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Octave up and down

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I'm looking for an ocatve up and down pedal... like the FoxRox Octron but with a deeper octave down and a better tracking.
I'm not looking for the POG or MicroPOG polly type. I like to place the octave before my fuzz, so not something like the MicroPOG that will kill my fuzz. Not something synthy sounding.

I cannot find an octave pedal I 100% like.

Any idea? Thanks :)
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I know you just said it but........

........the POG2 sounds killer before fuzz, no issues in
my setup. The MicroPog has the shitty buffer that can cause problems though.

There's always the Whammy if you're not concerned with chord tracking. People always bitch about the "tone suck", haven't tried it out personally.
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Holy Schnikes wrote:I know you just said it but........

........the POG2 sounds killer before fuzz, no issues in
my setup. The MicroPog has the shitty buffer that can cause problems though.

There's always the Whammy if you're not concerned with chord tracking. People always bitch about the "tone suck", haven't tried it out personally.

Did not work with my setup. :( And the organ like sound make no sense to me.
I sold it while ago... I now using the Octron.
Looking for something else now.

Nah... no Whammy.

Looking for a ringmod like octave up and a deep and organic octave down.
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I see. Man, I don't know many octave UP/DOWN pedals now that I'm trying to think:

Boss OC series- this one didn't work in my setup, OC-3 I think it was.
Pitchfactor-$$$$$
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There's not a lot of choice for a good organic octave pedal... any of my favorite builder ear me there. :poke:
I think my Octron is still my best choice... but...
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ss/bs GUUHGH
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Eric! wrote:ss/bs GUUHGH

Hey... what is this? Any info.
Don't see this on SS/BS website.
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I personally gassed for the octron forever.

I'd say the bit commander, but its already fuzzy?

The guuhgh. Seemed amazing during the small amount of time it was on ILF.
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Rygot wrote:I personally gassed for the octron forever.

I'd say the bit commander, but its already fuzzy?

The guuhgh. Seemed amazing during the small amount of time it was on ILF.

The Octron is awesome... just need more bass and tracking.
The octave up is amazing (in the ringmod mode).
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the closest thing to what i want which i can afford is--don't laugh--the EH Octave Multiplexer. it's the only affordable thing i could find that gives me a fairly clean sub-octave for faking bass parts; everything else i could find on demos did the synth-fuzzy thing. it's not ideal: it's monophonic, the tracking sometimes gets a little squirrely on open strings and low on the neck, and it can be tough to dial in a cleanish sound. but you can work around the kludgy aspects by, e.g., picking directly above the first harmonic (i.e. at XII on an open string) to help stabilize the tracking.
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viewtopic.php?f=178&t=12026

i bet if you email and ask brian reeeal nice, he'd probably make you one however the hell you want it
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Eric! wrote:http://ilovefuzz.com/viewtopic.php?f=178&t=12026

i bet if you email and ask brian reeeal nice, he'd probably make you one however the hell you want it

Interesting, but not what I'm looking for. The octave down is too synthy (for my needs).
That's not that organic bass sound I'm looking for.
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yeah. defo not clean. it's like a tri-voice fuzz.

i'm thinking about getting pitchfactor againnnnn
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Eric! wrote:yeah. defo not clean. it's like a tri-voice fuzz.

i'm thinking about getting pitchfactor againnnnn

One of our favorite builder should work on this!!!
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Did you listen to the infanem Second Voice?
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