What makes this pedal great is that it works well with most setups. Chicago iron faithful reproductions tycobrahe octavia. Includes all the same art, logos and knobs as the legendary tycobrahe engineering originals. Chicago iron tycobrahe octavia cornell romany plus fender custom shop stratocaster octavia shootout. Its quite possibly one of the hardest to find pedals around, mainly because there werent a lot of them built. Chicago iron tycobrahe octavia special edition fuzz pedal. Discussion in the stomp box started by yipman, jul 10, 2012. The parapedal was made in the mid seventies by tycobrahe engineering and has become quite a collectors item, that is if you can find one.
The tycobrahe octavia was an early example of an octaveup fuzz unit. Tycobrahe 20 points 21 points 22 points 1 month ago too add to your optimism, we were already rocking 41 when we signed mirotic too for those worried about losing him as well. Previously, id built the roger mayer octavia from haralds layout but after a while i found that it didnt quite nail the band of gypsys tone but the tycobrahe certainly does. It is the one with the huge sweep and a phaserlike or synthlike second effect that tracks with the first wah tone. Side by side with a klon centaur overdrive and into a strymon bigsky. And here is the tycobrahe octavia which confirms my trace and theory.
Not a whole lot of info on this out there, but heres what i found on the chicago iron site about there clone of it. I suspect the issue might lie in the existence of a two versions of this project a positive and negative ground circuit i used the latter. Iommi used the parapedal from around sabbath bloody sabbath on ive heard. Chicago iron octaviananalogman silicon sunface demo youtube. Octavia good luck on that or a modern day clone chicago iron builds. I discovered smallbear sells precolored enclosures. The circuit has a built in volume dive that no other pedal. To me, it sounds better, i have abd the chicago iron to a original tycobrahe and was hard pressed to tell the difference.
Tychobrahe wah pedal the official tony iommi website. The tycobrahe parapedal was unique in that it used two pots to create its own incredible wah type sound. The octavia is part of a series by chicago iron works to recreate the tychobrahe octavia, including the octavian and the octavian plus. We are told over and over that these are the finest reproductions made so far for tone, performance and appearance. Chicago iron tycobrahe octavian with led pedal truetone. Buy chicago iron tycobrahe octavia special edition.
If it was an mpsa18 like all the schematics i see, with an ebc pinout looking at the flat side, pins down, then jeorge was right, and many schematics found online have q1 backwards. Used for sidefill, but can apply to a wide variety of sound reinforcement applications. Philip sayce uses a chicago iron tycobrahe octavia but youll have to search to find which tunes he uses it on. Those are the responses we receive from artist and collectors who have purchased our pedals. Using an external 9v ps that works with other tonepad projects eg. Fulltone octafuzz and other octavias stacking and other questions. If you plan on making a clone dont buy one of the replacement pots from chicago iron. Originals are very rare these days and sell of outrageously high prices when one does become available, similar to the tycobrahe octavia. Tycobrahe octavia a rare octafuzz monster few pedals carry the same legendary status as the tycobrahe octavia. Chicago iron has painstakingly reengineered the famous 1970s tycobrahe parapedal circuit with exacting detail and precision. Who has used a tycobrahe parapedal or chicago iron. I saw a request for this effect, and strangely enough i have been looking at making one of these of awhile. It is the reincarnation of the famous tycobrahe octavia. Just so you can see how things evolve from what roger m called the octavioall his pedals were called octavio at that timecheck out a tycobrahe octavia rm octavio copy schematic and then compare it too a axis fuzz schematic you will see how it all came to be.
Best octavia clones on the market guitar tone talk. The octavia was an effects pedal designed for jimi hendrix by his sound technician, roger mayer. It carries a legendary status of fuzz pedals and is one of the hardest pedals to locate for sale in the fuzz market today due to that not many were built. I built the tonepad version of the tycobrahe octavia but get no effect only led at power up. Even though im all about functionality i have to admit its pretty neat. Our chicago iron parachute wah has been out there retiring original tycobrahe parapedals. Chicago iron faithful reproductions tycobrahe octavia and. Includes all the same art, logos and knobs as the legendary originals.
This basic circuit soon found its way into the hands of electronic engineers. When one of the prototypes broke down on the road, hendrix took it to tycobrahe sound company for repair. The chicago iron octavian has the same great circuit as the tycobrahe octavia, but has an indicator led mod requested by players and less expensive knobs. I finished building this today, and after a couple of tweeks it sounds, basically, just like jimi. The fulltone octafuzz and the chicago iron octavian. It reproduces the input signal from a guitar one octave higher andor lower in pitch, and mixes it with the original and added distortion fuzz effect.
He also designed the three guitar effects that were sold under the tychobrahe name, the octavia, the paraflanger and the parapedal. I did write the text about the tycobrahe pedal, though it was a. They were made in such small quantities that their value has skyrocketed. Ive never played a vintage tychobrahe octavia, but ive played a few of the modern derivatives. I always wanted to play with an octave fuzz effect, and i guess the classic tycobrahe octavia would be a good place to start. These are unmistakably the closest you will get to the originals. I know, i am kurt stier from chicago iron and i find this pedals history and mystery fun. Tycobrahe octavia schematic and the roger mayer octavia schematic. The same great circuit as the octavia with the 4 most popular player requested features. It depends on what transistor was used for q1 in the original tycobrahe and new chicago iron units.
Chicago iron tycobrahe octavia octavian octavian plus octave wedge parapedal parachute pedalflanger. This pedals searing circuit is based on the jimi hendrix octavio fuzz, updated for. Somewhere in the mess design is possibly the tone your looking for. That being said, other octavia pedals could pass this test as well, but for me, out of any other manufacturers pedals i have heard and i havent heard them all thus far i like chicagon iron the best. Carls custom guitars octave fuzzfuzz pedal this is a very cool item, 2 of the most classic, distinctive fuzz tones in one pedal with germanium diodes, true bypass switching, stable silicon transistors, all top quality components, hand soldered, standard 9 volt boss style power jack or 9 volt battery power i sell a power supply and powered pedal boards in my other. Weve got an amazing core of a team and will probably sign a gordon or green or harris type guy. Presumably they may rebrand as tycnhobrahe for their new production pedals in the future. The chicago iron octavia is a clone of the 70s tychobrahe octavia, including identical finish, artwork, and knobs. If you are looking for a pedal that does exactly what the tycobrahe octavia did. Boutique builders chicago iron, who have specialized in cloning the tychobrahe octavia since 1998, have won the rights to the trademark. Perfect reproduction of the rare tycobrahe pedalflanger. We also studied the emp octave pedal and have built a circuit from the hand drawn by tycobrahe schematic from the roger mayer pedal that tycobrahe originally cloned that started the whole mystery.
Chicago iron octavia special edition welcome to steves. We think youll like what we have done with this rare and useful vintage tool. Includes all the same art, logos and knobs as the legendary original 1970s tycobrahe engineering originals. Roger mayer, chicago iron, voodoo lab, general guitar gadgets. The tycobrahe octavia was used by players like jimi hendrix. The chicago iron tycobrahe octavia is a faithful reproduction of the original 1970s tycobrahe octavia. While some octave pedals will sound thin, the chicago iron always has a nice full sound that really gets. Perfect reproduction of the rare tycobrahe pedalflanger created in collaboration with tycobrahe engineers. Ampeg scrambler the wild octaver this is the clone of the very rare ampeg scrambler, which was built in very small numbers back in the late 60s. Tycobrahe octavia fuzz pedal clone kit by general guitar gadgets. It was on these tours in the early seventies that tony was introduced to the parapedal and he has used it ever since. Roger mayer octavia tycobrahe octavia overdrive ampeg a3 boss bd2 blues boss od1 boss od2 boss od3 boss os2 boss pw2 powerdriver boss sd1 super chandler tube driver colorsound overdriver dod 250 dod fx102 blues ibanez od855 ibanez st1 supertube ibanez ts5 tubescreamer ibanez ts9 tubescreamer ibanez ts10 tubescreamer ibanez ts808.
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