Description
Some fuzz pedals just distort — the Proctavia rips your signal apart and stitches it back together an octave higher, spitting out that gnarly, upper-register snarl Hendrix rode on “Purple Haze” and Jeff Beck chased on “Wired.” Voodoo Lab didn’t approximate the original circuit, they cloned it: same transistor selection, same germanium diodes, same transformer-coupled output stage that made the vintage unit a holy grail among collectors. This is the octave-fuzz voicing Stevie Ray Vaughan leaned on, warts and all.
Where this thing earns its keep on a board is at the front of the chain, guitar straight in, volume dimed for maximum tracking chaos or backed off for a more controlled octave blip. It’s not a polite pedal. Chord voicings get gnarly, single notes bloom into that unmistakable ring-modulated-sounding upper harmonic, and the whole thing responds hard to pick attack and guitar volume. Pair it with a wah for full Hendrix-worship mode, or run it alone into a clean amp and let the transformer stage do the dirty work.
- Classic vintage-correct fuzz/octave-up circuit
- True bypass switching with LED indicator
- Hand built in the U.S.A.
- 5-year warranty*
If your board needs one unhinged, singular voice for solos and freak-out moments, this is it.
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