How low?

[bassteban]

I'm thinking about an octave pedal- I've only played with an old dod or newer zoom, both fairly well sucked- what's the best, & how low can the best go?

 

[John C. Reilly]

I ordered a RASTOP Super Bass Divider. this thing does an octave down plus has fuzz an octave up. tracks open E. pricey at 295.00 and worth it.

 

[Figjam]

I tihnk anything more drastic than an octave below is kinda weird.

 

[bassteban]

I'm not looking to go more than an octave below a given note(I think there are guitar-oriented pedals that go down 2; not what I want); I guess a better way to phrase my question would be, which octave pedal tracks best & what is the lowest note it will respond to?

And thanks, John C.That sounds pretty cool, I'll have to check it out.

 

[redneck2wild]

I'm thinking about an octave pedal- I've only played with an old dod or newer zoom, both fairly well sucked- what's the best, & how low can the best go?

Are you going an octave down?
Do you use a 4 String in standard tuning?

An octave below a E (around 41hz) is pretty low (21Hz).
You could easily damage a speaker and not know it before it is too late. You may not even hear the ultra low frequencies distorting.

 

[David Wilson]

the best tracking octaver I've tried is the digitech bass synth wah. It's marketed as a synth/env filter but it has an octave down mode which is killer.
I've found it tracks more reliably and lower (down to G/F#) than other dedicated octave pedals (including ebs, maxon, boss etc). For $80 new, it's a steal

 

[bassteban]

Are you going an octave down?
Do you use a 4 String in standard tuning?

An octave below a E (around 41hz) is pretty low (21Hz).
You could easily damage a speaker and not know it before it is too late. You may not even hear the ultra low frequencies distorting.

I play 5 or 6 string, but I wouldn't play below E with the octave on- I was leary for the above mentioned reasons; thanks for confirming.

And thank you, DavidM, that's also helpful- I love cheap, if it works.