Recommendations: Octave

horsehead

It does exactly what is says on the tin

poopot

Don’t get on with Skoda myself tbh!

horsehead

Lol

pintspiller

I had a Pearl Octaver for years and thought it was great

nickb_boy

meltedbuzzbox

The whammy has to be king of the hill
The Pog isn't bad

JezWynd

POG2 is excellent. Works really well with guitar and bass. Plus you have the additional functions like delayed attack (a la Slow Gear but with much more variation to fade in time), variable Q etc. So many good things in this pedal.

guitarfishbay

Analogue octave down for me. MXR Bass Octave Deluxe is fun. I’d like to try one of the COG ones

prowla

I've got an Aguilar Octamizer for my bass; I chose it because it keeps the sound & character of the instrument rather than regenerating the note.

I had issues with it tracking the note, but it works a lot better now I've put a compressor (Boss CP-1X) in front of it. However, the sound does eventually break up of you hold a note and allow it to fade, especially on a harmonic-rich bass like a Ric.

I remember having a go with the Boss & MXR ones when I tried them in the shop on Denmark Street, but the Aguilar stood out (and I got compliments from people in the shop, so it played me well!).

I tried a POG a while back and was mightily impressed with it, but (I think) it does regenerate the notes. I'd like one of those too.

The other one I'd like to give a go is the Markbass synth pedal.

xscaramanga

I have two, and like them both for different things: Foxrox Octron, and EHX Pitchfork.

If you *only* want octaves, a micro/nano POG is a better bet than the Pitchfork, but I like the options to have other intervals on the Pitchfork (I use it as a pitchshifter when a song is tuned to Eb and I can't be bothered to tune down).

The Octron is way more fun and makes me grin a lot, but it's less practical. The octave down is this fat, dirty analogue synth sound. The octave up is an octave fuzz, but a cleaner one than an octavia. It sounds wicked but because neither is polyphonic the EHX is a bit more useful.

sweepy

A big plus one for the Pearl Octaver, gritty nasty and oh so analogue, bloody great pedal

Kebabkid

Is this for bass or guitar?
Pearl Octaver is my fave and a vintage pedal now that commands high prices (£180). It works well on both instruments.

I like the EBS Octabass and the Aguilar is good, too. 

If you find a used Mooer Tender Octave (Can't remember if it's the Mk1 or 2 that's the good one but discontinued), they're great.

horsehead

It's for guitar

Kebabkid

Try the TC Sub n' Up

Flanging_Fred

You might want to have a think about what you want to do with the octave pedal as they can vary a lot.  Do you want polyphony (so a digital pedal) or a monophonic pedal? Octave up? 1 or 2 octaves down? 

The old Boss OC2 sounds great but has a distinct synthy sort of sound. Also being analog the tracking starts to struggle down on the E string.

The Boss oc3 has that threshold function which allows you to add octave only to the lower strings, a pretty cool feature if you want to play finger style jazz with walking bass lines. 

The POG2 sounds a lot more ‘organy’ even if just using 1 octave down. Of course the tracking on that is great and it can do loads of stuff. 

I’ve also got an Exar Octavian which is similar to the Pearl Octaver but with added tone controls for the lower 2 octaves, this sounds a lot more natural than either the ehx or boss but it’s analogue so is monophonic and doesn’t track so well down at the bottom of the neck.  

english_bob

I use a BYOC Divided Octave (Mu-Tron Octave Divider clone). It was a complicated build, and they aren't cheap, but it does sound brilliant. Does analogue octave down and clean-ish octave up (Green Ringer?). Glitches a bit on the low strings and gets very upset if you try to play anything other than single notes or fifths, but sounds ace, particularly with distortion. If you're considering DIY, Madbean do a Pearl Octaver PCB (Lowrider).

Digital octavers have the advantage of polyphony, but don't sound anywhere near as good IME.

english_bob

nickb_boy said:

No. It's the sound of a photocopy of a photocopy.