jimdunlopusa | 1 decade ago

VIDEO DESCRIPTION & SIGNAL CHAIN INFORMATION:
Dunlop's MXR design team is proud to present these two members of the award-winning Bass Innovations line, a family of products designed and engineered specifically for bass players.

The BASS OCTAVE DELUXE actually features two separate sub octave circuits in one pedal that can be mixed together or used individually for a variety of sonic options.

The "Girth" circuit can be described as a low octave that is voiced with a smooth and deep character whereas the "Growl" circuit creates a voice that contains a greater variety of harmonic overtones, resulting in a low octave that has a more throaty, "snarl" or "grit" to its sound.

The "Dry" control knob allows the user to dial in the amount of unaffected incoming signal from the instrument, with fully counter-clockwise resulting in only the octave effect being heard to fully clockwise which provides all of the dry signal to be heard along with the sub octave.

The midrange button ("MID+") when engaged provides for up to +14db of internally adjustable mid frequencies to your incoming "dry" signal. Users can select either 400hz (factory setting) or 850hz to be boosted, the modification being easily performed by way of a switch found inside the pedal.

Also not visible on the face of the pedal but equally important to note is the proprietary Constant Headroom Technology (CHT) that is in the design of MXR Bass Innovations pedals. The CHT provides for high headroom and superior tracking which effectively addresses two previous weak spots that have plagued older analog octave pedals in the past.

Paired here with the MXR Bass Envelope Filter (whose in-depth demo can be seen at: http://youtu.be/Zn-1AElwc_4), this video provides a glimpse of how these two pedals give bass players of all genres the extreme versatility they need from effect stomp boxes but with the warm, organic, 100% analog tone and the no-nonsense durable housing that is at the heart of every MXR product.

For more information and sound samples, please visit:
http://www.jimdunlop.com/product/m288-bass-octave-deluxe
http://www.jimdunlop.com/product/m82-bass-envelope-filter

SIGNAL CHAIN FOR DEMO:
Fender '66 P-Bass + Dunlop Flat Wound Bass Strings + MXR Bass Octave Deluxe + MXR Envelope Filter + Aguilar DB751 Amp and 2-12" cabinet

•Recorded using Heil PR microphones (www.heilsound.com) and Universal Audio Solo 610/110 microphone preamps.

•Special thanks to Evidence Audio Cable (http://www.evidenceaudio.com) for the instrument cable used in this video.

VIDEO CREDITS:
Performer: Tim Lefebvre (http://www.timlafave.com)
Executive Producer: Jimmy Dunlop
Producer/Director: Joey Tosi
Editor/Sound: Max Baloian
Art Director: Graham Shaw
Director of Photography: Donavan Sell
Camera Operator: Danny Nieder
Asst. Camera/Grip: Jim Granato