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ChristoMephisto
Platinum Member
Canada
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 Posted - 12/07/2007 : 14:11:56
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I've only had the BF-2 and HF-2, imho the HiBand is a better
You can get some nice chorus sounds, vibrato, and can really sparkle up another modulation pedal before it. Like a chorus or a phaser |
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eboe
Copper Member
USA
45 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2007 : 04:18:31
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Originally posted by Shoegazers Anonymous
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Originally posted by Shoegazers Anonymous
I was at the rehearsalroom today and testing my pedalboard. I really cant decide wich one to use. Frankly, Im not sure if shall use flanger at all. I really don�t find it useful. Does anyone have any good samples of settings and on records etc so that I can hear what the effect can do? I have chorus and a rotovibe and a phaser, so i really don�t use it. It feels bad, cause i like the unit, but i doesn�t do anything that the other modulation pedals do, it�s a little same same but different. Im really confused here... 
Was at the rehearsal yesterday and now I just love the BF-2. I figured that both chorus and phaser is not that useable in our music, and instead of using three units, the BF-2 do all the stuff by it self. It both does a cool chorus-sound in one setting with the manual knob near minimum, or a jetplane sound close to phaser in other settings. So I decided to put out the PH-2 and the CE-2 from the pedalboard and just keep the BF-2. So now im gonna put in my newly arrived HM-2 and my other new pedal DSD-2 instead. All happy! 
bite thy tongue. Chorus and Flanger sound great together. Better yet, stack two choruses and a flanger. leave the phaser out of it. Then use two delays and give up the distortion ;) |
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verivorax
Platinum Member
Canada
1185 Posts |
Posted - 01/04/2008 : 03:47:05
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I just tried my BF-2B out with my guitar.. the sound melted my brain!
You can fiddle with some of the trimpots inside the BF2 (carefully) to get some whacked out bendy sounds.
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 01/04/2008 : 04:22:21
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Originally posted by verivorax
I just tried my BF-2B out with my guitar.. the sound melted my brain!
You can fiddle with some of the trimpots inside the BF2 (carefully) to get some whacked out bendy sounds.
Hi verivorax
Welcome to the forum.
Sounds like your having some fun, Some of the guys here might have the schematic for the BF-2B if you really want to know what the pots do.
Regards Dr. Bob |
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ChristoMephisto
Platinum Member
Canada
1288 Posts |
Posted - 01/04/2008 : 13:28:06
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Welcome to the forum!!!
The internal trimpots that people like to tweek are the VR7 and VR5.
These control the Cl and Resonance. Most leave the Bias pot alone.
Take pics, or draw out the original positions of the trimpots before you tweek them.
Sometimes I wish Boss made a Low Band Flanger, opposite the HF-2 |
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4evrnewB
Silver Member
Canada
322 Posts |
Posted - 01/04/2008 : 15:09:14
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Last night I had a bit of a "flange-off" between two BF-2's and a BF-3. Truly, there was not a lot to choose between them but I found it interesting that even the BF-2's did not sound identical.
For myself, I ended up choosing to keep the BF-2 that sounded the thickest and most analog as a backup for my EH Elctric Mistress.
I will say the BF-3 seemed a bit brighter and is, of course, stereo which may appeal to a lot of people. |
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4evrnewB
Silver Member
Canada
322 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2008 : 20:48:08
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| Just to answer my own question here, for whatever it's worth...turns out my favourite of the bunch is the HF-2. Still going to keep my Electric Mistress, but I'll RELY on the Boss! |
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happyplucker
Bronze Member
United Kingdom
126 Posts |
Posted - 01/31/2008 : 10:08:52
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| just wonderinf if anyone has done the mod to a bf-2 that i stumbled upon on another page, erics's corner? i asked about an od-1 recetly and someone directed me to this page, it had a bit about modding a bf-2, just wondered if anyone has used it thats all? :) |
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
3652 Posts |
Posted - 01/31/2008 : 13:29:47
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Originally posted by ChristoMephisto
Sometimes I wish Boss made a Low Band Flanger, opposite the HF-2
Has anyone tested plugging a guitar into the Bass input on the BF-3?
Will it produce a low band flanger sound or will it just sound crap?  |
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ChristoMephisto
Platinum Member
Canada
1288 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2008 : 12:33:55
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Originally posted by happyplucker
just wonderinf if anyone has done the mod to a bf-2 that i stumbled upon on another page, erics's corner? i asked about an od-1 recetly and someone directed me to this page, it had a bit about modding a bf-2, just wondered if anyone has used it thats all? :)
The same mods from the CE-2 can be done on the BF-2,
make it a ring modulator or vibrato, just compare the schems
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Johnrocks
Silver Member
Brazil
175 Posts |
Posted - 02/06/2008 : 08:47:36
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Hi there!
I used to have a BF-2 MIJ and really loved that pedal. But I had to trade it cuz I didn�t have money to buy the stuff I needed that time. So, last month I got a BF-2 MIT (yeah you can read my topic about the weird BF-2 label and even see the pics!) and it sounds way better than my old pedal! It�s smoother and it sounds clean too! I tried HF-2 and didn�t like it cuz it sounded like the DC-2 when a good friend of mine adjusted the knobs (but I prefer the DC-2). I�m really in love with my BF-2 and I use it as a Chorus pedal too. It fits very well on my ballads (Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Bryan Adanms wannabie... hahahahahaahaha). So, I�m a HUGE BF-2 fan!  |
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Joske Turbo
Silver Member
Belgium
412 Posts |
Posted - 05/04/2009 : 18:54:51
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| IMO the MIJ BF-2 is the best Boss flanger. It can get near to chorus, vibrato, it can do subtle flanging and amazing jet engine sweeps. With the res cranked up, the coolest sound is there, especially with some fuzz. Works also great on bass, even better than the BF-2B. There is much more clarity in the tone. Will always be on my board. |
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bassinyourface
Bronze Member
France
76 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2009 : 10:10:26
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I have owned and modified many MIT BF-2s only to find out that
you can't beat a MIJ BF-2,that sound is really a classic.
I also like the sound of my MIJ HF-2 which is more subtle.
It makes for a very groovy bass sound as only upper harmonics
are affected. |
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natthu
Gold Member
Australia
756 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2009 : 10:56:07
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| Anyone tried the BF-1? I know it's not a Boss "compact" but I've heard that the sound on 12v is amazing. My guitarist has a broken one (I think it may just be the switch - I'm going to attempt to fix it). |
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zerksies
Double Platinum Member
USA
3406 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2009 : 16:36:40
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| bf-2 hands down, the bf-3 does not even come close to sounding as good as the bf-2 |
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The Best Boss Flanger?
