Boss BF-2 Settings Thread

Ryan Mohr · #1 08-31-2008, 11:37 AM

I have noticed this pedal is fairly common among TB'ers, what are your settings? Here are mine (from left to right) - 11 o'clock - 3 o'clock - 11 o'clock - 1 o'clock

Ryan Mohr · #2 09-01-2008, 09:09 AM

Chronicle · #3 09-01-2008, 07:16 PM

basically 12oc on all knobs.

metallist · #4 09-01-2008, 07:26 PM

FINALLY!
I have a BF-3 and have been waiting for someone to do this!

I'll back to you with my setting (on the assumption that the knobs of the BF-3 are similar to those on the BF-2).

Not meaning to hijack the thread - what would the settings be for Tool's Jambi and 46 & 2?

Chronicle · #5 09-01-2008, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by metallist

FINALLY!
I have a BF-3 and have been waiting for someone to do this!

I'll back to you with my setting (on the assumption that the knobs of the BF-3 are similar to those on the BF-2).

Not meaning to hijack the thread - what would the settings be for Tool's Jambi and 46 & 2?

Damnit, I knew a noob would come in here and bring that up.

The BF-3 and BF-2 are different. We don't need BF-3 settings in here

And JC doesn't use a BF-3 so you're outa luck.

metallist · #6 09-01-2008, 08:54 PM

Cool - I am not a newbie (as such).

Thanks for you're arrogance...

I know the 2 are not the same, I never said the 2 were the same. I KNOW the 2 are similar, just thought that I may be able to contribute (obviously not).

Chronicle · #7 09-01-2008, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by metallist

Cool - I am not a newbie (as such).

Thanks for you're arrogance...

I know the 2 are not the same, I never said the 2 were the same. I KNOW the 2 are similar, just thought that I may be able to contribute (obviously not).

You didn't use search, automatic fail in my department

Ryan Mohr · #8 09-02-2008, 11:28 AM

anyone else?

Ryan Mohr · #9 09-18-2008, 02:13 PM

one last bump...

Jimbob Jones · #10 09-18-2008, 02:37 PM

Manual: 3 o'clock
Depth: 5 o'clock
Rate: 7 o'clock
Res: between 9 and 12 o'clock, depending on how much I feel like a rubber band

CicadaSilence · #11 09-18-2008, 02:39 PM

****. The BF-2 used to be the only pedal I owned (HA!) and I had a chart of like, ten different settings I'd switch between.

The only one I remember is, from left to right (I can't even remember the knobs, just the positions):

10:00
11:00
1:00
2:00

I guess I should mention that I'm pretty opposed to Post Yr Settings threads, as a rule. I think you should tweak your settings according to what sounds best in the particular context of the music going on around you, not run a static setting and try to mash it into whatever it is you're doing.

winston · #12 09-18-2008, 04:34 PM

Manual: Hard L
Depth: Hard L
Rate: Hard R
Res: Hard R

You may have to tweak the internal trimpots a bit--once you do this setting is an express train to self-oscillating psychedelic feedback. It's a weird, whistling reverb/ring modulator kind of tone and you can change the pitch with the manual knob.

Chronicle · #13 09-18-2008, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by winston

Manual: Hard L
Depth: Hard L
Rate: Hard R
Res: Hard R

You may have to tweak the internal trimpots a bit once you do this setting is an express train to self-oscillating psychedelic feedback. It's a weird, whistling reverb/ring modulator kind of tone and you can change the pitch with the manual knob.

there's internal trimpots in the mij bf-2?

DopplerShift · #14 09-18-2008, 05:59 PM

7:00, 10:00, 10:00, 7:00

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winston · #15 09-19-2008, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Chronicle

there's internal trimpots in the mij bf-2?

Yessir, yessir, three bags full.

One controls overall effect volume, the other two seem to alter maximum resonance and some frequency parameter.

I had my BF-2 for a few years and didn't really like it on bass. One day I took it apart and found the trimpots. Messed around with them while playing 'til I got it sounding real good, haven't touched 'em since. Be sure to mark the pots with a felt-tipped pen before twiddling so you can get back where you started if need be.

thejohnkim · #16 09-19-2008, 05:32 AM

all in clock positions:

11/11/11/5

love this pedal.

Chris V. · #17 09-19-2008, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Chronicle

basically 12oc on all knobs.

I just received mine today and that was the first setting I tried - so much better than the BF-3.

king_xanadu · #18 03-29-2009, 08:36 PM

does any one know the settings justin uses in 46 & 2?
stangely search yielded nothing

Chronicle · #19 03-29-2009, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by king_xanadu

does any one know the settings justin uses in 46 & 2?
stangely search yielded nothing

YOUR SEARCHING SKILLS HAS LOWERED BY -1000.3 POINTS.

Silver Hammer · #20 03-29-2009, 09:14 PM

I always change settings with my BF-2 cuz I always seem to want a different sound from it but one (not as traditionally usable) tone I keep coming back to is all knobs maxed. Throw it after a fuzz and it sounds so... awesome. It's so fast it stops sounding like flanging and starts sounding like it's "vibrating", sounds really cool after heavy fuzz.