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I think where most people go wrong with the PitchFork is expecting too much from the tracking and tone. If you play with this in the "on" position always, you're gonna have to keep the pitch shifter close to your actual tone to have better tracking. The further you move from your pitch, the worse the tracking is. But I think the point of this pedal is for short, weird bursts of pitch, perhaps similar to how Buckethead throws a squeal in here and there or a brown-note drop in many of his songs. It is NOT what you're looking for if you're looking to replace a bass. If you mix the wet/dry signal and switch to dual mode, you can get some pretty badass church organ type of sounds with strummed chords. Otherwise, this guy works better for accenting singular notes better than chords I find. Really though, if you just spend time screwing with this thing you will find at least 11 uses for it. I use it every day and still discover new sounds from this fellow. I almost always leave it in momentary mode so I can cantrol the length of the shift with my foot in short (or as long as you want) bursts. If you take your playing too seriously and don't like dicking around, maybe this pedal isn't for you. On the other hand, maybe this is just what you need to take you over the edge a bit. It's a pretty versatile little box. You can even get a few different chorus-type effects with the De-tune options. It also has an input for an expression pedal, and there is a way you can change the glissando rate on the pedal itself. This pedal has become an integral part of my setup. It likes to be plugged into its own power supply and it generally comes with one, but it isn't too necessary. There will be some noise if it's linked in a chain, but who cares? Crank it up, focker.Read full review
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I bought this to use as a drop tune pedal for bass, for Eb and D tuning. The harmony intervals are good as are the octaves, but that's not what I bought it for. In drop tune mode, with the mix turned clockwise getting only effect, there is a noticeable increase in volume, and a pretty bad latency issue, along with a weird chorusy delay, and not in a good way. Keep in mind, I was using it on bass guitar, so it may not effect guitars in the same way. I bought in on a Wednesday, returned it first thing Monday morning.
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I've had a few octave shifters and pitch transposers over the years, but nothing that throws so much into one box! Its an awesome bit of kit, as you'd expect from Electro Harmonix, well built, etc., etc., but it has one brilliant little feature that will keep you amused for hours, if not days (depending upon your imagination, time available, etc...), and that is the sweepable glissando. Now, I discovered this the expensive way (yeah, I know I should have read the manual first), I went out and bought an expression pedal, with which to drive the glissando. But it transpires that I could have merely borrowed one from some other idiot, programmed my most useable glissando sweep, given back the pedal and job done. Until I want to change it, that is. But that said, you can revert to factory settings (basically no gliss), just by pressing a couple of things on the pedal in the right order, blah blah. But aside from the glissando, there's three base settings; octave(s) up, octave(s) up and down and octave(s) down. Then, there are a whole swag of preset pitch combinations, eg; detune, major and minor pitch additions in either up or down mode, plus an array of harmonics and octaves in the dual setting. The harmonies are insane, it tracks perfectly and it inspires you (well, me anyway), to play things that you wouldn't normally play. Its nice to find something so refreshing. But also, in tandem with EHX's Key9 pedal (and no doubt their other 'Keyboard' pedals too), that lifts things to a whole new level. Plain mental. My only word of advice/warning, is that some of those frequencies are very low, but punchy. So make sure you've got speakers to cope, particularly if you're going to play at neighbour-aggravating volumes. Essentially its an awesome, crazy box of brilliant tricks that you also might actually use in a band situation! Well, I am, anyway. So, for sheer fun value alone, its well worth the price. But don't just take my word for it, there are plenty of other reviews and demos out there, so go check them out.Read full review
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First of all the sound quality is superb. Then it is very versatile. It is like having access to two or three baritone guitars that you play all at once. It really widened the range of play for me.
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This little guy is amazing. If you're in a band that keeps switching from standard tuning to half, whole or more steps down, you need this. These feats can be easily accomplished without having to constantly change guitars. The blend knob makes for some cool sounds, particularly in the plus/minus 1, 2, or 3 octaves. The "harmony" features are not that of, say an Eventide, but again, you can get some neat sounds. It is imperative to have a good expression pedal to get those cool sweeping sounds ala Tom Morello. I love my Pitch Fork and I highly recommend this pedal for your rig.
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