Role in this rig
Creates Prince's pronounced swept modulation, a pedal family retained across many later rigs.
Documented setup
- Exact touring setting not documented
- 1990 tour board
Effect profile /Modulation
Boss BF-2 Flanger
Also catalogued as BF-2
Explore the documented settings, signal-chain positions and roles of Boss BF-2 Flanger in dated rigs by Adam Jones, Prince, and Robert Smith. Every appearance remains tied to its supporting sources.
- Pedalboards
- 3
- Artists
- 3
- Archive records
- 3
Controls in the archive
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How this pedal appears in the archive
These are not generic specifications. Every entry is tied to a dated artist rig and preserves what the sources support: its job in that rig, known settings and its place in the signal path.
How the archive verifies pedalboards1990–2019Dated coverage
7Cited sources
Role in this rig
Creates Jones's slow metallic movement and remains one of the most identifiable Tool modulation sounds.
Documented setup
- Live board
- Used across Tool repertoire
Role in this rig
The older flanger kept alongside the BF-3 for its particular voice.
Documented setup
- Kept alongside the BF-3
- Exact positions not published