The Seamoon Studio Flanger is a rare flanger pedal from the earliest days of the flanger pedal, appearing around late 1976. Guitar World, in its history of the A/DA Flanger, names it as that pedal's predecessor and describes it as "an early contender" among the first flanger pedals12. For a player tracing where the flanger pedal came from, it sits alongside the first generation of units that brought studio-style flanging to a pedalboard.
What it does
The Seamoon Studio Flanger is a flanger: it produces the sweeping, jet-like effect created by mixing a signal with a delayed copy of itself. Guitar World's history of the Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress lists it among the early contenders in the flanger pedal market of the mid 1970s, calling it "the rare Seamoon Studio Flanger, the A/DA Flanger's predecessor, which appeared around late 1976"2.
Design and legacy
Guitar World credits the design to Tarnowski, describing the Seamoon Studio Flanger as "its Tarnowski-designed predecessor" in the story of the A/DA Flanger1. The pedal is described as rare, and its main place in gear history is as the pedal that came before the A/DA Flanger12.
"its Tarnowski-designed predecessor the Seamoon Studio Flanger was an early contender"
Questions
What is the Seamoon Studio Flanger?
It is a rare flanger pedal that appeared around late 1976. Guitar World describes it as an early contender among the first flanger pedals, and as the predecessor of the A/DA Flanger. Its circuit was designed by Tarnowski, the same designer Guitar World credits for the A/DA Flanger that followed it.
Who designed the Seamoon Studio Flanger?
Guitar World's history of the A/DA Flanger credits the design to Tarnowski, describing the Seamoon Studio Flanger as his earlier work and the predecessor of the A/DA Flanger.
Sources (2)
- “It actually goes up to infinity, which is what true tape flanging sounds like”: Beloved by Pat Travers and Adrian Belew, the A/DA Flanger was one of the greatest guitar effects of the '70s, Guitar World, 2024-09-17
- How the Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress became the go-to flanger for David Gilmour and Andy Summers, and remained a pedalboard staple for nearly 50 years, Guitar World, 2024-01-23
