Fulltone Octafuzz Octavia Soundclips

[Mark Olson]

So here's a quick clip of another one of my new pedals, the Fulltone Octafuzz.

In this clip I AM USING THE FUZZ MODE. YOU DON'T HEAR AN OCTAVE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO IN THE FUZZ MODE. If you ask me why you can't hear the octave I WILL RIDICULE YOU.

Here is the octafuzz after the Wilson Freaker wah, which I engage partway through the clip. The fuzz and wah seem to get along decent I think. Check it out:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...songID=8996603

That is with the fuzz (boost) at minimum. Volume is at 3 o'clock to boost things into some compression. Octave fuzz pedals tend to sound incredibly better through a compressed tube amp, so keep that in mind kids. More clips to come.

[Mark Olson]

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...songID=8996632

Octafuzz, just the fuzz mode again, this time with cleanup. First minimum boost, boost at noon, then boost maxed, then boost back to minimum again. I clean up with the volume knob at min, noon, and max, just to give you a taste of what that does.

[Mark Olson]

I just got back from playing and I may be trading the Octafuzz for my brother's Smitty Fuzz, that thing just sounds awesome with my Mustang Bass, which I played tonight. It just captures the "snap" of my strings and fuzzizes it in a way that's very cool.

[DonnyDanger]

Oh god that is some mighty fuzz!
Could this have an equal result on a solid state amp?
And could a swollen pickle get close to this tone ?

[Mark Olson]

A Swollen Pickle doesn't sound anything like an Octavia, at all.

And octavias suck with solid state amps. I mean just aren't good at all with them.

[DonnyDanger]

That is some useful info.
I just love the break-up of the fuzz you were playing.
Sadly i guess allot of this is due to the tube amp, something i won't have in a longlong time

[Mark Olson]

I wouldn't say it's so much due to the tube amp as it is that a solid state amp crapifies that breakup by misrepresenting it. But that's my interpretation.

[Mark Olson]

I feel I should explain my last statement some more.

The proper representation for a *musical* instrument is a nice *musical* representation. Hi fi is the antithesis of musical.

By more musical representation I mean the more ear-pleasing limited bandwidth response of lower fi gear. It's science, certain frequency ranges are more audible and more pleasing to the human ear, that's why an electric guitar through a tube amp sounds so pleasing, and it's why all these distortion pedals can get harsh and fizzy through more hi fi gear.

It's not a difference just anyone is qualified to notice however, which I only say because I've met so many people who couldn't be considered so! Personally I don't see why just anybody shouldn't be able to hear it, but a lot of people don't, that much is clear.