Free The Tone SUGIZO SIGNATURE FLIGHT TIME / FT-2Y-S

The Free The Tone SUGIZO SIGNATURE FLIGHT TIME / FT-2Y-S is a digital delay pedal in pedal format, built by Free The Tone in collaboration with the guitarist SUGIZO. It is a special version of the Flight Time FT-2Y, keeping the same circuit platform but adding preset data created by SUGIZO himself, a double FREE THE TONE and SUGIZO logo on the front panel, and a Solid Black enclosure in place of the standard model's Moss Green¹.

The pedal's headline feature is its preset memory: 99 presets in total, made up of 74 user preset slots, 16 SUGIZO original preset data, and 9 factory presets¹. For a player, that means the delay sounds SUGIZO uses are already loaded in the box, with plenty of empty slots left for your own. It was built as a limited edition of 100 units².

What it is and what it does

The FT-2Y-S is the signature edition of the Flight Time FT-2Y, a digital delay pedal. Free The Tone describes it as a special model the company collaborated on with SUGIZO¹. Where the regular Flight Time ships in a Moss Green enclosure, this one changes to Solid Black, the same color as a Flight Time Free The Tone had built specially for SUGIZO alone, and carries the double name logo of FREE THE TONE and SUGIZO on the front as the mark of the collaboration¹.

The preset system is the practical difference for a player. Of the 99 presets, 16 hold SUGIZO's original preset data²¹, so his own delay settings can be recalled directly rather than dialed in by ear. The remaining slots split between 74 user presets and 9 factory presets¹, which is a large amount of storage for a single delay pedal and suits players who set up different delay sounds per song or per gig.

The included certificate of authenticity carries SUGIZO's hand-written signature², which matters to collectors as much as to players.

Power and connections

The FT-2Y-S runs on DC power from 9 to 12V, center negative, through a DC input jack intended for an AC adapter¹. Free The Tone lists three adapter models for it, the FA-0905H-JA, FA-0905D-JA and FA-1220D-JA, all sold separately¹. Current draw is about 400mA¹, which is well above what a typical compact analog pedal needs, so it calls for a proper isolated supply rather than a small daisy chain.

For connections, the pedal has three 1/4-inch standard phone jacks: input, output, and HOLD¹. Input impedance is 500K ohms or higher¹, and maximum input level is +2dBu on the INST input and +13dBu on the LINE input¹, so it accepts both instrument-level and line-level sources.

MIDI is on board with two 5-pin DIN connectors, MIDI IN and MIDI THRU¹. That lets you switch presets remotely from a MIDI controller and pass the MIDI signal through to another piece of gear, which is useful in a larger switching rig.

Signature edition versus the standard Flight Time FT-2Y

The standard Flight Time FT-2Y is the same digital delay platform. The FT-2Y-S differs from it in the ways Free The Tone itself lays out³⁴:

The two also differ in power specification. The FT-2Y-S takes DC 9 to 12V¹, while Free The Tone's FT-2Y page lists a DC 9V AC adapter for that model⁵. When Pedal of the Day reviewed the FT-2Y in 2017, it reported:

So the roughly 400mA draw is common to both, while the accepted voltage range differs between the pages. Free The Tone's FT-2Y pages also describe the pedal's REC & Repeat function, which lets a player record a phrase and repeat it⁵. Anyone buying either pedal second-hand should read the marking on the unit itself.

The FT-2Y carries a REC & REPEAT function⁵, a feature of the Flight Time platform the signature edition shares as the same base pedal.

What comes in the box

Alongside the pedal, Free The Tone includes¹:

• Original sticker
• Rubber feet x 4
• Supplementary preset data manual
• Website access card
• Safety precautions sheet
• Warranty card

The website access card ties into the preset system, pointing the owner to the preset data resources, and the supplementary manual covers the SUGIZO preset data in detail¹.

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