Research concludes Tender Octaver MKll Sounds best after fuzz and dirt

[jazznrick]

Much to my surprise, my research concluded the Tender Octaver MKll Sounds best after fuzz and dirt (D*A*M Dragonfly, Spaceman Titan ll and D*A*M Ezekiel. Anyone else find this true for them?

 

[Billy C.]

I agree with you jazznric, I have too found that running my OC2 & Tenderer Octave ( the original small one ) sound really good following (after) my Carcosa Fuzz pedal. I run the Fuzz 1st in line immediately after my Mooer Baby Tuner then into OC2 then into Mooer Octaver. I have been noticing lately that a lot of guys are placing their fuzz or dirt AFTER the Octavers, I guess whatever works best for you, but I do agree with you on your findings!

 

[SunnBass]

Nope, my Tender runs into my Hail Satan deluxe.
That way fuzz is applied to the octave effect, not the other way around.

 

[fasto]

I have been noticing lately that a lot of guys are placing their fuzz or dirt AFTER the Octavers, I guess whatever works best for you, but I do agree with you on your findings!

interesting, never thought or tried placing dirt before octavers, i will try tonight, thx for inspiration.

 

[jazznrick]

interesting, never thought or tried placing dirt before octavers, i will try tonight, thx for inspiration.

got the idea from the EQD Organizer

 

[Feral Feline]

Unless there's a way to trigger the Octave with a clean signal so it can run after fuzz, I prefer my octavers (including the Tender) to feed the fuzz so the tracking is as good as it can be.

 

[Phe]

This conversation is going nowhere. What is supposed to happen if I put my octave AFTER the fuzz? Analog octaves track pretty poorly if there is a lot of harmonic content coming in.

I did try putting my Carcosa before OC-2. It sounded different and didn't track as well. Granted, I didn't have the time to try different settings.

 

[Feral Feline]

What do you mean the conversation is going nowhere, @Phe?


Further to my previous post: There are autowahs/filters that take a split off the clean signal for the trigger, so you can put them anywhere in the chain — so why not octavers, too?

 

[Phe]

@Feral Feline, sorry, it wasn't aimed at you! I may have worded my post a bit harshly, but at this point no further points on why it is better to put fuzz before octave have been offered.

Blergh, foot, mouth. I'll show myself out.