Flamma FX200 Review: The New King of Multi-Effects Pedals?

[@brandonlesko3126]

My usual experience with Multi FX units goes like this: This thing is cool. It sounds awesome and has tons of effects and amp models. It sounds really good into my interface and I can make some good recordings with it. It works well direct to the PA. Cool feature to have when I need it. (Honeymoon phase is over) I want to go back to pedals now.

[@PrayWithUsNow]

Somewhere, Greta Thunberg is screaming, “How dare you?! All those 9-volts are killing my future!”

[@11-inch]

Bad carpenter blames the tools

[@relevantinformation6655]

Absolutely! It’s HOW well you can play - over a bunch of FX.

[@davidrona]

it brought you back to what you prefer and that's so important individually for each of us... keep rockin :)

[@eduardocortes1006]

Better keep both options 😅

[@jimmyjames2022]

I just realized what an amazing editing job producing this great demo of the Flamma FX200 with so much variety of gear! Really gives players a cross section of what gear they might be playing. Definitely needs a coffee tip.

[@intheblues]

Hey thanks so much mate. This was a massive project that was put together over the course of two days! Much appreciated mate.

[@shanewalton8888]

The problem I have with these Multi-Effects is that I dial in 3-4 sounds and then become too lazy to explore these to their full potential.

[@RaveXmusic]

Sounds like a YOU problem bruh.

[@OgStewieGriffin]

@@RaveXmusic was gonna say that until I saw your reply 😂

[@jamalabdul2009]

Wow!! I didn’t think I’d like this pedal but the functionality won me over. As you have said several times in the past, having too many options can be an issue (I know this applies to me i.e the Mustang I owned), however with this Flamma pedal, you can get to playing with a little set up. I really like how you can rearrange pedal chains to get the tones you want. At $399, I think this well priced for what you get. I would consider buying this when I get to the point where I’m recording more. Great detailed review Shane!!!🎸🎸🤙🏾🤙🏾😎

[@davidwoods358]

You can't go wrong with this one (or any of the new modellers.) The sound technology has advanced to a point that even the budget priced boxes are competing with the higher priced units now. I have the little MX5 which I am very happy with but that extra foot switch and the XLR outs on this FX200 are quite tempting.

[@philwren1749]

These pedals just get better and better - thanks Shane

[@carlosclaptrix]

I settled with Gig Performer, Scuffham and MidiGuitar2 on a laptop. I appreciate with Scuffham's S-Gear that it hasn't endless possibilities. It is so easy to get lost in programming sounds instead of playing the guitar. I am just into building an ultra light 2x10" speaker cabinet but it eats up my playing and rehearsing time. So be careful - with GAS in generell!

[@masowmates]

thx for showing also the softer blues sounds!

[@ariefnugraha1294]

Great guitar collection you have! My favorite is the flying V, it sounds amazing!

[@intheblues]

Many thanks!

[@onesandzeros]

Cool demo. These modelers are getting better all the time. Good thing for me since I can't turn up a tube amp past .25!

[@ces69]

It’s been a little since I watched a vid of yours, I have to say your playing and technique has improved greatly since my last viewing, which In reality was not that long ago! So who’s been practicing then?😊

[@RaveXmusic]

I heard you cant use the wah pedal AND a compressor at the same time cuz its in the same block? True

[@surfrby8876]

Processors / Modelers have come a long way ,I was looking at the Stomp XL but this might be a better fit for me , tones sound great , price is good and I’m diggin the pink , Thanks Shane

[@raytbrown2]

Very Pro Demo. Thank you!

[@plotin2009]

Great review - impressive pedal! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@dvaoa2910]

Dang...I am very impressed with the tones from these Flamma boxes. And great job on cranking out an excellent demo! Does this allow for scenes for each preset?

[@intheblues]

Yes, you can store a few presets per bank and you can customise it as much as you like.

[@intheblues]

This is my first time checking out a Flamma pedal. This pedal has so many options and features. Timestamps are located in the description. Please let me know what you think of the tones (and colour) 😄 🛒 Thomann (Global) - bit.ly/3RKUcsO 🛒 Walmart USA - bit.ly/3LeXx0X 🛒 Amazon UK - amzn.to/3dkwOmW 🛒 Amazon AU - amzn.to/3U9yyQx 🛒 Amazon Canada - amzn.to/3QK7DI6 🌎Official Site - flammainnovation.com/single.html?id=113 (affiliate links = 🛒)

[@BoltRM]

Flamma lamma ding dong!

[@belajareksploit6350]

Uggh... That Korina V is looks and sounds beautiful mate!

[@scottmckay67]

Great review!

[@zd351]

I think the pink is a good idea It will stand out against a dark stage floor.

[@KTGHATS]

Flamma rules

[@baudelaire8193]

Nothing beats the warmth of Ampero 2 Stomp.

[@BedeLaplume]

It looks and sounds good and has an interesting price given its features.. However, checking the specs I could see it is likely to sound pretty close to the Boss GT100 or GT1 since it has a similar processor and sampling rate.. The most cutting edge multi effect seems to be still the GT1000 or Core with a 32 bit 96 Khz sampling rate..

[@jeffreynowotarski8775]

Beginner guitarist here. Question: Can I plug this unit directly into my Marshall 15GR amp? Thank you for your guidance...

[@intheblues]

You can yes. You'll just need to turn off the cabinet IR and possibly the Amp IR if you want to retain the sound of the amp itself on the clean channel.

[@markdakel9253]

Great piece of gear, I like the ability to customize a tone that the user wants in my opinion it shines when using clean tones

[@apropostt]

For presets those sound really good. Most fx units have pretty unusable presets... looking at you headrush.

[@davidrona]

sound wise - what sounds better - Flamma fx200 vs Ampero mp-100? thanks I love my Korg a2 - easy to switch from bank to presets and toggle individual effects ( blocks). I simply want to be able to easily switch banks and toggle delay, reverb, chorus, and use the distortion from my amps in stereo. my korg is perfect for this AND I can bypass the entire rack and just get that great dry tone from the amps. I want easy switching of banks, presets and toggle of effects with great sound and portability and almost bought a headrush gigboard, mx5, then found the donner, then the ampero mp-100 which I really love...i actually bought the stomp, sounds great...not practical for me to use live...so it's down to the ampero mp-100 vs (and happy I JUST stumbled on the FLAMMA this morning) so, sound wise - what sounds better to everyone - Flamma fx200 vs Ampero mp-100? thanks

[@intheblues]

They are all pretty much the same now. It's down to the price, interface, and build quality.

[@sind3ntosca]

Nice review 👍 I want to ask about changing preset. On another review, he change preset from 52B to 46A, distortion to clean, but the distortion has tail after he pressed the switch to 46A… maybe delay, and it’s not cut, just seamles transition. Is that FX200 great feature? Or any other multieffects pedal in the price range can do that?? It’s like if MG30 using Scene mode, but this is changing preset! Wow 😍🔥

[@tarkgundogdu8940]

Is Flamma a sub brand of Mooer? This product is very similar to Mooer GE250 indeed.

[@8stringwrshpleader]

Yo, I was totally caught of guard with this product. Would you say it's worth the extra $50 over the MG 30? It sounds like with some dialing in they would basically be comparable but the Flamma has more amps while the MG 30 is more user friendly.

[@MRxr400]

excellent tones. this maybe my new practice/small gig pedal. very impressed

[@powerfunk6588]

Do you know if you can call up the presets on midi with a midi foot controller such as a Behringer FCB 1010?

[@lance134679]

The Flamma has a heck of a lot of competition at the ~$400 price point. I think it scores points for having stereo XLR outputs, and the editor app seems good, as well. The amp models seem on par. Thanks for the demo.

[@Ones_Complement]

Do you normally hold your guitars that sideways or just for the videos?

[@nicolasburchett0515]

How is the construction? I know you said you wouldn't use it live, but would it hold up if used live on a regular basis?

[@intheblues]

I covered that at the end I am pretty sure.

[@NikkiSebastian]

If i do my own preset do i need to add cab? I want use my own engl amp sound with some fx like delay, chorus, reverb etc. Is there a option to control my amp channel?

[@EADGBe2002]

Is the FX Loop IN and the Loop OUT in stereo each?

[@GRBAquatics]

Very Cool Demo/Review Thankyou. Have a couple of Flamma Products they are awesome. This Multi Effects seems amazing too, so many options. Cheers

[@intheblues]

Thanks for watching!

[@SomeKindOfMadman]

Very cool. Pink looks cool

[@By-Fun-Jokes-Guitars]

Pink on the stage .and playing metal or rock would look funny .. Oh boy ..... For my girl 5 years old she loved it..... 😁

[@JaniceLalla]

I enjoyed the video and your playing

[@MrDanLAGUNA]

Ты единственный гитарный блогер, который накрутил звук который нравится мне) спасибо

[@1972Georges]

Sounds good. I just sent back a FRFR Speaker form Harley Benton. Sounded terrible. I hope the Laney I ordered instead is any better. I wonder how it compares with the Valeton I bought. Im quite happy with the unit. If money is no issue then the Fractal and the Quad Cortex. With those 2 units you get tube comparable sounds. i.m.o. The cheaper units tend to sound to "digital". Whats your opinion?

[@derickalbert]

Can we Stack delays/ reverbs?

[@wildriver-zw1sz]

How to you get the pedal set to wah? Just got one and can't figure it out. Pedal is always set to volume

[@intheblues]

It was somewhere in the global settings. There's an expression pedal setting outside of the regular patches. You can change it from volume to wah.

[@davidramos4317]

I own this but the link on flamma’s website is broken. Does anyone have the manual !? I want to know what you can adjust through midi.

[@jelliffcrystal]

Shot with the S5?

[@Moreno280161]

Hello, is there a computer editor?

[@80sday36]

Does it has drop tune fx as well?

[@Alfredo78666]

Exalá! Excelent!

[@BrianMiller-mj4xb]

Doze anyone no what is better the flammer 200 or the arrena 2000

[@user-ix6qr5if5y]

Is the case made out of metal or plastic?

[@intheblues]

Metal

[@deandee8082]

its does have some pitfalls, the expression pedal must be calibrated each on/off cycle, or it leaves off where the pedal position is when you shut it off if that makes sense, you'll see, has other limitations that would have been simple enough to address, I/O recording is odd, it records everything, the tik tik of the rate clicker things of that nature, what you hear in headphones its recording, you can send to a stand alone I/O box to defeat this apparently, nothing that's set in stone, just simple oversights that might create more time or costs if you are using every single feature it has to offer, for the guy just using presets its all good for sure, which is prolly 75% of all users, plug and play.. like to hear it through a big clean tube amp, input headroom, this isn't a new issue, this is generally how effects work for those who do not understand effects like overdrive and distortion type effects, so some might call the headroom low, however its fairly common that ALL effects generally run better on low impedance pickups, the lower the better, otherwise your pickup is acting as a preamp, that's why the "dimarsz" super distortion are such high impedance, that's where they get the distortion, and why you can roll off and clean up.. some effects do offer more headroom for hi impedance pickups but you're not getting the best performance using a hi impedance pickup for this effect, think 4k is way mo betta for overdrive and so forth.. not trying to start a war of course everyone has their own thoughts on everything, I'm just saying, sure it would have been nice to offer more headroom for hi impedance pickups, but it's not something you get in every effect default, I love rolling off a humbcuker too and cleaning up while losing very little volume but I also understand to add these features it's not just a matter of a single circuit and a capacitor

[@ResaAdilaksana]

can it do parallel chain?

[@1972Georges]

Nice flying V. Did not know you got this guitar!

[@troyspencer712]

Have the silver reverb, great pedal.

[@gtranimal]

What amp are you playing through, or are you going direct to a board or computer interface? Most of these sound good into PC interface but not so much through an amp without a lot of patch adjustments

[@ctcards2636]

Im wondering if anyone can fill me in on the auto wah or envelope filters this unit has. I use Mu-Tron III and Tru-Tron units and i never can seem to find a processor like this that has any envelope filters that nail these sounds. Other than that im sold on this, hopefully this has what im looking for envelope wise. :-)

[@tooleyoclock]

What song is the riff at 5:10 from? SRV?

[@martinporter8837]

It looks expensive for fairly new Chinese startup only available from Amazon with no real support track record. I'd spend more on US or European alternative every day.

[@intheblues]

Flamma stuff is available in a lot of places including Thomann.

[@martinporter8837]

@@intheblues Thomann used to be good choice for us in the UK, until the Brexit mess made a whole market of gear too expensive to import.

[@yaguitar]

Flamma is linked to Mooer from what I can tell, so quality would not be a huge issue. I'm in the UK and getting Flamma stuff isn't that hard.

[@robertclarkguitar]

Dig those cleans. But that white strat is always so good. Lol

[@diegomaya4125]

Sound Interesting

[@lincolnjohnson6511]

I like it!

[@troyspencer712]

To me, the thing with these more expensive offerings from these lesser known Chinese companies is that the prices are creeping Into the more known and well reviewed territory. Not alot of money between this an a Line 6 Pod go. How much of the profit share do they expect to garner Edit: looking closer it's 2/3 the price of the Go.

[@BobEstremera]

can you plug this into the front of a modern digital amp and just play through that?

[@1972Georges]

Yes

[@metalheadblues]

I think that's the whole point of if

[@mikehurley5052]

Thats what it is for.

[@RockyH.]

With all of the killer options out there including this one.....it truly is a awesome time to be a guitar player ya know it?

[@IncantationNYDM]

it wont be a great time for us when ww3 and the great reset kick in and they shut the power off, better have an acoustic laying around

[@cgage5467]

So does it have individual effects you can go straight to, like an octaver or pitch shifter for example?

[@upStomp]

How's the looper? I know Flamma has some pretty feature-rich stand-alone looper pedals.

[@intheblues]

It was hard to review due to the cameras and the unit being at knee height, but it works. I didn't test it out in much detail though.

[@chea4007]

Does it have tubescreemer and 5150?

[@intheblues]

Yep, it has a bunch of classic effects and amps.

[@chea4007]

@@intheblues thanks!

[@LittleRapGuy]

nice

[@miquelmarti6537]

sounds okeyish. I really preffered the mustang III v2 tones, plus it comes with a speaker :)

[@tonepilot]

Four foot switches? They don’t look that tall to me.

[@intheblues]

🤣

[@-_AjB_-]

I really love your guitar face.

[@xb5883]

Pretty good headroom on the cleans and lead sounds. Crunch sounds meh

[@whiskeyrookie6834]

I’m impatiently waiting for a review on the updated Artist Guitar Tele….Hopefully you get your hands on the single coils.

[@zd351]

Gonna need to get Ben to do it. They aren't doing them left handed yet.🤬

[@DzoniMakaroni]

I prefer the Mooer GE 200. Cheaper and I can't hear the difference between the two.

[@amirkhalid5449]

Now that you mention it, the Flamma FX200 does look a lot like a GE200.

[@slimturnpike]

@@amirkhalid5449 Might be the same manufacturer.

[@susmanos21]

Pep Guardiola ?

[@slawsonscot]

Is it not just a knock off of the hotone Ampero?

[@quiksilver78]

Rebranded Mooer GE-something - If you are in Europe, get the Harley Benton DNAfx GiT Pro - same thing

[@slawsonscot]

@@quiksilver78 yeah it just looks like the Hotone but I guess they all look alike in that price range :) great choices available these days!

[@quiksilver78]

@@slawsonscot never mind “look alike” they are from the same OEM manufacturer. The boards are all the same. The only thing that changes is the casing and Flamma is Joyo and Joyo is Mooer so there’s all that lineage/connection there as well

[@slawsonscot]

@@quiksilver78 I guess the operating softwares/UI are all slightly different, which is something!

[@thekindacooldad]

too bad these weren’t around in the sixties and seventies when great songs were being written

[@DerekRonin]

bought a few Flamma products myself. they've been hit or miss. Had one of their delays, wanted to really love it, but not true bypass. It had a bad board and was cutting out sound quality intermittently.

[@benlaw2634]

Can someone Please tell me what that riff is from at 5.12 its a dreamy lick I hear guitarist play all the time but I cant place it.

[@intheblues]

Check out SRV Lenny. :)

[@johnpandolfino8663]

Take the time and watch the documentary Death by China Shane..... you'll see what the Chinese are all about.....and it's certainly not about building cheap guitars and effects boxes......

[@DMSProduktions]

Let's just hope this vid is NOT in FLAMMA tory! ;oP

[@neilswan8015]

nice unit, seems like they kind of copied the Hotone ampero

[@slimturnpike]

Yeah it's very similar, but the Hot​one is a 100 bucks cheaper

[@marksc1929]

Nice device …looks fairly simple “

[@john_torres2021]

This Flamma multieffects is a bad copy of the Nux MG 30 so far the best..

[@impossivel2006]

looks pretty much like the Hotone Ampero

[@BruceBurger]

Dat wallet! 😅

[@thomassawicki6636]

Cool thing, but not competitive at that price point

[@IsomacTea]

Sounds really tinny and ugly. Cannot you hear it?

[@Zeonoid]

sounds very sterile and digital which for someone is not a bad thing not for me

[@BladeDoomer86]

Sounds very thin and digital.. Sorry, hard pass on this one!

[@intheblues]

All good. These videos are to help you to decide one way or another. Each preset can be customised to no end. Have a listen to the second heavier jam track. The tones are thick as.

[@BladeDoomer86]

@@intheblues I agree that in the mix, that driven sound is acceptable. But those cleans were not up to standards, at least through KZbin compression lol I'll stick to tubes for now... Keep rocking the good rock

[@Fullcollapse1]

@@BladeDoomer86 Yeah but with a tube amp it's ridiculously expensive to get a variety of tones that this thing provides. Also it depends what speakers you are playing through. Pretty sure on a cab it makes a huge difference. I own the spark grid modeling amp which i digital and definitely has a good sustain and bassy drive. I own a tube combo but these are mainly for practical and portability. I got a blackstar ht 40 2 and it's great but I also want the tones or a Marshall jam 800, 5150, Bogner but that would run me thousands buying tube amps.

[@slimturnpike]

Plus it looks cool