Octave pedaal that can do an octave higher, as well as lower.

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Anyone know any? Most just go lower, not higher.

And I want to use it on bass, so that's an issue.

Plus, I've tried a couple of octavers who had a tendency to just cut off the sustain of the added note, which is unexaptable of course.

Thanks!
 
I have a whammy pedal that I picked up in a pawn shop for $100.00. It allows you to add a lower, upper, and a wide variety of other options as well. 3rds, 5ths, 7ths, detune, etc, etc. I don't use it a whole lot, but it works well when I do. I don't know how well it would work on a bass, but it performs well with my guitar(s).
 
Boss OC3 does both and also has a "dirty" setting which adds some gain. It works really well for bass or guitar. I have played a lot of octavers and besides my Z-vex Johnny Octave it is my favorite. Though the Zvex only does up 1 or 2 octaves up.
 
My brother/guitarist uses the Whammy, which is a great pedal, but not what I'm looking for on bass. Way too fussy when I basicly only want to add one higher octave.

I almost bought the Boss OC3, until I noticed it only goes lower, not higher. Pitty, 'cause that dirty settin would be cool indeed.
 
I am using a Zoom B2 or B2.1u for doing this as well as other functions. There are separate octaver and pitch shifter so you can actually do both at the same time and you can save your settings. Pitch shifter can go from octave down to 2 octaves up. Tracking is very good and fast and a glitch free as anything else I have tried. I also use a classic Boss OC2 and an Akai UniBass.
 
Forgot to mention the Eventide Pitch Factor works great for this as well on bass. Though the price tag may scare you away.
 
in reply to a couple above, the OC-3 does NOT give you an octave up, but it does have a bass guitar input so it's not as muddy as the regular guitar input.

whammy will give you +1 octave, and -1 octave, but NOT at the same time...but on that setting, the pedal can change the octave..so open, it will be -1, and pressed down, it will be +1..thats how tom morello did a lot of his wacky solos, he'd constantly move the pedal in that setting to have the octaves fly up and down underneath the original note.


hmm, i actually should've read the rest hahahaha i just realized everything i said was pretty much stated here. oh well. :P
 
I bought an octaver for my bass - waste of money in the end - not a thing that'll record well.
 
rayc said:
I bought an octaver for my bass - waste of money in the end - not a thing that'll record well.
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Sure, but when you record you don't need the pedal, you just add another guitar seperatly. I'm trying for a bigger live sound here and there, like when you play octaves on a piano.
 
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