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The Chicago Iron Tycobrahe™ Octavia. These are
unmistakably the closest you will get to the originals.
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TYCOBRAHE™ OCTAVIA SPECIAL EDITION
PEDAL.....$314.99 ++
includes redwood box
The Chicago
Iron Tycobrahe Octavia SE is a faithful reproduction of the original
1970's Tycobrahe Octavia. No frills no LED '70's vintage all the way!
It is the reincarnation of the famous Tycobrahe Octavia. Includes all
the same art, logos and knobs as the l egendary
original 1970's Tycobrahe Engineering originals. The pedal is true
bypass and has 9v jack.
Price does
not include International shipping fees. Contact us for International
shipping fees.
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Due to the huge success of this pedal there is a (8) EIGHT WEEK
DELIVERY at this time. Orders are being taken on a first come
first serve basis. Thank you everyone.
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please
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BRAND
NEW AUTHENTIC BLUE STEEL HOUSINGS!
AUTHENTIC WOOD CRATE
It took over a year and a lot of research - but there is
nothing like it. |
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As you may
already know, the Tycobrahe™ Octavia was built like the fuzz faces. The
Octavia uses the usual transistor based gain circuit like most vintage
fuzz pedals, with the addition of transformer coupling. They didn't spend
a lot of time "matching" components in the circuit back then.
There were good ones and not so good ones allowing players the fun of
searching through boxes of pedals at stores to find one they liked - like
the legend of Jimi Hendrix says he did with his Arbitor Fuzz Face pedals.
Most builders now know the importance of meeting certain parameters for
the transistors that are combined in a fuzz circuit. We searched the
country and all our player and tech friends searched their effect arsenals
for the best sounding Tycobrahe™ Octavia pedals. We wanted to build a truly
faithful copy, and knew the Octavia pedals used by SRV and other artist
were painstakingly hand selected. We knew we had to have a good sampling
of the old pedals to find the best sounding circuit we could to use as a
reference point. We settled on seven of them. That alone was no small
feat. They all did the job but some were warmer, tracked better, bloomed
harmonics more evenly and were more touch sensitive than others. After we
selected the best one we dated it. It was from 1974. It was like a fuzz on
the first 6 frets and as we headed up the neck it produced wonderful ring
modulator tones with a hint of octave all around the middle neck
positions.
When we rolled the tone off the neck pickup and played above the 12th
fret...it produced the trademark Jimi octave tone. The kind of tone that
gives you goose-bumps. This pedal was really fun to play. Then I had the
task of measuring each of the components and matching them. I matched them
to the same specs as the original 1974 "good one". I built a
formidable clone of the board and populated it with the hand matched
components. It tested out to rival the '74 in every way and all of the
players A/B'd them with great results. Same fuzz, ring-mod and octave! Now
I can put 5 Chicago Iron Octavian™ pedals in the signal chain together and
they all play and sound the same. Even the knob positions are true to each
other from one to the next. Goose-bumps. Jimi's trademark "ghost
note" octave. SRV's Voodoo Chile. It is as close to a hand
selected and coveted original as you can get for about $700 less. Yes they
are true bypass also. Includes
9 volt jack. |
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Check out the reviews
on Harmony Central. Want to read reviews on how we did on our reproduction? Check out the reviews
on Harmony Central of our Tycobrahe™
Octavia reproduction, the "Octavian" octave pedal and read what others think of our
work: http://www.harmony-central.com/Effects/Data/Chicago_Iron/Octavian-01.html
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Our
offer to you: To introduce this pedal to
you, the Chicago Iron Octavian™ LED octave pedal is now available for only
$289.99. This includes a 60 hour listening period. If the Octavian pedal is not as described,
just return it to us within 3 days in it's original new condition, for a
full refund. Refunds do not include shipping costs or payment fees like Paypal. |
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FAITHFUL REPRODUCTIONS OF
PRO ANALOG GEAR FOR GUITARISTS
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In loving memory of César Diaz....... |
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OCTAVIAN
OCTAVE™ w U.V. LED
PEDAL.....$289.99 ++
includes
redwood box
The Chicago Iron Octavian Octave. The same great circuit as the Tycobrahe
SE, but has an indicator LED mod requested by players and less
expensive knobs and art. The pedal is true bypass and has 9v jack.
Price does
not include International shipping fees. Contact us for International
shipping fees.
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The next
generation Octave Pedal. |
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The new 2008 Chicago
Iron Octavian PLUS |
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FOUR GREAT TONES IN A
VINTAGE
TWO-TONE PEDAL! |
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New for 2008
Octavian Plus Vintage Two-Tone
Fuzz/Octave w/ Dual Mode LED
NEW 60's 70's mode switch! |
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Foot Switching FUZZ and OCTAVE
with DUAL LED.......same great tone! |
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Old school,
Vintage, Sought after tone...
Hey, the old
circuits were great fun. But it's time to move on. We need
more from our gear now more than ever. Chicago Iron is proud
to offer the new Octavian PLUS™ octave pedal.
You get four great sounds in one
pedal and two foot switches to use either effect on the fly.
Imagine crankin' a solo in an awesome vintage fuzz and kicking
in the Tycobrahe™ octave without the hassle of unity gain
between the two devices.
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At Chicago Iron we
take pride in our sound. What we have done to bring back
a great vintage pedal with the Chicago Iron Tycobrahe Octavia
and Octavian, has been enhanced and updated. |
We
added a switch to allow the pedal to be used as a fuzz as well
as a standard Tycobrahe™ Octavia octave pedal.
We decided to use a dual
mode LED, red for fuzz and green for octave.
We added the 60's 70's phase
drive switch that provides the two most famous octave sounds
from both the 60's and 70's.
Same great tone and touch
sensitivity as all of our famous Tycobrahe™ style hand
matched hand made octave circuits. Just enhanced. |
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OCTAVIAN PLUS™ OCTAVE
PEDAL.....$324.99 ++
includes
redwood box
The
Chicago Iron Octavian PLUS. The same great circuit as the others
with the 4 most popular player requested features.
First, a foot switchable
octave. We added an additional foot switch to allow the pedal to
be switched from fuzz to octave on the fly.
Second,
we added a dual color indicator LED that shows red for fuzz and
green for octave.
Third,
we added giant size knobs that are easily adjusted with the foot.
Fourth
and last we added the 60's 70's switch that allows you to switch
between the two most famous octave sound eras.
The
pedal is true bypass and has 9v DC jack.
Price does not
include International shipping fees. Contact us for
International shipping fees. |
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NEW OCTAVIAN PLUS™ PEDAL!
IN STOCK!
info@chicagoiron.com |
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MP3
sound clips
 Lance Keltner recently returned from Los Angeles where he was working with
Rod Stewart as the guitarist in Rod's new video entitled "I Can't Deny It" Look
for the video on VH1, and on MTV and Onyx TV in Europe.
Lance recently completed work on his new album for Provogue records
entitled "Last of the Cowboy Vampires". Keltner merged familiar Blues and
Rock guitar stylings with techno loops and World beats and instrumentation to forge a new sound that one rock critic described as
"what if ZZ Top, Ry Cooder, and Peter Gabriel were to do a record together".
The rumors that Lance will be on tour with Rod Stewart this year are
false. Lance had made commitments to perform at summer festivals in Germany and Holland, and will be continuing to pursue his solo career.
Many
thanks to Lance Keltner for his help with these MP3 sound
clips. Take a visit to Lance's site at
 lancekeltner.com.
If
you are looking for some great guitar driven music, get Lance's latest
album at cdbaby.com
and check out his music. This is Texas Rock with a modern edge. GREAT DRIVING MUSIC. Features
the Chicago Iron Octavian octave pedal.
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Daisy Chain 9 Volt Power Distribution
Information: Just
like the original Tycobrahe Octavia pedals, The Chicago Iron Octavian circuit
is a POSITIVE GROUNDED CIRCUIT. A positive grounded circuit is exactly the
OPPOSITE of what most people are used to. Most other pedals are NEGATIVE
GROUND circuits and can be powered by "daisy chaining" the 9 volt power
supply, reducing the number of "wall warts" and pedal board power clutter.
This is an authentic circuit and the tone reflects the best a vintage
Tycobrahe Octavia has to offer.
The Chicago Iron Octavian
pedal can be powered by a standard 9 volt TIP NEGATIVE pedal power supply, but
can only be daisy chained to similar POSITIVE GROUND pedal circuits.
What this means is, in
order to add a Chicago Iron Octavian pedal to your existing multi pedal setup,
you must dedicate another isolated 9 volt tip negative pedal power supply for
the positive grounded pedal, or ALL your daisy chained pedals 9 volt power
will stop, including the Octavian.
All of your existing 9
volt tip negative, negative grounded pedals get powered from one or more
isolated power supplies, and all of your positive grounded pedals, like the
Tycobrahe Octavia and the Chicago Iron Octavian, use another dedicated,
isolated 9 volt tip negative power supply.
Most pedal board power
supplies have a few isolated power supplies in each box. Pick a couple from
there or use two "warts", one for "negative" pedals, and one for "positive"
pedals like CHICAGO IRON.
Remember the Octavian
is wired for a tip negative power jack, so special "inverted" wiring is not
necessary. This applies to all versions of the Chicago Iron octave pedals, and
the Parachute and ParaBaby wah pedals. |
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Stay
Tuned..........
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