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The octave sounds on the digitech whammy petal work well... & for bass players the EBS box cheers LOU >From: mwsmart@insightbb.com >Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >Subject: Re: Boss Octave Pedal >Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:10:16 +0000 > > > I have to assume some people on this list use the Boss Octave pedal in >their > > looping setups, to achieve "bass guitar" sounds. To those of you that >do....do > > you like it? what do you think of the tracking? > >I use a Danelectro Chili Dog for bass sounds in my loop setup... > ><http://www.marksmart.net/gearhack/jazzpedalboard/jazzpedalboard.html> > >..., but I've >played the Boss OC-2 in stores a couple of times. My impression was that >the >tracking on both units (assuming you play only one note at a time and are >careful about damping open strings) feels instantaneously fast, but they >both >have a tendency to bounce octaves sometimes on low notes on the low E >string. >With the Chili Dog I reduce this quite a bit by using the neck pickup >(actually >a special Copeland hexaphonic humbucker in the neck position), rolling the >high end off a lot, using fingers to play the bass a lot of the time, and >picking nearer to the neck. > >Tone-wise, the Chili Dog and OC-2 sound TOTALLY different. The OC-2 has >the >traditional square-wave type octave sound. I'm not sure what they are >doing >in the Chili Dog, but it doesn't sound like that. It's more like they took >the square wave and multiplied it by the input signal or something...the >timbre >of the incoming signal affects the timbre of the output. It can kinda >sound >like an acoustic bass if you use your imagination a bit. > >One time in a music store I played with a reissue Electro-Harmonix Micro >Synth. >The bass sound on this thing sounded and felt so much like the Chili Dog, >that >I think Danelectro must have ripped off the Chili Dog's circuit from it. > >To further complicate matters, Boss has at least two other octave units, >the >OC-20 (twin pedal requiring GK-2a synth pickup) and the OC-3 (a stompbox >like >the OC-2 but which can supposedly handle chords). I haven't tried either >of >these >and can't offer an opinion. I'm really happy with the Chili Dog. > >I also have a Roland VG-8, which is of course much fancier and more >expensive, >but can be used for bass sounds...the Chili Dog (and the OC-2 for that >matter) >tracks much more quickly because there is no harmonizer (record stuff >into >a >delay and play it out at a different speed) effect involved. > > > I'd like to get the EH Pog, > > but can't justify nearly $400 for an octave pedal (especially after >just >buying > > an EDP), so I was wondering if the Boss pedal is "good enough." I >want >to use > > it with my Taylor 814 and my Gibson Les Paul, (i.e.. with acoustic and >electric > > instruments). I think I'm most curious as to how well it tracks with >acoustic > > guitars to simulate a bass. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Brian > >You can't beat the price of the Chili Dog...$30 from most mail order >places. >Definitely worth a try. And not only that...it's purple! > >Mark Smart >http://www.marksmart.net >