EBS OctaBass

"Normal" & "Octave". Easy. Wery easy.

The triggade tone sounds pretty synthetic when it's alone, but when you mix it whit the normal tone i sounds great. It triggs tones down to B at the A string, and G at the E string. The only tone i've had a problem whit is them high C (5 fret at the G string). I don't know why, but i think that there are some intonation problems.

Well, once the battery was bad and then it trigged the tones wrong, but whit a good battery it works great.

Never used.

I bought it mostly becouse it was fun to use, but sure, it sounds heavier when you use it. It's wery coll to use it whit distortion.

There are two nobs !!

Pretty much the best around, but can't follow deeper than the c on the a string ( it could be my amp, but it's has a 15# speaker)

Never has this unit not worked

Never tried it

Well, it kinda gives you that extra push when your playing the really high notes. It gots a groove that no other unit has, play a single bar groove with this stomp box and the guys in the band will go crazy.

Just two knobs. One for the normal bass signal and one for the octave signal. This is a very easy to use pedal. It tends to work best in the 5-9 fret range for bass.

I bought this because of a review I read. I agree that this is the best bass octaver I've ever heard. It tracks the best. It rarely glithes when playing two finger style. If you want to know which professionals use owns one of these I know Marcus Miller has one in his live pedal set-up. In fact, he replaced his Boss Octave with it. Steve Lukather has one and Stanley Clarke endorses it.

Looks pretty sturdy. The input and output jacks look pretty tough, too. I doubt it will break.

Never dealt with them.

If I lost or broke it, I would buy another one. As far as I know, there isn't a better octaver for bass. It may not be the cheapest one but it's a worth more than two crappy octavers. Of course because the Octabass is so smooth, you may want another one just to get that typical slightly fuzzy sound.

Extremely simple to use. 2 knobs (one for original tone and one for octave tone) allow you to custom blend your effect- you can completely eliminate your original tone and fool people into thinking you're playing some freaky tuning.

Pedal is quiet both active and passive. It's best used for single tones- when you play multiple tones simultaneously, it shifts between the stronger tone to give you the octave effect, and on the lower notes (don't try below A) it doesn't track quickly, if at all. However, you can get the fattest sounds you've ever heard coming out of your bass when you play anything higher than a C- especially high up on the neck.

I've had the pedal several months and taken it overseas with me on a ship and it still sounds great. The unit is a solid steel box with a heavy duty stomp switch and rugged knobs- built like a brickshithouse!

Haven't needed it.

This is my favorite pedal (the only one right now, unless I can find an old MuTron!!)It was definitely worth the price and I reccomend it to anyone wishing to beef out their sound. Try slapping an octave higher with both knobs at mid position for some bowel-crunching sounds.

This pedal has Two Knobs and 1 foot switch. It is very easy to use. Click on the main on/off switch, adjust the "normal"knob -volume of input and then adjust the "Octave" knob-the volume of the synthesized signal. The instruction sheet describes a little how-to, but lets face it you can figure it out.

This is where this pedal blows away any other "octave' pedal- the sound that comes out is FAT A truely unique thick, ballsy -fat sound. It really beefs up the higher register notes In the off position, there is a slight increase in volume (gain), with a bit of hiss, but not bad at all. I haven't found a bad mixture of settings yet. But this pedal does have problems with the very low notes, anything below B/C on your E string causes it to spew gobblygook.

I Can't comment on the reliability yet-only have had it for 1 month. It is made out of steel ,it feels really rugged. The two knobs are glued on, they feel a bit shaky but no problems yet. I would guess thats its well constructed.So far, So good.

I haven't needed the company yet.The parent company is out of Sweden, but they have distributers here in the US.

This pedal is far superior to any other "octave" pedal available. I've tried both Boss Octave, and DOD octplus and they struggle with anything bass-note wise. This pedal sounds really musical, very different and will fatten up any combination of notes I've tried(although really low notes and two note chords give it problems). It does take some getting used to, and doesn't track flawlessly (it gurggles on the low notes), but compared to the Boss unit, this is the balls I would certainly buy it again, and I hope EBS makes other products like this or better.