Advice on octave pedals

[ckr1231]

I need opinions on what the best octave pedals are to buy.
Thanx for any info

 

[V-man]

Best? hands down , HOG or POG2 from EHX.

 

[Bieling3]

Best? hands down , HOG or POG2 from EHX.

+1

 

[Lespaulnmarshall]

Best? hands down , HOG or POG2 from EHX.

+2

 

[impetus maximus]

ckr1231 did you end up getting an octave pedal? the EH pedals are amazing but you have to pay.
i was looking at the MXR Bass Octave Deluxe. Tim Sult and Jerry Cantrell use it

 

[Highsociety]

it's very nice

 

[jammattjam]

digitech whammy

 

[impetus maximus]

i hear a lot of guys saying the whammy 4 isn't as good as the WH-1.
but for the price a used WH-1 is going for, i would get a POG2 or a HOG if
you want a pitch shift pedal. EH also seem more organic and less glitchy.

[edit] i'm going to try the MXR bass octave pedal out and report back.
i think it's limited to one octave down but thats all i want at the moment.

 

[TwinACStacks]

Roger Mayer Octavia.

http://www.roger-mayer.co.uk/octavia.htm

http://www.roger-mayer.co.uk/vision_octavia.htm

TWIN

 

[yladrd61]

The KR Doubler

 

[impetus maximus]

well i found a good deal on a used MXR Bass Octave Deluxe and i'm disappointed.
it refuses to track the fifth fret on the A string on my SG for more than half a second.
then it plays the dry tone through the effects volume. tested with Dry volume off.

it also adds hiss with or without the mid boost and just the Dry volume.
when im not playing and have the strings muted i can hear the pedal ticking.
granted this is on a high gain guitar amp but still it's a noisy pedal.
this pedal needs a noise gate when it's in use IMO.

when it does track right it sounds awesome but not tracking all the notes is
a deal breaker

i contacted Dunlop but i doubt there is anything i can do about it.

 

[SmokeyDopey]

I never tried one, but I would love to try the Johnny Octave by Zvex. It is expensive though.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72vqth__Gl4]Zvex Johnny Octave Guitar Pedal - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Les Moore]

My brother has a POG2. I hate him for it
My next pedal, sooooooo deninetely!!!

 

[Papus]

Get a 12-string

 

[impetus maximus]

i might build a "Mutron Octave Divider" clone, but i don't know how good they are

 

[renips]

I love the EH micro POG. The tracking is superb and it is so much fun to work with

 

[Hollowbody]

I have version one, I think this link is for version 4. This pedal sounds great.OCTRON4

Or definitely do what Twin suggested.

 

[Moose Coghill]

Whole-Lee Crap! I just went a-lookin' out of curiousity at the Roger Mayer pedals and found the Vision Wah Special intriguing... until I found the sale price - $699.95.

For $700, that pedal certainly has a lot to cry about. Wahhhhh...

I'll stick with my Harmonyman and Crybaby for now.