initial bobTavia questions...

[barret77]

Hello all

I have a "octave up" effect to built in my queue, and I'm planning to build the Bobtavia.

I have a few questions, though;

1) Is it a clean octave up? I'm looking for a clean one to be used with a Roger Mayer Fuzz face; that's why I'm not into the tycobrahe...

2) Is it good?

3) What's the difference to the neoctavia? Are they completely different projects?


and finally, and more important...

4) Is this layout confirmed? I got it from the gallery...



Thanks a lot for any answer... sorry for asking a bunch of stuff together...

[petemoore]

I have a "octave up" effect to built in my queue, and I'm planning to build the Bobtavia.

I have a few questions, though;

1) Is it a clean octave up? I'm looking for a clean one to be used with a Roger Mayer Fuzz face; that's why I'm not into the tycobrahe...
  Not sure I understand Clean', I like the Tycho W/FF, I went SoS>Tycho>FF tonight, not exactly Purple Haze...pretty close and pretty cool though.
  Not sure I understand what octave you have and what you like and dislike about it.
2) Is it good?
  Good as Gold Man, Dig In... Doog Ti Si, Bob Is Bad, but Bob and Ed are cool and sometimes hang out here, Coleman and Neo do also. 
3) What's the difference to the neoctavia? Are they completely different projects?
  They both run on 9v, take few parts and make good octave, if that's what you mean.
  Bobtavia does lots Ring mod /OctavFuzz sound, very cool, the Neo does...Strong Octave...IRRC?/or something like that.
  and finally, and more important...

4) Is this layout confirmed? I got it from the gallery...
  I'd check it over after waiting, cause I don't know.

[barret77]

Hey, pete, thanks for your reply. Let me explain better:

I have no octave pedal at all; the sound clips I heard from tycobrahe were all extremely fuzzy, so I assumed that a fuzzy octave plus a fuzz face plus a cranked tube amp would be too much distortion...
But, nice that you mentioned, the ONLY reason I want an octave is because we cover purple haze in the band I jam with; and I would engage the octave only in the solo, leaving the fuzz on all the way long.

In this case, what would you suggest me? Is the bobtavia the right build?

Thanks a lot again!

[petemoore]

  It wouldn't be my Haziest Sounding choice.
  I run a Boost of sometype>Tycho>FF> for the OctaFuzz sound on that song.
  Of course I can't purport to say that is 'ThE P H tone'.
  ANd my Tycho has 18V supply, uses a GE or two...and has been fairly extensively 'gone over' to get it where it is right now.
  It is very hard to say whether you'll get 'ducking' [overload moment when Bob might 'blank out' partially] or Screeches or...using BOB after a FF.
  To get super duper Octave I went through some 'hoops'...but not this one yet...which I believe would be a good one...
  Take A Tycho Octave section...there was a post on this, I believe it's the parts related to .. and the last transistor of the Tycho and everything 'east of that [transformer 'n diodes'] tacked onto the end of the FF. Reports are that this works really great.
  I'm in the same situation as far as 'perfectly tuned octave tone' being just 1 stomp away from...My favorite Fuzz Sound...
  I think the Octave Effect is left on through the whole of Purple Haze?
  @@ Rate, getting perfectly tuned Octave Tone @ various Volume Levels [from lo to hi vol.] requires re-tweeking IME...the Octave is dependant on 'certain' input signal, and...the output...that nasty sound output when volume 'only is increased...
  I forgot to tell that my Tycho also has PREGAIN 'volume' knob, so I can divide the FF output amount so as not to overdrive the Fuzz in the Tycho + it's Octave into not Actin' too wierd.

[barret77]

Take A Tycho Octave section...there was a post on this, I believe it's the parts related to .. and the last transistor of the Tycho and everything 'east of that [transformer 'n diodes'] tacked onto the end of the FF. Reports are that this works really great.

Hmmm... very interesting. I'll search for that.

Also, I'm not sure if I  can leave the octave engaged the whole song - because of all the chord work - but since I have no experience whatsoever with octaves is hard for me to say...