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12-09-2011, 07:47 PM
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Hi I play a 6 string bass and I'm working on a chord melody technique, so I'd like my bass to sound one octave higher than the real notes I'm playing. Many octave pedals can make the bass sound one or even two octave higher but the original sound (octave) of the the bass is still there, i.e., the pedal delivers two sounds, the original octave and one octave above. I'm looking for a pedal that can make my bass sound ONLY one octave higher, somewhat like a guitar. Is there any pedal for that purpose?
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12-09-2011, 08:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia | | The EHX Micro POG is a good place to start.
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12-09-2011, 09:21 PM
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12-09-2011, 09:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Eastern Wisconsin | | | Foxrox Octron. Oh how I wish I had that pedal.
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12-10-2011, 01:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Central Coast, NSW. | | | The Boss ME-50B has an octave shift that I'm assuming works like a wah pedal controller, but that's a multi-effect unit.
Jared Followill from Kings of Leon uses one in the intro to Closer to raise the pitch of hiss bass beyond what it is normally capable of. |
12-10-2011, 02:20 AM
|  | Working on successful. Got the first syllable... | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Huddinge, Sweden | | | Wouldn't it be more appropriate to just get a guitar? Lots of people get good results that way...
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12-10-2011, 04:54 AM
| | | | You could try to play ping pong. That will surely make it sound higher. But idk if it'll be exactly one octave... too much and you could get up to nearly 2 octaves, too little and you could only get 1/2 of an octave. Either way... PINGPONG! |
12-10-2011, 05:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Rune Bivrin Wouldn't it be more appropriate to just get a guitar? Lots of people get good results that way... | What if this one octave up passage is in the middle of his song?
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12-10-2011, 07:09 AM
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12-10-2011, 08:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Ribeirão Preto - SP | | | Let me explain. I play 6 string bass on a gig in a duo with a percussionist. We play mostly jazz standards and bossa nova (only bass and percussion). I use to play some songs in chord melody on bass, then I may improvise one chorus or play a walking bass line or just play the melody for one part of the song, got it? So it's a multi task job. I would like to get a pedal or any effect that could make my chord melody on BASS sound one octave higher. I'm not a guitar player.
Thank you guys for your answers till now. |
12-10-2011, 09:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Philadelphia | | | It's capable of a lot more than you're looking for, but a Whammy pedal could do what you want. A Pitchfactor would be even more extreme and expensive, but based on the gig you described, I could imagine you finding many more uses for it. |
12-10-2011, 09:32 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Woodland Hills, California | | So far it sounds like the POG variants or the Pitchfactor might be the best options. You need polyphonic operation and I *think* that everything else mentioned so far only works on single notes.
You should try them out, the artificial quality of the digitally transposed notes may not be to your liking, especially in an acoustic jazz context.
I know you're looking for an octave effect, but maybe something like a VB99? You can transpose some strings up an octave while leaving the other strings low. That would be really nice if you want to separate the voices while you play. http://forums.musicplayer.com/ubbthr..._with_a_Ritter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhNMzyt9vWw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFk2ESS8mtE
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12-10-2011, 10:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Jax, FL | | | The Pitchfactor has a LPF on the "pitchflex" effect (whammy clone) that can help tame some of the digital harshness. I had the POG2 for awhile, but like the Eventide much, much more. |
12-10-2011, 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by caeman | Pardon the derail, but has anyone played w/one of these?
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12-10-2011, 02:30 PM
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12-10-2011, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by M0ses Foxrox Octron. Oh how I wish I had that pedal. | Too fuzzy for a clean octave up...but sure is awesome sounding.
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12-10-2011, 07:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Winnipeg, MB | | | Line 6 M5 (and M9/M13) have a Harmonizer effect that can be octave up, and 100% wet. |
12-11-2011, 05:47 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Highland, CA (Inland Empire) | | | I use:
EHX POG2: very clean OCT +1
Boss PS-3: another very clean but with very slight (but musical) warble
EHX BMS XO: dirty OCT +1 but kills! |
12-11-2011, 06:41 AM
| | | | Man, you need an Elrick "Piccolo", or a Music Man "Silhouette bass" or "Hellcat??"
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12-11-2011, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Ba55Man1ac | Not really I seem to get a really wet and mixed signal even if my dry signal is a minimum.
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