death by audio octave clang

[ccc253]

anyone had any experience with this pedal. it looks awsome.

[askthedust]

It is!

[Nychthemeron]

A recording engineer that I know always recommends the DBA lineup to me. He recommended the Octave Clang for really nice sounds, and I always kick myself for not trying it out when I'm near my favorite gear shop. If there's a shop nearby that sells DBA stuff, definitely take the time to try it out, but from what I've heard it's a nice sounding fuzz with a distinctive "clang" to it.

[cloudscapes]

I've wanted one for so long, but can't justify the price.
couldnt find a schem either

[less_cunning]

looked at the PGS demo & nothing about it really stood out to me. the Robot seems cool & i've heard good things about the Interstellar Overdrive Deluxe. it just seems like it would be easier to get a cheap Octave Up Fuzz & have a Ring Mod on a lower setting.

[1,2,3, Pull Out!]

It sounds fucking awesome but I probably wouldnt ever use one.

[hazelwould]

I've wanted one for so long, but can't justify the price.
couldnt find a schem either

I've read it's jawari based. I think from lintybits.

[Scruffie]

I've wanted one for so long, but can't justify the price.
couldnt find a schem either

I've read it's jawari based. I think from lintybits.

Hmm by the PGS demo i'm not sure as that has a more 'starved' fuzz tone to it... It's just a standard full wave rectifier with a 1:1 transformer same sorta thing used in the Brass master, Octavia and Z.Vex Johnny Octave to name a few (and the Jawari, too, the Jawari just has its certain tone because of the input drive being low gain) and then just a fuzz of some description driving it.

Still, gotta love that ring moddy octave up.

[Gilmourish]

Like most of the DBA pedals... it appears to be a bit of a one trick pony, but I'm a big APTBS fan and i talk to Oliver sometimes on the internet So I can't say its crap, cos it looks and sounds bloody awesome!

[ccc253]

Just got one on ebay....i need to stop bidding on things hoping to get outbid. its a little pricey buts its still a nice sounding fuzz w/ geranium.

[Jero]

i need to stop bidding on things hoping to get outbid

+1

[Lintybits]

I've wanted one for so long, but can't justify the price.
couldnt find a schem either

I've read it's jawari based. I think from lintybits.

That was my best guess, although I really don't know what the hell I'm doing

I found one for cheap right after I built myself a Jawari and was pretty shocked when I opened the DBA up. They didn't sound exactly the same but close enough for my to flip the Clang.

Don't remember what the IC was

[ccc253]

damn...that is simple looking

[cloudscapes]

yeah real simple. I'm guessing the ic is an opamp or an lm386
trasformer, couple germaniums, caps and resistors. no trannie, so at least that's different from the jawari

[Scruffie]

damn...that is simple looking

That looks almost like an exact clone of Gus Smalleys Simple Octave Up...

I agree with cloudscapes though that it does look like a dirt simple 386 Fuzz driving a transformer... like a clone of a bobtavia except with 2 fewer diodes.