I was just wondering what it was so I could better explain it in to friends. Understanding what makes it what it is won't actually change anything. Just curious.
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New "organ" pedal - EHX B9
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I think you answered a different question than I asked, really ;-)
My question was "Why do you care how it's characterized?" ... (Not _you_ - the person who asked that question...)
I'm a big EH fan. I actually do have a Ravish. And an ancient Holy Grail.
I'm having trouble finding a place in my head for B9 with bass, tho, even as I expect it'd probably track decent on D, G, and C. I'll probably wind up with one at some point, possibly after they start showing up here in the classifieds at 'Previously Owned' prices...
But I almost never play with the effects I've got. I went that path with guitar once upon a time and I'm trying very hard not to fall into the effects distraction when I should really be working on my own musicianship. (Don't hate, effects fans, I don't care what -you- do. I just know that for me, I need to work on fundamental playing skills more than anything...)
In my mind, it's an "organ-sound" effect ;-)... Simulator, maybe, emulator, maybe. What's going on inside the box doesn't help me describe it. I'd guess that if you opened the box you'd see some analog stuff and a microprocessor with a fairly high-powered DSP that's handling all the polyphonic filtering, tracking, and synth tone-generation. I could be wrong, but that's how I'm looking at implementing effects boxes ;-)
Cool- I was trying to give you reason to just pick one up and see what it could do!
I'm not a huge effects user either, but I find using them at times help me open my mind to lots of different possibilities and routes to get where I want (or sometimes somewhere completely unintended and maybe even better). Of course with effects like the B9, you'd probably have to learn to "play to" the effect in a sense also- which is more time to invest...
Electro-Harmonix has updated their page about the B9 to include a little more information including reasonable bass guitar expectations. If you haven't seen it, it might be of interest. At least I don't remember seeing it before, so if I'm wrong, it's fine.
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Fair enough, although your latter points are kind of what I was getting at; if it "tracks" it's synthesis at least in the broadest definition possible.
The mandocello is being redirected into a wide format printer for the company I'm starting. I'm more than a little bummed but I'm also tired of working for the man and need to get my own thing going on.....the guy who has my B9 is gonna be happy though.Would be really appreciated if you can post sound-clips of the B9 on mandocello!
Won't "makes a guitar sound like an organ" be a better explanation for friends than getting into synthesis, modulation etc?
Me, I like to do both. Fundamentals, with effects! I agree about the distraction, though. If they're distracting me, I turn 'em off. Deal with them later.
Sometimes it's a distraction, sometimes an inspiration. I like some playtime and variety, if it's all work and practicing scales I get a bit fed up.
I guess I should clarify. I set aside a separate time to fine tune effects. Then set aside time to do fundamentals with effects. If I'm getting distracted by the effects, I turn them off until the next 'fine tuning' session. Just my 2 cents.
Cheers
Neal.
I got one of these the other day I have to say its a keeper for me. I like the first 3 presets and the last 2 the best. I ran it with my active stingray and it tracked pretty good and even handled a low D if it was played clean. I also tried it with my bass vi an it worked good but I think I will need a compressor or boost before it because I noticed its really signal responsive and I got more even tone with the active than the passive. I also wanted to ask is anybody getting some overdrive out of this thing if you really dig in on the strings? I have only been able to play through headphones and I don't know if its the b9 or what I'm playing through.
I didn't find a decent demo on bass, so I did one myself!
Thanks Jimmy and Brandon!
I had to buy this pedal based on the guitar reviews only... So I thought a good demo on bass should help some people out! IMO, using the bridge pickup favours the tracking and overall tone of the B9. Some presets demand a higher-octave harmonic structure on the signal to provide a decent B organ feel, so a octave-up pedal such as the EHX microPOG/Pitch Fork can help improve the B9 performance. I used a EHX Pitch Fork (1 octave-up and blend favourig the dry signal) in the review to show this.
I had to buy this pedal based on the guitar reviews only... So I thought a good demo on bass should help some people out! IMO, using the bridge pickup favours the tracking and overall tone of the B9. Some presets demand a higher-octave harmonic structure on the signal to provide a decent B organ feel, so a octave-up pedal such as the EHX microPOG/Pitch Fork can help improve the B9 performance. I used a EHX Pitch Fork (1 octave-up and blend favourig the dry signal) in the review to show this.
So I haven't been following new pedals for a while now. The PitchFork is just a slightly overall less capable POG/POG2/microPOG?
