might try another one just to play around with the sound some more.

never dealt with them

I play mostly what I call whacked ass techno-funk bass, but I also play guitar in styles ranging from Joe Satriani to Dave Matthews to Wes Borland, and I use this pedal on almost everything. I would consider buying at least one more of these, just because I use different settings with each song and I think it would be a lot of fun to mess with a couple of these at the same time. This is definitely a GREAT buy for anyone that wants to expand their sound, at around 70 bucks, no other flanger can compete. If you are thinking about getting a CF-7, stop thinking and buy it already. I am certain this pedal has a sound in it that anyone can use, guitar or bass. Also, a lot of retailers are offering free AC adapters with the Ibanez pedals, get'm while you can.

Four knobs (see below) that you set and then push down so they don't get accidentally turned and change your settings from gig to gig. It's very easy to get a good sound. I found the default settings (each knob at 5) usable in both the Chorus and Flanger mode. Set everything at 12 o'clock, put the first switch on Flanger and the second one on Wack'd, and you get instand "Falling Away from Me" by Korn. The manual is clear, but finding instructions in your langauage of choice can take a while. Good diagrams. The battery door has a push-button switch which makes getting to the 9V battery a no-brainer. I always hated unscrewing the screw on Boss pedals because if you overtighten, the effect won't active; if you undertighten, the batter door pops open unexpectedly. There's no guesswork w/the CF-7. Nice feature.

I play guitar --> Original Crybaby wah --> Laney TF700 120-watt half-stack, with pedals in effects loop in this order: --> Fender PT-10 tuner --> Ibanez CF-7 --> DOD DFX9 delay. I play an Ibanez RG470 and ESP LTD H-200 electric guitars. I haven't used the pedal with my band at a practice or performance yet, but I'm sure it will be fine, as I've played pretty loud to hear the effect at "normal" volume. I don't detect any noise. I don't think the chorus gets as lush as I'd like, nor is the flanger "squishy" enough, but the versatility of this pedal more than makes up for those shortcomings. The chorus and flanger effects themselves are nothing special, but the Crazy switch that gives you Normal or Wack'd mode adds a lot flexibility. I play everything from stripped-down Smithereens to Joe Satriani, and this pedal meets my needs. I'm thinking of putting a compressor before the wah pedal, but I don't consider it a must-have right now.

I can rely on it, provided I have a spare battery for it. The crappy Toshiba "heavy-duty" battery that came with it died after about an hour of use. It probably wasn't even alkaline. I hope to eventually put my stuff on a custom pedalboard with DC power supply so I can stop buying 10-packs of 9V batteries (for about $12, they're a good deal). The power strip I use for the wah and delay pedal only has room for one more wall wart, and considering the clutter of another wart and cord, I think a universal DC daisy-chain device like the Jim Dunlop model is the way to go soon. The chassis is made of a tough, lightweight metal. I'd use it without a backup because most of my tone comes from my pick attack, fingering, and amp settings. Effects are just icing on the cake.

I play mostly modern rock like Godsmack, Alice in Chain, and other heavy riff-based stuff without a lot of effects with amp distortion. When I want a clean tone with extra shimmer, the Ibanez CF-7 does the job in the Chorus mode. The pedal is a great bargain for what I paid. A local music store matched the price in an Interstate Music mail-order catalog. No one -- and I mean NO ONE -- should pay retail. Store's that tag their merchandise with MSRP and expect you to pay that are criminal in my opinion. I think this pedal lists for $115, which it's not worth. For that much, you can get a good Boss chorus and DC adapter.

I think its pretty easy to use. It came with an instruction booklet and it had a bunch of sample settings.

I use it with a Jackson PS6-T through a Boss MT-2 and a Crate GX30M amp. The flanger can be kinda weak but it may be how i have the distortion set up. The chrous is great and the Buzzer setting is pretty odd. I can get great Chorus for "Orgy" Flanger for KoRn and Rage.

Its very stong, reminds me of my Boss pedal. I think if it was such a good pedal I'd use it for a projectile against crime

I dont think this box will break under my own circumstances.

I play Heavey Metal, Black Metal, Cyber Metal and any new types of heavey metal like Orgy. Its is very useful for my style. It inspires me to make up things. I have been playing for 7 motnhs and I use a Jackson Performer PS6-T through a Crate GX30M. I only use this pedal with my Boss MT-2 Distortion pedal. If it were stolen I might buy the Delay/Echo pedal by Ibanez. Its not that its not a good pedal but I am interested in it. I with it was a little stronger with the flanger. The thing that sucks is, it eats batteries and I think I may end up buying a ac adapter. The Tone-Lok feature is great! You just set it how you want it then lock them down. It has a 2nd output line to use with another amp but i havnt found anything to amazing about that feature. THis definetly bring creativity to my style. Good for its price.

Easy , 4 knobs 2 , 2 way switches not much for a chorus AND flanger.

Brilliant from KoRny blips to Smooth Flanging , lush chorus and weird ring modulation it does that lot with no feedback/unwanted noise unllike the SH-7 which sucks.

No problems for a month.

Very good , i play metal and rock and its perfect for NIN , KoRn & the Pumpkins.

This pedal is almost impossible at first, but fortunately the owners manual comes with some demo settings. If you use the demo settings, it becomes a little easier to figure out how the different knobs work. Unfortunately, mine has a problem with the "wak'd" switch.

For the most parts, it is a pretty good pedal. My set-up is as follows:Ibanez RG7421 -> CF-7 -> SM-7 Smashbox -> Morley "Bad Horsie" wah -> Crate BX-100. Given the fact that I use a bass amp, my opinion may seem void to some people. I have to admit that the chorus setting in normal mode is pretty weak. The flanger is OK, though. The "wak'd" mode is great for playing Korn and RATM(Rage Against the Machine) type of stuff. The Korn stuff sounds the best, given the fact that Head and Munky use pedals from the Ton Lok series.

It is pretty dependable, if you plan on playing at home. If you decide to take it to a gig, I suggest using a pre-amp because the pedal doesn't have much punch if you use it alone (i.e. without a distortion or other effect).

Bought it from on-line store. havn't dealt with the company.

I mostly play heavy stuff, so it is good for doing some new age waky style flanger stuff.

pretty simple... 2 switches and 4 knobs, i like the tone-lock feature, when i find a sound that i like.. i just lock it then i don't have to worry about messing it up... i do think they should have a footswith for chorus\flange and normal\wack'd

It doesn't matter what you play through... this thing is amazing. I picked it up not really knowing what i wuz gettin, but i wuz trusting Wes Borland since he spoke so highly of the tone-lok series. I brought it home and i couldn't believe how many different sounds you could get out of this thing... anywhere from tradition flange and chorus to completely wacked out alien sounds, i think you can make any sound you really want with a lil imagination.

this thing is a fucking tank... itz indestructable

i've never delt personally through ibanez... but when i order them through the local music store.. they never take more than a week or two to come in

Okay so maybe i'm being a lil biast... i'm a huge ibanez supporter, they always put out good shit. If your a traditionalist then chances are you might not like this pedal. I'm into a lot of modern and weird sounds, plus ibanez is always comin out with really cool shit and they're always changing their guitar image. I love every pedal in the tone-lok series (with exception to the echo\delay) i love the way that they're designed and i like the controls that they give you.
Definately worth the money i payed... and these pedals are about 90% of my effects arsenal... 100% of my guitar arsenal (rg-570 and rg-7)

pretty easy. 4 knobs 2switches tweak em till u get what you want.

first of all this is based solely on opinion and i dont care how many people knock a pedal amp guitar etc., if you like it, you should use it. secondly many peoples opinion of good tone may be affected buy the certain guitar amp or settings, so different rigs will sound different.

sound quality:
normal chorus-like one guy said earlier it has a little holowness but its not something to not buy this pedal for. its pretty full sounding and will most likely give you the sound you want

normal flange- i dont really use it that much but its good

wak'd flange and chorus-this is some freaked out shit. this thing can go from a kind of rapid detune and swell to a full on alien warble(made up that word but it suits the sound well). great for some contemporary rock. im not a fan of korn and dont listen to the new bands but if you do and want to sound like them this is your pedal!

two words-fuckin tank

dunno probly wont

i play old metal. old metallica megadeth stryper pantera ratt. aw i love ratt warren d can shred. he is one of my favorite guitar players and has great tone. this pedal suits me well and adds "chunk" to my "crunch." ive been playing for about 14 years and own an esp (old from the 80's)and a jcm800 head and 1936 212 cab. i use a boss metal zone for the heavy shit and the amp gain, a boss compressor, and this for smooth creamy solos. if it were stolen or lost id buy another one for sure. great tone with the exception of the slightest tinge of holowness. and exceptional value

first of all id like to say that im in a hurry and even though ill probably never meet whoevers looking at this and you all have no clue who i am, dont think im illiterate or something cuz i cant spell(not that it really matters i just wanted to get that straight)ease of use:easy. i dont think it is possible to not be able to figure it out. like on my previous review i would like a footswitch for chorus/ flange and normal/ wakd mode. thats the only reason it doesnt get a 10

i submitted my review earlier right after i got it and thought it was the greatest thing since(pick something). id like to sayt that the chorus and flange are both hollow sounding unless the delay knob is turned past about 5 or so. to me the flange is hollow sounding period. i kind of play around with the wak d mode but it sounds a little cheesy after a while(i dont use it). for chorus i set it around speed at 3 depthat 8 delay at 6. for flange i use the same(rate knob varies). sound isnt something to die for but fdor 69 buck its not the worst thing you coould buy.

sturdy metal. cant break it unless you let an 18 wheeler with 50 tons of lead on the trailer run over it

dont know probly wont

easy to use the hollowness is something that u can deal with and/or change. its damn reliable. all i gotta say is get a jcm2000 tsl 100 head, a jackson kv2(put an x2n in the bridge) and the most 4x12marshall 1960 A and B cabinets u can afford and shred with ur balls out. ROCK ON!

pretty simple. 4 knobs and 2 switches.

set up looks like this: rg-7 directly into digitech space station=>dod envelope filter=>boss ps-5=>line 6 dl-4=>ibanez fl-9=>boss ce-5=>cf-7=>boss ph-3=>boss tr-2 into a line 6 flextone hd. the chorus and flange suck in normal mode. the only reason i got this was for the wack'd switch. it just turns the speed of the effect way up, and sounds spooky as all hell.

had it a couple of monthes and haven't had any problems yet. it seems pretty solid, but i don't think i trust anything enough to not have a back up. they all break eventually.

never talked to them

i don't think i should shame the term by calling what i do music. lately i've been playing a lot of heavier and just plain strange stuff. if it were stolen, i'd probably buy another one, since it has become pretty important to my sound.

its pretty simple to figure out..it just depends on your taste...i found one setting that works for everything the first day i used it
my settings are: speed 4 depth 6 delay time 6 regeneration 7

sound quality is great..i can get the metallica chorus sound to the chorus on nirvana's come as you are..best sounding chorus pedal ive ever heard..i dont use the flanger as much but it kicks ass when i do use it

seems pretty dependable..all metal casing..might even be stronger than a boss..havent giged with it but u probably wouldnt need a backup

n/a

one word can sum up this pedal: godly

Really cool sounds at your disposal. Suggested settings in manual are very helpful.

I play industrial/techno/heavy music in F.I.X. (my band) and use an Ibanez RG7421BK and an AX7221CF 7-strings with various other effects (mostly BOSS, other IBANEZ TONE-LOK pedals, CRYBABY WAH, and DANELECTRO, as well as a homemade volume pedal) into a Mesa-Boogie Triple Recto (heh heh!) awesome sounds. If it makes noise, buy a Boss Noise Supressor, I can't stress this enough, people who bitch about noise can spend 150 bucks and be happy (and no one has to hear any more bitchin'). Gets cool "Korny noises" as well as more musical sounds. If you can't get a sound you like, you're either too old or too picky. This is a MODERN EFFECT PEDAL FOR MUSIC OF THE 2000's!!! Oh, and as far as the "I wish it had a footswitch for chorus/flange switching, BUY 2 OF THESE! Case solved! Personally I favor the Dano Cool Cat for chorus and use the CF-7 for "Whack'd" shit. VERY cool!!!!

Made of metal, recessed knobs, my boots haven't crushed it yet, hmm...
Nothing wrong here!!!!

Ibanez rocks, everything they make is useful, therir guitars have an almost custom-shop quality for a low price and their effects are innovative and useful. Overall, thay will help if there is a problem, but I haven't had a single problem with their guitars, effect or anything and i've owned a LOT of their guitars and FX both!

Good for heavy, industrial, techno, or all three like I play. I wish everyone heard things like everyone else SOMETIMES but things like choruses are a matter of tastes just like your taste in guitars and amps as opposed to mine. But in my taste I can value things for their worth and I personally love this product and thank Ibanez for making some new sounds available to guitarists. We will no doubt be hearing some of the sounds that Ibanez's new line of pedals make in the future as they innovate the musicians of the future. Some o fthe most creatinve sonic craftsmen use ibanez equipment exclusively (think Steve Vai, and people don't give people enough credit to these guys, but Korn are VERY creative and deserve respect for their fresh approach to an almost reinvented instrument). Overall a great product for the new millennium!!!

The new Ibanez Tone Lok pedals. Simple. You spin the dials to the setting you want, push it down, and you won't lose it till you pop it up and spin it to anotehr setting. Also there is a VERY easy switch you switch just to switch from Chorus to Flange. Also, another great feature on it is a Whack'd switch, just switch it and you'll go into some of the most whack'd stuff you've ever heard. Once again, VERY simple to use.

I'm using an Ibanez RG7421 7 string, and linking up in this order: Digitech XP-100 Whammy/Wah, Ibanez DS-7 Distortion, Ibanez PH-7 Phaser, Ibanez CF-7 Chorus Flange, Ibanez DE-7 Delay/Echo. When I use it whith the distortion, I get great sounds, very very nice sounding, very rich. But when I accidently hit the phaser with it, It makes pure noise, and you lose all the nice sound. (If you didn't know, a phaser is pretty much Chorus/Flange in one)

This Pedal fell off of a drier onto a concrete basement floor at one of our practices, and I started yellign and stuff, but when our other guitarist plugged it in, it worked just as fine as it ever did. I would never need a backup, I think i'd have it forever.

I play a type of hardcore rock, and for intros/verses, this is a very reliable pedal, if my sound just doesn't sound right clean, you can put this in. Also, if the rate is at a low level (1, or 0) you can even get a kind of tremelo effect out of it. This is one of the best values out there. The boss pedals do the same exact thing, but for twice the price. A very good deal. If anyone ever stole this, I would immediately buy another one, because it's a great pedal.

Pretty easy, but just couldn't get how to use the "wack'd" mode

Very nice. I use a Fender Mustang or a Cort s2600 into Boss Turbo Distortion into this then, to my f**ked up practice amp. Since mt amps sux, I can't control the EQ but, on other amps it sounds great.
The Chorus sounds a bit hollow, not like the EH Choruses but it sounds fine. And The Flanger is what you would expect. Nice on both modes. I usually play Punk-grunge stuffs, and this suits me fine. I wish I can get more full sound on the chorus but It's fine right now.
If I'm only going to use the chorus, I would like to get a Electro-Harmonix Small Clone. I want to get that "watery" sound but since this sounds a bit hollow, I just can't get that sound...

It can't get stronger than this. It "IS" a tank. I threw it on concrete, and it stayed fine. I think it's more realiable than the Boss, since I can push the knob to protect the knob from breaking and turning so I can keep the setting I want. I don't need any back-up. It's really nice.

I wouldn't worry about it

I play Punk-Grunge stuffs, It's really nice, I've been playing for 3years now, and I think I can use this 'till it broke, I wouldn't sell it. I think I would get an Electro-Harmonix Small Clone, since I do not use the flanger often. I wish it sounded more full...

its pretty easy to use. the only thing is that i would recommend a footswitch to switch chorus or flange mode. overall very easy to use

i love the chorus especially. its nice and shimmering. the flange is great too. i wouldnt recommend turning the regeneration knob up too much. it creates a little too much feedback. the wack'd mode is just that; wack'd. its great for korn sounds and is fun to play around with but i dont use it that often. i have a peavey rage amp dunlop535q wah
a peavey dirty dog distortion box the cf7 and a peavey predator. you'd be surprised at the tone i could get out of a 15 watt amp

very sturdy. dont think ill could break it if i wanted to. i saw it in musicians friend and it looked plastic but its definitley a sturdy metal

never dealt w/ em probably never will

i play metal. i use the pedal for clean and heavy's and it sounds great is very sturdy is basically simple to use and for the price is a great value

The CF-7 is very easy to use, and this coming from someone with no patience for fiddling with effects pedals to get the right sound

This is great for a nice, sharp chorus effect. I play an 81 US Stratocaster through a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, mostly trying to get fat classic rock sounds. The flange, however, has a lot of hissing background noise, but if you don't have a lot of silent gaps in the song, you will be OK. The "Wackd" switch is normally a waste of time, but I was able to get a good reverb/vibrato out of this once that sounded like some early 60's surf guitar music.

The construction seems solid, it is some kind of metallic material. It is kind of like a Boss pedal, it seems rugged.
If you ever use this live, though, for God's sake get a power supply adapter. This thing crashed on me at 2 gigs with brand new Duracel batteries. GET THE PLUG! My rating of 10 in this category is only if you have the adaptor!

No need for this.

Playing mostly classic rock and some metal, this is a great pedal for ease of use, and on songs with no fuzz, (Picture "Wish You Were Here"), the Chorus adds just the right amount of color. I like the concept of easily flipping from chorus to flange with one pedal, but the excessive backgound noise on the flange is something to consider when testing this. Overall, for the cost, I think this is a good pedal, if like me, you don't have patience to "program" the more expensive and complicated effects systems.

Not that hard to figure out settings, you can have them in about ten minutes.

The Chorus set on slow speeds is OK, not the best. The Fast weird warbling Chorus's are tight as hell! The slow Flanging is pretty cool, the fast freaky flanging is tight as hell too.

They are pretty solid, i don't think it would break.

Never needed it but Ibanez is a good brand.

The slow Flanging/Chorus are ok. If you want to produce KoRn sounds this is a good pedal for it.

I like this pedal - I use it for a standard chord/arpeggio chorus sound only (so read other reviews if you're interested in comments on the flanger, and wacky settings).

Easy to dial in th esounds I want, and the lock down controls are a great idea - set, push in and forget!

Use with Fender strat, Kinman pickups, Laney VC30 (class A valve combo).

What impressed be most is that it produces a chorus with the sound of the original Roland & Boss choruses, which are poduced by mixing a signal with varying delay back with the original.

Modern Boss pedals (and others) give a stronger digital chorus effect by mixing dry with a delayed signal that is switched alternately slightly sharp then slightly sharp - strong chorus, yes, and out of tune - yes!

The Ibane CF7 gives a softer (more mellow), smoother and more in-tune chorus. If you must have out of tune, you can still get it by turning up the rate and depth, but even then, its like a vibrato (same as the originals!)

OK - maybe I'm a bit of a vintage sound junkie - but at least I can remember when flanging, chorus and phasing were distinctly different sounds instead of the cheap sound-alike emulations we're conditioned to today.

I could go on, but I'd rather plug in that chorus again!

Looks well built - outside and in (oops - there goes the waranty!)

Don't expect I'll need it.

Does what I want it, giving me the sound I thought I couldn't buy anymore - overall very happy!

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It comes with a manual in several languages, it gives it a basic rundown as to what each dial does.
The thing is that is has 4 different dials on it, speed, depth (the basics) plus a delay dial and a regeneration dial used for the flanger.

I'm playing through single coils and a standard tube amp.
It sounds quite sweet, like a danelectro thing is, it has a delay feature which adds an interesting dimension to the sound, with the delay alone you can recreate bathroom echoes, so you can get a great combination of colors to play with.
ive been looking for a pedal which could be a mix of both sweet chorus and roarty chorus, i think this pedal comes closer to it that any of the MANY i have tried, to get it rotary sounding set it to "wak'd" and turn the speed from 2-5 and the depth to 1-4 keep the delay on zero.
anything higher will be too "wak'd" so to speak.
for the shimmering sweet spots, just set it to regular chorus and anything works.

The dials can be popped in and out of the unit, which i guess mean they would be more relaible, but it remains to be seen in years to come how well they fare.
The battery lasts about as long as any chorus pedal, i.e not very long at all...always carry a spare 9 volter.
apart from that it seem BOSS like in sturdyness.

no probs as yet

Its quite versatile, excellent modern sounds, vintage sounds are harder to tweak out of it...still, this is the 21'st century boys and girls...lets try and move our sounds forwards.
a very modern sounding unit

This pedal is fairly easy to use. There are only four knobs: speed-depth-rate-regeneration, the chorus/flange switch, and the "krazy" switch. It took me a while to see what each knob does, but eventually I got it. There is a button at the front on the pedal to open the lid for battery access.

I play: Fender Hollywood Strat-->Dunlop 535 Crybaby Wah-->cf7-->Crate GX-15. The flange is decent and I think the chorus is better. I wanted the flange to be thick kinda like Tom Morello's, but it seems rather thin. Maybe I just need to set the settings a different way. The guy @ at sam ash said the boss sweep range was bigger, and I thought it sounded a bit thicker as well. The chorus gets to the depth that I like it at. It is good for strumming and leads. I don't bother with the "krazy" switch. Personally I think it is retarded. It just tweaks up the speed so that the guitar sounds like a toy, or something employed w/ techno music, which I hate.

The instruction manual said to buy an adaptor, because the battery (9v) would drain very quickly. At first I thought they just wanted some more money, but they weren't kidding. The Toshiba 9v that came w/ it didn't last me 20 minutes, and when I replaced it w/ a new battery, the new one didn't last me a week. The LED light dims as the power goes down, and so does the sound quality. Another thing is that if you hit the bypass too quickly or let your foot slide off, the lid will pop open. Besides that, I think it is fairly reliable. I don't play gigs, but if I did I would use this pedal w/ an adaptor and be sure to place a solid tap on it to turn it on.

Never had to deal or quarrel w/ Ibanez so far.

I like to play mostly punk,metal,and strum open chords. There are not a lot of ways to employ the chorus or flange w/ punk, but it is a good match for metal music. The flange fits nicely into intros or bridges, and the chorus works great w/ leads. The chorus also makes strumming sound better. If it were "stolen or lost", I would be pissed that someone stole something from me, then I would be pissed I was cheated out of 60 bucks, and then I would probably get another one. I would get this same model because I don't think there are any other chorus/flange pedals. Overall, I like the features on this pedal. It augments my sound nicely and I am planning to write songs w/ it in case my friend wants me to play in his band.

Simple to operate; however had trouble getting a deep chorus effect;
comes with manual with suggested settings; a stomp switch to toggle
chorus/flange would be helpful

I play a strat through a Marshall 2000 dsl 401. Flange is what you
would expect. Chorus is very weak. I also play through a Princeton
Chorus so I guess I'm grading the pedal against the chorus amp. Bottom line- if a full rich chorus is your thing(like me)then this pedal is not for you. Also, this thing has a "krazy" mode which
produces some super speed vibratos and ringing effects that I would
never use in a zillion years. It sounds like a keyboardist gone balistic!

Only played around with for a few hours, but these new Ibanez pedals
are extremely well made. I plan on buying more of the same line. A major improvement over the plastic soundtanks. Both looks and feel
are very solid.

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I plan on returning this pedal in exchange for the delay/echo. I have
a Yamaha chorus pedal that's at least 12 years old. It still sounds great but has taken some abuse. I'll stick with it. I don't use effects that often anyway. I always seem to go back to the basics:
Fender Strat-Marshall amp.

I like the way it is wo pedals in one, but settings for the flanger can be awesome but not what you are looking for on the chorus. Oh well, the price was right and it sounds awesome, and it is pretty easy to set.

The chorus gives awesome feedback on clean and pre/post amp on my Peavey Rage 158 with my Fender Strat. It sounds nice on my Danelectro mini amp, too. I use a Dunlop Crybaby with it a lot, and the chorus really adds to it. The flanger is nice, too. It is a little annoying, with the background fuzz sound, but I alos live near a radio station ANG Base, and a Navy base, so what am I gonna do? I absolutey think this pedal is awesome.

I carried this thing around with me at school when I brought my guitar. Well, it still works. I could probably run it over with a small Japanes car, and it would still work. Don't test that theory out.

No Problems

I play Smells Like Teen Spirit a lot, and the flanger sound pretty cool with the beginning. The chorus effect makes kick ass riffs, well, kick ass.

Very nice pedal indeed. As far as ease of use, having a chorus and flanger in one pedal, can make it tricky to switch between the two. It woulda been awesome to have an on/off switch and then a chorus/flanger switch, but oh well

This is where the pedal is awesome. Excellent chorus, nice flanger (the manual even comes with a few recommended settings). With the "Wackd" mode, the creativity never ends...I had fun all nite just messing with this pedal....P.S. if anyone has a few cool settings you've come up with---please email me.

Built like a tank....I trust it, just the batteries I don't trust too much.

no idea

Excellent pedal for those seeking a nice sound. Throw in the fact that its more like 3 pedals in one make it even more appealing. Im playing through an ESP H-100 and a crappy Samick amp..but im still impressed. Like i said, it can be a lil painful to switch the settings but it is overall an excellent pedal. (and as above, emial me with some cool settings)