There’s no mistaking the bright red glory that comes with every single effects pedal we see from Sioux Guitars, which should make it no surprise that the bright red beauty we’re checking out today comes straight from Sioux City, Iowa, as well. The Flood of ’53 is aptly named after a huge rainfall that hit and flooded the town those many decades ago, and just like the big waves and ripples through the city, this flanger pedal will wash your tone and cover your amp with a sonic blanket that you’d be crazy not to enjoy. Get ready for a psychedelic journey through space and time….or, at least through the better part of the Midwest….
The Flood of ’53 Flanger sports all of the controls one would expect from this type of pedal: Regen, Rate (Speed), Depth (Width) and Manual. Regen acts as a sort of feedback control, setting how much of the effect that is output gets fed back into the input, for gorgeous washes of sound. Rate sets the speed of the Low Frequency Oscillator, while Depth determines how much modulation will occur. Manual adjusts the region of the delay times offered up, about 1-10ms or so, and will sweep across the entire range that the flanger has to use.
Let’s face it: modulation isn’t for everyone, and flanger can certainly be on the losing end of that battle more often than not. However, if you like it (we love it!), then you really love it, and love to hear different flangers and what they can do. The Flood of ’53 is a beast of a modulator, one that will fit well onto any experimenter’s hip post rock/shoegaze/ambient pedalboard or rig, but will also add some flavor and texture to any guitarist or bassist that wants to flat out rock. Cheers once more to our friends at Sioux Guitars for another wonderful effect creation – head over to their site for this and many more effects, as soon as you’re done listening to and watching our demo, of course….
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December 16, 2018
“This flanger is the perfect marriage of all the flangers/choruses/vibratos pedals that I’ve been looking for. Tamed and widening when need be and assertive and in your face when it must be. Great.” -Joe Garcia, session guitarist in Nashville and New York. You may also know him from Stereolab.
It’s not the most popular effect, but we love this subtle flanger that is based on a cross between two coveted long out of production flangers of the late 70’s/early 80’s the ADA and the Ross. We love the flanger effect but too many simply sound like a vacuum being pushed and pulled across the living room carpet. Cool effect, but not very musical. Ours is tame enough to play chords with and use throughout an entire song structure.