Bass pedals for an acoustic

mattinbeloit · Unread post by **mattinbeloit** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 3:10 am

So ever since i saw Howie Day i have been intreagued by his setup. I already have a dl-4 and have been messing around on that witht he layering stuff. I have been thinking about buying that boss distortion pedal to see if i can get some good distortion sound with my acoustic (because i will be using my acoustic guitar, i dont even own an electric..). Another thing i saw Howie do was put down a bass line when he was messing around on the DL-4 adding layers. Does anyone know what peadal he was using to get the bass sound on his acoustic? Can anyone reccommend a cheap pedal that will get my acoustic putting out a bass sound?

sunglassesatnight · Unread post by **sunglassesatnight** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 8:43 am

Howie uses the Boss OC-2, which has been discontinued. It drops the notes he's playing one octave to resemble a bass.

Boss now has out the OC-3, which, unlike the OC-2, can process full chords played through it if you want to. I don't know if you're going to find anything other than the Boss that is worth a damn. If you don't care about chords/power chords, a used OC-2 would do you just fine.

Also, if you're thinking of distortion, I recommend the Boss Blues Driver. I have it and use it on my acoustic, and you can get all kinds of great sounds from it.

Jenns4Ever9501 · Unread post by **Jenns4Ever9501** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 11:46 am

I played my acoustic through a simple Boss DS-1 pedal, just simple distortion, and to be honest with you, it sucked. All I could get was rough, grainy distortion, there was zero flexibility. I can't testify to any others, but if you're lookin' for just distortion, stay away from the Boss DS-1 Distortion pedal for your acoustic. Isn't it ironic? :thumbsup:

mattinbeloit · Unread post by **mattinbeloit** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 12:24 pm

What kind of pickup did you have? Because i've run my taylor with the fishman pickup through the DS-1 and it sounded fine. I think its going to depend on your pickup.

Jenns4Ever9501 · Unread post by **Jenns4Ever9501** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 12:57 pm

mattinbeloit wrote:What kind of pickup did you have? Because i've run my taylor with the fishman pickup through the DS-1 and it sounded fine. I think its going to depend on your pickup.

i like tictacs · Unread post by **i like tictacs** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 2:21 pm

Just buy a bass!!!

Jenns4Ever9501 · Unread post by **Jenns4Ever9501** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 2:36 pm

i like tictacs wrote:Just buy a bass!!!

lol, seriously, I just whip out my low-end Yamaha RBX170 and my Crate BT50 amp, and whoa . . . it's a BASS. lol.

mattinbeloit · Unread post by **mattinbeloit** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 4:48 pm

i would get a bass but my plan is to be able to do all this live and solo so i dont want to have to worry about putting the acoustic down and picking up a bass right in the middle of a song.

i like tictacs · Unread post by **i like tictacs** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 5:05 pm

You play guitar, so play a guitar solo,

Octave pedals sound awful.

mattinbeloit · Unread post by **mattinbeloit** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 5:12 pm

you need to go to howie days website and watch the "sorry so sorry" video....

thejoe · Unread post by **thejoe** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 5:38 pm

i like tictacs wrote:Octave pedals sound awful.

ifyou use them incorrectly

sunglassesatnight · Unread post by **sunglassesatnight** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 6:04 pm

crash_in_to_me wrote:
i like tictacs wrote:Octave pedals sound awful.
ifyou use them incorrectly

Or if you're out of tune.

brian_ok · Unread post by **brian_ok** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 6:13 pm

slimerdmb24 wrote:
crash_in_to_me wrote:
i like tictacs wrote:Octave pedals sound awful.
ifyou use them incorrectly
Or if you're out of tune.

Or if you suck to begin with.

mattinbeloit · Unread post by **mattinbeloit** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 6:25 pm

b_fost wrote:
slimerdmb24 wrote:
crash_in_to_me wrote:
i like tictacs wrote:Octave pedals sound awful.
ifyou use them incorrectly
Or if you're out of tune.
Or if you suck to begin with.

or if your hellen keller, i bet she could not paly on either...

i like tictacs · Unread post by **i like tictacs** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 6:31 pm

i can get a 100 dollar fender bass to sound better than any guitar through an octave pedal. it's just the nature of it. effects are gross and cheesy.

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Bass pedals for an acoustic

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