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Boss BF-2 Flanger
Boss BF-2 Flanger was originally published on Super-Freq
Experimental Tribute
Joe from Dignan Porch will make the Boss BF-2 cool again
Brothers Joe and Sam both play guitars in the swirly pop band Dignan Porch. Sasquatch Nation caught up with Joe (who also plays in Human Hair) right here on the internet.
[BF-2 all over that shit, love it]
Sasquatch Nation: Hi Joe. Firstly, what's your live setup at the moment?
Joe from Dignan Porch: I use either a mexican Fender Telecaster and a Fender Squier '51, which is like a cheap guitar fender did for a while with a humbucker and single coil pick-up, both need setting up pretty badly. I'm gonna take them somewhere for a service soon. Pedal-wise i'm keeping it simple at the moment with just an original Marshall Drivemaster and a Boss Flanger, these are pretty much all I need for our set as Sam my brother does most of the lead guitar.
Sam uses a Japanese Fender Jagmaster vista, a Swollen Pickle fuzz pedal (by way huge electronics), a Boss Blues driver, a Boss Flanger, a cheap Delay of unknown origin.
Hayley uses a Boss VE-20 Vocal Processor pedal (pretty cool pedal) and an Alesis Micron synth.
Ben uses by far our most expensive item, a 1967 Gibson eb-2 bass. Just straight in, no pedals.
I wont tell you about our amps, they are terrible so we try to borrow amps at gigs, we are in the process of getting some decent ones.
SN: You and Sam both use the Boss Flanger, is there a pedal that divides people more? Are you the only 2 people in the whole world that think they're cool? Tell me about the 'flange sweep'?
JfDP: Ha yeah, I mean it's an extreme sound, but you can get a pretty versatile mix of noises out of them, a light whoosing phaser, an intense wobble, gnarley noisey freak out, and if you create feedback with the flanger you get weird laser beam noises or the sound of birds chirping, the unpredictability is part of the appeal.
I think you mean the trademark 'flanger chop'? That's when Sam and I really wanna crank shit to a next level and do a sort of mid-song karate chop on the dials to turn everything up to full-flanger in a single swoop of the hand. But seriously, flanger is cool, it has become a big part of our sound and I think if you're gonna use these things there's no point being subtle about it.
[Subtle? I would wear one around my neck if I wasn't an 8 foot Yeti]
SN: What's your live vocal processor box? what inspired you to get one? (it works especially well with the flanger I think)
JfDP: It's a digitech vx 400 vocal processor. I got it because i wanted to a) put weird effects on my voice, b) take control away from soundmen c) help take the edge of my voice which can be a bit harsh and needs some echo. d) there are not many around and this one was affordable. [How 'bout f) you're a gimp? (sorry couldn't resist)- Sasquatch].
But overall i got it because i like the sound of an effected voice sometimes, it is part of what i wanted to do with this band. We only use the weird sounds now and then, otherwise it's mainly just there for a bit of slapback. I've inspired at least two people i know of to go out and get the same pedal. soundmen always groan when they see the pedal but it works fine and if it feeds back it's their fault.
SN: You're known as being a bit of a 'bedroom recording dude', what kind of kit do you use when you record at home?
JfDP: Yes I recorded the first Dignan Porch album 'tendrils' in my room on a Tascam Dp-01FX 8 track. But i did it because that was what i wanted to make at the time, and not using a studio was right for that record. It wouldn't be right for the band now unless I buy better gear, and effectively build my own studio, which is what I'd obviously love to do in the future.
I'm still using the 8-track though, it has definitely served me well. I've been doing demos on it recently, I've figured out how to export individual tracks from it, so my plan is to keep some of my demo tracks (ie, a guitar line or vocal part) and take them into a studio, put them into protools and build the rest of the song by fleshing out the original demos (with properly recorded drums etc). I think this is a good way to move forward as I still think original ideas sound best and re-recording in 'proper' studios often dilutes things. So what I aim to to do next is a record of demo / studio hybrids. Or alternatively record completely live. Our new song 'Sad Shape' is a completely live recording, and i think it turned out to be one of the best on the record, kudos to Henry and Mark at Sound Savers studio.
SN: BACK TO GEAR TALK PLEASE, are you a gear nerd? I think that maybe a lot of songwriters aren't gear nerds, because if you're talented enough to write awesome songs then why bother with nerding out on gear? This could be (and is) a bullshit theory.
JfDP: Yes I'm too talented to give a shit about gear. Haha, no I love gear but I'm a bit impatient with it, I tend to stick with what I know, and I loathe the idea of trying things out in guitar shops. But I'm no spring chicken, I've been playing in bands for a long time and I know what's good. I look and see what other people are using, and if I like it I might buy it. I have some nice bits, I have a vintage Fuzz Face pedal that on a good day sounds fantastic, I'd love to use it live but it is really unpredictable and sometimes just decides to screw up.
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SN: What's the one piece of gear you couldn't live without?
JfDP: At the moment the vocal effect pedal, it's just too core to our sound.
SN: Any gear tips for the touring musician? What are you packing to go to the States?
JfDP: Number one item is a check list, go through and check all your gear is in the van, because if you're like us you'll leave something behind, us and a band we were doing a tour with lost a bass amp and guitar on the same night once, also bits of drum kit get lost so easily. If you have a list you can drink as much as you want and still get all your stuff back safe.
To the states I wanna bring all our stuff if possible, this means investing in decent cases. And another tip, if you're playing in other countries bring plug adapters, you don't want to get on stage in Holland to discover that none of your shit fits into their plugs, which may or may not have happened to me.