Has anyone built one? I'd like to have a pedal that emulate bass notes with my guitar, for loops/backing tracks, etc.
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Has anyone built one? I'd like to have a pedal that emulate bass notes with my guitar, for loops/backing tracks, etc.
I made this, and really love it. I don't know if it's what you were going for though, and I really use it to make a lot of noise (as in drone/doom), so I don't know how well it would work as a bass emulator. Also it kind of let's both notes through together, which sounds good but maybe isn't what you're after. It's fun though
https://www.parasitstudio.se/u235.html
No, sorry. It's not an effect I would use and have never built one. I experimented with the sound on an old digital multifx box I had (Zoom GFX-707).
From your description, you are looking for an octave down effect which seems less common than an octave up. The two kits I can find are the Uboat and the Rocktave Divider. I have no experience with either though.
Not a kit, but there are things like the EHX Bass9. Looks like a digital pedal, and not a kit.
That's my attempt to give an informative no, but really, it's still "no, never built one, never seen one". Sorry.
I have an 80's Pearl Octave pedal, which does 1 and 2 octaves down, and one above. It's a little bit better than the Boss octave pedal, (which only has octave down and above) but they are pretty similar.
Tracking is always a problem with these, and the lower the note, the less accurate the note is. Also, the octaves are rather a fuzzy sound, not a perfect pitch changed version of the original.
If you want something simple, good sounding and reliable to use with a looper, then you need to go digital. Like that EHX9 pedal (or maybe one of EHX's POG pedals which also track very well).
In a DAW, then a pitch shift plug-in (normally one comes as standard with the DAW) will do a rough job.
Though obviously the real answer is to get a bass kit and build that.
The EHX Bass9 looks pretty cool, but I'd never have that kind of cash to throw at a pedal
re: Bass 9 - Yeah, that's a pretty cool pedal for sure, but like JohnH, not one I'd lay out 500 bucks for.
I'll keep my $30 SX Jazz Bass (and continue to play it badly :o)
I have set it up properly and modified it, so it's actually pretty good when a real bass player has it in their hands.
Ha ha ha, I was literally just saying to my wife that I may as well buy a bass kit for $500Quote:
Originally Posted by McCreed
I didn't even look up the price of the Bass9, but that is on the expensive side of expensive.
Please don't make me buy that double-neck SG and convert one side to a bass. Shame on you for putting such a crazy idea in my head. ;)
Fortunately I do have a digital piano so I'm more likely to use that than a real bass guitar. Whew.
I'd be keen for a bass/6-string SG, but also probably shouldn't be thinking about it lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Joe Garfield
Going back to the OP though, that sub-octave generator might actually be ok for what you want after all. I was playing around with it yesterday, and swapped my low-tuned guitar for my sons standard tuned ST-jr. It tracks pretty well when it's dropping a high note down on the one octave setting, though it gets messy with chords.
It just makes noise when I drop the three lower strings on my guitar down an octave, but I'm starting in drop C and I usually use the detune setting.
I only had a quick play last night but will try to record something on Monday when the kids are at school