prowla

A compressor before the octave pedal helps. I also toyed with putting a passive tone control in front of it, so roll off the harmonics which might confuse it. I've just got a Markbass Super Synth, whose octave function seems OK; it offers +1. -2, and -2 octaves and tracks pretty well. Not cheap if you just want an octave, though! My other octave pedal is an Aguilar Octamizer and, as folks have mentioned, it's happy going to the C (or maybe B) on the A string; I also found that the sound breaks up if you hold a note and let it fade. I put a CP-1X compressor in front and that made a distinct improvement on stability and I seemed to be able to do an A too. The reason I chose the Aguilar over others I tried (MXR, Boss) was that it kept the character of the notes played, rather than producing a dull mush; however, needing to compress and/or turn down the tone kindof defeats that. I think that doing octave below on the lower registers on a bass may be hitting the laws of physics. Some years ago, I made an octave up pedal (I think based on something in Elektor magazine) and it was interesting; essentially half-wave rectifying the signal doubles the frequency and adds a distortion. Another thing I've considered is trying a sub generator rack unit - I don't recall the brand though (dbx?). And finally, as an adjunct, I've got a Minitaur, which can do some interesting stuff; however, I'm not very good at standing on one leg, so playing it is a bit of a struggle for me!

So, I bought a Super Synth and it works really well... ...and then I decided to connect it to my computer via USB and have a fiddle with some of the settings. Has anybody made any successful patches? Are there any references, downloadable patches available? One panel in the editor app, showing controls for the VCOs, is greyed out - is that correct? Great pedal, shame there's only 12 presets to save, but then again, how many would you use is a set?

I've never, as far as I can recall, played one of these and I never gave them a second glance back in the day. However, they seem to have taken on a cult status and I would buy one for that kind of price.

who-are-we

Perdone me, señor mcnach.

Yo sabia.

yo se

I speak Spanish. :-)

Aibanizu - that's the winner!

Probably "Ibano"

And there we are, back to Fender Squier/Squire (or logo removed & replaced).

Another one is Rickenbarker.

I was assuming that "ee" is soft and "ban" is hard... But anyway, since they dropped the accent & tilde, it is no longer a Spanish word.

Well, if the name was changed from the Spanish spelling, then it's an eye-ban-ezz. If it is still insisting on its Spanish roots, then it's ee-ban-yeth. Mongrel variations like eye-ban-eth, ee-ban-eth, etc., which pick part this-part that are implicitly wrong.

It looks like it should polish up nicely.

Wow - in another of his guitars for sale... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wide-neck-strat-style-guitar-for-big-hands-a-48mm-nut-width-from-Peavey-PCGC/192506472473?hash=item2cd247a819:g:KqYAAOSwicpafFm5

Well, he is in the entertainment business, anyway!

LOL (yes, I really am!)

Seems like folks are downsizing these days.

How do you say Sei?

Ah yes - the ones who use Spanish pronunciation ("th" for 's') in Latin America (where they say "s"), as in "choritho".

Since the 'n' has a tilde, it would be ee-ban-yeth.

Yep - between the Squiers being advertised as Fenders and the various fake Fenders, including counterfeits and ones with a "cheeky" waterslide applied, it can be difficult to find a real one.

Nice one.

Also people writing Gb when it should be GB!