Octavious

This is what matters...how does it SOUND. In a word...fantastic! I have been looking for a really good "traditional" octave pedal for a long time and tried a bunch including Zvex Octane, HBE UFO, Fulltone Ultimate Octave and Fuzz Octave, Foxrox Octron, Lovepedal Believe and a few others. This is by far the best one I have found for a bunch of reasons. First off, the number of variations in tone/effect you can get depending on the setting of the Drive knob, guitar volume, tone and pick up is astounding. It nails that classic Octavia sound and goes a lot further and with the Drive maxed out you get some really great fuzz. The fact that you can get a good octave and NOT have it all fuzzy is also really cool. The overall TONE of the pedal is wonderful and not piercing like many I have heard and you can really tailor the treble tonality with your guitar's tone control. Rolling back the volume on the guitar also provides a lot of variations and the pedal is very dynamic. The two other things that really set if apart are its ability to work well with other pedals and how incredibly QUIET it is...almost silent unless the Drive is maxed out and that is a LOT of gain. I use a Blackstone OD and it is THE most finicky pedal that hates to have other pedals in front of it except maybe for a really good germanium fuzz. The Octavious is the ONLY Octave pedal I have found that I can use in front of the Blackstone and have them get along even when I have the Red Channel on the Blackstone maxed out. I get this incredible composite, singing octave lead tone. The Octavious also works well with all my other fuzz and overdrives (Timmy, SunFace etc) and you can also put an OD or fuzz in FRONT of the Octavious and it works great too. Bottom line is the sound of the pedal is truly great, toneful and quiet and the best I have heard. BTW, the only other pedal I liked was the FoxRox Octron which is also a fabulous pedal, but a little less "classic" sounding for that Octavia upper octave.

Joe's build qiality is top notch, great components and attention tt detail. No concerns what so ever.

Two knobs, a footswitch and an LED. Ummm...if you can't figure it out you likely don't play guitar either! REALLY easy to use.

Simply put as good as it gets; patient, responsive, friendly, realiable. A model for customer service!

Kind of said everything in the "Sound" catagory. This is a wonderful Octave pedal; organic, dynamic, quiet, responsive an toneful. It worgs great with other pedals and is a total gas to play. It comes in a small MXR size enclosure so it takes up little space, has an AC tap AND an On/Off switch in the Drive knob so you can keep it plugged in and turn it off and save battery life...smart! This pedal has ended my search for an octave pedal and is highly recommended. You should also check out Joe's "NuFuzz" if you a looking for a killer germanium Fuzz Face...also ended my search for a fuzz! Wonderful products all around.

Hi there, Just as a follow-up to my previous review, Joe at Retroman says he's been shipping these without rubber feet as a lot of guitarist end up velcroing their pedals straight down to a pedal board. However he says he's considering shipping out future units with the rubber feet included seperately, so you can stick them on yourself if you need to. Once again, great customer service from Retroman- highly recommended.