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Boss BF-3 Flanger Pedal

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Kelly Jones

Stereophonics lead guitarist and singer, Kelly Jones, uses the Boss BF-3 Flanger Pedal in his guitar pedalboard.
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Billie Joe Armstrong

Foot Switches & AB boxes.... #revrad #dunloppicks #gibson #marshallamps #pedals #bosspedals #mxrpedals #voodoolabs In the top right corner you can see a Boss BF-3 Flanger pedal (BF-3 because of the TWO inputs on the side)
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Steve Vai

#ProductDemo In this video, Vai discusses perfect pedal order, and uses the flanger at 13:30. He recommends experimenting with the flanger's placement in the signal chain to find a sound you like.
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Trentemøller

Top-right corner, the purple-ish Boss pedal is a Flanger.
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Chad Kroeger

At 21:40 you can see the Boss pedals (BF-3, TR-2, CH-1, GE-7) he is using alongside the Dunlop Cry Baby wah pedal.
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Brad Delson

Brad Delson, Linkin Park guitarist, uses the Boss BF-3 Flanger Pedal on his pedalboard at 2:25.
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Mike Scaccia

"The DD-7. I love it. Right now I use two of those, a [BF-3] flanger, a [TU-2] tuner, and my wah. That’s it in my board right now—pretty simple," says Mike, in [this interview](http://www.bossus.com/community/boss_users_group/1220), with Boss.
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Billy Duffy

"Yeah, and I like the DD-3 also. It’s a good one — y’know, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! I use the flanger [BF-3] a little bit, and I’ve been using the Super Overdrive [SD-1], the yellow one."
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Lucio Maia

Seu set atual varia um pouco entre seu projetos solos Maquinado, Almaz e Nação Zumbi.
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Joe Walsh

According to Reverb's website, his current list of pedals also includes the Boss BF-3 flanger.
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Jeordie White

Again, from the Tone King video on Jeordie's effects and amps. The fact that he is using a BF-3 can be seen by the presence of a second, unused, stereo output jack on the left side of the pedal (which, interestingly, the output being used is the Output B, instead of the mono Output A).
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Tim McIlrath

At 10:18 Zach Blair, the lead guitarist of Rise Against, lists Tim's pedal and says that he uses a boss delay and places his hand on a boss flanger. Although he says boss delay the pedal is clearly a boss flanger as you can tell from the colour.
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Shaun Morgan

In this Rig Rundown Shaun Morgan talks about his equipment for upcoming Seether Tour. His pedalboard can be seen 4:46 into the video, with Boss BF-3 on it.
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Dale Stewart

Picture was taken by me at Seether's Cleveland show at the House of Blues on May 12th, 2015. Though the picture may be slightly blurry, it's clear that is what the pedal is. I got a better look in-person.
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Don Felder

According to the Reverb's website, Felder's pedalboard for "Hell Freezes Over" also included the Boss BF-3 flanger pedal.
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George Lynch

In this diagram made by Boss, the Boss BF-3 pedal can be seen in the left corner.
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Stephen Carpenter

At 1:35 of this private gear tour, Stephen Carpenter of [Deftones](https://equipboard.com/band/deftones) shows off some of his gear, including a Boss BF-3 Flanger Pedal.
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Bootsy Collins

This interview states that Collins uses this pedal.
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Bruce Springsteen

In this image of Bruce Springsteen's pedalboard, his Boss BF-3 Flanger can be seen. Photo originally from the [MESA/Boogie's website](http://www.mesaboogie.com/artist/bruce--springsteen.html).
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Trey Azagthoth

http://www.bossus.com/products/bf-3/
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Walter Schreifels

taken from his ig account
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Pete Loeffler

This flanger appears on his rig rundown from Guitar World Magazine.
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Timothy B. Schmit

As listed among the gear in this website.
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Lincoln Brewster

"I’m having a custom pedalboard developed as we speak, which will include a [BD-2] Blues Driver, a Flanger [BF-3], a DD-3 Delay, and a Reverb pedal [RV-5]."
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Robert Smith

Included in list of Robert Smith's pedal
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Spencer Hazard

The Chrous, Super Flanger, and Bass Overdrive pedals are mostly used for noise and interludes during Full Of Hell's live sets. Hazard has used the flanger on “Bone Coral” from Rudiments. These pedals were all also used on the Merzbow collab in non-conventional ways. Hazard had the flanger and super chorus running through a contact mic, which He then taped it to a cymbal for one track and to a floor tom for another.
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Daniel Ash

as explained by artist
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Peter Koppes

According to Tim Grime's photo, Koppes used Boss BF-3.
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Charlie Simpson

The Boss BF-3 Flanger Pedal can be seen in this Facebook photo of Charlie's studio.
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Justin Derrico

A Boss BF-3 Flanger is seen in Derrico's rig
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Nick Reinhart

Nick has a Boss BF-3 Flanger Pedal on this board for dates with Portugal, The Man
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Roger Franco

Boss BF-3 Flanger Pedal
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Jack Dolan

used on 2016 winter tour
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Kiaran Crook

Seen to the left of the tremolo.
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Bruno Beguerie Petrich

entrevista a perras
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Paco Huidobro

En el minuto 1:37 de la versión en vivo (del disco Pastel) de "Plástico", se puede ver el pedal en la pedalera de Paco.
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Description

Building on the 20-year legacy of the famous BOSS BF-2, the new BF-3 flanger pedal gives guitarists and bassists an updated version of the classic BOSS flanger with the thickest stereo flanging sounds ever. Two new modes (Ultra and Gate/Pan) create stereo flanging with incredible depth--even Slicer-type effects and sounds that seem to "swirl" around the listener. An instant classic.

Specifications

The best flanging effects in a compact pedal
New Ultra and Gate/Pan modes for ultrafat flanging with very low noise
Momentary mode turns flanging on instantly
Tap tempo adjustable via pedal
Independent guitar and bass inputs and stereo outputs

16 reviews

moogbadger

1154

Get the BF-2 instead

BOSS discontinued the analogue BF-2, which formed the basis of the classic Robert Smith guitar sound, in the early 2000s, and they replaced it with this. I suppose they were trying to update the pedal for a new Millennium. And yes, it's got more options; a standard mode, an Ultra mode, a slicing/pan mode, it's stereo, and it'll take a bass, and there's a momentary switch so you can add the effect at certain points only, and....

...and it doesn't sound anything like as good as the BF-2. This is a digital flange effect with none of the mystery, depth and vibe of its predecessor. Just get that instead.

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over 1 year ago
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jimmarchi1 Moderator

see, their updated phaser is a great pedal, totally unappreciated, awesome new features! but who sues an 80s boss phaser anyway? When i think phasing I don't think of Boss. But the BF2 was so iconic they shoulda made it until the end of time, unchanged.

over 1 year ago

moogbadger

Yes, I've noticed how good the PH-3 sounds on demos online. It can offer some truly 21st Century phasing effects with its upwards and downwards modes and its step filter. It can also do a sort of almost pseudo wah on lead lines if you crank the resonance. I think that might be my next BOSS pedal, actually, as it makes a change to the MXR/Small Stone thing, and no-one is really using the PH-3, so it's a good way of sounding different. Graham Coxon's got one though: he knows!

over 1 year ago

jimmarchi1 Moderator

its a little killer, got oen a little after it came out after my friend's little brother let me try his. He got one just because he was into all thigns Boss but iw as like "step LFO!"

over 1 year ago

jimmarchi1 Moderator

usually modern Boss is badly retreading their glorious past, crunching out qulity budget boxes and making abd simualtions of Roland branded FX but there are a few recent jems like the PH3 and that insane Slicer pedal that remind me how good Boss can be

over 1 year ago

sbrockelsby

145

Great!

Does everything I want it to, is easy to use, never breaks or craps out! The tap function on this one works really well, I can use it mid song without any major difficulties. Nice to have the stereo option too.

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about 4 years ago
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sjpaezors13

150

Fantastic flanger

Versatile flanger effect, but not a personal favorite. I took it out from my pedalboard

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about 1 year ago
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tiagotxduarte

182

Nice but not indispensible

It's one of those pedals you kind of like to have and like to use but not too much because you really can't fit it in every song. But I like the waves it makes, so... nice.

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over 4 years ago
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rickmeister4

233

Flanger to get the job done!

The BF-3 is a great digital flanger that is easy to set up (given you play around with the settings for an hour maybe first). The buffer in the BF-3 can cut a bit of your highs off in the clean sound, but with overdrive and distortions you wouldn't notice it, I recommend throwing the BF-3 in the amps effects loop or even putting it in a true bypass loop to protect your 'Tone'. I played through other flanger pedals and this one is the one that can do Flanging and other modulation effects the best! the gate/pan mode can be used as a Tremolo in mono and sorta a Uni-vibe in stereo amp setups. the ultra mode is great for wacked out Flanging. But the Standard mode and momentary mode (which is standard mode with, well the momentary application) is where this pedal sits better for my application, if you set the 'Res' knob low and the 'Rate' knob high you can easily get chorus sounds, even Phaser with the right settings. If you're unsure where to start with your modulation pedal search, I recommend the BF-3 or any flanger with (a manual knob which is essentially the delay time), even if flanger isn't your thing, you can cop some other modulation pedal sounds from this one effect alone.

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over 2 years ago
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endwggn

245

It works, but I was hoping to be more impressed

Its...a flanger. I got this hoping it would be a good replacement for my DOD FX-75B (the footswitch on it bothers me and mine produces audible flanging even being the only ON pedal and with the guitar muted). It definitely works as advertised, but not the way I wanted. Unlike the sound I go for, this flanger sounds a bit more...."on top" of the sound rather than "integrated with" the sound. The bass option is a good perk though; having failed to replace my DOD on my guitar board, this ended up actually expanding my bass board. Which in turn made me get more serious about bass.

I guess it fits other people's styles, but until I find the circuit I want in a flanger, its a standby.

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about 3 hours ago
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dannfeltrin

648

It doesn't get better than this!

This pedal have been on most pedalboards out there... I grew up seeing lots of players, both guitarists and bassists, using this pedal. It sounds amazing, and compared to the BF-2 (which I have owned before) it gives you more options to fine tune your effect. I love the "Momentary" function, specially to emphasize some phrases during solos.

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4 months ago
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rickwerneck13

257

Trustworthy Flanger

An amazing effects pedal! It takes a bit of time to find the sound you want but it's well worth it.

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almost 4 years ago
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blake_byrne

166

90's rock never heard the end of it, neither will I...

BF-3 is a pretty rad little guy.. does its job, stays out of trouble, yeah.

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almost 5 years ago
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cdruebert

136

Great pedal

Has so many ways to adjust it and it is still fairly easy to use

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almost 5 years ago
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leobutterworth

600

meh

in a battle between this vs mxr flanger this loses but only just so in my mind best have both :)

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3 months ago
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sergey_fridburg

138

Flanger boss

I'm happy with this pedal and its new options, in general a very simple and good pedal.

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about 2 years ago
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oliver_grone

168

Nice...

very usefull flanger with a lot of sound possibilities. no problems with it like with some old analog flangers

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over 3 years ago
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noah3703

15

Wow

Early birthday present in 2018. Changed bass playing for me. Justin Chancellor. Forty-Six and 2. Incredible.

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about 1 year ago
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eoin_jennings

198

very flexible flanger

a great pedal if you want versatility- maybe a little cold for some tastes

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over 1 year ago
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chris_erickson

153

Amazing

Im strictly Boss pedals with some exceptions like whammy pedals. This along with every Boss pedal I've ever bought has been amazing.

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over 3 years ago
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