RE: Boss Octave Pedal

["ejyuhas" <ejyuhas@earthlink.net>]

I have a Boss Octave in my rig, too. It has its ups & downs. 

The Ups: It allows a simulated bass feel for making loops, etc. to
differentiate between guit/bass in your compositions. Not as "deep and 
rich"
as a real bass, tho.

The Downs: You have to pick your strings a) gently and b) notes
individually. The reason is because of the intense vibration and feedback
yielded by the pedal (raspy thru a guitar amp) and any attempted chord
playing with it. You have to tweak the knobs a bit to get the desired 
depth.

I am looking for something, too. Perhaps my laptop and a few 
bass/stick/Warr
sample CDs looped will be a good solution. I will try...then later give a
report back to L-D!

Ed in NJ

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian [mailto:Brian@porterresearch.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 2:02 PM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Boss Octave Pedal

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'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