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That said the Digitech Whammy is probably as good an option as your can get. I've not learnt much Black Keys but White Stripes is all octave up or down, which the whammy would work for that and can do other intervals too
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I can see a Whammy V being on the "to buy" list at some point in the future
The others allow you to define the key and interval you want and get "intelligent" harmonies that shift between, say, major and minor third intervals to stay in tune with the key. You can just about replicate this with the Whammy in maj3/min3 harmony mode, but you have to do it yourself with the footswitch pedal.
Cheeky fifth option? Line 6 M5. Does both a dedicated analogue octave down, a Whammy pedal and an "intelligent" pitch shifter / harmoniser. You can get one for £60-odd used, although obviously you'll need an expression pedal to do the Whammy stuff. Best of all (for me anyway) it has presets so you don't need to twiddle all the knobs again to find the sound you had last week.
...and it's a pretty good delay, reverb, modulation and batshit synth sound pedal.
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
And yes, you can do it with the Whammy, but you need to know when you need major or minor intervals and be able to keep the pedal rocking in time with whatever you're playing. It would be far more amusing for the rest of your band watching you trying and failing to do it, but too much like hard work for me.
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
I might just get a cheapo behringer octave pedal as a make do muckabout for now, depending on how cheap it is of course!