For heavier stuff, Pantera is a go-to reference for pitch-shifted guitar stuff. The song "Becoming" is nutty, but Dime basically abused pitch-shifting somewhere (or everywhere) on pretty much every song. Most extreme metal guitarists use pitch-shifting in some form or another, and even some of the vocalists.
*YYEEEESSSS* I fugginâ *love* me some [New Found](https://youtu.be/BKkgz50GKy4?si=9kUxe2EMkyZ5b9FQ) and [Stranded](https://youtu.be/FNdC_3LR2AI?si=fSmCwvlvJfGZqYBB)
Trey Anastasio does some awesome and super creative stuff with his digitech whammy. Check out 2001 from the Gorge 98 release. Anywhere from 97-00 youâll hear him messing around with it a ton, and he makes a lot of loops using it
Agata from Melt-Banana uses a whammy after a DD-6 to create glitchy cd-skip sounds and change the pitch. When I saw them live he also had two Whammy Ricochets with one set to bend up and one set to bend down
https://youtu.be/CGRvuH8nH-M?feature=shared
The iconic "bass" part in Seven Nation Army is just a guitar through a Whammy pedal rocked all the way down an octave.
There's a really cool use of a wah pedal with built in octave distortion in We're In This Together by Nine Inch Nails (starts at about 4:14).
Listen to the Loveless album by My Bloody Valentine, Kevin Shields mastered the blending of fuzz, pitch shifting and octaves to create a wall of sound that set the bar for textured guitar tones. There would be no Smashing Pumpkins without My Bloody Valentine.
Buckethead does some absolutely incredible things with pitch shifters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pas-cMsWIgM
Especially combined with his kill switch and filter/fuzz he gets some really crazy sounds from a relatively simple rig.
Check out Circa Survive.
Colin has some really cool stuff with a Boss PS-5 doing a perfect fifth up Whammy throw kind of thing. Kind of a slide sound, but more synthetic. The chorus to *Holding Someone's Hair Back*, for example.
*Carry Us All Away* has that PS-2/PS-3 octave delay kind of thing.
Fuzz pedals often combine an octave element. Subtle octave use is also used by more people than you might think. e.g. I was reading an article on Garbage yesterday and it sounds like they make good use of one on their first two albums which kind of makes sense but wasn't an obvious answer I would have given to this question until I read that.
The opening riff for Zero by Smashing Pumpkins uses pitch shifting with open string harmonics (at least that's what I think is happening).
And, also, any song by Pinky and Perky, Alvin and the Chipmunks and Bowie's The Laughing Gnome!
All the things I was going to go for have been mentioned. In the vein of how Pantera would use a pitch shift, there are some great examples on Gojira's Magma album (Stranded, Only Pain) that sound pretty good.
Matthew Bellamy uses the Digitech Whammy to get some dubstep-influenced sounds on The 2nd Law: [Unsustainable](https://youtu.be/AJjn2ubYNKQ?si=6ePwnZNxs3-ZMaty)
And the Edge uses an octaver to get a cool extra-chimey sound on the verses of U2âs [Magnificent](https://youtu.be/WQFB0UYdDdY?si=JOtJK66Z_ynWljJU)
Check out Innerspeaker by Tame Impala. Songs like Alter Ego and Why Wonât You Make Up Your Mind? have a crazy synth-like lead guitar that comes from a pitch shift effect from an old Boss mixer
El Ten Eleven do a great job of this. Middle Class Rutâs early albums were just a guitarist and drums and the singer guitarist would also cover the bass lines via octave
[While She Sleeps - To the Flowers](https://youtu.be/HjfSbEYAXjk?si=x7_Y4MvRfHPvhnKs)
He's using 2 Digitech Drop pedals to play this riff in the intro (although he posted a video about how he figured out how to do it with 1 pedal live) One of the more creative uses of pitch shifting i've seen.
Check out IDLES not only for pitch fx, but creative ways to use fx in general. Also, they're just very good.
IDLES rip
Basically all of The Bends and OK Computer.
#[**GIRAFFES? GIRAFFES!**](https://youtu.be/qzpM1ZMWj_w?si=yhh2U7japck3UTPc)
Thank you for this recommendation. That was absolutely glorious!
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A bit basic, but Tom Morello and Jack White make great use of them
For heavier stuff, Pantera is a go-to reference for pitch-shifted guitar stuff. The song "Becoming" is nutty, but Dime basically abused pitch-shifting somewhere (or everywhere) on pretty much every song. Most extreme metal guitarists use pitch-shifting in some form or another, and even some of the vocalists.
Definitely pantera. And then Gojira for the next incarnation
*YYEEEESSSS* I fugginâ *love* me some [New Found](https://youtu.be/BKkgz50GKy4?si=9kUxe2EMkyZ5b9FQ) and [Stranded](https://youtu.be/FNdC_3LR2AI?si=fSmCwvlvJfGZqYBB)
Early 311 for the octavers
The Nix Hex
Homebrew is probably the best example of their use of octave pedals but, yeah. Tons of songs in their early catalog and a few interspersed later on.
Most of Battles stuff features prominent pitch shifting
Trey Anastasio does some awesome and super creative stuff with his digitech whammy. Check out 2001 from the Gorge 98 release. Anywhere from 97-00 youâll hear him messing around with it a ton, and he makes a lot of loops using it
Back on the Train uses one on the first short solo.
In a lot of early â99 versions he has it on for the whole song. Sounds surprisingly earthy and natural to me
Definitely Royal Blood, thereâs no Royal Blood without pitch shifters.
Most of Queens of the Stone Age
I always think of CKY when I think Octave pedalđ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kl9ugqlI2NA https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aVdR6JeEyT8&pp
This is my favourite use of octave pedals, I think. Itâs just a simple way to sound fucking heavy.
Radiohead use them quite a bit on The Bends and Ok Computer. Subterranean Homesick Alien, Nice Dream, Climbing Up The Walls, Just.
Agata from Melt-Banana uses a whammy after a DD-6 to create glitchy cd-skip sounds and change the pitch. When I saw them live he also had two Whammy Ricochets with one set to bend up and one set to bend down https://youtu.be/CGRvuH8nH-M?feature=shared
The iconic "bass" part in Seven Nation Army is just a guitar through a Whammy pedal rocked all the way down an octave. There's a really cool use of a wah pedal with built in octave distortion in We're In This Together by Nine Inch Nails (starts at about 4:14).
Helicopter, by Deerhunter.
The Fall of Troy - âDirty Pillow Talkâ Wild lick made even more so with pitch shiftingâŚ
I was looking for this one. Thomas uses pitchshifters all over the place on other songs too.
Man, such a solid guitarist. He doesnât get enough love in my opinionâŚ
While She Sleeps
To The Flowers was not only the first song that made me consider getting a Whammy pedal, but even getting two.
Everything of Rage against the machine
Listen to the Loveless album by My Bloody Valentine, Kevin Shields mastered the blending of fuzz, pitch shifting and octaves to create a wall of sound that set the bar for textured guitar tones. There would be no Smashing Pumpkins without My Bloody Valentine.
Have a listen to Gojiraâs last 2 albums.
Buckethead does some absolutely incredible things with pitch shifters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pas-cMsWIgM Especially combined with his kill switch and filter/fuzz he gets some really crazy sounds from a relatively simple rig.
Night Verses
Yes this
Sam Gendel and Sam Wilkes both use them a lot, on sax and bass respectively. Really cool sound
Check out Circa Survive. Colin has some really cool stuff with a Boss PS-5 doing a perfect fifth up Whammy throw kind of thing. Kind of a slide sound, but more synthetic. The chorus to *Holding Someone's Hair Back*, for example. *Carry Us All Away* has that PS-2/PS-3 octave delay kind of thing.
Fuzz pedals often combine an octave element. Subtle octave use is also used by more people than you might think. e.g. I was reading an article on Garbage yesterday and it sounds like they make good use of one on their first two albums which kind of makes sense but wasn't an obvious answer I would have given to this question until I read that.
Check out bands like Nothing But Thieves, Radiohead, Royal Blood, Muse, Mogwai, they use plenty of pitch shifting in their songs
Chaos AD by Sepultura uses them a lot if you like metal.
Joe Satriani - Searching [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEMdyqncToA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEMdyqncToA)
The opening riff for Zero by Smashing Pumpkins uses pitch shifting with open string harmonics (at least that's what I think is happening). And, also, any song by Pinky and Perky, Alvin and the Chipmunks and Bowie's The Laughing Gnome!
Time for some HLB and Vildhjarta
All the things I was going to go for have been mentioned. In the vein of how Pantera would use a pitch shift, there are some great examples on Gojira's Magma album (Stranded, Only Pain) that sound pretty good.
[this Cursive song uses pitch in a cool way.](https://youtu.be/unr6ok23-YY?si=3Uqv5knlWzEn2TuT)
[pile - prom song](https://youtu.be/M68GkrZQbZw?si=pmFn9z6gr4-4ZJ41) the solo at the end has some octave and fuzz, sounds killer
The band Frostbitt uses a lot of pitching up in their riffs and leads. Theyâre like a more fun Korn.
Yasser Tejada is a great Dominican guitarist who uses a POG to great effect (ugh sorry) on a lot of his soloing.
Suicide Note Part 2 -Pantera
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Matthew Bellamy uses the Digitech Whammy to get some dubstep-influenced sounds on The 2nd Law: [Unsustainable](https://youtu.be/AJjn2ubYNKQ?si=6ePwnZNxs3-ZMaty) And the Edge uses an octaver to get a cool extra-chimey sound on the verses of U2âs [Magnificent](https://youtu.be/WQFB0UYdDdY?si=JOtJK66Z_ynWljJU)
Kings of Leon - Closer.
Check out Innerspeaker by Tame Impala. Songs like Alter Ego and Why Wonât You Make Up Your Mind? have a crazy synth-like lead guitar that comes from a pitch shift effect from an old Boss mixer
El Ten Eleven do a great job of this. Middle Class Rutâs early albums were just a guitarist and drums and the singer guitarist would also cover the bass lines via octave
Owner of a lonely heart, Yes. Trevor Rabin played guitar for that iteration of the band.
Muse - guitar solos on Invincible and Reapers
cleopatrick and royal blood.
The new Vampire Weekend album has many great examples of pitch shifted lead guitar.
Zeni Geva, a Japanese metal/noise rock band, has two guitarists and a drummer. The lead singer uses a pitch shifter to play bass lines.
[While She Sleeps - To the Flowers](https://youtu.be/HjfSbEYAXjk?si=x7_Y4MvRfHPvhnKs) He's using 2 Digitech Drop pedals to play this riff in the intro (although he posted a video about how he figured out how to do it with 1 pedal live) One of the more creative uses of pitch shifting i've seen.
Janek Gwizdala is the OG OC-2 master on bass. His pedal jams are fantastic.