Boss BF-3

takes a while,
but if you are not stupid

my setup is: guitar-->535q wah wah-->maxon od9-->rocktron rampage-->big muff us-->BOSS BF3-->marshall vt1-->boss ce20-->akai head rush delay-->amp

sound is great BUT not much more valueable than it costs.
flanger should be most trancparent and this one is not so.
my opinion, becouse theie is a problem finding a good flanger today is to buy the MAXON FL9 which costs about 250$ but it worth it.
and it eats up your tone a bit, not big deal

will never brake - but sound quality is more important issue

no need

ok value, second best flanger

Once you have a quick look at the manual for about five minutes (I read it on the bus home after buying it) you should get sounds you want out of it pretty quickly.

I use a Trace Elliot Boxer 65 for my Warwick Streamer Standard bass and out of the amp it sounds gorgeous but when we miked the amp for recording it sounded a bit icky (although I'd preferably line out of a bass amp but there's no line out on my amp).

An earlier review stated that using the gate/pan mode in mono sounded awful but I found you can get some great sounds out of it.

Also, try manipulating feedback on a mike through it, my friend was messing about and managed to get the French national anthem out of it.

I've been using this pedal for over a year now and not one second of trouble have I had (although I recommend an AC adaptor, batteries get eaten up quite quickly)

No need ever for my Boss pedals

Fits perfectly with what I play (somewhere between Sigur Ros and Tool). I'd definitely buy it again if anything happened to it, it really is a nice pedal. The only thing I will say is that the tempo tap setting is a bit tricky to use at first. I much prefer it to my guitarist's Digitech Turbo Flanger. Don't even look at other brands or models

Hola! Recibi un Flanger como regalo de cumplea?os.
Recomiendo que utilizes un eliminador de baterias durante tus ensayos, porque el BF-3 se come una bateria de 9V en menos de 3 horas. El manual..... que te digo.... Hay que leerlo varias veces si es que es tu primer contacto con los manuales de BOSS. En general el manual es bueno. Te recomiendo pruebes los ejemplos del manual para que descubras las posibilidades del Flanger. Un 8 porque el Flanger exige trabajo hasta encontrar el sonido que buscas.

Squier (barata)+ DS-2 + BF-3 + amp. Como muchos pedales de BOSS, si el eliminador de baterias es ruidoso, pues el BF-3 trabaja ese sonido tambien. El BF-3 tiene dos salidas una que produce estereo y otra que no. Tiene dos entradas, una para bajo y una para guitarra.
Dependiendo de cual salida utilizas puedes ademas variar los efectos.
El controlador de modo a la derecha es una maravilla, pues dependiendo de la eleccion ahi, varian los sonidos en las salidas de mono y estereo. Sin embargo (algo menos positivo tiene que haber) el modo Turbo.... el modo Turbo es cualquier cosa menos lo que tu crees que es. Turbo no significa ni fuerza ni rapidez, en este pedal significa un poco mas alla. Con un buen amp. este pedal es una maravilla.

Como todo los BOSS la caja aguanta cualquier cosa. Como el pedal no esta en funcion todo el tiempo en mi caso, lo utilizo con eliminador de bateria y bateria incluida, por si el eliminador muere a mitad de actuacion.

Todavia no he necesitado hacer uso ni de la garantia ni de tomar contacto con el fabricante.

Aunque no lo crean, este pedal lo utilizo en los solos.
Le doy a la guitarra desde los 16 anos (comenze con una acustica) y ya tengo 50.
Si este BF-3 se perdiera o lo robaran.... compraria otro BF-3!
Lo que no me gusta, ya lo dije, es cierta tendencia a producir ruidos de fondo. Lo que me gusta mas: te obliga a llevar bien el tiempo. Lo utilizo siempre en la posicion de Flanger standard.
No lo he comprado con otros y como ya lo dije, no lo elegi.
Si ayuda a hacer musica? No. Ayuda a darle variacion al sonido de tu musica.
Eso si, este pedal exige HORAS de prueba, hasta que encuentras el sonido para tu guitarra, otros efectos y tu amp.
Un 9 porque este pedal exige.

Like all good effects it takes a bit to fine-tune one's taste. The 8 i gave this pedal on ease of use, is not a bad thing, all good equipment is hard to use at first.

Though a wider range of sound than the BF-2, the BF-3 only really has about 4 things on the old one... Tap Tempo, Modes, and Stereo sound. They both sound about the same (seeing that they are the same effect), but the BF-3 offers an extra boost (and ultra mode) and a gateing in and out effect. The Gate effect is really cool if you have this pedal setup to go stereo.

Boss... that explains it all

Never needed it

For a flanger this thing is as good as it gets.
Boss will never let you down.
It was worth it to me, but ultimately you'll just have to wander down to your nearest music store and check it out for yourself.

5 knobs, got a quality sound out of it in a matter of minutes. Rate and depth are self explanatory, res goes from dreamy swirl to a roaring swoosh, manual sounds better when set quite low, although it's a bit subtle. standard setting is good enough for me, ultra is insanely good. The momentary is useful, but i havent needed the set tempo or gate/pan mode yet. nice to know its there. all you need from a stompbox really.

I play a '77 ibanez thru an old boss ce-3 -> electro harmonix big muff reissue -> BF-3 -> marshall DSL 401. The amp's being repaired at the mo (see my review on that), but the flanger sounds awesome! on clean, it gives a gorgeous AIC swirl up to the usual sonic whoosh, and a quavering vintage tremolo with the rate cranked up. with the distortion on, there's another load of sounds you can get out of it. sounds like concorde in yer bedroom.

It's a boss with all the reliability that goes with it. this thing will not let you down. just bring a spare battery if you're not using the adaptor socket.

never had to deal with them.

I play a load of 90s alternative/grunge stuff and it's perfect. Tried the BF-3 and the BF-2 in the shop, but the BF-2 sounded a bit thin and weak so i paid the extra #10 and damn it was worth it. i've pinned down the warble on soundgarden's 'black hole sun', the whoosh of alice in chains circa 'dirt' and with my big muff got the sound of the smashing pumpkins 'love'. been playing for bout 5 years, and if it got stolen, i'd replace it straight away. apart from not being able to alter the gate/pan rate independently to the flange rate, the only thing i don't like is the naff purple colour...

its pretty easy, all you have to do is mess with the knobs so theyre at a setting you like and then stomp it to turn it on. I did need to look at the manual when i got it because it is a little complicated to get to know the pedal's full potential. I really wish you could store patches for different flange sounds like on the Line 6 modelers. I also wish you could access the tap tempo faster and easier like the Line 6 delay modeler. On the BF-3 pedal you have to hold the button down for 2 seconds then you tap your tempo and hold it down for another 2 seconds to turn it off.

ABSOLUTELY MARVELOUS! i tried many flange pedals before i got it and this one took the cake baby. very smooth and warm or brash, depending on your personal tastes.

hasn't failed. metal chassis, hard rubber bottom, you can't go wrong.

i've never had the need to deal with boss or roland customer support in the many years that i have been playing

this pedal is fricken great! ive been playing for 8 years and play gigs about every weekend. ive tried many different flange pedal and this one tops them all. the line 6 modulation modeler is also a great pedal, but i like the sound quality of my boss better.

It took me awhile to get to know what all the knobs and settings do. I've mastered it now.

You can sound like:
Flanger
Chorus
Siren
Univibe
Vibrato
UFO
Tremolo (the Gate thing is really cool)
Sitar
Etc.
I love this pedal.

Great pedal. Makes a better Chorus sound than the Boss Chorus pedals (CE-5, CH-1). This may be the best Boss pedal ever.

At the beginning it was hard to find how each knob affect the sound but with the manuel, it was more easy to understand. After 10 minutes with the manuel, it was easy to use.(It was my first pedal)

Set-up: Peavey rage 158, Ibanez Ds7, Bf-3 Flanger and Vantage guitar.

The sound is really good. I find a lot of combination and still finding more combinations. The stereo mode make the flange better than with the mono output, the ultra mode is good with the distorsion and make the flange harder. With the gate/pan mode, you can tremolo sound with a little flange if you want with the mono output. The momentary knob can be useful but I don't really use it. I love all the modes.

With a good distorsion, you can make really good music with the BF-3. You will always hear the airplane sound with palm mute and it can make you distorsion a better sound. With my setting, when I use the disortion and the BF-3, it make some noise but with a ns-2 noise suppressor the noise's gone.

I try my BF-3 Flanger with other amps, guitars, effects and the sound is always good.

As others have said, it is a BOSS and last longer than you.

I never dealt with them.

I play most of the time alternative music and it is a good match. I have been playing for one year and half and the BF-3 is my favorite pedal. I love all of is feature because I can always make new sounds and I like that. The fourth mode are useful and always sound well. I think it was the best purchase I did and I don't regret to have spend a lot of money for my BF-3.

Spend some time with this wee toy, I have never had a Flanger befor and found it strange for the first 30mins or so. When you know what knob does what its easy.

Jag, FlextoneIIplus,Twin + other boss pedals.

I think the sound on this Flanger is good, I enjoy the ULTRA setting as it is all whooshy. The GATE/PAN seeting is good for creating smooth, warm rhythum sounds. Havent really used the momentary setting much, havent found a use for it within the context of my playing. The STANDARD setting is just what it ses on the tin.

As others have said, Its a BOSS.

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i play lots of stuff from the Primus covers band Im in to the Psychedelic/Industriual band I play in. This pedal gives me great sounds for solos and whooshy chords, just what I wanted it for. My only reservation is that it was a little expencive, I would have rather paid #70 rather than #80 (it would have got me lunch and few pints that day).
My bands site is www.bastardsquad.tk
Cheers

Pretty easy if you know what flange sound youre looking for. If you dont then tweak it has it.

The sound quality is awsome. The bf-2 was the first flange I used. It didnt impress me much. It seemed like the flange swirl wasnt loud enough, so I took it back and tried the bf-3. prob. solved it kicked ASS. I love the ultra setting.

I have BOSS pedals,ge-7, ac-2 mt-2, ns-2, and now the bf-3 and they all work great.

Never dealt with them.

Ive been playing around 13 years, and have tried lots of stuff. I spent fortunes on things that I thought would work that didnt. Do yourself, a favor and save time and money. Try BOSS effects first. PS NO, I DONT WORK FOR THEM.