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BF-2 Flanger

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  • Brand:
    Boss
  • Model:
    BF-2 Flanger
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From 80´s to Eternity

Review By:
Smart Patrol
Smart Patrol on 10/5/10 12:44 PM
Reviewer Background:
Amateur, but with trained ears
Purchased From:
A guy
Price:
$60.00 USD USED
Features:

BF-2 had 4 knobs: MANUAL, DEPTH, RATE and RES(onance). They allowed lots of settings, like Chorus, Jet Flanging, Tremolo, Vibrato and some alien sounds. There was a myriad of possible settings. Lots of experiments.

Sound Quality:

BF-2 was very good sounding, really pro quality, a pedal for other people to be jealous of. It was the same used by The Cure, The Cult, The Police, and even Van Halen and Nirvana. Sometimes, maybe due to the pedal conditions when I bought it, it had some little background hiss, but it didn´t interfere on the tone. It was no bother. The sound quality of that thing never disappointed me.

Reliability/Durability:

I bought it really bashed. There was a screw missing in the stomp section, so I had to replace it. There were lots of scratches, some of the knobs, along with the PSU jack, were a bit loosely, but I had no noise problems of any kind. BF-2 looked like getting back from war, but I could see then what everybody already knew: BOSSES are like TANKS. Why should I bother with backups?

Ease of Use:

Because of its flexibility, it took some time to achieve the best tweak, and then I had to take note of the knob positions for not fogetting them, specially for changing them during a show. But I tell you the Flanger was pretty easy to use, considering the number of different combinations it provided.

Customer Support:

Why should I bother with this?

Overall Rating:

The BF-2 Flanger was a great match for the kind of music I was playing, 20 years ago. I could play most pop songs and it added some brightness to some originally played clean. In addition, It gave me a great match with my DF-2 Superfeedbacker, giving presence to the solos.

I was originally planning to buy a CE-2 Chorus, also from Boss, but a more experienced friend recommended me the Flanger because it could do everything Chorus did and much more. And he was right. That MIJ thing was superb.

I didn´t only buy it again, now that I don´t have any financial problems, it's because people here in Brazil, where pedals are very overpriced, want ridiculous prices for those Vintage pedals. If I were a professional musician, I could consider having one, since its said the MIJ versions of any Boss pedal are the best. So, I decided to buy something more suitable to my ambitions as a guitar player: a very good Onerr HF-1 Hydrogen Flanger.

If you live in a country where the Customs don't overprice any purchases from E-bay, you could safely try buying BF-2, specially if it's MIJ. I could bet your buddies would be jealous...

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BF-2 Flanger

Review By:
calvin-ZB14f
calvin-ZB14f on 11/4/09 1:00 AM
Reviewer Background:
Purchased From:
ebay
Price:
$89.00 USD
Features:
Sound Quality:
I'm plugged to my chain of effects which is as below Guitar>>>Dunlop 535>>Vox Satchurator>>Boss CE2>>BF2>>Boss DD2>>Boss DD3>>Digitech Digidelay(for reverse delay or tap tempo or loop) Here is just the beginning of my problems. i found that despite it being a great effect but overall i really struggle to try to get it to sound different to the CE2. The pedal gives the guitar a huge frequency/volume boost when activated. Sometimes to the point it annoys me as it doesnt fit the mix. Too strong an effect too when kicked in the distortion. can see why its called a flanger but damn i need a more tame unit IMO. On the clean channel its nice and warm but very chorus like in its zone i like but i'm trying to get it to sound different to the chorus on clean too but when done so...damn annoying effect. It def nails 'Message in a bottle' tone but i dont know...Its testing my patience.
Reliability/Durability:
i'd giv it a 10 for lasting this long. Wouldnt cry if it breaks
Ease of Use:
4 Knobs>>Manual/Depth/Rate/Resonance I think this has been the hardest pedal to use for me IMO because i never had a flanger pedal b4 this being my 1st. It has got many characters with the turn of each knob. Mine is black knobs Made in Japan (November 1982) I do struggle with this so a 5 from me
Customer Support:
Boss support? LOL don get me started
Overall Rating:
I use this for instrumental, funk, blues, rock, metal, u name it this pedal shud fit the mix well but its not finding favor in my ears. The best of my lot is the Satchurator, CE2 and DD2. This bf2 is like over the top kind of flanger. Like overly strong coffee. A unique pedal but i think i might go for ibanez FL9 next. I need time to nail some good sounds i think.
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BF-2 Flanger

Review By:
Scott Bowman--rxOQ
Scott Bowman--rxOQ on 6/25/09 1:00 AM
Reviewer Background:
Purchased From:
Price:
$50.00 USD
Features:
Sound Quality:
I have the simplest set up ever, Schecter C-7 through a Crate GFX-212, through a Crate 4x12 cab.  It sounds just awesome.  It does exactly what you want it to do.  I even like to turn up the speed to max and turn down the resistance to get that watery-vibe, throw some delay on there and you can make some really cool leads.  Its just the perfect flange sound.
Reliability/Durability:
Always works, no problems. I even bought it used.
Ease of Use:
First of all I've had this pedal for 7 years, so I decided to write a review just so people get an opinion from an experienced user and not someone who just bought and is all excited about it! :)  It is very easy to use; it may take a while at first to get the exact settings you desire, but when you do, its awesome and addicting. Plus the manual knob is fun, it's great for recording with.  You can make many sounds from it. And i never used the manual. 10.
Customer Support:
Never had to deal with them yet.
Overall Rating:
I've been playing guitar for 12 years. I play all styles of rock: progressive rock, metal, jazz, blues, experimental, pop.  And this thing rocks, its one of the essential pedals every electric guitarist should own.  I personally think every guitarist should own a delay and flange.  But I gig with it everywhere, I use it almost every day, it's just a great long-term pedal that you definitley will NOT regret buying! If i could give it a 19 out of 10 i would.
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BF-2 Flanger

Review By:
cucumber187
cucumber187 on 6/10/09 1:00 AM
Reviewer Background:
Purchased From:
Price:
$50.00 USD
Features:
Sound Quality:
The pedal is pretty well known to have a metallic-ish quality to its sound, I happen to love this about it. The way I run mine it feels almost like it's crawling up your skin or something. The BF-2 knocked my old FL-9 off my board- the FL-9 is a very smooth analog flanger, never really did it for me. The BF-2 is perfect for me. Very clean sound- no noise other than what you put in to it.
Reliability/Durability:
Boss pedals are built really well- they are tough.
Ease of Use:
It is real easy to get a good sound out of it... with that said the manual and resonance can be a little tricky to wrap your head around at first glance.
Customer Support:
Overall Rating:
Over all I love the BF-2 but I think it would not be every ones cup of tea. I love it for its slightly uncomfortable metallic-isqe qualities and I run it more subtle than your big old jet swooshes and whatnot. I wouldn't say that it lends its self to any type of music ether. I imagine that you'd ether love or hate the pedal. I use it in concert with several other pedals, but I find it's a lot of fun with delay in particular. I would replace it in a heartbeat if it was lost or stolen, one of my favorite pedals.
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BF-2 Flanger

Review By:
nacixem9
nacixem9 on 3/31/08 1:00 AM
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Features:
Sound Quality:
Setup = 84 American Strat equipped w Noiseless pickups, 91 Charvel w Dimarzio Area 58 and 61 pickups, or 73 Ibanez Les Paul copy equipped with Seymour Duncans.  All w gauge 10s. Crate Palomino v32 212.  Connect by itself with monster cables and thru my Carl Martin Combinator 2 with George L cables.  Also tested with Vox Pathfinder model v9158, Fender FM 100 head, Marshall MG 250 DFX. Settings = no noisy.  found a lot sounds good for funk, soul rhythm work, some for rock, and some for lead.  Sound = the effect sounded great and actual boosted the overall volume level.  great for that swoosh and swirl, short delay, watery chorus sound, funky phase sound.  I can get sounds for Maroon, Seal, Van Halen ... Great clean or with distortion.
Reliability/Durability:
No issues what so ever.  Gig all the time with a variety band playing all kinds of music.  Its found a permanent spot on my pedalboard.
Ease of Use:
I would say medium for easy of use.  I had to take a look at the Effects Guide from Boss to get an idea of a good starting place.  It was a lot of fun tweaking the knobs and creating all those sounds. 
Customer Support:
Never had to deal with Boss.
Overall Rating:
like I said, I play soul, r&b, funk, jazz, latin, latin rock, tejano, rock, and pop.
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