What is this and why does it cost 650 quid?

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 11:44 am

http://www.gumtree.com/london/54/66023454.html

Post by **Doog** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 12:06 pm

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It's a now-discontinued flanger that used to go for the already large price of $369.00/ List price $459.00 when it was still in production.

It's way more flexible than any other flanger, but fuck that price tag. And the fact it's a flanger, obv.

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 12:17 pm

Flangers are cool, if you like to sound like The Cure or Siouxsie & The Banshees - which I do sometimes - but that price is a joke. I have an MXR EVH Flanger which I bought in San Francisco for $100 and I think it sounds the business. I'll have to check out the clip later as my work computer won't let me do anything fun.

aen · Post by **aen** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:30 pm

More Flange for your change:

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 3:21 pm

aen wrote:More Flange for your change:

I can't say this without hideously mispronouncing either "flange" or "change" so they rhyme. It was trickery.

Post by **Doog** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 3:31 pm

Flay-nge.

Flan-ge.

Flaaaay-nge..

Flan-ge..

Ketchup..

Catsup..

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 4:30 pm

i noticed last night gavin pronounces flanger like "hanger".

made a point of laughing at him, naturally.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 7:17 pm

A friend of mine pronounces 'riff' as 'rift'.

He also learned the Stones 'Angie' note perfect from tablature, without ever having heard the song. We sat amazed as he frolicked meticulously through the intro, a carbon copy of the record, only to pronounce the first word, oft-repeated through the song 'Angie' with the same first syllable sound as 'angel'.

"Ane-gie"

"Aaaaaaaaaaane-gie"

"When will these clouds all disappeee-ee-eee-ar" etc.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 10:41 pm

kind of similar to the way jagger sings it, no?

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 10:53 pm

Stewart, we've been mocking him about this every time we've seen him for the last seventeen years. Please don't spoil it.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 10:58 pm

i have a good story about a mate's brother singing 'get off my cloud' but it can't be explained in written form, i'd have to do an impersonation.

i'll just chuckle away to myself though, and you can pretend i've acted it out for you.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 11:01 pm

A chap at work still hasn't lived down singing "Carry me Queen!" to Caribbean Queen by Billy Ocean at the University hop.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 11:07 pm

Isn't it pronounced flan-ger

I always pronounced it flanger like changer, and a British person laughed at me and also convinced me I was wrong and it wasn't a stupid British word thing.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 11:08 pm

benecol wrote:A chap at work still hasn't lived down singing "Carry me Queen!" to Caribbean Queen by Billy Ocean at the University hop.

ahahahahahaha

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 11:10 pm

It's a celtic word - it's actually pronounced "fh-LORE" - but many people here don't know how to pronounce it either, so I wouldn't worry.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 10:13 pm

I thought it was Dutch and pronounced "Vlon-khair".

24HRS2MDNT · Post by **24HRS2MDNT** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 11:16 pm

FlahngÃ©

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:13 am

It's clearly from the Vietnamese (Pha'luong Ghee)