BOSS BF-2 Flanger (Secret Weapon)
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Metalman_666
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Love my BF-2! Such a great range of sounds without ever being too overbearing IMO
Did you keep the manual maxed, drop resonance, moderate depth and rate slow?
Did you keep the manual maxed, drop resonance, moderate depth and rate slow?
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LLL
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Manual at max, everything else off.
How Ronni figured that out is beyond me... EQ wise, IIRC, it boosts 800Hz and drops 400Hz & 2KHz a hair.
But you can't use an EQ to replicate this (you'd think you could), must be the BOSS BF-2 set that way.
There's a certain resonance going on...
Combine with a BOSS OD-1 (mid hump) at the end of the pedal chain, and there's those complex mids.
Aceman
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I was never a real fan of his tone per se. His rhythm has a bright wicked chainsaw tone that I like, but never moved by his leads. I do however, really love his playing a lot. A personal favorite.
Everything you said is in line with this published back in 2011...
https://www.woodytone.com/2011/01/20...s-and-effects/
Everything you said is in line with this published back in 2011...
https://www.woodytone.com/2011/01/20...s-and-effects/
Rich_S
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I bought my first BF-2 around 1980, when I was enamored of the jet plane sounds Pats Travers & Thrall were getting on the live album "Go For What You Know". I knew they used A/DA flangers, but I figured a flanger is a flanger, and the BF-2 1) took up much less space and 2) ran off a single 9-volt supply. It also did a pretty good imitation of the Travers jet.
Shortly thereafter, I discovered The Police's and loved Andy Summer's sounds on "Regatta de Blanc". I may have know he was using an Electric Mistress, but again, I didn't know the difference in those days. "A flanger is a flanger." I soon realized that the trick to his sound was to turn the Manual all the way down, and use minimal feedback to lessen the swoosh. And again, the BF-2 did a pretty damn good imitation of the Mistress, without the need for AC power or excessive pedalboard space. I've been using a BF-2 ever since. I've tried the BF-3, but Boss made its controls more wide-ranging, making it hard to dial in the sounds of the BF-2. I recently spent a lot of time trying to ape the BF-2 sound on an MS-3 multieffects and got close after realizing that the trick is to imitate the lo-fi limitations of '80s technology: limiting bandwidth with EQ rolloff, stuff like that. I got close, but the BF-2 is much easier.
I really should have a spare, should check on Reverb. OTOH, if Boss issued a BF-2W I'd buy it in a minute. I already cashed out of my '80s CE-2 and replaced it with the Waza version.
Shortly thereafter, I discovered The Police's and loved Andy Summer's sounds on "Regatta de Blanc". I may have know he was using an Electric Mistress, but again, I didn't know the difference in those days. "A flanger is a flanger." I soon realized that the trick to his sound was to turn the Manual all the way down, and use minimal feedback to lessen the swoosh. And again, the BF-2 did a pretty damn good imitation of the Mistress, without the need for AC power or excessive pedalboard space. I've been using a BF-2 ever since. I've tried the BF-3, but Boss made its controls more wide-ranging, making it hard to dial in the sounds of the BF-2. I recently spent a lot of time trying to ape the BF-2 sound on an MS-3 multieffects and got close after realizing that the trick is to imitate the lo-fi limitations of '80s technology: limiting bandwidth with EQ rolloff, stuff like that. I got close, but the BF-2 is much easier.
I really should have a spare, should check on Reverb. OTOH, if Boss issued a BF-2W I'd buy it in a minute. I already cashed out of my '80s CE-2 and replaced it with the Waza version.
