Alternatives to Akai Unibass

[Commando Jack]

So I have done a quick search but haven't found anything concrete on google or here so I'm hoping someone will know:

I just discovered (because someone on here mentioned it) what the Akai unibass did and thought it was neat. One of my bands could maybe use this in places to cover during guitar solos etc.

However, these seem to be like hen's teeth, and I wondered if there were any other pedals that gave you an octave up with a 5th above (i.e. guitar power chords) over the top of your dry bass signal. It seems like an obvious thing to want to do and I thought that surely another company would fill the niche.

Would a Boss GT-6B or similar do it even?

[Ant]

fishman make a pedal called the fission which does the same thing, ive heard reports that its not as good though, doesnt sound too bad from the videos ive seen though.

[Happy Jack]

The Fishman unit looks very nice, but it's seriously pricey.

I remain baffled that they never re-introduced the Unibass.

[simwells]

Can't say I know much about these but there's the Fishman Fission and Iron Ether Polytope then if you're happy distorting seperately there's pedals like the Micro Pog and Eventide Pitchfactor (this may distort too).

[bartelby]

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1341492861' post='1719945']
The Fishman unit looks very nice, but it's seriously pricey.

I remain baffled that they never re-introduced the Unibass.
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Or the Deep Impact or that Shred-o-Graphic/G-Drive

Edited July 5, 2012 by bartelby

[Commando Jack]

Cheers guys I'll look into the suggestions above

[such]

Another kind of alternative - you can play an octave higher through a distortion pedal and an octaver behind it. Less satisfying, as the original sound/articulation of the bass is lost, but can fill some of those spaces ocasionally.