Line 6 ToneCore LiquaFlange

This is not easy to use at first because the amount of options are overwhelming. So there is a learning curve involved but once you get some experience it's not bad. Take each model one at a time, each waveshape one at a time, switch the feedback, etc. Find some familiar sounds and then experiment with the controls to hear how they affect it. Plan on spending some time getting familiar with it as it is a very powerful piece of gear.

I use this with dual humbucker LP style as well as single coil strat style guitars. I use my homebrew tube amps.

There's an interaction between it and my old boss tuner when I run them both on the one-spot that produces more noise than I would like. So I usually isolate this on the Line6 wall-wart and it is dead quiet.

This is pretty much the "swiss army knife" of flangers. Given that, I suspect if you A/B-ed it with other flangers it was intended to emulate it might come up short. But for the price and the capability it is fantastic. Thru-zero (delay=0) with "liquid" model and slow sweep is a great texture with distortion (or anything harmonically rich) and a little echo. I also like the envelope and triggered modes for adding a subtle effect that responds to how I pick - this almost has a "vibey" quality and thickens up your sound in a cool way.

No problems so far. Built like a tank.

I'll admit that I'm not much of a "flanger kinda guy". Prior to this I only had a BF-2 that I rarely if ever used. To me, a lot of flangers sound like poor implementations of tape flanging and as such are just noisemakers that get in the way of a good guitar sound. But I got a good deal on this core so I thought I'd give it a try. For me, the key to usable flanging is to have the ability to be subtle- just use it as a textural effect, as opposed to having over the top regenerative feedback producing a cyclical "cat cry" all over my guitar sound. The LiquaFlange really excels at that. You can crank up the feedback and depth for all kinds of crazy/nutty mayhem if you like that sort of thing. Or you can dial it back and let it work *with* your guitar tone instead of tramping all over it. It can really add a lot to a good guitar sound so I use it a lot more than I have used other flangers in the past. I'm probably going to get a base for it so it will be available all the time.

ease of use: good and bad, you will end up scratching your head at first if your like me because there literally like 100 setting that sound good. and youll end up soending hours in front of this thing figuring out which one you like most.

editing:great offers abilities to edit in areas that few other flangers offer.

manual: is good, some decent presets and some useless ones.

setup: a reissue mij jazzmaster with a vintage (s.d.) in the neck and a quarter pounder (s.d.) in the bridge to act like a psuedo strat. i use a fender 4X10 deville and my pedal board is a furman. my pedal setup is- dod-milkbox(compressor),whammy,visual sound jekyll&hyde(overdrive),jacques batfuzz(high gain distortion),boss hyperfuzz(used for clean boost),ibanez bc-9(bi-mode chorus),boss ph3(phaser),eh nano small stone(phaser),LIQUA-FLANGE,line 6 tap tempo,line 6 echo park(delay),line 6 verbzilla(reverb).

noisy: nope not that ive found, actually one of the quieter flanges ive ever used.

fx,weak or great? definetly great! ive never heard anything even close to this in a pedal. damn thing can sound like a phaser and a chorus too. not that i need another phaser or chorus. but thats still a good thing.

what amp: redundant question

can you get your fav artists sound?: well none of my favorite artists really use flangers. i just like them. but emediatly when playing with this thing for the first time i thought of queen. lol i dont know why but that is never a bad thing. seriously. im pretty sure you can get a good evh sound out of it since it can do almost everything else.

best fx?: well im partial to the liquid part since ive never really used anything close to how it sounds. if this is how flangers used to sound wtf happened? i think this one catches people off guard because it does way more then weve grown to expect from a flanger. i like the sine, and vintage best. oh also i hear zero tone loss. i used to own a maxon era fl9 this is alot like it in that way. on the right settings you forget its on.

dependable? well these things are built almost too well. they feel like they way as much as a brick. yeah id say pretty damn dependable.



gig without backup: yeah but i think if you cant you shouldnt own it.

company? havent delt with them. havent needed too.

style you play: for the most part dreamy pink floyd type stuff or shoegaze. it works with it. definetly takes your sound into past territories.

how long you play: about 11 years.

if it were gone: id get another. no doubt.

what do you love about it: alot, pretty much everything mentioned above.

hate: well only one thing, the sweep paremeter feels a little to choppy at some speeds. it just takes a little tweaking though.

compare it to anything?: yes, foxroxx paradox, which costs 500 and up. there virtually the same type of pedal well im sure the foxroxx sounds better but **** that ****! im not spending that much on a flanger no matter how good it is!

anything you wish it had?: a flux capacitor maybe? no not really, its pretty solid i thin they pushed it as far as they could.

help make music: yes, great for inspiration. especially for leads.

anything else you like to share: yes, line 6, yeah you guys! make a phaser already damnit!

The pedal is easy to use, but you do have a lot of options.

Really though It's just like every 4 knob flanger, only you have 3 voicings and several modulation modes to choose from. Once you've settled on the voicing and mode it is straight ahead.

The controls don't go to the extreme ranges the rolls vibra-flange or ADA flanger do.

I'm not a huge flanger user, but do own a few. the sound quality isn't that great. It just lacks depth and realism. I didn't really notice until I a/b compared it with my ADA and MXR units. The Line 6 sounded 2 dimensional and flat. The ADA and MXR are much more organic and complex sounding.

On the plus side It can do about any flanger type that has ever existed (except the original reel to reel kind ala "across the universe"). It doesn't digitize the bypass signal when off (unlike the new boss stuff).

This is a good pedal for knob tweaking. some strange sounds can be had, but not as strange as the ADA (it is like an electronic hallucinogen). In the end I don't use the line 6 much because I am tone obsessive. Moog needs to make a flanger, until then the ADA is still the king.

If you wan't maximum flexibility this is the best flanger ever. If you wan't great tone you can do much better with many decent analog units (all boss flangers suck by the way).

This pedal is more difficult to use than any others I own. YOu can get some VERY nice sounds out of it, but if you don't work the controls properly it can sound like crap. Most of Line 6s products are like that, over the top, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, just takes some time getting used to. The manual was somewhat helpful on giving you an idea of what the pedals do, could have been better though.

It has 4 effects knobs, a mode selector knob with 9 varieties of flanging, and 2 switches which control type of flanging. Like I said it takes some time getting used to what these knobs do and making it sound good, as well as finding a good combination for what type of flange you are working with. For example, if the 'speed' knob is too high, you get this crappy, modulated annoying noise, I like it around 4/5, and you can get a cool uni-vibe type sound. Finding a good balance between the depth and feedback knobs is crutial. Tap tempo can be handy too!

The sound quality for this product ranges from very bad, to bloody amazing. I believe there are 88 different types of flange you can get through the flange type dial, along with digital/liquid/analog. And thats even before you touch the 4 effects knobs! Like I said above, it can be hard to find a setting for a good sounding flange, but when you do, it is simply amazing. Such a versatile pedal.

If you want to go crazy with the feedback and depth knobs, you can get some wild sounds. Although they are of limited musical value, they are really cool and just fun to play around with, lots of UFO type noises :P.

This pedal can mimic a Uni-vibe sound surprisingly well, and you can control how much flange for that pulsing sound. It is by no means a Uni-vibe substitute, but you would be surprised of what it can achieve. It can also sound like a very good chorus pedal. I like how at certain settings it can sound like these various pedals, and it is handy to be able to control the amount of flange on them, if you want a more deep and complex sound.

I don't know of any artists who use flange alot, but if I am playing chords on a clean setting, it sounds like swirling and raining, very pretty, and can be a nice addition in a minor key solo at times.

I use this with a '69 Custom Stratocaster-->Analog man Sun Face-->Dunlop octave fuzz-->Dunlop wah---> Line 6 tonecore Liqua-Flange--> Traynor YCV 50. It is nice on its own, but the Sun Face gives the flange a whole other dimention, very nice.

This pedal can be loud, and overwhelming sometimes, but you can just adjust the depth and other knobs accordingly to get it to your liking. On the clean channel of my amp which is very bright and glassy as it is, the Liqui-Flange adds a great, shimmering, swirling sound. Good job Line 6!

I can definatly depend on it, it is built well, and I would definatly gig w/o a backup. However the battery life on this isn't very good at all, it drains them like crazy. The adaptor is essential.

Never dealt with Line 6.

I play Hendrix/David Gilmor/SRV type guitar, psychedelic and rock guitar basically. For my genre, the liqui-flange can be a perfect addition to my sound, knowing when to turn it on and off, along with the appropriate settings can give you a bloody amazing effect. haha it was also fun going out to my friends house in the country and hooking it up with his Peavy LA 400 (Absurdly loud amp), and making UFO/laser noises at mind numbingly loud volumes for all of the county to hear.

I've only been playing a few years, but I consider myself to be a pedal fanatic, and for what this pedal does, it is definatly a keeper. Now if it were stolen or lost, I would most likely get another one, I cant be sure of that though. For the amount of time I use it Im not sure it would be worth getting again. Dont get me wrong, the pedal is great and if you need ANY type of flange, it can deliver, but I don't feel there is enough appropriate times to use it to buy it again, after all it is pretty expensive and I could get a boutique pedal for that price.

I love the fact that there are so many different types of flange, and how versatile every one of them are, I love putting it on Saw Down, with alot of depth and low/moderate feedback for a beautiful, swirling type sound.

I've briefly used the Boss flanger (I forget what it is called), and I can say the Liqua-flange is definatly better. Some may not agree, but I think this pedal could use *less* versatility. If the only way it sounds musical and good is to keep it on moderate settings, and just gets too mental and out of control after that, why not just make that the highest?

It definatly helps me make music, it can get in the way, but that is all at your control. As I've said alot in this review, the settings can be over the top and hindering sometimes, but then all you need to do is turn the volume down.

If youre looking for a flanger, or like a flange effect in general, or just play alot of clean stuff, I would advise getting this. It can add an amazing dimention to your music, plus it is alot of fun to use.

I don't own this pedal, but the guitarist in my band just got this thing last week. i have never heard anything like this. ever in my life. this thing is amazing, but i am giving it only a 5 becuase he is a "pedal master" of sorts, and he is having quite a hard time figuring out how to control this thing. once he gets it down, and starts doing volume swells, pickup switching etc, oh man. it's incredible. just pretty damn tough to use.

Like i said, i've never heard anything like this before, so it's hard to put a name to it. some things he can get out of it are robotic, others sound like a spaceship taking off, others sound like an alien blasting you in the face with a raygun. like i said, he's only had it for a week, and with all the combinations possible, the options are pretty much endless.

i have a verbzilla tonecore pedal, and the construction is similar. it does not have a true bypass, but it is not noisy or tone-sucking. my guitar player is using a marshall 4x10 halfstack...i don't know which one off the top of my head, but its performance is pretty much mind-blowing. this thing is wild. he also uses a very nice schecter guitar.

as they advertise, the tonecore pedals are built like tanks. the thing weighs about 2 or 3 times as much as a standard Boss pedal, and it not going to fall apart on you. it has AC or battery capability, but it has been my experience that the tonecore pedals suck up batteries really fast. that said, with an adapter, i have never had a problem with the verbzilla in my setup, and i know my guitarist does nto have any issue using the liquaflange without a backup either.

no experience

my band plays a progressive hard rock style of music, but style of music really has nothing to do with the quality of this pedal. the effects are very VERY cool, and once you get the hang of this thing you could add dramatic spacy and wild effects to any type of music.

it's definitely not your typical flange pedal, i will say that. if you're looking for a straightforward sweeping flange effect, stay away. this thing is more useful to make bandmates and on-lookers say, "what the hell is that sound?", not "that's a sweet flange effect".

All the controls fairly self explanatory,if you`re not sure,turn the
dial or flick the switch,then use ear,this generally gives a good clue
to what`s happening

I`ve tried many flangers over the years,had an electric mistress ages
ago,ace flanger,unfortunately the new ones aren`t even close,been using
a boss bf2 for the last 23yr,this blows it completely out of the water,
I`ll be selling it on ebay now.The analogue vintage model alone is worth
the price of admission alone!!Can be noisy if you use a low powered
mains adaptor,(it`s not alone in this,my BF2 was pretty noisy using a
cheap 300mA from argos years ago,a beefy power supply 1000mA+ solves all
noise problem,I`ve read a lot of reviews for these products about noisy
pedals,pretty sure this is the reason for it)

Seems heavy enough,but as several people have said before,the knobs are
a bit vulnerable,but thats no problem if you look after your stuff,(if
you`re stupid enough to deliberately try to damage something,don`t
expect it just lie there and take it)

went into Line 6`s old offices at Rugby(UK),to enquire about upgrade
chips for my old POD,they just gave me one,no charge with details on
how to fit it etc,seemed pretty good to me

If you like flangers(I do),you`ll like this,go by what you`re ears are
telling you and make your own decision about whether you like it or not,
I did and I`d recommend it

Trickier than I thought it would be...make no mistake, you can get phenom sounds out of this pedal, but the sheer variety of flanges available (13 waveforms x 3 models x 2 polarities = 78 different "types" of flanging on tap, and that is before you even set the knobs!!) makes it tricky to nail the exact sound in your head. You might find a flange you like, butthe bottom of its sweep adds volume or low end to the point where you might be better off trying another one, for example.

For the novice it would be "5", let's just say that once you get the hang of it that goes up to a bout a "7." A small price to pay for the overwhelming amount of diversity you get.

Tap tempo is cool!

Every single flange is usable for someone, somewhere, in some song...the only thing I have to kind of rag on it for is a slight digital quality, but this is from someone who will drop $300 on Keeley pedals and analog choruses without blinking an eye so most people won't care....this said, its "chorus" mode is good, just very "digital" sounding next to my MXR micro-chorus on the board.

All stock flanges are here and then some brand new Line 6 originals that sound equally stellar. The pass thru zero setting flange deserves an honorable mention, especially on "negative" polarity for solos...right over the top! Sounds like Thor's lightning coming down from the sky!

This CRUSHES what you would get out of a BF3. Ever since BOSS went digital on their flangers they have become really lame. Even though the LiquaFlange sounds a bit digital it doesn't commit the usual digital sin of sounding "on top" of your sound instead of swirled into it...its flange integrates well into your original tone.

A few analog settings have some background noise; just like a real analog flanger would though; it sounds cool.

Some people bitch about noise from the ToneCore line; I just got the adapter with it and have also used a One Spot, both work fine with no additional noise. I never had noise from my Echo Park with or without an adapter so....

Only thing is...I get no amber light with this baby- it goes right from green to red...but I am fine with that!

Certainly seems sturdy.

I have never gotten anything but kick ass support from Line 6 on my DL4, never had to bother them about my Echo Park nor this.

My god we are getting spoiled these days!

I play everything from country to death metal, from ragtime fingerstyle to post Reeves Gabrels guitar, so this box totally gives me what I need...for $119 you get almost 80 kick ass, well voiced flanges in this one stomp.

Unlike a lot of rackmount units that give you control over flanging qualities like TC, Rocktron...THESE flanges in this puppy all have a lot of character to them; even on the digital setting.

The only flanger I can think of that could take this down would be the FoxRoxx and you'd have to knock off a bank to afford one.

Unless you MUST have the sound of analog flanging (and a very good one at that) I would get this pedal before any other. Between the staggering variety of flange sounds, the tap tempo and pass thru zero options, how can anyone justify spending almost the same on a BOSS is beyond me.

To my mind, the jury is out on a lot of Line 6 products, the only three I own are the DL4, the Echo Park and this one. I use everything from $15 Fab pedals to $200 plus Keeley gear, I am a tone enthusiast but I am not a gear snob- I don't care who makes it or how much it (doesn't) cost...if it sounds good, it is good . I do studio work and play in several bands in San Francisco and am called upon to make great tones in a lot of different applications. THIS pedal will serve me well, I can see that right now.