Silly Pedal Question!

[Timface]

Hey
I was thinking... Is there such a pedal that allows say.. a guitar to turn into a bass? lol
I no there are pedals around that put a sub octive behind a note put say your playing a chord I found it gets lost and is not very clear?

really I want something to play under the guitar part??

Tim

[Matty]

Electro Harmonix POG.
Its just about the cheapest way to do it.
Even cheaper with a micro pog

[Musky]

There was a pedal by a small British manufacturer that claimed to do this, but I can't think of it's name just now!

[El_JimBob]

I think the pedal was called a 'Bass Maker' - we had one in the store i work at for years - great pedal, but no-one was ever interested....
If you're interested, ill dig around and see if i have any of the original info....

[Musky]

[quote name='El_JimBob' post='80958' date='Oct 29 2007, 07:30 PM']I think the pedal was called a 'Bass Maker' - we had one in the store i work at for years - great pedal, but no-one was ever interested....
If you're interested, ill dig around and see if i have any of the original info....[/quote]

Ahh, that'll be it! I had Bass Master in mind, but it sounds like the same thing.

[Musky]

Well, google reveals it was the Able Bassmaker and was made in Wales.

[url="http://filters.muziq.be/model/able/bassmaker"]http://filters.muziq.be/model/able/bassmaker[/url]

[DiscoFreq]

Thank you for that link

[quote name='El_JimBob' post='80958' date='Oct 29 2007, 09:30 PM']I think the pedal was called a 'Bass Maker' - we had one in the store i work at for years - great pedal, but no-one was ever interested....
If you're interested, ill dig around and see if i have any of the original info....[/quote]

Such information would be very welcome for my site

[Timface]

mm intresting.... any1 had any experience with these pedals?

Tim

[stevebasshead]

Not much help to your original question but the White Stripes "7 Nation Army" was apparently a guitar through an octaver and most people hear that song and assume it's a bass. There's bound to be info on what was used somewhere on the 'net.

[Buskoe Sike]

[quote name='Timface' post='80767' date='Oct 29 2007, 12:27 PM']Hey
I was thinking... Is there such a pedal that allows say.. a guitar to turn into a bass? lol
I no there are pedals around that put a sub octive behind a note put say your playing a chord I found it gets lost and is not very clear?

really I want something to play under the guitar part??

Tim[/quote]
Just saw your question and yes indeed the pedal to have is the Able Bassmaker. I have been using this for hundreds of gigs now and it is fundamental to our sound now. The Bassmaker reproduces ONLY the lowest note that you are playing as a bass guitar sound, be it single note playing or chords. It does this very cleanly with absolutely no cross-over into the direct guitar output. With practice you can sound like two completely separate instruments. I have tried to do this with the Electro Harmonix Pedal but it just can't handle it. Unfortunately, I can no longer find any trace of the guy who made these in Wales and am down to my last spare.
Mike

[umph]

wouldn't a whammy work?

[Musky]

Blimey, it looks like you might have just missed the boat there Mike.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ABLE-BASSMAKER-PEDAL_W0QQitemZ220187785305"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ABLE-BASSMAKER-PEDAL...emZ220187785305[/url]

It seems to me that £33 was probably a complete bargain for the buyer, though I suspect that he actually paid more for it. Shame the picture of the literature isn't legible.

*Edit to add the picture before it disappears into the ether.

[attachment=5175:bassmaker.jpg]

Edited January 24, 2008 by Musky