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10-16-2007, 05:31 PM
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I want to buy a sub octave bass pedal... anyone have any suggestions. I was looking ad the Ashdown Sub Octave, anyone know anything about it. 
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10-16-2007, 05:35 PM
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Accessories Sales Associate, Guitar Center Rancho Cucamonga, CA | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Upland, California | | Do a search for these:
Boss OC-2
Boss OC-3
DOD FX-32 (not really an octave pedal, but it gets some deep bass sounds)
EHX Octave Multiplexer
for starters. There's a plethora of stuff out there for these pedals, and I am sure that more people will chime in with their favorites as well.  |
10-16-2007, 05:35 PM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | Hi, welcome to the Effects forum. You may leave your wallet on the table. 
Your question is honestly best answered by using the search function. There many, many threads discussing and recommending sub-octave pedals and commenting on the Ashdown. Good luck! |
10-16-2007, 08:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Seattle | | | I won't tell you to use the search cause it's already been said but I will tell you that I had the Ashdown and didn't like it.
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10-16-2007, 08:39 PM
| | | | tried the ashdown , didn't like it.
the boss oc-3 tracks well all over the neck in poly mode.
it's awesome. |
10-16-2007, 08:40 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minneapolis, MN | | | apparently the ampeg sub-blaster is good.
I've never been interested in it because I would like an octave up much more than an octave down, but I'd check it out if I were you. |
10-16-2007, 08:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Wausau, WI | | | I just got the DOD fx35 today and im not dissappointed. It doesn't track the greatest in the world but i really love the tone i get out of it. My 2 cents :] |
10-17-2007, 05:45 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Mojohand, Tone Factor, Subdecay, Overwater, Matamp | | Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Manchester, UK | | | Another vote for the Dod FX35 it excellent.
Another good buy is the Digitech Bass Synth Wah
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10-17-2007, 04:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | | | micro-pog perhaps. |
10-17-2007, 05:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Madison, WI | | | Whammy IV.
"Blah blah blah tracking yadda" whatever, it's a great pedal and worth the price just for the sub bass stuff. Come on, it's pure Bootsy to use a whammy for as an octave down 'wah'. |
10-17-2007, 06:18 PM
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10-17-2007, 09:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bowling Green, KY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by markjazzbassist  foxrox octron. | Beat me to it.
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10-18-2007, 06:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: São Paulo - Brazil | | Quote:
Originally Posted by coolrunner989 apparently the ampeg sub-blaster is good.
I've never been interested in it because I would like an octave up much more than an octave down, but I'd check it out if I were you. |
I canīt find one Ampeg Sub Blaster, I think they donīt make them anymore! |
10-18-2007, 06:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Wausau, WI | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Swimming Bird Whammy IV.
"Blah blah blah tracking yadda" whatever, it's a great pedal and worth the price just for the sub bass stuff. Come on, it's pure Bootsy to use a whammy for as an octave down 'wah'. |
That's all like harmonizing octaves though, not just a simple octave down. |
10-18-2007, 07:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Madison, WI | | | No, it's got harmonizing and whammy settings. You can do straight pitch bending. |
10-18-2007, 09:36 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Mojohand, Tone Factor, Subdecay, Overwater, Matamp | | Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Manchester, UK | | | I recently got rid of my whammy I think it's terrible as an octaver and if all you need is an octaver then it's also a waste of money and features.
You'd be much better off with a dedicated unit just as long as it's not an oc-2.
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10-18-2007, 11:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: London, England. | | | i'm interested in either the micro pog or the multiplexer
micro pog as it is octave up and down
and the multiplexer as it is dirty |
10-18-2007, 11:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tampa Bay, FL | | | I have had an EBS Octabass since '99 and it's still a great pedal. Tracks great, built to last, simple design-- and it looks cool. I also have a Digitech Bass Synth Wah and the envelope/octaver setting on it is especially cool. That thing is like 7 pedals or 4 good ones in one-- best pedal I ever bought for the money.
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10-18-2007, 11:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Oakland, California, USA | | My personal recommendations:
Old-school, classic "dirty" monophonic analog sub-octave: Boss OC-2
Flexible monophonic analog sub-octave tones and gnarly sounds: EHX Octave Multiplexer
Digital, "clean" sub-octave and octave-up with polyphonic tracking: EHX Micro POG, or EHX POG
Great sounding monophonic analog sub-octave and octave-up: Foxrox Octron
Smooth, surprisingly "clean" and polyphonic analog sub-octave: EBS Octabass
The benefits of digital sub-octave, with synthesizer tones as well: Digitech Bass Synth Wah
So, figure out what you're looking for in a sub-octave sound, and if you might want a little extra out of your pedal (octave up, synth sounds, etc.). I'm sure one of my suggestions will do the trick beautifully. 
If you have more questions, there's plenty of great threads already in this forum on each of those pedals!
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10-18-2007, 05:58 PM
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