How is Stephen Using the Boss FZ2

[Zeneth]

I have seen this pedal on many of his rig rundowns, but I have never seen any video on how he uses it on songs. Not one cover have a seen with this pedal, but it seems to be an important piece of his gear. Anyone know how he uses this pedal?

[truthaddict]

It is kind of an expensive pedal these days.  Do you own one or have you watched video reviews of other people showcasing the pedal?

If not, try watching a few reviews of it.  There are some decent reviews on Youtube.  Some of it will sound familiar.

It has a feature, where you can hear the normal tone from the guitar being distorted, but it also adds a slight hint of "one octave above" what is being played.  It gives it a unique synth kind of sound.

Off the top of my head, I can't tell you what Deftones song or what timestamp of the song he uses it.

I think I read that he started using it around the White Pony album. You are probably most likely to hear it on White Pony, Self Titled, or Saturday Night Wrist.  I think he started using more modern amp modeling gear around the time that they recorded Diamond Eyes and Koi No Yokan, so it might not be on those albums as much.

I'll be listening to some of their back catalog the next few weeks.  If I hear it in a song, and remember, I will come back and update the thread.

[Zeneth]

Thanks for the reply. I own one, but only thing that sounds good is as a boost for the style of music. I'll try the feature you mentioned.

[truthaddict]

No problem!  Update us if you find anywhere you can hear that they used it in a song.