Bought a new pedal again... an octave pedal

[Robert]

Thought I'd have fun with an octave pedal, so I got a cheap Arion octave pedal on eBay.

As always, I'll demo it when I have played with it for a while. I haven't received it yet.

Anyone else here use an octave pedal?

 

[duhvoodooman]

Just got a Danelectro Chili Dog octave pedal and have started fooling around with it. Does one & two octaves down and let's you mix them independently with the original signal. Pretty cool for only $30! Strictly for single notes or maybe double-stops on the higher strings. Chords and mutliple low notes cause the output to degenerate to a cacaphonous mess....

 

[t_ross33]

I use the octaver setting on my RP-80 sparingly on a couple tunes where the guitar doubles the bass line - single note runs etc. as DVM says. Sounds pretty cool and lets our bass player play a slightly alternate line. Really fattens up the sound. A little tricky using it as a modelling pre-set - have to set it up to be song specific. Having a stompbox to kick on or off would be better IF I had a need to use it more than I do.

Other than that

Trev

 

[Spudman]

I sold my Boss Octaver pedal a long time ago. I heard Randy Bachman use one at a show and he was very tasteful with it of course. I couldn't get it to sound like I wanted. IT may have had a glitch because I bought it used. I do like the octave feature on the Digitech Synth Wah and in my Korg AX1. Maybe I'll have to start experimenting again.

I'm sure you'll put yours to good use.

 

[Robert]

I got the pedal. It's not tracking so well, but it sounds cool as long as I don't play low notes on the low E string and don't let them ring for so long. If I do, it starts oscillating and it sounds like my equipment is broken.

I'll use it on some funky jazz stuff for some video food for you guys.

 

[Spudman]

That is the same thing that I experienced and the reason that I sold it. I wonder...?

 

[SuperSwede]

The tracking in my old Boss Octave pedal was so bad that it could be used as a gimmick only. I havent tried a "modern" octave pedal, but the Octave function in the Tonelab doesnt track very good either. It sounds cool but just doesnt work good enough for me to use it.