Octave-Fuzzes

[blnkbnkr]

What do we like?

I have the Danelectro French Toast and the Dunlop Jimi Hendrix thing. The prior is wonderfully nasty, with a mellow-enough tone, but noisy at idle. The latter is quiet, but way too shrill unless I back off on guitar volume and tone. If I could find one with a relatively 'quiet' circuit and a tone that doesn't necessitate a total tonal change-up to use, I'd love it.

Anyone tried the Wolftone Helium? Fender Blender? Chicago Iron/Roger Mayer Octavia?

[teledeluxe]

The French Toast is actually pretty decent. In the octave mode it uses a bit of a gate, so it shouldn't be that noisy at idle (unless you have the fuzz cranked). Might be noisier with an AC adapter though. A good trick with these types of pedals is to use the neck pickup and back off the tone somewhat on your guitar (shouldn't need to adjust amp settings). Avoid the other mode unless you are just looking for a Big Muff like tone.

Anyway, I used to have a Fender Blender a long time ago, as I recall it REALLY changes your tone. I liked it, but not for subtlety.