SONICAKE Octave Guitar Pedal, Analog Classic Lower Octave Guitar Effects Pedal for Guitar & Bass, True Bypass - Octaver

I am a musician that has been performing for 30 years on the stage, in the studio and stage on a a professional. I have a degree in guitar performance and I play everything from classical, jazz, bluegrass, rock, pop, etc...I have owned approximately 75 pedals currently and have owned twice as many through the years. Yes, I am addicted to shopping for guitars, pedals, amps....you get the point. I am going to first talk about the build of the pedal. It is in a small 3.5" x 1.5" x 1.5". It is built like a tank in a durable metal casing. It does have 3 plastic knobs that have rubber rings around them. I am guessing this is used for both gripping and turining the knobs comfortably and to protect them. It also has a regular size knob in the center that is common on many pedals on the market. That being said, the hardware is great quality and I believe this pedal could withstand the day to day abuse from a professional performer for years if not a life time. The build is simply very high quality for the price. I first decided to try this pedal using a clean sound. It has the following 4 adjustable functions: 1. "Sense" knob - The large knob in the middle. It acts as a tone filter/sentativity for the sound. Turn the knob all the way to the left and you get a really throaty wah sound and as you turn the knob to the Right the tone brightens. As you pick softer you get more of that "Cry" sound. I found a good sweet spot for a wah sound was this knob between 10 to 11 o'clock. This could be different depending on the guitar and amp etc...you are using. 2. "Freq" controls the frequency. I like this knob a little before 12 0' clock 3. "Decay" I found this knob sounds best turned all the way to the right for a more intense wah sound. 4. "Pres" Presence knob - acts just like a presence knob on an amp. Fine tunes and smooths out the sound. I liked this best at 2 o'clock. The above settings for each knob was what worked for me as far as getting a professional wah sound. Now, as I experimented with turning the knobs, I found I could get synth like swelling sounds to actually using the pedal as an equalizer to get more of a muted sound for jazz tones or get more of a "Fuzz" sound running it through disortion. I also found I could use the pedal to "melow" the sound and make my bridge pickup on a Les Paul sound like the neck pickup on a tell or a neck pickup on a Les Paul itself. I could get a lot of different cool tones just from this tiny pedal. The sensativity of each of the knobs used to change each setting are very sensitive and usable unlike other higher end auto wahs or filter pedals I have used in the past where I could not tell whether turning the knobs did anything. This pedal is especially great for funk and syncapated rifts where dynamics are needed to help accent certain notes or making different percussive sounds in between notes or chords. This pedal I will be using for live performances and studio. When I purchased it, I did not plan on using it except as a toy to play with per say and wasn't expecting how professional, clean, and sturdy this pedal is. This pedel is true bypass and there is no drop in the volume when engaged. No popping, no fizzle, and the sound does not manipulate the original signal that can cause the intergrity of your sound to change. Summary: This pedal is as sturdy as it gets. Super versatile as it can be used as a auto wah, equalizer/filter, synth tones, etc... Professional sound quality and sounds better than pedals I spent 4 plus times for. I have owned auto wahs from the popular cock fight pedal (which I returned), to all the major brands and have refused to use any of them for live or studio use. Most I have returned and have just stuck to a wah pedal. This pedal can really free you up to move around on stage and will use it for live and studio performances. I will buy another one so I can have two different settings I can utilize while performing live without adjusting the knobs and since it is so small it does not take up a lot of space on my people board. Note: I will update this with a video when I get a chance to video and record the different uses I found intriging about this pedal.

I have to start by saying I was skeptical of this pedal, but I'm helping a buddy start his rig and this hit the right price point. The first impression I had of it was the packaging. 1) the pedal is heavier than most mini-enclosure size pedals, and it stands up much more stable than other ones. 2) It's packed very well 3) They included a patch cable and pre-cut velcro for the pedal. So with that my interest got started. Upon plugging in, I quickly bonded with the chorus options, these do a really good job at getting very usable tones. You may need to crank the mix knob to get the sweet spot. I also really like the trem options, they each had different voices and I could get a couple of cool tones from each. The rate knob has a lot of range and can get really fast and slow The flange and phase sound like classic pedals, I don't personally use those effects much, so I quickly skipped over them. The LoFi mode is nuts, it's going to take some time to get used to it. A few notes/concerns. 1) This pedal was picking up noise from another pedal I had on a simple daisy chain, powered on its own it was dead quiet. So isolated power is probably the right move, which may be an issue for starter pedalboards. If you're looking for a good power solution, Sonicake has a really affordable one. 2) The LED knobs will not be as abuse resistant as metal ones, so be nice to it 3) I couldn't really find a use for the tap tempo, it's a good feature but since it doesn't do sub-divisions I had a hard time getting the trem to the right rhythm So, all in all, I would say this is a great pedal for the right people. If you're after an affordable place to start on modulation effects, a bedroom player, or need an effect with a very small spot available on your board, this is a great pedal. If you're a boutique or vintage aficionado, you may not like this and should be looking at the products made for your market.

So I’ve never used an auto-wah pedal before. I wanted to try one since I don’t much like rocking my foot back and forth like I'm having a seizure. I primarily use regular wah's for the extreme low to highs or for a pure tone boost. This is not the function of this pedal. This comes with 4 knobs, sensitivity, frequency, decay, and presence. The first thing I noticed is that the sensitivity knob almost acts like a tone knob on a guitar. This kind of gives you a range of a really muddy wobbly sound all the way up to a bright wobbly sound. Messing with the knobs showed me a couple of interesting options. For one you can dial in a nice splash spring-reverb type sound without actual reverb, which I think is the highlight of the pedal. This sounds great playing funk (as advertised) chords. I do not believe it would substitute for a classic wah pedal however as you cannot quite dial in any way over the top sounds like rocking your foot on a wah really quickly. For me this pedal is essential if you’re playing funk rock or straight funk, but you’ll still want to hold onto your wah for playing Jerry Garcia or Jimi Hendrix kind of stuff. I wish this could emulate that, minus the deduction of a star. This pedal also conveniently comes with velcro and a small dual-90 degree cable to hook up into your pedal board. It is small yet built very sturdy. The pedal is true bypass.

コーラスのイメージが「ウニャウニャした音」と思っていると、裏切られます。 結構強めにかけてもコーラスのお仕事をちゃんとしてくれます。 ど派手にウニャウニャさせたい人であれば別ですが、普通にさりげないコーラスを使いたいときは、とても良い選択だと思います。 あまりウニャウニャした感じがしないけど、単音のソロでもアルペジオでもきちんとコーラスしてます。

オンにするとローカット?と思いきやハイミッドがブーストされる感じか音にハリが出て良い、ローもスッキリしアコースティック的に使う場合にも良い。同社のSuperSonic MASTERブースターと同じ感じ。 リバーブとしては掛かりが弱い〜強いまで種類によって異なり切り替えて使うのは使いにくい。リバーブはやや後ろでかかってる感じ。１ノブなので好みでなければコレじゃないで終わってしまう。 ワウ、リバーブ、ブースター買ったがどれもAmazon紙袋包装で商品箱配送傷無しで（クラフト厚紙だが）商品箱の質も良く当たりメーカー。筐体は頑丈ジャックはやや硬いかも。 Room：かかり弱い。ルーム感無し。 半分以下はほぼ掛かってないで使えない。３時〜ようやく使えるかな。よくあるルームリバーブの狭い部屋のルームリバーブ掛かってます！、というのは無く普通の残響で、欲しいのはコレじゃない。 Hall：Roomよりましのかかり具合 半分以下はやっぱ使い道なし、９時セッティングとか使いたいんだがダメ。ホールなので普通。 Plate：掛かりが強すぎる 通常半分くらいまで、それより上げていくと迷子になる。幻想的とかそういうイメージで使いたい場合に。まあ欲しいのはプレートかなと思うので範囲が広くこれで良い。 そのうちに欲しいと思っていたがブラックフライデーで3500円ちょいで買えて良かった。

Metal Build. Feels sturdy. Nice bass sound. Keep oct1 at full, direct at 37% (10-11 o clock position), oct2 at 37% (10-11 o clock position), if using fingers to pick (like in a bass guitar). If instead you want to use a pick, then move the direct dial to 25% (9 o clock position). Use both bridge and neck (or Neck and middle) pickups on your guitar, keep the tone knob at 20-30% And it will sound awesome. PS: It may not replace an actual bass, but it sounds punchy enough that you can use it in a band (I haven't yet used it in a band, just tried solo) Do no roll the direct knob all the way to 0, or tone to zero, it will lose all the overtones and will sound like a dead bass guitar. Above settings worked for me, you can start with those and play around to see what works for you.

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Ich würde durch einen Freund auf das Gerät gebracht. Ich dachte zuerst "toll, nicht vom Fachhandel, 50 Euro und dann auch noch gleich mehrere Effekte. Das wird nichts". Ganz ehrlich, es entwickelt sich zu meinem neuen Liebling. Zugegeben, einige Effekte werde ich nicht nutzen, da ich bereits einen Chorus z.B. halbe, aber als leichter Hintergrund effekt, etwa das Vibrato oder Lofi, hübscht den Sound insgesamt wirklich schon auf und macht ihn Dynamischer. Besonders überrascht bin ich über die Qualität. Es ist ausgesprochen robust, der Schaltung funktioniert einwandfrei, es ist eine Befestigung für das Pedalboard mitgeliefert und es gibt weder bei Gebrauch noch bei Bypass Geräusche ab. Insgesamt für den Preis wohl unschlagbar als nette Ergänzung für die Effektsammler.