Octave pedals don’t tend to get the hype and focus that modulation, overdrive, delay and reverb might, but we’re gonna try to change that. Today’s pedal, the October Audio Junk Lantern Dirty Octave Up Fuzz, provides a unique spin on a genre that you might normally overlook. Easy to dial in while full-ranged and inspiring, this little gem will make you rethink how you approach your next songwriting session…
Inspired by quirky analog octave and ring modulation devices, the Junk Lantern is a dirty octave up with fuzz overtones. The base sound is a classic ringer-type octave up that pairs well behind a fuzz or drive. Additional frequency boost modes create intense garage fuzz tones, while still retaining interesting character from the dirty octave mode.
In addition to the Volume knob, the focus here is the ON&ON Toggle. The Center position is the base mode and most pronounced octave effect- start with the volume all the way up for unity gain. Down position is a high frequency gain stage that creates cutting aggressive tones and cleans up with the guitar volume to allow metallic, slightly dissonant sounds. Up position kicks in a full frequency gain stage and kicks in your teeth! This results in blown speaker chords and searing single note passages. You may want to adjust the volume knob with these gain stages…
One knob. One switch. Pure tonal exploration. The Junk Lantern features full wave rectification and modernized matched diode array to produce vintage octave up tones, with low pass filtering to improve signal to noise. Made with modern quality parts, it still captures the vibe of those old octave/ringer devices perfectly. Hats off to the crew at October Audio – be sure to visit their website for more info and grab one of these for yourself – make sure you check out our full demo video below as well, you’re gonna want to hear this one in action. Cheers!
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