tc electronic Nether Octaver

I use this pedal mainly for bass and it does the job very good. But i found it works well with guitar too.
It behaves like an analog octaver should and i don't have any real problems with tracking.
On the lower bass strings it gets a bit glitchy but thats common with analog octavers, even the much more expensive ones.

I previously owned an EBS octabass which had some added tone-features but just one octave below the dry signal
In comparison (as far as i can remember) the tracking is about similar

Everything looks solid and it's a well built pedal
The footswitch however, doesn't have a 'click' or a lot of resistance while pressing. The specs say it has true bypass so the switch is probably not one of those heavy, sturdy footswitches i/m used to in other pedals. However, it hasn't failed me yet

I like this pedal in combination with an envelope filter (Auto Wah) and a bit of drive for some synthy funky bass vibes
For the price it exceeded my expectations. If you want to explore the use of an octaver or just want a simple octaver in your arsenal, i definitely recommend this guy!

I use this on Bass, basically just because i wanted to see how it would perform. Been using it ever since because it does a pretty good job, satisfactory for the stuff i use it for (every now and then in some coverbands/hiphoppy projects). The tracking is suprisingly good down to the lower notes on the A string (for me around the B) on the G string C it has kind of a deadspot, just doesn't seem to like that frequency. The sound has a nice organic flavour to it, not as synthlike as f.e. the Boss OC pedals. Rolling down the tone makes it go into that direction more. I never use the sub octave, on bass thats just too much, so i just took that nob off completely (easily pulled off). Its a bit chunky, but for that reason pretty sturdy too. 4 stars because theres obviously better (but more expensive) alternatives, but the nether looks cool, does the job well and takes a beating.

I bought this octaver for home, rehearsal and live situations. I've had it for a bit more than a year now. It is my first octaver and I bought it to explore this type of effect.

This pedal, like the rest of this line, is build like a tank. from the chasis to the knobs, I think it can withstand a direct hit with a cement wall. The controls are for 2 octaves bellow the dry signal and for the dry signal itself. The switch is not hard at all, no click noise or anything. Led light is very useful.

The only thing is the functionality of the octaver. I guess it is based on the plain vintage circuits, which means that only single notes are tracked. If you play two strings or a chord, the sound gets all blurry and muddy as the pedal circuit apparently cannot handle that, unlike the Sub N Up from the same company.

With this in mind, careful how you use it and you will have a sturdy and nice sounding vintage-style octaver. Would buy again if I didn't want to go to something more expensive and with more functionality.

I initially got this in my very early naïve days, thinking it would allow me to circumvent having a bass guitar, or otherwise help me achieve otherworldly heavy tones.

Within this context, it will add a bit of heaviness with the 1st octave down, and a slight amount of wet signal, however anything beyond that (any additional wet signal, or venturing into the 2nd octave), the sound just becomes muddy and I personally could not find any use for it.

However, the construction is solid, built like a tank, as are all TC Electronic pedals in this range, and it does exactly what it claims to do, and I know that some people use this for other applications (synth) with much success.