Questions About Octave Shifting

Hello! I have two questions about octave shifting.

1. Does anyone have a good recommendation for a cheap but good octave shifter. Nothing fancy and not a harmony, just plain ol' octave shifting.

I am not a big effects guy, but if you are okay with digital effects then the standard Boss unit works very well with a good balance of cost versus reliability... I believe digitechahs a number of a budget friendly entries into this arena apart from their notorious whammy series, but I really don't know which one to recommend as I do not know what features you are seeking.... if you must have analog circuitry and true bypass then the FoxxRoxx Octron is the best octave pedal going, but it is very, very expensive

1. Would an octave pedal work with an electric violin? Would it work or would it just completely mess up the tone?

theoretically it should be just fine with electric violin, though I would need the output specs of the pickup on your violin to know for sure how well it would mate with an input tailored for a magnetic guitar pickup viz-a-viz peak voltage and impedance, however the odds are in your favor... the only other problem you might encounter is with the octave effect's ability to track frequencies in the upper register of the violin's range. The 2 instruments more-or-less overlap in the guitar's higher register, but octave effects are notorious for tracking 2nd & 3rd octave notes best on guitar particularly from the NECK pickup as that pickup produces a stronger fundamental for the octave circuit to transpose than the bridge pickup which due to the lesser degree of mechanical energy above it tends to capture more harmonics which confuse the octave effect. So depending on what you are playing on your violin and where the pickup is in relation to the neck joint and bridge your mileage may vary.... go to a store and try before you buy.

This is my first Equipboard Forum post, so let me know if I have done something wrong and I will do my best to rectify it.

WELCOME!

I'm a massive octave man, so as you can imagine I've looked into this a lot. DON'T GO FOR CHEAP OCTAVERS! Save up and get a POG, cause the clones are always no match.

Well not that I have a POG, I am twelve.

Would an octave pedal work with an electric violin? Would it work or would it just completely mess up the tone?

I must know if this works! Always wanted to learn violin, still do.