The sound is what made me buy this pedal. While some other Octaviapedals sound flat, hard and thin the Rocktavios sound full and warm.
A well-known trick is to turn the "boost" (fuzz) knob to zero and put an OD after an Octaviapedal in order to compensate for a poor fuzz section in some Octavia pedals.
No need for this with the Rocktavios!
The pedal sound great on it¿s own.
I¿ve used it together with OD¿s - both with the boost on zero and set at 12 a clock - and this sounds great as well. (The combination of blending some of the fuzz from the Rocktavios with an OD is my favorite at the moment)
Reliability/Durability:
Well, can¿t tell really but the pedal seems to be "built as a tank".
Ease of Use:
As there are only 2 knobs on this pedal there¿s really no difficulties in operating it BUT to get a good sound out of an Octavia pedal is never easy!
The Roctavios is not a "one trick pony" - as many other Octavias - and there are many variations to the sound tweaking the knobs.
In the end it¿s your playing technique that will decide HOW good it will sound, but with the Roctavios you¿ll have one of the best Octaviapedals to start with.
Customer Support:
As I bought this directly from Michael I have a distinct feeling of what his customer support will be like!
Listen to this: Michael found out had he charged 3 USD too much for the shipping. What did I find inside of the pedal? YES, 3 dollars!!!
Don¿t think that one has to worry about poor costumer support with this guy!
Overall Rating:
There are many Octavia pedals to choose from and I¿m sure that many of them are great pedals.
I choose the Rocktavios and I¿m 100% happy!!!
