TC Electronic Nether Octaver

[@larkeops]

The unpredictability of the glitched notes after the chords is so therapeutic to me for some reason - gonna pick this up as soon as I can. Thanks for the review man, helped a ton.

[@influxxmedia]

I came here for the Nether, but got sold on the fuzz

[@dankhill6851]

get the honeypot fuzz, its insanely good

[@mdjmz]

s a m e t h o

[@alien9422]

It’s a big muff :-D

[@leonruvalcaba1549]

i just came

[@TittiPotestaBP]

Just to add, it works amazingly well with bass keeping the sub-octave off

[@jeffcoop3631]

This is the BEST review video of this pedal I've found. I've been trying to figure out if I wanted one of these but haven't found a store with one in stock. This convinced me! Thank you.

[@SaxJockey]

@J Rycroft There is a video on here by TC Electronics that's states that it is all analogue?

[@lueyteledeluxe7457]

@J Rycroft please verify your claim, if you speak the truth.. We neeed to know. If you speak falsely , likewise, we need to know. You have made a serious accusation... I am at the verge of buying this, and I need to know if your accusation has any merit. Thank you.

[@cammannick]

This review helped me so much. See I am trying to form a punk band, and i can't find anyone to play bass, so i basically want to take the white stripes route. And How hear the note jump around gives me what i want from a pedal like this. It feels like it is giving life to a nonexistent member that is there. Thank you so much for this review .

[@j.jester7821]

Camera Man Nick I was in a punk band in the 80s. Does anyone go see live punk bands anymore? I was not aware.

[@emok1ttyk4t]

J. Hon hell yeah man punk is alive and well

[@spacemonkeymadness]

@@j.jester7821 We have a decent punk scene in Alabama. Birmingham and Huntsville. Check out the DIY live channel.

[@joelbrandon6807]

Instablaster.

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

That's always what happens. Find a mediocre guitar player and shove a bass in his hands. Or just don't have a bass like you said. Where there's a will there's a way.

[@wallyneff3318]

Hi Ryan! This is the best demo I have seen of the Nether Octaver! I finally found one to buy. Thanks for all the good reviews that you do!

[@ikealamp53]

This will be my first pedal. It sounds so good.

[@stephangriesel]

Ah man love this. Thanks for sharing. This is typically what DZ Deathrays use to get their sound.

[@kostis6]

Fuzz+Nether = sold!!!!! great review!

[@sempreemproducao]

Nether + Honey Pot is absolutely AWESOME. Need to buy it

[@WizardinBlack3]

That Octaver + Fuzz combo was suprisingly gnarly. I'm gonna have to play around with that pairing myself!

[@pcbullets8726]

Listening to you use some of this stuff with a fuzz pedal, has sold me on getting one for my setup. These pedals sound pretty good for the money!

[@jermainelong1843]

When you put the fuzz on the tone reminded me of the bass synth in that Jamiraquai tune from Godzilla.

[@ChrisLeRose]

I had a feeling I'd want this pedal as soon as I saw it, but after watching this video, money is actually flying with little wings out of my wallet. Good point about not destroying the amp. I need these safety reminders.

[@chrisw1460]

SO glad you used the Honey Pot Fuzz along with it. That is the sound I'm looking for!!!! Thank you, Ryan

[@paulsummerside]

Love with or without the fuzz. Had looked at the Sub n up and the Pog. Am preferring this to both.

[@dankhill6851]

wasn't interested in this pedal till you put the honeypot on it, so good.

[@SaxJockey]

Good demo, I like the way you return to clean/dry occasionally to help illustrate the range of the octave 1 and 2 controls. Also the clean and fuzz demos were informative. Seems that with the dry signal off and either octave full up, that the resultant output level is relatively low/weak (or maybe KZbin compression plays a part)? Anyway, I will soon find out myself, there is a pedal on its way to me.

[@octopaul]

this sounds naaaasty with the Tube Pilot and Fuzz on top, love it!

[@Im_AMA_]

My band doesnt have a bassist, so this was exactly what i was looking for! (Im not paying crazy mony for the whammy pedal or the boss one)

[@theothertonydutch]

I kind of want to be able to split the signals, then use a pitch shifter to take the glitchy sound and pitch that up again.

[@pakogtl1104]

I will get the trio (fuzz, tube overdrive and octave) is just the sound i was looking for. Thanks a lot, new suscriber

[@gearoftones8585]

This is surprisingly good sounding for the price. I only do single note runs with octave pedals anyway

[@QuentinDeMeuter]

It could be a video about a guy discovering Doom by accident 🤣

[@fluorescentbanduk4270]

JUST BOUGHT IT ! i had the us600 before but from the sound of it this will fit my rig great

[@goroblows]

Didn't expect to hear sludge tones!

[@AndrewAHayes]

Looked like you really had some fun with that pedal, Love that outro man!

[@zvukzubov2726]

Best review of Nether. Thanks!

[@javiceres]

People paying crazy money for the boss OC-2... this sounds like a proper copy for a fraction of the price.

[@SaxJockey]

Just ordered this pedal new for under £34 delivered (~€38/US$43) 👍. Given the likely number of times it will be used, I could not justify the Boss pedals at three times the cost. The EHX POG seems to be very good - it should be at nearly six times the cost of the Nether!

[@klivegee]

Great demo ~ thanks

[@RIGGOTS]

WOW!! An actual review where the host doesn't just play blue licks! Brilliant this mate! Well done!

[@trenchmikmijgears78]

Hi do you have a video comparing Octavers, cheap ones ;) if not you should make one ! "Which Octaver on the Affor-da-board?"

[@TheMisterjaso]

Great review! I'm definitely picking one of these up.

[@RandyFricke]

It's monophonic. It's not really designed to play chords. Only single notes. It sounds like it tracks pretty good.

[@thecalicowolf]

Great review, convinced me to buy it 🤙🏼

[@versnellingspookie]

I had an idea the other day: TC electronic also released a boost pedal (The Rush), could you maybe do a video with that pedal and how it reacts to all the other fuzz/drive/distortion pedals in the new TC line of pedals? I'd be curious if it sounds better than running one overdrive in another

[@60CycleHumcast]

I had the rush in from the first release of the Smorgasbord of tone line, we ended up giving it away in a contest so its not around anymore. but yes, you can use a boost to change the drive level of a dirt pedal stacked after it.

[@versnellingspookie]

60 Cycle Hum thanks for the reply! I'll surely try that out sometime

[@versnellingspookie]

60 Cycle Hum one more question: i've been wanting to go for a guitar sound similar to a song called 'Jeanie loves pop' and 'Someone for you' by a band called Warm Soda. Which pedals from the TC line do you think i'll need to get that sound? He also played in Bare Wires which sounds similar to what kind of sound i want to get. Thanks in advance, i hope i'm not draining your energy with all these questions haha!

[@d_walsh]

Good pedal the NETHER dig the TC Electro fuzz. What was name of that ? Thanks

[@lueyteledeluxe7457]

5:05 ...Awwwww Yeah! 👍....Its all about the Fuzz, m'Man.. It was always.. about.. The FUZZ, F**** yeah!

[@jaredcooper8158]

Nice. Your afterglow video talked me into buying one. Looks like I've gotta get one of these now...

[@sixstringnerd]

Great demo Ryan. Love the podcast too!

[@ano1nymus1]

I have this pedal and I have to say that I'm not completly content with it. The tone is great, but the note detection is pretty lacking, especially when playing on the higher strings. You need to pick the B and e strings very hard to get it to register the notes.

[@lgoodma3]

your volume knob all the way at 10 ? not trying to undermine you but that is a common thing i see when detection is low with pedals.

[@cmvb]

try with compressor

[@jessevassallo]

I am guessing that the pedal is not polyphonic and that is why it gets weird with chords. But for $60 it sounds awesome! I always wanted an octave pedal but it's so difficult to get one for less than $150. Great review! Go surf there is good waves in SD right now.

[@60CycleHumcast]

i wish i had time to surf! maybe tomorrow

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

If you wanted to buy something like this mainly because you want to simulate bass guitar in your loops, and you wanted to spend less than $100, which one would you buy? Just curious what everyone else thinks.

[@boxcarstewart311]

Awesome octaver! That and the fuzz is quite a nasty pair! You could have played a little longer before the "Subscribe if you feel like it" screen.

[@elmerfuddphd]

The last bit reminds me of the tone on Paranoid by Black Sabbath.

[@AlbannachGamer]

wonder if you can get a CKY kinda sound

[@benasslick67]

That's exactly what I came here for too. The Valeton oc10 is pretty close to the boss oc2

[@BK-lx5mo]

Clever name and logo. "Nether" is the underworld in Minecraft, and the typeface borrows from the "Stranger Things" logo. The Nether ~= The Upside-Down. A sub-octave pedal adds LOW octaves, sending your tone to the underworld. Get it? Well played TC.

[@heyou429]

The Honey Pot is a sneaky good fuzz pedal

[@predragtadic]

Great demo!👍🤘

[@nunoharris]

Hi. What is the name of the fuzz pedal that you are using with the Octaver ? Thanks

[@loopybahamas672]

The white stripes sound

[@danielstan5854]

😬😂it's gooood. Have fun!✌️

[@andyking7621]

SOLD! ...apologies to my neighbours :)

[@fabiennapoli5461]

Great review!

[@AlexanderXtcSlayin]

freaking awesome video!! 🤘

[@nicholasdaronch6156]

Hey I'm early! I was wondering what is your opinion about Danelectro and Eastwood guitars, I see that you are a fan of vintage looking guitars, got any thoughts about these brands?

[@60CycleHumcast]

i love the eastwood/airline guitars ive owned/played. Danelectros are very specific and unique in feel and tone. The quality of their builds are good these days but try to play one before you buy to be sure you like how they sound and play.

[@nicholasdaronch6156]

Cool, thanks for the quick reply! :)

[@Ivan_Saul]

This one or the sub n up mini?

[@bwgti]

You are video making machine. I can't keep up!

[@TheDoobiesnatcher]

great review I think I'll be getting one of these

[@aliquidcow]

Any idea how this compares to the Mooer Tender Octaver Mk II? That seemed like the one I was going to go for, but this is a fair bit cheaper and sounds pretty reasonable. Basically what I want to use it for is for high clean parts where I'm playing broken chords - on recordings I like to double up with another part lower down and I want to emulate this live to give the clean parts more presence. I occasionally do the same thing with lead parts too. It's only occasional so if I can avoid paying too much that would be nice.

[@60CycleHumcast]

no idea, but i imagine the mooer one will be much smaller, these have a pretty big footprint.

[@SaxJockey]

@Andy Eyre Thanks for this insight. Presumably the Nether can be set to roughly unity input/output by adjustment of the three level controls? Is the octave full up (dry and sub full off) any good for simple one note bass lines (adding a 'bass' to a looper track). Apart from overdrive in my amp, for occasional use I have a Fuzz, Wah and Flanger pedals; guess the Nether will sound pretty wild in front of any/all of those! Edit: Now have this pedal. The dry signal is nice and clean/transparent, so could be used as boost. As in this demo, the sound from just the octave or/and sub octave alone (dry signal turned down) is quite low level, so not ideal for use for bass lines.

[@PsyQoJkays]

This almost defeats the purpose of an 8 string

[@LeviBulger]

Ryan how does it track compared to the POG?

[@liamcraven4936]

Would playing a bass through this with only octave 2, dry rolled off. Break the pedal? Just curious...

[@60CycleHumcast]

Liam Craven it might break the amp if you are using a guitar amp. But I’ve never heard of bass signal breaking a pedal.

[@nebojsajozef5428]

Wich amp do you use? Do you use the same one in each video or is there 2 or 3 regulars?

[@60CycleHumcast]

back when i filmed this i think i was only using a princeton

[@nebojsajozef5428]

@@60CycleHumcast Great, thanks a lot. Love your videos btw

[@TIMExBANDIT]

Sometimes I wonder if that maggot cheese tastes good enough to warrant eating it. Cool pedal my dude

[@60CycleHumcast]

i don't think i could do the maggot cheese, id have to be really really drunk.

[@TIMExBANDIT]

60 Cycle Hum well namm is coming up

[@60CycleHumcast]

do you think there will be maggot cheese at namm?

[@TIMExBANDIT]

Surely someone will remember to bring the maggot cheese

[@60CycleHumcast]

it seems like every year someone forgets it.

[@Jeremy-ob4gm]

Anyone else have an issue where the button needs to be depressed for the effect to be activated? Feels so sloppy and hard to time the effect right on the fly.

[@60CycleHumcast]

thats how all the switches on these work, its a little goofy

[@SaxJockey]

I just bought this pedal, I see what you mean. All my other true bypass pedals have a switch that has a firm click down to operate, this has a soft click which takes a bit of getting use to.

[@Jeremy-ob4gm]

SaxJockey it’s weird. Next time you’re messing with it click down and don’t let go. You’ll notice the effect doesn’t activate until you let go. Just takes a little getting used to for a live setting.

[@SaxJockey]

@@Jeremy-ob4gm That's exactly what threw me; soft click down and the effect comes on when the switch releases back up. Had a play around and getting more used to the pedal, 3-12-3 on the sub-dry-octave sounds good. Adds a bit of extra flavour running into a Wah or/and Flanger. The dry signal alone can serve as a clean boost.

[@gentillyguy1]

How does it sound on bass?

[@TheHexeract]

why does your mic sound so crispy?

[@60CycleHumcast]

It’s tempura fried.

[@kelvynyeang3207]

omg i love that flying v at the back! whats that ?

[@Dad-Gad]

Nice of him to reply 😵

[@AGVersace100]

how is the tracking on bass?

[@bryanleigh6497]

Listen?!

[@m.f.3347]

For me, the tracking is fine down to the 3rd fret on the A string (or 8th on the E). It completely craps out below the open A. Generally speaking you want to play higher up on the neck. You don't just turn it on and play, you have to play what it likes to hear/respond to - you're basically playing the pedal. That said, the tone is absolutely fantastic. It's my bread-and-butter synth tone (which I spice up with fuzz, filters, delay, ringmod etc.). Just mute the dry and 2nd octave, and max the 1st octave.

[@spoonbender4748]

What's the name of that guitar?

[@EdFreddy]

Du bist ne coole Sau!👌🏻👍🏻

[@F____T]

Great!!!!!

[@microkit]

Dude, please give the story of that glitter custom Flying V or sell it to me or something.

[@CrutchExe]

Utter filth, I love it

[@PedalScience]

OC-2 clone?

[@archietopley1558]

Jack white

[@TylerLyon]

Why not have one knob for lower octave and one knob for higher octave? Seems like the logical way to do this... 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@rhrdth]

Because this is an analog pedal that's similar to the Boss OC-2. Only digital octaves have the octave up option.

[@jayandomusic]

00:40

[@raygarcia4468]

This guy could be cool if he wasn’t trying so hard to be a Nerd

[@60CycleHumcast]

Agreed. He should leave nerding up to the real nerds. - steve

[@60CycleHumcast]

I cannot even process this comment right now, what the heck are you even talking about? -Ryan