Have you ever needed to lower a song into a weird key that made it harder to play? Do you write parts that use open strings, and then a singer needs it lowered and you lose some of the magic? Even for those of us who are perfectly capable of playing in, say, F# major, it can be tempting to find a way to keep those open strings and chord shapes. That's where these pedals come in.
This is a comparison of the Digitech Drop and the EHX Pitch Fork, for the purpose of lowering a guitar signal to a different tuning. The Drop is made for just this purpose; the Pitch Fork can do lots of things but this is one of them. They're both basically pitch shifting or octave pedals. The intervals they use are not exactly the same, but enough of them line up to do a head-to-head shootout. Warning: in the lower tunings, things get unusual.
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Unless I state otherwise in the video, everything I test out on here is stuff that I bought myself. There are no paid reviews on this channel and only a couple times have I ever had items sent to me for review. All opinions are my own!
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My amp is the Strymon Iridium: amzn.to/3E5WduM
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:10 1/2 Step Down
5:02 1 Step Down
7:21 The Increments Do Not Line Up
8:39 2 Steps Down / C Standard
12:12 B Standard
14:12 A Standard
15:53 Pitch Fork Bonus Modes
16:35 Octave Down
18:57 Concluding Remarks