With this pedal, it's very easy to feel cheated or discouraged because it's just so damned expensive. However, you will get sounds out of this that you would never expect and it's very good for progressive stuff and industrial (possibly even noise-rock, though I never tried). The distortion you can get out of the square waves is great and it isn't quite what i was expecitng with the synth sounds, but it's still impressive. It also really makes other pedals shine (I could go on for hours about what it does with delay, phasers, chorus and flangers). This is a great, sturdy, attractive pedal (though the model before this one was nicer to look at), but it's not something to buy on a whim. Know what you're looking for before you grab it. If you want something aggressive and out of the norm, this is for you.

I wish I bought this sooner; I play using an fender american standard jazz (haven't tried it with my active bass yet), and couldn't be happier with the sounds I'm able to dial up. I had the boss bass synth years ago, but find this pedal far better (I'll also probably get rid of my dod envelope filter now too). The sliders on the EH synth pedal make it look complicated, but you actually end up finding lots of cool settings without trying too hard, which is a plus if you're lazy. The octave and sub-octave effects really fill out your sound, and the filter sweep area is fun to play around with. The rate and attack delay sliders both work very well also.

For what this pedal does, it's pretty pricey. I mean, it's kinda like having several pedals in one, but still dropping that amount on a pedal just makes it difficult

The octaves are great, and If i had the money to buy this pedal, that'd be my main motivation. I really like having the upper and lower octave choices, and it can handle the E string, which has always been my problem when using sub-octave effects. The square wave is pretty cool, but i prefer my MXR blowtorch fuzz. The filter section sounds and works great with really simple operation. One thing though, not a complaint against this pedal in particular but most, i wish there was a sweep setting like on a guitar phaser, so it would pulse in both directions. Not a big complaint. Sturdy pedal, no complaints other than that big price tag.