His playing is extremely incredible on its own, but then look at his incredible foot work... Having that subtle volume swell while controlling the freeze... very very impressive indeed...
That octaver, man... Im using too, its magnificent. 3 yrs ago I listened to an album by brian blade and wolfgang muthspiel, "friendly travelers". It was a drums-guitar duet. And wolfgang was using an octaver. I was playing with a great drummer at the time. I went out and bought me this little pedal the same week. One of the best things ive picked up!
You need to be on the poly mode where the third knob becomes the range knob. It allows to choose the affected frequency range from very low to higher frequencies!
VERY UNIQUE! Props to you guys at Reverb! IMOH I'm really sick of the same bedroom blues, jazz, rock whatever. I really am interested in something that causes me to re-think music in creative ways. This video was a great example of that. Can't wait for the Tame Impala video, hope it's done right!
I'm not a jazz guy but that performance at the end was fantastic! Love the tune. Maybe it was the trumpet and the clean guitar, but with the simple, airy drums I got an American Football vibe surprisingly. Nevertheless, great!
This guy made me want a Boss pedal! That hasn't been done since like '98 when I was a young teen starting to strum. Love your unique outlook at the guitar as an instrument.
I have enjoyed Gilad since I first heard of him but, after watching thid video he has become one of my favorites. Also, after watching thid video i can see my bank account shrinking -considerably. I am a jazz guitarist who has always played with a clean sound but, i have just become infatuated with many of The pedqls used by Gilad - Great sound !!!
Hekselman (I'm a fan) often expresses his fondness for piano, so i wonder why he isn't a pianist..or what keeps him on guitar. Stanley Jordan's approach seems like the ultimate blend of the two instruments. Another curiosity is how he talks about voice leading like it's novel to the guitar. I don't understand -- it's fundamental to any well-played chordal instrument. It's like when Chris Thile talks about playing Bach on stringed instruments like it's something new. I love it, but it's bewildering, because he must know it's nothing new
Don't get the OC-5 after this video! They removed the range selection feature, which contravenes Gilad's contrapuntal style with alternation between bass, fillers and solos. I just got one and I'm sending it back, I'd better be looking for a second hand OC-3.
I'd been wanting an down-octaver that had that range selection for ages. Does anyone know if there are others that have a similar function, to play bass notes without dropping the top end?
Did you guys edit down this video? Like do you have a full one where he talks about the rest of his pedals and the song is longer? Would love to see more!
If you can solder, just replace the switch with one of these: SPST Momentary Soft Touch Footswitch (normally open). If not, get somebody else to do it. It's very cheap and quick. No idea why ehx doesn't fit them as standard.
It's a Hotone Soulpress! Pretty small and nice pedal! It's active so you need to powered the pedal, but it gives you a really nice sound with no tone lost!
I understand why some bass players get angry at guitarists play bass stuff on their guitar, but I don't think I'd get angry at some 6 or 5 string bass player playing chords in a song with tone that would not make the chords sound muddy.
What he means is “for you to really grasp how this octave pedal works and allows you to have both bass and guitar in one, you should probably study some of my music and how and what ways I handled the arrangements to them”