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Ottava Magus II

Octave Ring Multiplier Fuzz

Catalinbread presents the evolution of the Ottava Magus, with the Ottava Magus II. Upgraded from the former bantam series, the new Ottava Magus II has all the benefits of the previous version, but the circuit has been revamped, retuned, and has an added Saturation control that offers the ability of subtle ‘flutey’ high octave tones or crazier full-on ring mod sounds, the Intensity control covers a wide range from clean to barking. The input sensitivity is much more forgiving than typical octaves, so you can actually get a lot of different flavors just by adjusting the controls on your guitar. Back off your guitar volume for more subtle parts and still have the octave clear and present with the natural decays intact. Play on your bridge pickup down low on the neck for piano-like overtones on your bass strings – try that with a conventional octave pedal!

There’s tons of output on tap to pummel your preamp or another dirt box into sonic submission as well.

Oh – and it has purple knobs. You like purple, right?

Catalinbread has released the Ottava Magus, a fuzz octave pedal with a name that equates to quite a mouthful. Though Catalinbread bills the Ottava Magus as a traditional octave fuzz, they also claim that some things about the Ottava Magus are not so traditional including its "range of tones, its expressive feel, and inspiring character."

While having cake and eating it too, the Ottava Magus boasts more focus on the intensity knob compared to other, more traditional octave pedals. While many pedals feature such knobs that sound good either all the way up or all the way down, Ottava Magus has a wider range that can be used the full rotation of the knob.

A fresh design combines with old school germanium for maximum range. Up tones are rich with harmonics, low end is full bodied, and the noise floor is so low that you couldn’t even stand on it if it were in actual floor. You’d have to just kind of float above it.

Most interestingly, perhaps, was that inspired by Radiohead’s "In Rainbows," Catalinbread issued a limited number of Ottava Magus pedals on eBay with an OBO option so buyers could pay whatever they wanted. Needless to say, this limited release didn’t last too long