Octave UP Fuzz Pedals that WORK?!

[isher1992]

Well, there's a lot of you guys that have given me some great tips on gear such as effects, and I come to you for the piece of gear that I've seen make or break the bank and I'm really needing some advice. I've somewhat searched around and found it hard to find, but does anyone know of a nice octave UP fuzz pedal?

I'd be using it for things like soloing, or even fills in songs. I'd like if I can adjust gain or volume, maybe even tone but as long as it sounds good and it looks good to me, and it's cheap, I'll take it.

Any advice/input would be appreciated. Don't worry about prices for right now, I've got ways of finding cheap things.

[Valerus]

isn't the assmaster an octave up?

[isher1992]

Originally Posted by Valerus

isn't the assmaster an octave up?

I haven't heard of that one yet...


I'll look for it. I've heard of using the Octavio, but I'm not sure how well it'd work.

[Deluge Of Sound]

IIRC, most analog octave-up pedals incorporate distortion. Maybe not exactly what you're looking for, but it might be a good start.

And, yes, as far as I know, the Assmaster has some Octave up harmonies to it.

[bongomania]

Most analog octave-up pedals do incorporate distortion, and I've never encountered one of those that didn't work.

I guess if you're having trouble finding one that works, maybe you could specify which ones you tried and what didn't work about them for you?

[Snakeman1066]

the B:Assmaster is a clone of the Maestro Brassmaster.....you can coax ring mod and mild octave up tones out of it, but really that pedal is a fuzz/OD/Distortion pedal...(take your pick depending on who you ask talk to...)

Most of the octave up affects out there are based on the Tycobrahe™ Octavia pedal used by Hendrix....which was meant for the guitar and even then it dosen't track well on low notes....

I myself have been looking for a good octave up pedal as of late athe the overwhelming response i received was the Foxrox Octron http://www.analogman.com/octronf.htm

here is the thread as you will read i mention at least 7 or eight well known octave up pedals in my searchings....

Octave Up Effects

try the guy over at www.myspace.com/fuzzrociouspedals he frequents these boards and makes a clone with an added knob for more control that is supposed to be pretty good...

you didn't mention if you wanted fuzz along with your octave up....if so i suggest you check out the Devi Ever God Zilla
http://www.deviever.com/fx/godzilla/index.html

you might also try the Micro Pog by EHX, but I don't like it it sounds weird/Odd to me.....

good luck

[Snakeman1066]

Originally Posted by bongomania

Most analog octave-up pedals do incorporate distortion, and I've never encountered one of those that didn't work.

I guess if you're having trouble finding one that works, maybe you could specify which ones you tried and what didn't work about them for you?

Bongo i also have had a hard time getting alot of these effects to track/work well for me on bass....

[bongomania]

Huh. OK, I'll take your word for it. Technically there is no "tracking" since all it's doing is squaring your signal and then multiplying the square by two, but I guess if it sounds crappy then that could "sound like" bad tracking.

[funkalicious101]

You could use a combination of a micro pog and a fuzz pedal perhaps?

[Snakeman1066]

Originally Posted by bongomania

Huh. OK, I'll take your word for it. Technically there is no "tracking" since all it's doing is squaring your signal and then multiplying the square by two, but I guess if it sounds crappy then that could "sound like" bad tracking.

perhaps "tracking" is a bad term (for lack of a better one) basically by that i mean i get a lot of whistling, feedback, skipping, or an advertly shrill ring (even rolling off the gain does not seem to help) or no apparent "effect" to speak of...or the octsve effect only seems to work cranked or turned all the way down and don't really do much in-between...

some are better or worse than others..i have found that most of the pedals with only the two knob layout (usually one to control the effect and the other for volume) tend to be the worst on bass...YMMV

is that a better description?

[Mark Olson]

Just so you know, Hendrix didn't use a Tycobrahe unit, in fact I'm pretty sure those weren't around until after he was dead. Hendrix used an octave fuzz made by Roger Mayer, who still makes effects today. The original octave fuzz I believe was wedge shaped, the Octavio is a clone of that and based on soundclips sounds most like Hendrix. But I do remember later versions being spaceship shaped, and I can't remember specifically but I may have seen Hendrix in pictures with those... can't remember.

[TaySte_2000]

Octron is the best I've heard for octave up fuzz but you need another pedal to fuzz up your clean signal as well.

[fuNKmaster83]

danelectro French toast... works great on bass a little less great on guitar... surprising!!!

[isher1992]

Well I'd really like a fuzz sound like on Tool's Jambi intro or in Claypool's type thing, you know? But Claypool's to me, sounds a lot like the octave fuzz that Fuzzrocious makes, based on the Tycobrahe pedal.

[bigchiefbc]

Originally Posted by isher1992

Well I'd really like a fuzz sound like on Tool's Jambi intro or in Claypool's type thing, you know? But Claypool's to me, sounds a lot like the octave fuzz that Fuzzrocious makes, based on the Tycobrahe pedal.

The fuzz sound in "Jambi" is a Colorsound Tonebender. Its not an octave pedal, though

[isher1992]

Originally Posted by bigchiefbc

The fuzz sound in "Jambi" is a Colorsound Tonebender. Its not an octave pedal, though

I know, I just like that kind of fuzz tone and I'd like the octave up for things like solo'ing.

Nice sig, by the way.

[Snakeman1066]

Originally Posted by Mark Olson

Just so you know, Hendrix didn't use a Tycobrahe unit, in fact I'm pretty sure those weren't around until after he was dead. Hendrix used an octave fuzz made by Roger Mayer, who still makes effects today. The original octave fuzz I believe was wedge shaped, the Octavio is a clone of that and based on soundclips sounds most like Hendrix. But I do remember later versions being spaceship shaped, and I can't remember specifically but I may have seen Hendrix in pictures with those... can't remember.

you sir are correct it was 1974 when The Tycobrahe company released their octave unit in mass...the circuit was indeed originally designed by Roger Mayer and possibly copied by the Tycobrahe Sound Company. Rumor has it that Jimi Hendrix brought his Roger Mayer Octavio in for repair to Tycobrahe and that’s when they supposedly cloned it...simply meant by my above post that it's is the sound mostly made prominent by Hendrix in Purple Haze....

here is a history for those into it

http://www.roger-mayer.co.uk/octavia.htm



Dunlop has released an clone of the original wedge...i believe the spaceship style pedal you are talking about was the Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face...which he used from 1969 to 1970 and most prominent on Band of Gypsies..

[RCCollins]

I recently used a double-mode octave up fuzz that sounded absolutely SICK, can't remember what it was exactly but it was purple and I think it had a decal of a squid on it.

[Bassenstien]

I used a Dano French Toast for a while and it really does sound pretty good especially for the price. Currently I use a Fuzzrocious Octavus which is the GGG Tycobrahe™ Octavia clone, and I love it.

[rratajski]

Originally Posted by RCCollins

I recently used a double-mode octave up fuzz that sounded absolutely SICK, can't remember what it was exactly but it was purple and I think it had a decal of a squid on it.

Double mode??!! I want to know! I want to know!