How to get a flanger tone — and 27 famous songs that use it, each with researched amp settings and gear you can adapt to your rig.
A flanger is a deeper, more resonant cousin of the phaser — the "jet plane" whoosh. Slow and shallow for subtle movement, extreme settings for the metallic sweep (Van Halen's "Unchained", the intro to "Barracuda"). Sits great on both clean and high-gain.
Famous songs that use flanger include Floods by Pantera, Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love by Van Halen, Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd, Purple Rain by Prince & The Revolution, Planet Caravan by Pantera, Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2 by Pink Floyd — and 27 tones on this page have researched settings you can adapt to your own rig.
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