Bass Octave Pedals

[Shaun]

Please post advice on Bass Octave Pedals?

My Line 6 Bass Pod XT has one built in but in isn't that great.

Thanks

[cheddatom]

It depends what you want. Some people love the OC-2 because of the cool was it "glitches" in the lower registers. Some people hate this! I haven't tried enough to comment really.

[burno70]

I bought a Boss OC-2 a couple of months ago and love it. One of my favourite pedals! It's too glitchy below the A but I don't need to go lower than that anyway. I love it's synthy quality and it thickens up your tone which is especially useful if your in a band with one other guitarist.

[Kev]

i like my zoom b2.1u's octaver

heres a quick sound clip i did: stingray > zoom octave > dha > pc (laptop soundcard quality im afraid)

edit: correct link
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Edited July 29, 2008 by BassManKev

[thisnameistaken]

[quote name='cheddatom' post='249731' date='Jul 28 2008, 04:16 PM']It depends what you want. Some people love the OC-2 because of the cool was it "glitches" in the lower registers.[/quote]

I think most people like the OC-2 for its sound. With the -1 Oct soloed it's sweet. And of course they're dirt cheap, so that helps.

Sticking with cheap, the Digitech Bass Synth Wah does a decent octave down. Getting pricier, the EBS Octabass is supposed to be pretty good but I've never tried one. The EHX Micro POG has very clever tracking but the tone isn't that great IMO. And the Foxrox Octron sounds good but it's a bit pricey.

[Kev]

if money is no object hunt down the mutron octave divider, best octaver bar none imo

[joegarcia]

If you do a search, theres loads and loads of past topics on this.
I like my old DOD Octoplus.

[Duarte]

POG!

[Protium]

EHX octave multiplexer

[redzombie]

If you want to go the glitch-free, awesome/perfect tracking digital route, there's the Digitech BSW with just 1 octave down for about £55. It has a few more effects too, all of which are crap IMO, but it's worth the money for the sub-octave setting alone. If you want the same kind of thing but with octave-up thrown in there too, there's the EHX Micro POG for about £120.

Then of course there's the whole analogue way, which I have absolutely no experience with nor desire for (for the time being anyway).

[pete.young]

I have both the EBS Octabass and the Digitech Bass Synth Wah. There isn't much to chose between them - the EBS is easier to blend normal and octaved signal and sounds slightly better IMHO and the Digitech tracks slightly better below G. I have them both on my board because I also use the envelope filter and it's easier to do that than keep fiddling with the Digitech settings between songs.

[cheddatom]

I use my OC-2 for horrible glitchy 2 octave down sounds.

I use my digiteh XP-100 for octave down sounds. It tracks very well, and has quite a nice tone. The standard digitech whammy has a crap tone though IMO.

[umph]

[quote name='joegarcia' post='249898' date='Jul 28 2008, 07:45 PM']If you do a search, theres loads and loads of past topics on this.
I like my old DOD Octoplus.[/quote]
i'd go with that to

[bobbassguy]

I find the OC-2 very effective for playing individual notes at -1 octave, particularly combined with a nice overdrive tone. Problem is, I play a lot of bass chords too, and if you're unfortunate enough to have the OC-2 turned on while strumming a chord, you're treated to a sound vaguely resembling two people farting into empty Pringles cans.

Don't ask how I arrived at that analogy.

Otherwise the OC-2 is great!

[cheddatom]

I think the chords thing will be the same for most octave pedals.

Apparently the EH POG does it, but I remain sceptical until I try it.

Otherwise you need a midi pup and etc.