A question please.

proggy

I was sorting some stuff out at the weekend and found one of my old pedals that I had from the 80's, when I was a bass player. It's a Boss Flanger BF-2B.

My question is, would I be able to use this for guitar, or is it just for bass?

Many thanks

Steve.

Jonathanthomas83

Should be fine for guitar, try it :-)

ICBM

You can definitely use it for guitar. The main difference compared to the BF-2 is that it has a cutoff to stop the flanging being applied to the note fundamentals, so it doesn't make the bass sound out of tune. On a guitar it will just sound a bit lighter and less deep than the BF-2.

proggy

Thanks lads, I'll get a battery for it later and give it a go.

Alnico

ICBM said:

You can definitely use it for guitar. The main difference compared to the BF-2 is that it has a cutoff to stop the flanging being applied to the note fundamentals, so it doesn't make the bass sound out of tune. On a guitar it will just sound a bit lighter and less deep than the BF-2.

That's interesting !

Are there any other Bass pedals that function as a more subtle version when used with a guitar? Maybe the Bass overdrives or Muffs? Has anyone ever tried them ?

Jonathanthomas83

CE-2B is one I know, works with guitar. 

ICBM

Alnico said:

Are there any other Bass pedals that function as a more subtle version when used with a guitar? Maybe the Bass overdrives or Muffs? Has anyone ever tried them ?

Most bass pedals work in one of two ways - modulations avoid effecting the fundamentals, and distortions let you blend clean signal in with the dirt.

Blending clean guitar with distortion is something that some people like, and others can't stand… I'm in the second camp .

Alnico

Very interesting. 
I shall look Into this. 

MattBanshee

Alnico said:

ICBM said:

You can definitely use it for guitar. The main difference compared to the BF-2 is that it has a cutoff to stop the flanging being applied to the note fundamentals, so it doesn't make the bass sound out of tune. On a guitar it will just sound a bit lighter and less deep than the BF-2.

That's interesting !

Are there any other Bass pedals that function as a more subtle version when used with a guitar? Maybe the Bass overdrives or Muffs? Has anyone ever tried them ?

The Bass Big Muff is a different circuit entirely to the 'normal' US big muff - with the bass boost disengaged, it's actually identical (or near as dammit) to the black Russian big muff, which is now sought-after and expensive.

Teetonetal

+1 for bass big muff. Great on guitar

MattBanshee

Interestingly, I've always preferred the sound of guitar distortions on bass rather than specific bass distortion.