Re: Boss Octave Pedal

["David Kirkdorffer" <vze2ncsr@verizon.net>]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Kirkdorffer" <vze2ncsr@verizon.net>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 11:08 PM
Subject: Re: Boss Octave Pedal


> How much for a good double neck - bass & guitar nowadays?
>
> Think about it.  You could look like a God.
>
> David Kirkdorffer
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "S V G" <vsyevolod@yahoo.com>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 9:40 PM
> Subject: Re: Boss Octave Pedal
>
>
> >
> >      Brian,
> >
> >      I use the Boss PS-5, which has 5 different settings of pitch shift
> effects, one of them being
> > a pitch shift up or down by as much as two octaves (2nds, 3rds, 4ths,
> 5ths, octaves and double
> > octaves).  It doesn't glitch, doesn't have latency problems, handles
> chords just fine, and sounds
> > relatively awesome.  By shifting up an octave or two, you get a pretty
> decent 12 string kinda
> > sound, expecially with judicious use of the wet/dry mix knob.  The
octave
> down really does work
> > well.  It actually gets pretty beefy.  The only downside is that it
costs
> $130 new (if you know
> > where to look, $150 to $200 if you don't).  The upside is that it's
small,
> has the familiar Boss
> > DC power in, sounds great on an acoustic guitar, has both mono and
stereo
> out, 5 different
> > functions including intelligent shifting and detuning, and 4 controller
> knobs (1 of them
> > concentric) controlling way more than any pedal in its right mind 
>should
> really try to do.  For
> > all that it does it deserves to be the size of an Electrix rack mount.
> Huh, now there's an
> > idea...
> >
> >          Stephen
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > <<I have to assume some people on this list use the Boss Octave pedal 
>in
> their looping setups, to
> > achieve "bass guitar" sounds.  To those of you that do....do you like
it?
> what do you think of
> > the
> > tracking?  I'd like to get the EH Pog, but can't justify nearly
$400...>>
> (snip)
> >
> >
> >
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