Are there any effects that make your guitar/bass not sound like a guitar/bass?

[MikeJungle]

I was just wondering if there are any effects that can make your guitar or bass sound like...say...a piano synth.

I'm bad at describing...I guess i'm asking if there any Ableton-like equivalents in a box. I don't have a computer or a MIDI device to use ableton with, so I want to see if there are other onstage options.

It seems like multi-effects pedals have a crapload of everything, but from what I've seen, most are just the standard effects.

Hope this isn't an annoying question to understand/answer.

-Mike

[skunx]

POG

HOG

[jhills]

Digitech EX-7 Expression Factory. This pedal is totally underrated. The Spacestation is awesome.

[mmcm4]

POG

HOG

just watch these clips... http://www.youtube.com/user/Effectology

[MikeJungle]

wow. i'm going through the videos right now.

Are there any effects that also shorten the length of the note? like...make it sound like a keyboard without the pedal. i'm an fx noob, so if this is something that a compressor can do, i apologize. for my stupidity.

[MagicNelson]

WMD Geiger Counter

[CharAznable]

Line 6 M9 can produce some insane sounds.

In my band we cover "From The Beginning". For the solo, the keyboard starts playing the guitar part with a guitar patch, and I play the synth solo! Very fun.

[magnus02]

Pigtronix mothership
Electro harmonix microsynth

[peridot1]

Boss GT-10b has lots of synthy sounds. Doubt a piano synth but not your average bass multi.

[zachman]

around 4:25

urY0nFeYiRU

Eventide H8000FW, is what I use for non-guitar sounding stuff

[clydes001]

Jhills beat me to it. Digitech EX-7. Cool device.

[vesper]

Clever use of a volume knob/pedal can make you guitar sound violin(ish) add some delay/modulation for more cool sounds.

[JoeyHarley]

Moogerfooger Ring Modulator
Moogerfooger MuRF <--most unique effect I've ever used
Pigtronix Mothership
run fuzz in front of a wah, makes some crazy sounds!
EHX frequency analyzer
any pedal with "bass synth" in the title
you can run it through an MS-2000 rack syth

[DemoColorScheme]

around 4:25

urY0nFeYiRU

Eventide H8000FW, is what I use for non-guitar sounding stuff
Dude, that was an enjoyment to watch, Zach! Gorgeous sounds!

[jnepo1]

POG and Adrenalinn

[Lolaviola]

There is midi pickup/sound module for straight up sampler
There are ebow, and octave dividers or fuzz to change how the strings attack
And there is a cool pedal called boss slicer for sequencer effects
The eh synth pedal is pretty cool too

[zachman]

Dude, that was an enjoyment to watch, Zach! Gorgeous sounds!

:beer

[SpaceFlunky]

most of the Death By Audio stuff

http://www.deathbyaudio.net/

[sahhas]

i have a roland ef303-it's a dj/groove effects thing-it makes your guitar sound not like a guitar.

i had an old korg kaoss pad and a mini KP -both of them will make you not sound like a guitar if you want....

and my old digitech dsp256xl-had a couple of settings that was extreme flange, w/ echo and delay-and it sounded nothing like a guitar...fun stuff....
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