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No, if you want it to replace a bass player in a professional band context - it doesn't sound that much like a bass, and to get it to work well you can't just strum chords and hope it will follow, you need to 'Carter pick' with an alternating bassline on the low strings.
I like the sound of playing agitator though - isn't that what Eno's role in Roxy Music was?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=92NonbSf7K4
It doesn’t track as well as a POG or TC Sub N Up etc, so I tend to use those on electric, but it adds a lot of warmth to your acoustic sound overall and tracks well enough for what I do with it. I find acoustic gigs can be a lot of high frequencies and lacking in low frequencies, largely because the budget for bass guitar or double bass is rarely there for acoustic work (most venues would rather have a full pop or rock band when the budget is there and have acoustic more for convenince/cost/smaller size etc).
I find having Cajon/percussionist adds even more treble frequencies to an acoustic gig and need something to counter it. The OC3 makes up for the lack of low-end in an acoustic mix and makes everything feel more ‘balanced’.
THINK: Sheehan, Claypool or the late Andy Fraser.
Unless you have the virtuosity of Sheehan and Gilbert or your music hangs together like that of Primus, the band will generally sound thin as soon as the lone guitarist solos.
If the music in your set demands keyboards, find another keyboard player. Job done.
If you write around the pedsl and stick it through a bass amp it sounds good. If you want to replace your bass player with little effort it will suck.
If you write around the pedsl and stick it through a bass amp it sounds good. If you want to replace your bass player with little effort it will suck.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Jon Gomm has one as an always on pedal:
Another option the Submarine pickup
There's also the little thunder pickup which does something similar but with the pitch shifting built in.
And I think this might answer the OP's question: