Two pedals I don't need, but kinda' want. Weigh in!

[JohnW63]

The last time my instructor and his students got to perform in public we found that the drummer that is a friend tends to not drum so well ,the later the event lasts. He tends to speed up during the songs anyway. So, coming up with an alternate " drummer " has been in the back of my mind. I figure it might also be a good way to solo with out a YouTube backing track. I have my kids drum kit right behind me, so I could learn, but, that wouldn't allow me to play the guitar ! Recently, I saw this device.

DigiTech SDRUM Auto-drummer Pedal

Stompbox-sized Drum Machine with Automatic Accompaniment Creation

www.sweetwater.com

It's an interesting device that will learn what you want, when you teach it with your guitar.




The other pedal is a Vintage Bass Octave pedal from MXR.

MXR M280 Vintage Bass Octave Mini Pedal

Vintage Bass Octave Pedal with Constant Headroom Technology; 1-octave-down, 2-octaves-down, and Clean Signal Volume Controls; and Clean Midrange Boost

www.sweetwater.com

When my instructor does his bass solos, the groove drops out, and I want to have a way to take up the slack. I thought adding a lower octave to my guitar would give me the ability to fake being a bass player. I first saw it on " That Pedal Show " when the guest was Marl Lettieri. Check this out:



Mark does a lot with a simple looper in this demo of the pedal.


Here is the money question(s) ... Do these seem to be genuinely useful pedals or am I just hitting post Christmas Gear Acquisition Syndrome ?

 

[Rebosbro]

I think the issue with the SDRUM is that you can’t program different tracks, so you would either have to spend time creating the track before each song or use the same track. I ran into the same thing looking for a looper pedal because my other guitar player is laying low because of COVID. Wanted to preprogram all the backing tracks for all our songs so we could still practice without him.
I had a EHX Pitchfork( still mad I sold it, will be picking up another one). It does a great job turning a guitar into a bass.
Paul

 

[JohnW63]

"the issue with the SDRUM is that you can’t program different tracks, "

You made me check the manual. I hadn't thought about that.

It can store 36 songs.

 

[ruedi]

I am very curious about the MXR octave pedal! I finally decided for this, which the mailman brought just 30 minutes ago:

can't wait to plug it in and play!! (have to wait until tonight, my lady is asleep upstairs because of nightshift...)

 

[Rebosbro]

"the issue with the SDRUM is that you can’t program different tracks, "

You made me check the manual. I hadn't thought about that.

It can store 36 songs.

Sounds like what you need. Other features are pretty versatile

 

[walrus]

I've never tried one, but I just checked out the info on the SDRUM, and it looks like it may have what you need. The only exception is if at some point you want to have more than than the limit of songs on it. I wonder if there's a way to store more songs somewhere else? Some of these can download from the cloud, but I didn't see that this one could.

Does the drummer know he's being replaced by a machine?

walrus

 

[JohnW63]

"Does the drummer know he's being replaced by a machine? "

Not yet!