name the effect?

[Al Heeley]

I'm after that Phil Lynott -Waiting for an alibi - intro sound - is that a flanger or phaser? Sounds like its on pretty high fx level

[xgsjx]

It sounds like there's an auto wah on there as well as a flanger.

Can I name the effect Grenville?

[Al Heeley]

tube of smarties in the post for the first correct antwort

[The Walloper]

I'm hearing;

Chorus & Flanger

[lxxwj]

Can't find the STUDIO version (thanks a lot, youtube) but I can find some live sounds.. sounds like a ton o' mids
with a light flanger.

[xgsjx]

Apparently he used a Phase 90 on a lot of tracks, but this may well be just a flanger of some sort (no idea what as yet & still think it sounds like there's a bit of wah in there).

[thisnameistaken]

This came up a while back and some bod on Talkbass who apparently knows stuff says it's a flanger. Personally I think it's a phaser but I couldn't say which one.

[Darkstrike]

As far as I can remember, he did sometimes use a MXR Flanger/Doubler.

[Higgie]

Flanger without a doubt!

[Al Heeley]

sounds flangey to me, it has a sort of 'metallic' swirl tone in the upper frequencies. I hear phasers as being a bit more 'woody'.

[charic]

I used to use a flanger on it and it sounded right to me.

[sk8]

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sounds flangey to me, it has a sort of 'metallic' swirl tone in the upper frequencies. I hear phasers as being a bit more 'woody'.
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This

[Higgie]

[quote name='Al Heeley' timestamp='1330673769' post='1561211']
sounds flangey to me, it has a sort of 'metallic' swirl tone in the upper frequencies. I hear phasers as being a bit more 'woody'.
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Yep. Great way of describing it. The Flanger has always had a kind of metallic sound to my ears, with Phasers always sounding a lot more "organic". I currently don't have a Flanger and have been asked to learn this for a gig, I'm having to use my Phaser but it does't sound as good as it does with my Dad's Boss BF-2B. That thing really nails the sound IMO. Can be found pretty cheaply second hand too!

[Al Heeley]

...thanks, off to search......plenty of BF-3's about, no BF-2B's, i guess they suit both guitar and bass as there's separate inputs for either....

Edited March 2, 2012 by Al Heeley

[Higgie]

Apparently the non-specific bass version (The BF-2) is just as well loved on Bass so either one would probably do! The BF-3 is apparently not as good, but I haven't tried one so that's not a very good opinion to go by