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Proctavia
Bei dem Octavia Effektgerät handelt es sich um ein Fuzz welches
einen Octave Dopplungseffekt erzeugt (eine Octave höher als das
Original Signal). Dieser Effekt (Sound) wurde u.a. durch Jimi Hendrix
und Jeff Beck berühmt gemacht.
Das Voodoo Lab Proctavia ist eine exakte
Kopie des Tycobrahe Octavia, welches u.a. auch von Stevie Ray Vaughan
benutzt wurde und in Sammlerkreisen als eines der begehrtesten Vintage
Gitarreneffeke gilt.
Für das Proctavia verwendet man die gleichen Transistoren, Germanium
Dioden und die Transformator gekoppelte Ausgangsstufe des Originalschaltkreises.
Hiermit wird die außergewöhnliche Verzerrung mit dem Oktave
Effekt erzeugt, wie man ihn von den Meilensteinen „ Are you Experienced“
und „Wired“ her kennt.
“Voodoo Lab's Proctavia: it'll put a spell on you."
"Once the Proctavia is plugged in, it doesn't take long to realise
that you're dealing with a quality pedal that oozes versatility from
its two controls.” – WHAT GUITAR Magazine, U.K.
Sounds
Hazy
Hazy – One of the earliest and most
recognizable examples of the original Octavia (AKA Octavio) is the Jimi
Hendrix track “Purple Haze.” Hendrix created the track using
a Marshall half-stack and the single-coil neck pickup in his Stratocaster.
For “Hazy” we’ve recreated the signal path for this
classic solo.
Signal Path:
’54 Fender Stratocaster Reissue (single-coil neck position)
Proctavia
Amp-Mics-Pre:
1966 50-watt Marshall JTM-50
4x12 late-‘60s stock Marshall cab (25-watt Celestions)
Close mic’d with a Shure Unidyne III SM57 (Mic Pre: 1073 Repro)
Room mic’d with an AKG 414 (Mic Pre: Avalon 737sp)
ProctaVibe
ProctaVibe – By adding the Microvibe
to the accompanying guitar tracks, “ProctaVibe” has the
classic guitar tones of Hendrix-era recordings, but played over the
changes of a progressive jazz tune. This groove-based arrangement is
commonly used by musicians like Michael Landau and occasionally by John
Mayer.
Signal Path:
’58 Fender Stratocaster (Custom Shop)
Proctavia
Microvibe
Amp-Mics-Pre:
1966 50-watt Marshall JTM-50
4x12 late-‘60s stock Marshall cab (25-watt Celestions)
Mic’d with a Rode NTK tube microphone (Mic Pre: Avalon 737sp)
Video-Clips
For watching the video-clips you need to have QuicktimePlayer
installed on your computer!
Video 1
Video 2
The Lost Videos
Sometime in 1997, a few friends of Voodoo Lab got together for a “tone
party” at the LA home of guitarist Joey Brasler. Players like
session great Tim Pierce, Jamie Kime (Zappa plays Zappa, Michelle Branch,
Jewel), Blues Saraceno (solo artist), and Randy Jacobs (Was Not Was,
Boneshakers) all took turns dialing up tones on the entire Voodoo Lab
stompbox line. Everything was recorded on video and the tapes were packed
away for safe keeping...
Well for nearly a decade, those tapes were essentially lost until a
“former” employee found one of them in a box. Unfortunately
some tapes are still missing, but we made digital transfers of whatever
we could find. While this footage was never meant to be the definitive
demo of these products, we felt like it would be fun and educational
to put them out. We hope you enjoy them and we’ll be releasing
clips as we find them so stay tuned!
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