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New "organ" pedal - EHX B9

#103
Well, admittedly a lot of B3 players are playing the bass with their left hand on the lower manual, and just punctuating the left hand with foot stabs... Or so I've read.

I've just spent half the day reading up on B3 players' styles and learning tons. Amazing stuff, good advice for anyone learning to play bass (of any type).
 
#104
I've just watched again and I'm less convinced about this pedals suitability for B3 bass sounds (keys or pedals). Seems the rotary effect can't be turned off (on presets 1-6, the B3 presets) only varied in speed.

EDIT: Has to be said though, the Green Onions sound (bass part) on that demo is close to what I have in my head.
 
#105
Feral Feline said:
Well, admittedly a lot of B3 players are playing the bass with their left hand on the lower manual, and just punctuating the left hand with foot stabs... Or so I've read.

I've just spent half the day reading up on B3 players' styles and learning tons. Amazing stuff, good advice for anyone learning to play bass (of any type).
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You weren't referring to Invalid Link Removed by any chance were you ? It's a real eye-opener for me.
 
#106
FretNoMore said:
Fun thing but would I have a use for it in a band setting? I think our keyboard player might have something to say about that. :)

But sure, if you feel like sounding like a B3 this is one of the better attempts short of going with a MIDI bass system. The jury is out until there is a bass demo though.
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Jury isn't out with me. It's already returned. And the verdict's been reached. Take my bread, baby :D .
 
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#107
Re: Bass lines by organists like Jimmy Smith:

The sustained note you hear is played with the left hand on the lower manual. The tap made on the pedal gives a similar impression as the percussive noise that a string makes as it is plucked. It then dies away into it's fundamental tone, which in this case is being played on the lower manual. {SNIP} the more you listen closely to this kind of bass, the more you start to appreciate the different qualities that it has over upright bass. Not better, just different. For example, the noise it makes: "Bfmmmm! Bfmmmm!,"
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I hope the B9 can do that ... if it's just doing keyboard clicks, I suspect not.
 
#112
I have to reiterate that some of the alternative suggestions, to my ear, just don't do what the B9 pedal appears to do in that demo. I've never heard a POG sound like that. In the Strymon Lex video, it only sounded like an organ when you ran a keyboard through it (maybe I misunderstood what this pedal is supposed to do or why it was brought up---it's only a rotary simulator I guess?). I didn't listen to any demos of that other Leslie pedal (there weren't any on the product page).

Bottom line...this is either an amazing pedal or an insanely deceptive demo. :D Props to EHX on either front.

Driven Crane said:
I got one and happy of it.
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Which pedal are you referring to?
 
#114
nshuman said:
The Leslie pedal or the Strymon Lex one are not designed to do this. They would be used stacked on top of this to get a better rotating speaker effect.
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Ok I guess I misunderstood the context then.
 
#115
This pedal sounds really interesting. I use the Earthquaker Organizer with the Strymon Lex and it sounds very good. If this works as good as the two of those together I could eliminate one pedal. The Lex is cool because you have a lot of control with the rotary. As with most of these types of pedals the tracking on the lower register is average at best. Would love to hear a bass demo.
 
#120
BigBeatNut said:
Note: It appears you can't turn off the leslie effect of the B9 (on presets 1-6, the B3 presets) you can only change the speed. So if you stacked this with another pedal you'd have two leslies.
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It would definitely not be a perfect/ideal solution, just an option that is out there. I am just waiting for people to buy it and report back at this point. In one of the many weekly newsletter email I get from some various Canadian online music retailers, there was an announcement for the B9 (lamusic.ca). They are not the best priced online place, but, it is something. They have it priced at 234.99 CAD. You can order it right now, it does no say anything about the stock situation though.
 

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