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lysosome
Junior
Username: lysosome

Post Number: 29
Registered: 1-2006
Posted on Monday, May 29, 2006 - 9:47 pm:   Edit Post

I'm looking for a good bass octave pedal, preferrably with a fuzz unit built in. I found the Black Cat Bass pedal, which is supposed to be a clone of the Maestro Brassmaster, but thats all I could find. Any suggestions?
davehouck
Moderator
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 3909
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 5:26 am:   Edit Post

There have been a number of threads on the subject of effects pedals and some specifically on octave pedals. I ran a search on "octave pedal" and got several hits. Here are three that might be helpful:

http://alembic.com/club/messages/449/16342.html

http://alembic.com/club/messages/449/26001.html

http://alembic.com/club/messages/394/26033.html
lysosome
Junior
Username: lysosome

Post Number: 30
Registered: 1-2006
Posted on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 10:16 am:   Edit Post

Dave you are a life saver. Ha, thanks!!

Jimmy
jbybj
New
Username: jbybj

Post Number: 1
Registered: 6-2006
Posted on Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 10:02 pm:   Edit Post

My first post, yippee. I borrowed an older Boss oc-2 last year and was not very impressed. Poor tracking on one note only, unpleasant sound, etc. Then in February of this year I read about and purchased the new oc-3. Much different beast. 3 modes; one emulates the oc-2, where you can independently blend two octaves below the tonic. Then there is a polyphonic mode that works very well. This mode has a range control that lets you set the frequency where the effect kicks in. This allows guitar players to only have the octave effect when they play the lower notes, leaving the higher solo playing unaffected. The third mode is a distortion mode, where you can adjust the amount of overdrive, and the amount of the lower octave. The distortion effects the source and the octave both. Cool things about this pedal: It has two inputs, one optimized for guitar and one for bass. It has two outputs, the effect out which plays whatever blend of source and effect you have set, and a direct out, always dry. I have found this box to be very useful, musical and fun. It definitely prefers a hotter input, either compressed or active electronics, it improves already good tracking. It loves my Epic, and I run my Jazz bass through an EBS multicomp before the oc-3. Anyway, since you mentioned fuzz, I thought you might like the Boss OC-3. good luck, JBY
davehouck
Moderator
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 3944
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 4:08 pm:   Edit Post

Hi James; welcome to the group and thanks for a nice review!

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