tc electronic Flashback 2 Delay

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tc electronic Flashback 2 Delay
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Feature packed, pleasant sound, great price!
LPPT 16.02.2021
I'm using this pedal on a bass guitar, so please keep that in mind as you read the review.

Delay models:
Some very pleasant delay sounds to play with, I particularly enjoy the first 3 models (2290 for a super clean digi delay, "analogue" for going crazy with the feedback options, and "tape" for squeezing out beautiful mellow reverb-like sounds).

I don't really care for the other models, I think they are fund to play with but not really useful on a bass, although I imagine for a guitar player that would be a different story (although the "crystal" is crazy cool as an "organ" up-octave sound when delay is set to zero, too bad you can't mute the input sound at the same time).
Still, the first three delay models already make the pedal really worthwile for me.

I would really prefer to have some more "toneprint" slots instead of having the "reverse", "dynamic" or "mod" delays for example, but that is really a personal thing, and considering this is not a bass specific pedal, I can't fault TC for that.

Toneprint:
If you are familiar with TC Electronic's "tone print" line of pedals, the "feature packed" part of the review title should come as no surprise:
the amount of crazy effects you can squeeze out of this pedal's chip using the toneprint feature in the custom slotgoes way beyond a "delay pedal": for example, you can turn the pedal into a pretty decent chorus, tweak a huge number of parameters of custom delays, including assigning custom functions to the pedal controls, or get some crazy envelope/modulation effects out of it.
There are for sure a lot of limitations in what you can customise, but still, I think TC is already giving us way more than what you would normally expect from a digital effects company.

Mash:
The "mash" feature is interesting (you can use the pressure sensitive button like if it were a -limited- expression pedal), and really opens up some options, although I ended up switching the pedal to "disable mash", so I could use the "tap tempo" feature for the button instead.I think you can have the best of both worlds if you get an extra footswitch, but in my case I didn't care that much about "mash" to justify that investment .

Looper:
The looper is pretty basic, I guess you can use it for practice, but not really practical besides that since there is no "undo" feature. It is a very cool addition for that purpose though, if you don't already own a looper.

Summary:
So, overall, I think this is a great value for the price, considering it covers so much ground.
Is it the best sounding delay pedal? No, but I think you would need to spend at least twice the price of this pedal to get there, and that would be for a single sound.

I am still finding new things to like about this pedal every day, so a big thumbs up on this one :)
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EricDC 23.07.2020
I use this pedal in mono with the delay running into itself using the two delay engines into each other.
Wonderfully simpe user interface and great delay sounds to boot.
The mash switch is not something I use but a nice to have for sure.
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Good value
milbot 12.11.2019
Aside from the lack of a tap tempo, offers a lot of features in the additional software, where you can really make this pedal your own.
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Mash is nice but Tempo not easy to sync
Vic.Heintz 03.11.2017
The new mash technology is very fun to use! it might get realy loud so keep a finger on the level knob while using the Mash footswitch.
Unfortuently to sync the tempo you need an external tap tempo footswitch through the stereo input (beatmakers are any kind of synth giving the tempo...don't work)
If you don't like to tap the tempo you can activate the "listen mode" which allows an audio sync by desactivating de "Mash mode" on a computer I guess... if only there were a switch for that!
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Variety of delay options
Sams Part 05.02.2020
If you like using delay pedals then this pedal offers a wide variety of delay settings. Even a few psychedelic efx mixed in.
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Michael Murphy 17.05.2022
I bought the TC reverb and was so impressed that I went back for this. Stereo and highly adaptable- yes, it’s a few years on the market but it is easily still an artistic and expressive delay.

Download tone prints or use as is - both are highly accessible and easy to do.
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Overall good product but nothing exceptional(except for mash button)
metal octopus 13.05.2018
This pedal is a great gateway pedal if you don't know what to expect from a delay pedal and this pedal delivers a lot of nice features within itself like the mash button which is quiet expressive as far as I can decide.
Mods within the pedal are quiet sufficient but honestly they are not exceptionally good (or bad).
What I can say about this pedal is that this is a great tool if you want to experiment with different types of delays. Absolutely recommended!
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A bit disappointed
Tone Search 09.11.2018
Right. This is a very good pedal, and if you don't need a tap tempo you might be happy with all possibilities of creating your own presets, zylion of TonePrint sounds, and you can write additional 3 presets in ypur pedal (some app TonePrint presets, 3-4 so fa,r doesn't load)

I owned previous version and had no idea that new Flashback 2 was deprived of tap tempo ! What a shame....

If I had known abut it (no tap tempo) I wouln't have bought it.
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