Hello folks,
I bought a cheap Mooer octave pedal last summer because I needed something for when my guitarist and I covered Wish You Were Here. The low octave helped flesh things out while he took a solo.
We stopped playing Wish You Were Here a while ago. It just kinda fell off the set list in favor of more upbeat and more original songs. I stopped using the octave pedal.
Last night I was tweaking my sound in the wake of switching from an amp to a Line 6 POD 2.0 and I wanted some shimmer on the top. Just something to spread out the sound and add aural interest.
Lacking any modulation pedals on the board at the moment (my distaste of the chorus effect in mono is well documented here ), I turned to my octave pedal.
Dialed up an upper octave and played with the mix. I brought the dry all the way up and the +1 octave to about 9 o'clock on the tiny little knob (tuned the +2 octave all the way off after trying that -- it sounded like lazy bees).
You would not think going an octave above a mandolin would be a good idea, but it worked. I scratched my head, shrugged, and smiled.
My bass played, Fred, said, "C'est fou, mais ça marche!" (It's crazy but it works)
Signal chain:
JBovier EMC-5 on the neck pick-up volume and tone all the way up -->
Mooer Pure Octave pedal bought in the UK for £40.00, at the front of the effects chain but with everything else off -->
Line 6 POD 2.0 set to 'Black front' with a 2x12 cab emulation all effects off save a bit of reverb
Basically a clean, warm sound with a high octave added.
So there you go. Try it at home.
Let me know how you get on.
Daniel
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