MXR SF01 Slash Octave Fuzz

It is a dual Octave (octave below and / or above the octave) coupled to a fuzz. Both effects are not totally independent, and must spend a little time with the machine to understand what we can do with it.
This is a 100% analog pedal that works with 9V battery or Boss style power.

UTILIZATION

It's not the easiest pedal to use in the world, but with two in common sense, it comes out very quickly.
It is controlled via two footswitches and a mini switch called "sub into fuzz" (only activated by hand). To this is added 5 rotary knobs (volume, tone, fuzz, sub octave and octave up).
The footswitch activates the left octave below, and there are two possibilities:
- If the mini switch "into sub fuzz" is disabled, you get only the octave below in addition to our basic sound. In this case the knob "volume" manages our level of its base and knob "sub octave" of the octave below.
- If the mini switch "into sub fuzz" is engaged, a fuzz is applied to our basic sound AND an octave below. In this case the volume knob manages the overall output level of the knob "fuzz" the rate of gain of the fuzz, and the knob "sub octave" still manages the volume of the octave below.
That said, we can only get more sounds with the first switch:
- The basic sound + octave below, all without fuzz.
- The basic sound + octave below, all with the fuzz.
- The basic sound and fuzz without the octave below (with the knob "sub octave" 0).
- The octave below without fuzz and without sound basis (volume knob to 0), short bass sound anything!

Finally, if you activate the right footswitch, the octave above appears, coupled with a fuzz.
Two remarks:
- You can not get the top octave fuzz WITHOUT associated with it.
- You can not get this octave above ONLY if the switch itself is left enabled.
That said, playing with volume settings, you can make disappear the sound one octave below, which keeps only the fundamental tone and the octave above.


Writing is not easy to be understood, but the pedal under the eyes, while it quickly becomes very logical. He said it would have been possible to make more intuitive, hence the 7/10.

SOUND QUALITY

Firstly, this is not a otaver polyphonic style POG, so we forget the open chords and organ sounds.
This is a pedal Riffer or soloist. In this area, if you search sounds thick and distorted soundscapes and loaded, it is huge, and sound capabilities are very broad, if indeed that is a bit patient to understand its operation.
The sound quality is there, the fuzz reminiscent of the famous "FUZZFACE" from Dunlop and the different sounds are very successful (if you plug it into a good tube amp of course).
Followers of stoner, metal, rock, hairy and / or industrial, it should please you!

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 15 days and I have not toured the wide possibilities that sound pretty box can offer, but I am amazed rendering!
This is a very particular, which in my opinion has nothing to do with Slash, but it is the rigor cares.
I think this is very successful, and it completely meets my expectations. The only downside might therefore be a grip a little chaotic at first, not a fuss.

+ Octaver fuzz MXR signed by Slash
1 button for the volume into sub fuzz only works when the switch "into sub fuzz" is enabled, otherwise it is the mix of sub octave when the switch "fuzz up" is switched on and when nothing is activated it is a little Volume to 0 because the octaver was further volume ...
One tone knob for the sub into fuzz
1 button for the intensity of the fuzz into sub fuzz
One sub octave button for the volume of sub octave when the switch "fuzz up" is enabled
One octave up button for volume up when the octave switch "fuzz up" is enabled
1 switch on / off activation effect
1 button on / off "sub into fuzz"
1 switch on / off fuzz up
2 trimpot inside Gain and Tone except to unscrew the pedal requires a special key
Pedal True Bypass

UTILIZATION

Above all it is an octaver, it's either one or the Octave Fuzz octaver with, but Fuzz is not all alone
If this is the first time I read the instructions a pedal ... : S the interact button, after activation of the switch up fuzz, fuzz into the sub or two, the possibilities are endless let's say it's a bit of a pain in testicle beginning to find his ...

SOUND QUALITY

The octaver in itself is a kind Boss OC2 octaver and more ... the octaver is not polyphonic, you can flatten the agreement but it is ugly must play a note by note, if there is no problem of tracking the OC2 as it does not answer, the its the octaver is pretty cool, on the other hand careful to put it behind the compressor and not before, the dynamics are not going to be the same, if I amused myself with the couple Red Fuzz Benrod I don ' 'm not happened the mix of the two (octave fuzz + other) is not at all possible it's a shame ... so you have used the Fuzz integrated so either Up or Sub or both, depending on the desired effect you can spend some time in the settings, but so overall the result is not bad but there is a little side not very natural in the Fuzz ... I prefer with the fuzz up the sub into the mix of the two fuzz is not too great is returned in

OVERALL OPINION

It's not bad, but must have utility if it will remained inactive for a while, those like me looking for a way to play it octaver and Hendrix Octavio is rather the light that one can try but store it may be difficult to test given the setting and the potential of the beast that is just 15 min ...
Basically I wanted to Roger Mayer "mink octavia" button with his tone more, but since it is virtually impossible to find I folded the SF01, starting price of € 155, for the moment I still have mixed feelings about the possibilities and sound quality offered that I find a little deca a Roger Mayer Octavia ...