To octive or not to octive......

[davegr8house]

Hello Steve,
I heard a cd the other day and Bill Dickens"god i hope i spelled that right" was the bass player. His sound was so punchy and tight. I was told he used an octive effect.I really don`t know much about them. Does he use this and does he use any other effects to get that sound. Thank you for your time.

David

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[Steve Lawson]

Hi David,

sorry for taking so long to reply, I've been away gigging rather a lot of the last couple of months...

Bill uses, I think, an Eventide Harmoniser for a lot of his effects, so certainly has access to all manner of amazing pitch changing sounds, so I would guess that at least part of the time he's using an octave effect. It's a great sound, and one that's used by a heck of a lot of bassists, so much so that Ashdown saw fit to build on into their amp heads and combos (and a damn fine octaver it is too...)

hope that helps - check out Bill's website (can't remember the URL, but something about bass and buddha I seem to recall...)

cheers

Steve
www.steve-lawson.co.uk

[davegr8house]

Thank you Steve. I`ll check that out.

Dave

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If the world didn`t suck we would all fall off