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Bought a new pedal again... an octave pedal
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  1. February 28th, 2007, 11:51 AM #1
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    Default Bought a new pedal again... an octave pedal

    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?
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    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....
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    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.

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    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.

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

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    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.
    I can't say that I've given up on a flanger cause I've never liked the effect either. I also can't say the same about Tremolo. I hate them both equally. - Tone2TheBone 2009
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