Foxrox Captain Coconut 2

It is fairly easy. The internal trimmer is a bit fussy business as you need to unscrew 8 screws and turn the CC2 over to adjust the input volume at your liking but once you do this you 're done with it for ever. The manual is very nice, revealing and inspiring but a little bit of tweaking would easily come to results anyway. The Provibe section is the one that needs more attention because the aural possibilities it offers are very open to thorough search. And, yes, you have a great sound whatever you do, only different each time.

Oh I can have an instant Jimi Hendrix if I want to! ...but I don't. I'm after my own thing, you see. So what does CC2 do for adventurous guitarists like yours truly? Well it gives me silence when it's on but I'm not playing, and when I play it gives me a serious fuzz tone, warm, articulate and rich which can be very flexible either when I play with its knobs, or with my guitar's volume control. Whatever I do, the sound is there and it is as a fuzz should be but never was before the CC2. I instantly forgot the silly money I had to pay for a pedal. The CC2 also gives me a chance to experiment with the Octave section, so I can enrich my notes when I play small phrasing passages through a song, well much like that Hendrix did actually. And the Provibe, erm, colours the already huge sound wonderfully either like a chorus or a vibrato, or much rather a gentle but distinctive phaser would. Yes, it is in all a very inspiring pedal. It fully deserves the hype.

To start with, I cannot have a backup these days. People buy used CC2s at outrageous prices and I have only one in my possession. But do I need a backup? No, I don't think so. It is very big, heavy, sturdy, its circuitry is of Foxrox reputation, works flawlessly and it seems it will, until the day they kill me to get it and sell it at $$$$$$ on ebay.

I live in Athens, Greece. I am a loyal Foxrox customer and thankfully I never had to deal with them a problem concerning my ZIM or my TZF or my CC2. I pray I will never need to, although their intentions seem good.

I play Fenders with noiseless pickups and a Gretch. I use vintage pedals and a Fender Twin Reverb silverface. I have a complicated playing style that it implies you hear two or three people playing instead of, well, just me. The CC2 is not the base for my thing but it compliments it tremendously. If I strictly played rock music it would be the only pedal to take with me on the road, along with my Schaller wah, plus a troop of bodyguards so I would cope with either armed robbery or, most likely, hordes of chicks eager to please me. Those two pedals should be enough to produce nearly any rock sound, extreme metal excluded.
My CC2 is one of the first made, has the default fuzzcard which suits me fine versus the gainier but shriller silicon card and I really smile when I play it or write about it, just like I do right now #-)

The top controls for most of the effects are easy to use. The ProVibe takes a little tweaking to dial in the Center control to where it sounds best to your tastes; probably because it's not overly obvious as to what it's doing.

The fuzz card has an internal trimmer for backing off the input which I consider to be a must for fuzz pedals as I like a little smoother, rounder sound. In order access this control, you need to open the housing which has 8 screws; not a terrible thing as I haven't felt the need to mess with it after finding the spot I like.

I mainly use this pedal with my Strat (Fender American Vintage 57 Reissue) but also with my Tele (Fender American Vintage 52 Reissue) but it works well with some of my other guitars with P90s and humbuckers. It shines best with single coil pickups though and particularly with a Strat. Amps I use are a Mesa Stiletto Deuce, Fender Blues Junior and a blackface Fender Champ. The CC2 works well with all of the amps but, like with any fuzz, you want to get your amp overdriving a bit for the best results.

Fuzz:
Mine has the stock Original Hybrid PNP card; it's one of the best sounding fuzzes I own - and I own five others. A little more bright and aggressive than a two germanium transistors but not as much as two silicon (comparing my Analogman Sun Face NKT275 and Foxrox Hot Silicon). It's great for traditional fuzz tones as well as just kicking the front end of your amp with just a little fuzz when backing off of the guitar volume.

Octave:
Not an effect that I use very often, but it does do the vintage sounding octave thing very well.

ProVibe:
Awsome effect that I have to be mindful not to overuse. It has that lopsided "chaw-chaw-chaw" sound like a good vibe should. I also have a Foxrox expression pedal plugged into the Speed jack which is very useful (you can use many other volume type pedals with the CC2 as well).

I don't know much about electronics, but the housing is very sturdy and the switches feel solid. I've only owned the CC2 for about two months, but have owned several other Foxrox effects for a couple of years and they've all worked flawlessly.

Dave can be a little hard to get ahold of (apparently email gets caught in his spam filter) but, when he does reply, he's very friendly and helpful.

I play mainly classic rock and funky styles of music and the CC2 is a good match for me. I've been playinf for about 25 years and have a mess of other pedals (mostly Analogman and other Foxrox along with some Fulltone and others good quality effects).

I like having a couple of the effects that I use most often (fuzz and "swirly") in one package. Realistically, I don't need a ton of pedals but have a bunch of them because... well... I like pedals. A lot. And the CC2 is a real winner that I can throw into a case and not need much else in the way of effects.

There's not that many knobs so unless you're an idiot it's pretty easy!

fender american strat or gibson sg >crybaby>qtron plus>cc2 fuzz>cc2 octave>analogman ts808 tv mod>foxrox zim>cc2 provibe>marshall tsl 2000 head with a bbe sonic maximizer and foxrox paradox flanger in the effects loop. I rolled the trim pot inside the fuzz to get my wah sound back so that created a little noise but nothing a retro wouldn,t fix or a hum eliminator. Plus a like just a hint of fuzz not all out.

Built like a tank!!

I've dealt with dave on several occaisions and he is extremely kind and helpful,(If you by multiple items you get free stuff!! That's good business!!)I wish he'd create some more effects so I can keep dealing with him!!

I play blues and some rock. Definetly couldn't live without it. The provibe sounds awesome and man if you get an expression pedal and get a ton of over drive and throw on the octave it is down right insane some of the sounds you can get. Dave fox has made playing guitar fun again!!!

If you know how to use these effects already then it's easy to use. It's Hendrix in a convenient box. The octave on my unit did not work right- it was intermittant thus the 7 rating.

I play a old Strat, a 335 and a tele through a 64 Deluxe Reverb and use a few high quality effects. I don't really know what to make of this thing. The octave didn't work right. It worked for a while and then it just quit. The fuzzfoot was OK -I got the default card- but for me it sounded to hard and harsh. It worked very poorly with other effects as well. I like to use a Keeley Javaboost in front of the drive section. With other drive and fuzz pedals I'm able to get that wonderful legatto-like sound and sustain -kind of like Eric Johnson- but with the Fuzzfoot and the Java it was like an ice-pick-in-the-ear kind of sound.
The Provibe in the chorus mode is nice. It has a wide sweep and depth and is user friendly. Here's the thing though; I have a Fulltone Deja'2, (the big one with the pedal on it) so I was able to do a direct comparison, and in the vibe mode the Fulltone outperforms the provibe. The Fulltone just has a pressence and shimmer that is not there in the Provibe. Sure, the Provibe does more but not as well. I'm not a big fan of the chorus sound but, as I said this is where the Provibe works best.

For me the sound just didn't add up to much.

I sent mine back to Dave. The octave didn't work.

He does great work in general- I have an Octron that performs beautifully.

I bought my unit through Foxrox. I've found he always responds quickly to emails. Upon recieving and trying my cc2 and discovering it's problems I emailed him and asked him for a refund. He responded quickly and of course gave me a refund. I gave him my opinion of the pedal in a well worded and thoughtful manner thinking that most pedal makers would appreciate hearing feedback both positive and negative. He responded with a curt and somewhat rude response that in a nutshell said he'll take the opinion of all the artist endorsees and other people that are thrilled with the pedal over mine. It's not that I think he SHOULD take my opinion over all the others that bothers me, it's that his response was so inapropriate that it left me a bit perplexed. If it was your business would you insult someone who was thoughtful enough to take the time to critique your product?

I've been playing guitar for about 30 years. I have good ears and I appreciate well made and good sounding gear. I play many styles and I make my living doing it. The reason I wanted this pedal was because I'd heard great things about the fuzz and provibe. If I was able to try this pedal first someplace I would've. If you are in the market for these effects I think you can do much better with some good seperate units. Value wise The CC2 is well priced but again there is better out there for similar money IMO. The CC2 really doesn't save you much pedalboard space either, in fact I think it is an awkwardly sized unit to fit onto a pedalboard. As a stand alone unit going into a dimmed 100w Marshall this thing may be the shit...then again maybe it's the Marshall.

Verry easy to get a great sound out of the captaincoconut!
No programming just vintage-style analog sounds,FAT!
Got mine used ,no manual but you will not need one.
Bought it used with the NKT 275 Vintage germ. fuzz card.Then I got me the hybrid card on ebay,too.

I use my jmp 2203 marshall heads with a Marshall 1960TV,two custom build Magnus Krempel Stratocaster style Guitars,Budda wah and a crowther Audio Hot Cake.I use my marshall with gain full at 10 for a fat chrunch sound.
Then I boost it with the Fuzzfoot for a leadtone that still can clean up.I can get a sound like Trower and hendrix.
I realy like the Provibe because it sounds so great,I had the dunlop uni vibe wich was good but it altered my sound wehn it was bypassed.so I bought me a Fulltone cutomshop mini-djavibe.That thing sounds verry cheap.I was glad the day I sold it.
I love the Fuzzfoot for it's flexibility.Have two fuzzcards and I would like to get them all.
The Octave is good ,it is smoother than my Fulltone Octavia,wich can get real nasty,wich I like a lot.But it is a good effect and it works well.

I hope I can depend on it !It is verry well build and seems to last.I am the second owner and it is still in good condition.
I do not use a backup,I sold nearly all of my Fullclone stuff,I had the whole armada......

Now for me this is a sad thing to talk about.......
I did want to buy a new CC2,emailed to foxrox but never got an answer.
So I bought mine on ebay.com with the Vintage Germanium Fuzzcard installed.
I did want to order a Fuzzcard from Mr. Fox ,I emailed but never got response.
I emailed to Analogman and got a verryfast reply but he told me to get them from Mr. Fox........
Foxrox has a verry informative website ,thats great ,but there is nothing more to get.

I play in a coverband that plays Hendrix songs.
I play for 18 years now.
I own a lot of amps( ac30 ,fender twin silverf.,Marshall 2203,2204,JMP,Fender 64 Tremmolux,Park Rockhead......
Fender strats and custom made stratocasters.
I would by another one,I would like to buy it from Foxrox direkt because ebay is always a risk.
I love the sound and how it works for me.Yes I compared it after I bought it , to my Fulltone units.I still love my Fulltone 69 because my woman was with me wehn I got it.Semtimental,he?And I like the sound.
But all my other Fulltones had to go:Fulltone 70, Ultimate Octave,Dejavibe(bah!).
This unit is what a strat player wants to use!
Go and get it!
The website is verry helpful.I use a Roland EV-5 for speedpedal.I went in the musicshop and tried a lot of volumepedals.There wehre 3 EV-5 and the all did work different.So I got me the one wich did the job.
thanks
Dave Fox!
PS: I want Fuzzcards!!!!

The ProVibe is by far the most time consuming. But actually very straugh forward once you get the hang of it. The Fuzzfoot and the Octave took no time at all to dial in Hendrix/Cream/Pink Floyd. Overall this unit is the easiest I have ever seen simply because the sounds you are hoping for ARE there. You can tweek knobs forever if the pedal you have doesn't have what you are hoping for.

This is where I go off. I got this pedal to take up less space on my pedalboard. I sold an Analogman SunFace, a Sweetsound Mojo Vibe, and a Roger Mayer Vision Series Octavia to get this. Did my research and crossed my fingers. Trust me, no one is more of a tone-junkie than me and I have wasted unbelievable amounts of money (and had many quarrels with girlfriends and wives) in search of the Holy Grail of psychedelic Hendrix/Floyd/Cream tones from these who claim to nail it with their over-priced products. I can honestly say a very, very long nightmare has ended. This pedal is incredible. It's flexibility is amazing. Just being able to swap out fuzzcards alone is enough. (I settled for the Vintage one, not an easy choice, the Hybrid card is fantastic as well; a little more gain). The fuzz is the main reason I got this pedal. Best I have EVER heard. The Provibe can do anything from Trower to Hendrix to the very slow swirling on Dark Side of the Moon. (My Mojo Vibe could not retain it's strength on slower settings like this can, impressive). The Octave blows away it's inventor (Sorry Roger Mayer). It's not as harsh or bright as his, and hits Hendrix DEAD on. I have tried them all and this pedal IS all of them and much, much more. Plus, you can switch the order of the effects around. I find this order by far the best if you are looking for Hendrix: 1.Vibe, 2.Octave 3.Fuzz.

My god. This thing is military grade, armageddon-proof.

Check this out, recieved my CC2 in the mail, it had some weird buzzing and crackling noises. I emailed him, he Express mailed me another WITH a Vintage Germanium fuzzcard for my trouble. Beat that Daddy-O!!!

I play acid rock from the 60's and 70's, and NEED to nail those tones to get my mojo workin'. PLEASE, don't waste your money on anything else, save your money and your marriage and live happily ever after with this work of art from Foxrox. Amen.

TAKES A WHILE TO FIGURE OUT SETTINGS BUT HAS A REALLY HELPFUL MANUAL TO HELP YOU DIAL IN YOUR DESIRED TONES.

IM USING THIS WITH ESP VIPERS AND A JIMI HENDRIX STRAT AND A 78 STRAT. OTHER EFFECTS ARE A ROGER MAYER WAH, AN IBANEZ TS9, A MXR ZAKK WYLDE OVERDRIVE (I PLAY SOME METAL STUFF)A PRO CO RAT AND A BOSS DD6 DELAY. AMPS ARE (2) 1980 MARSHALL JMP 2203 MV LEAD HEADS. ONE WITH 6550'S AND THE OTHER RUNS EL-34'S. THE EFFECTS OF THE CAPTAIN COCONUT 2 SOUND NICE AND THICK.IF YOUR INTO JIMI-ITS ALL IN THIS BOX. BERKLEY, LA FORUM, WOODSTOCK, BAND OF GYPSYS, RAINBOW BRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. ITS ALL HERE IN THIS ONE PACKAGE. (IF U HAD AN OUTPUT TRANSFORMER ABOUT TO BLOW, YOU COULD DAMN NEAR COP THE "WILD THING" TONE AT MONTEREY. YOU KNOW, THAT CRACKELY CUT UP BAD ASS OVER THE EDGE MARSHALL IN DISTRESS TONE). NAILS TROWER SOUNDS TO THE WALL. THOUGH IM A JIMI NUT, I HAVE TAKEN PARTS OF HIS AND OTHER PLAYERS SOUNDS AND STYLES TO FORGE MY OWN. THE FUZZ FOOT IS GOOD FOR SOME TONY IOMMI STUFF. AND THE PROVIBE SET CERTAIN WAYS GOES SWEET WITH SOME OF MY ZAKK WYLDE INFLUENCED STUFF.
THE PROVIBE IS THE SHIT!! THE FUZZ FOOT IS THE BEST FUZZ IVE EVER HEARD! AND THE OCTAVE KICKS BALLS!

SEEMS DEPENDABLE. USE IT WITHOUT A BACK UP? HELL YEAH. DAVE FOX HAS HIS SHIT TOGETHER.

HAVENT DEALT WITH MR. FOX, BUT HE SEEMS TO HAVE AN EXCELLENT REPUTATION.

I PLAY EVERYTHING FROM HENDRIX, TROWER, ZZ TOP (GOTTA LOVE BILLY GIBBONS)PINK FLOYD, ZEPPELIN INSPIRED STUFF, TO PANTERA, SLAYER, C.O.C., ALICE IN CHAINS, ZACK WYLDE AND DANZIG KINDA STUFF. (WIERD MIX, I KNOW). BEEN PLAYING FOR 13 YEARS. OWN WAY TOO MUCH SHIT TO MENTION.
IF MY CAPTAIN COCONUT WERE STOLEN, I WOULD KICK THE SHIT OUT OF WHOEVER I THOUGHT TOOK IT. IF IT WERE LOST I WOULD CRY LIKE A BABY.
I WOULD DEFANANTLY GET ANOTHER. HOPEFULLY SOON I CAN GET THE SPEED PEDAL FOR THE PROVIBE.
I HEARD THE SOUND CLIPS OF A CAPTAIN COCONUT 2 AND DID SOME RESEARCH ON IT. FOR THE PRICE OF IT, VERSUS BUYING THEM ALL SEPARATLY, I COULDNT GO WRONG. THIS TOOL HAS DEFANANTLY HELPED ME IN MY QUEST FOR "THAT SOUND". TRY ONE OUT. THEY ARTE THE SHIT!!

So after two years of rocking the CC2, I finally feel like I'm ready to review it. Takes a little getting used to how to craft the right tone with this pedal. Everything haas to be set just right. Tthe octave side takes some getting used to how to play proper trechnique with it. The provibe side has many useful sounds.

I mainly use Strats and run my amps at almost slightly broken up loud clean. This pedal is amazing. The provibe has made me hardly use my other modulation-style effects. The octave combined with the provibe is now my favorite lead tone. The fuzz takes some getting used to and sounds unbelievable through the right amp. It can, however, sound extremely farty with certain guitars and/or amps.

Haven't had any issues with it and it seen some rough use.

Dave is very helpful. sometime stakes him awhile to get to your emails but in general he is a great guy.

I will continue to use this pedal as long as I play guitar.

Others have cover it pretty well...no need to repeat it.Absolute pleasure to use.

All three effects are fantastic...three killer vintage effects in one solid box for a fair price! All three effects are 10's!There is not much to say that others have not said so I will simply agree!
Fuzz is killer, vibe is Trower heaven and the octave side gets it too!

Exchangable fuzz cards...Dave is a smart guy!

No prolems so far...housing is heavy duty!!!! Sodering is clean and neat!workmanship speaks quality!

Service is exceptional period!!!!

This unit will never leave my pedal board. Value @ $350.00...hell yes!!!! Three killer effects for the price of one good one!Great service...well made. What more could you want!!!

as easy as 1-2-3. He even includes an instruction manual to help those who may not have used these particular effects.

The octave is a tycobrahe style of divider which has more fullness than lets say a Roger Mayer octavia, which sounds like crap when you roll off your guitar volume. But with the cc2's octave, you will not be kept hungry for sound and tone. It does what my Fulltone Octafuzz does but BETTER (bye bye Fulltone) ! The vibe is more intense and deeper than most, as a matter of fact, to emulate my Deja Vibe i have to turn the controls way down(bye bye DejaVibe) I don't use fuzz but it's cool it sounds good.

built like a tank.

Dave is swamped but he always tries to take care of you when and if things need repair.

Takes a little getting used to because the temptation is to go overboard with everything. Once you calm down a bit and maybe email back and forth with Dave Fox a few times you'll find some really amazing tones.

This is a tough one. Now I'm using (in this order) Grosh Strat/Warmoth Tele-Mayer Red Lion Wah-CC2-mini biComp-SupaTrem-AC & RC Booster-ChoralFlange-DD20 into a Gerlitz Revelator. It sounds amazing with the right amp and guitar. I've owned 3 of them now (2 cc2's and a cc1). I originally had a Bad Cat Cub with it and could not for the life of me get good fuzz tones. Now I've got a Deluxe Reverb and Plexi based setup and I can't get a bad tone out of it. I think the Vibe and Octave work well with just about anything but the fuzz is temperamental. But man, with the right amp it's amazing. All 3 effects work well with other effects. The vibe marries great to trem and delay and the fuzz sounds good going into an od, boost, or compressor.

I think I'd have make a deliberate effort to break it. The only knock against it is the normal'ed jacks have to be cleaned with electronics cleaner periodically. They gunk up but that's just the nature of these types of jacks.

Dave is one of, if not the best out there is this department. I've owned a few of his products now and he's always been very reachable and very thorough with advice and tips.

I'm on my third one and don't plan on getting rid of this one. This unit has become an integral part of my tone and it's just an enjoyable piece of gear. I can't imagine anything that would replace it (unless there's cc3 in the future ;-). The fact that you get 3 classic effects that work well with anything modern you can pair it with goes a long way in making this thing almost impossible to become obsolete in any rig.

Easy to get useful sounds. Can re-patch effects in any order. Manual is very helpful and informative.

Didn't like fuzz at first, I was used to using distortion/OD pedals. Manual suggests using a tube screamer type pedal after the fuzz for additional flexability. I'm using a mesa bottle rocket with 2 12at7 for this purpose. The mesa replicates a dirty tube amp perfectly into any amp at any volume. With a dirty tube amp, the fuzz and guitar volume knob does everything from treble boost to mild/hot tube screamer boost to full on saturated fuzz american woman tone. This is not just a Hendrix/SRV/Trower pedal, early Zep, Yardbirds, Doors, and Cream are covered perfectly as well. I let my guitar slinger friend jam on this rig using my G&L asat classic and fender bandmaster. He is a classic rock guru with his les paul and flextone II, but with my rig, he can't believe how authentic it sounds and has asked me on several occasions how I was able to make it sound so real. I tell him it's just there. The octave is top notch as well as the vibe. The ESC is a brilliant feature for the vibe playing clean. Yes it's very wet and warm sounding. No points off for nothing. There will always be a place in music for these tones, I like modern music too like Korn, mushroomhead, Tool,System O the Down, but they will never be remembered or loved like Hendrix and Zeppelin is.

Built like a bomb shelter.

Never needed it

Sounds great stand alone but the mesa tube OD greatly enhances the tones of this pedal. This pedal also greatly enhances the tones of the mesa tube OD especially when rolling off the guitar volume. This is the sound that a tube screamer approaches but with a TS you don't have volume knob magic controlling not only gain but tone as well. At 3/4 guitar volume it's treble boosted OD ala.. Hendrix/SRV and at full it's Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. Fuzz modeling is an absolute toy compared to this. This is a tool.

This pedal come's with a ton of sound's & tone's to choose from. The manual is very well written and a big help with the Provibe. It take's a bit of time and tweaking to dial in you're vibe sound. Well worth the time spent. Both Analogman.com & Foxroxelectronics.com have a ton of info on there sites about this unit,users and settings. Not to mention good audio clips.

This is the 2nd CCII I have owned. I have been using this effect for almost three years. Ive tried everyone else's effect's on the market and there is a reason I have come back to the Capt again.

The CCII is a great sounding box. I had mine upgraded with the Analogman NKT275 Fuzzcard for that early Hendrix Fuzzface sound. I had purchased the CCII for the Provibe & Fuzzfoot. The Octavia is a added
benefit and well worth the $400 for all three effects.

The key to getting a good sound with a Fuzz is to use you're Guitar's volume knob. I run my Fuzzfoot third in my signal chain to give me as much control as possible. I also run a Fulltone SoulBender Fuzz pedal after the Fuzzfoot and both effect's work perfectly. The SoulBender can be a little sensitive with what is placed before it. I keep the Fuzzfoot set for that earlyer Hendrix type of Fuzz. The Soulbender is set wide open to capture more of that earlyer 90's fuzz sound.

I am currently using a PRS Custom 22,Bogner XTC 101B wirh 2x12 cabinet and pedalboard. F.T. Clyde wah w/Foxrox wah Retrofit,CCII Octavia,CCII Fuzzfoot,Soul Bender,A.M. BI-Comp,F.T. Full Drive II,CCII Provibe, Foxrox Flanger,F.T. Supertrem,A.M. Clone Chorus,Line 6 DL4.

75% of my sound's come from the Bogner. I use these effect's only when needed and set them to add a little bit of flavor. The thing I love is how transperant the CCII is. You can hear the effect, while retaining you're guitar and amp sound. All of of Foxrox's & Analogman's effects
are great at doing this and are worth the price paid. People can tell the differance.

These effect's are built to take a beating. Knob's and footswitches are solid. Keep in mind you are dealing with product's built to withstand being used on a regular basis. Mike "Analogman" or Dave "FoxRox" will take care of you if something where to go wrong.

Dave is great at getting back to you're emails. I had a issue with killing power supply's on my Flanger and the 1st CCII I had owned. Dave
set me up with where to get replacement power supplys.

Foxrox products are great! I love the CCII and Flanger. I use and abuse them on a regular basis. Take the time and read the manual, these effect's are filled with a ton of tonal options. It does take a little bit of tweaking but once you have found youre sound, Look Out!

This pedal is very easy to get great tones from. If you like tweaking, you'll love this pedal. There are so many different tones you can dial in. I got my Captain Coconut from www.analogman.com. It came with big manual in a binder. If you have any questions on how to operate it, the manual will answer it. It is very helpful.

The sound of this pedal is amazing. This is not at all like the mass produced junk that passes for guitar effects these days. Analogman.com has the best pedals you can buy. Everything I have bought from him I have been very impressed with, and this is no exception. I use a left-handed Fender Stratocaster with the Captain Coconut into a Teese Picture Wah into a Marshall 1987X Head and 1960TV Cabinet. It sounds like Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan. I have studied their technique extensively. The best way to achieve their tone is to study their technique, not really with pedals. However, this pedal does give you instant Hendrix tones right off the bat. You can't go wrong with it. The Univibe sounds like your amp is underwater. It's awesome. The octavia is the best I've ever used. Even if you're not going for a Hendrix/SRV sound, you can dial in tones that are completely yours.

I think this pedal would survive a nuclear fallout. All that would be left would be cockroaches and the Captain Coconut hehe. It built in a strong steel case. It is super heavy. I would use it for a gig, in the studio, anywhere. It is very dependable.

Foxrox Customer Support is very good. Dave Fox responded to all my emails, and gave me good advice. He's a fellow lefty like me. I don't see why I would ever need it repaired, but if I did I'm sure he'd do it and make it good as new.

I really like this pedal. I play blues and rock 'n roll, and this pedal suits my tastes fine. I have been playing for 8 years. If it were stolen or lost, I would buy another one if I couldn't get mine back. I love the versatility of the pedal. My favorite feature is the fuzz on it. I chose this pedal because Kenny Wayne Shepherd now uses one, and he's the closest player to Stevie Ray Vaughan I've heard today. I think this will make really nice recordings. It's not only a great pedal, but a great investment.

Took me awile to get the perfect tone. I found the manual to be very helpful which is rare.

I have had the cc2 now for a little over a year and have just now decided to post a review. This product along with anything from analogman.com is the best you can get. if you are new to these 3 pedals it will take awhile to learn how to use them tastefully. best thing is to listen to hendrix, trower and srv. once you get a feel for this pedal you will love it.

again, this is so rare these days. it seems that everything that is mass prouduced these days is crap, so when i'm shopping for effects analogman.com is the only place i go.

the best

if you are new to these pedals...like i was....give it time and practice
using this thing. tweak, tweak, tweak and tweak some more. listen to the people who made these pedals famous. the cc2 is made for professionals, and in the right hands it is amazing.

Not hard to get a good sound from it.
somewhat tricky to master it, especially the octave
it has some of the limitations of the original circuits upon which it is based
Not a toy, a mook could go to hell real quick with this thing
the manual is quite detailed & helpful however

62' ri strat w/fralins>rmc3>octave>fuzz>KOT>keely comp> provibe>swampthang>memoryman>SHO>fender reverb tank> '66 bassman>tonemaster 2x12 w/weber californias
for what it is( fuzz, octave, univibe) the cc2 is not noisy at all.
the octave can deliver that authentic "one rainy wish" tone perfectly
but you really have to back off the tone knob to get there
it can also take you beyond the realm of chaos
octave is not something i use a lot of
FUZZ-
i have the germanium card.
even with the fuzz dimed, notes still cut through (cut is an understatement here- how about seared onto your brainpan)
the weather does affect this card
but this can be compensated for with the grit knob
I had the silicon card but found it obscured the subtlties in my style
great for power chord type stuff though, also it is weather-proof.
i use the fuzz for leads- at this it slays bitterly, utterly & with contempt
fuzzy riffs are not my style
Provibe-
Watery, 3D, best i ever heard
someone compared the cc2 unfavorably to the voodoovibe
I did not find that to be the case at all
The cc2 will really shine in the studio
that is not something commonly said about stompboxes
it is THE actual sound as opposed to a knock off

overbuilt quality, handmade, 2 years-no problems yet
super heavy duty box, top quality jacks & switches
backup? yeah right

dave fox is a good egg
-at least by me

here's the deal on this thing: if your seriously into these effects (fuzzface, octavia, univibe) buy it. you will not find better clones.
this thing is super responsive & alive
a lot of thought & consideration went into this unit
the design & craftsmanship are beyond compare
when you consider this, the price is actually cheap
i've played electric guitars going on 20 years now
as far as these things go-
the CC2 is the grail

so now you know

This bad boy comes with a manual w/ some tips on how to use it. Took me couple days to get the sounds I wanted. Octave has 2 controls, Fuzz has 3, and Provibe (Univibe) has 3. The octace is tricky, Love the Fuzz, but the Provibe is where all the fun is at. Volume on guitar has to be on 10 when using the Fuzz to get a good lead sound. And unless you already know how to deal w/ an octave, you gotta tweak the bastard a couple times. I only use it for leads.

My setup is: Strat>CC2>Analogman SD/808>Vox847wah>Super Reverb.
The thing used to be noisy w/ my SD/808 on and this Marshall transistor amp I used at church. Had to move things around and still the same. Tried it at home w/ my Super and it would be quiet as a mime. I've come to the conclusion that this works better w/ tube amps. Fuzz was not dependable w/ transistor amp. One day it was thin, then the next it would be too much fuzz. Only the Provibe was useable at church. At a friend's house I tried it with a 66 Twin Reverb and a Fender Blues Deluxe tube amp, w/ the Twin, I got a great Santana tone w/the fuzz along w/ the obvious Buddy Guy, Jimi, SRV, Gilmour,Trower sound. But also Beautiful late Clapton-esque chorus like Woman tone w/ the Provibe. On the Blues Deluxe, it had a nice bright sound w/ all 3 effects and a different array of sounds (amp is fairly bright as a damn rainbow). But nevertheless, Gotta have a great tube amp w/ this to sound good when playing live.

Can you depend on it? H-E-L-L Y-E-A-H! And I would not gig w/o a backup unless I had a great amp and guitar.

Here's where it shines. My girlfriend bought it for me on Ebay used and I used it for about 6 months. I left it at church after band practice one day and it didn't work. Pissed, I asked Analogman what to do, he told me to email Dave. I sent it to him and he said the adaptor had blown up cause someone at church tried to plug it into one of those pedal power things. So he gave me another one and also fixed whatever had also blown up inside the Provibe section of the CC2, Free of Charge. Yep, Free of Charge, he even paid for shipping!! Dave Fox and Analogman (Mike Peira) are the best at customer support as they rely care about their customers. They don't see us as their clients, but as brothers in pursiut of T-O-N-E!

I've been playing BLUES, R&B, classic rock, reggae, for about 5yrs. and this thing is a perfect match. I would buy another if it were stolen. I love everything about it and the only gripe I have w/ the CC2 is that it requires a certain type of AC adaptor to run it. This thing is built tough as hell as KWS uses it on the road. This thing is built so tough, I use it to prop up my bed as my 170+ lbs. lay on it. And play it the next day! Just kiddin! I ain't 170.

This pedal can be tough to get good sounds out of on the first try...it has a learning curve and you need to figure out settings that work best for your style of playing....the manual is very informative and helpful but the best way is to just spend time playing and fiddling knobs and trying out amps and guitars...i like the feature that allows you to change the order of the effects but i leave it as stock ( i think its fuzzfoot, ocatavia and provibe)...once you get the sound you want this thing rocks and theres nothing else like it...

I am mostly a strat guy (probably most are who like Jimi and have this pedal) and i run various smith strats, an old hondo strat that sounds like a piano (cheap, but weird/ good pickups!), a custom hollow strat, and an acoustic with a bartolini soundhole pickup....occassionally i use an old les paul studio...for amps i run through a princeton 65, fender concert, ampeg vt22 or when i really want to turn knobs i go through my seymour duncan convertible....i occassionally use my pod through a power amp (bloody loud) and set the reverb real high on the clean setting (it sounds crazy) or use the pod chorus with the provibe (Wow)...

This pedal is damn quiet...and you can get pitch shift vibrato (subtle) with the envelope controlled thing this pedal has but overall the best feature (what i got it for) is the envelope controlled speed chorus...with hard pick attack you get quick shifts/ modulations in the chorus effect and then it slows down with you in terms of intensity of string vibration and so forth....COOL....a tremolo that responds to you.....i've always wondered why no one thought of this before....and if Dave Fox would have included a switch to reverse the taper or response of the envelope, it would be even cooler...How about it Dave??

All the effects are top notch....but the fuzzfoot isn't really to my liking and i don't remember which fuzz card came with my unit and i'm too lazy to change it....i have enough good sounding fuzzes....(P.E. experience- nuff said!!)

the octave is cool but very reminescent of a ring modulator and it has those overtones sometimes which makes t distinctive but this effect takes some getting used to...
the pedal is very responsive to dynamics and changes nicely with volume and tone knob variations...

This thing is a tank without wheels....never had a problem..
if it had wheels it would probably hurt someone because it is fairly large and nicely weighted....
i think it could kill small animals if you rolled it toward them and they didn't see it coming....
go captain go!

Haven't had to deal with the company ....ordered through musictoyz....i hate to buy expensive pedals (especially ones like fulltone, klon, tonebone, teese) but this thing is so damn unique its worth it in my opinion for the envelope controlled chorus/ vibe...

i play mostly alternative rock but i occasionally have a jimi moment and try to weave that stuff in there....mostly vocal oriented not really crazy complex stuff....but i can play it.....

this pedal and other weird/ bizarre ones like it help you approach things differently and get new ideas....play it with a delay (analog) and hear how many different textures are going on...

i've been playing intensely for about 5 or 6 years and have a lot of weird pedals and play tube amps and digital as well....
I would probably buy it again if it was stolen but i would probably try to make my own first...

there's nothing else that compares to the three effects this pedal provides...the fuzzfoot is very distinctive (not trashy, but very focused and a little strident but really cuts through)...the octave reminds me of a confused ring mod that does octave as a second job....and the provibe with the ecs is amazing...it is a novelty type of effect that you won't use that much but its worth it for that one thing you will do....it also has a jack for an expression pedal to control provibe speed and i've been too lazy to get this, but i want to....

in short dave fox is a great person for making this pedal, if he had squeezed an analog delay with the ecs feature as well i would probably have bought it as well (hint) and it would probably weigh like 20 pounds...so what...this guy knows his stuff...

At first glance the CC2 looks like a simple plug and play, a few knobs and footswitches, 3 separate effects internally chained (with the option of in/outs for each FX to patch as you please. Very nice option!).

But you may want to bring a cold beer with you once you plug in and start trying to find your sweet spots. Not saying things are difficult, just that I found the controls to be very active...(as in, barely turning the center control on the ProVibe will yield massively different sonic tones). That said, READ DAVE FOX's MANUAL!!!!!!!!! Most stombox manuals you barely need to crack and get to do what you need. Not the CC2. Dave Fox's manual is VERY insightful and chocked full of tonal goodness and once you read the CC2 manual you will be able to let the Tone Captain out of the bottle! The CC2 Manual will get you started in the right direction pretty quickly (especially the FuzFoot and Octavia)

First off, the CC2 was designed to work best with TUBE AMPS! The FuzzFoot and Octave really sing when pushing your amps front end. Nothing snobbish about this, it's just how the pedal will shine best.

True bypass. I A/B'ed with straight guitar to amp and with CC2 chained in. True bypass. All effects should be like this.

Many other reviewers have stated very well about what each effect does so I won't bore you with that.

I bought this unit mainly for the Provibe. I have always been a univibe freak since hearing Trower's "Bridge of Sighs". I wanted to match that slightly off-center warble. I checked out the MP3 demos at the FoxRox website and was impressed. Then I found out KWS dumped his Univibe for the CC2. So thanks to that plus all of the reviewers here I took the plunge.

Once I found "my" sweet spot (width around 1:00 and center at 11:00) I hit that classic Univibe sweep tone. I'm still playing with where to put the Provibe in my chain. Fox recommends after any distortion boxes (I definitely agree) into amp frontend. So far though, I'm liking my Provibe in my amps FX loop. Provibe with Fuzzfoot on at high guitar volume does have slight phase swoosh. But the Provibe is very transparent! What I mean is that it does not sound processed and that in-of-itself was worth it.

The Octave effect...if you have never played thru one, set your guitar (preferably single coil) to the neck pick-up and turn you guitar volume to about 80%.

If you have played thru an Octave effect, THIS THE MOST MUSICAL SOUNDING OCTAVIA I HAVE EVER TRIED! AWESOME!

As things go (and we have all had it happen) what we buy a piece of gear for is not always what blows us away. This is what happened to me with the CC2 and IT IS WHY I AM WRITING. I did not plan on you using the Fuzzfoot except for a quick tone change every now and then. Some coloring. Was my life changed. I followed Dave Fox's lead in setting the Fuzzfoot for cleaning up when I roll my guitars volume down. THE FUZZFOOT ROCKED MY WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! With my Strats volume around2-3.5 and in number 5 pick-up switch. I was hitting SRV tones left and right. he kind of tone where at first you are like "Is that a clean tone" but as you play there is a slight break-up like your is getting pushed. Good song example is Journey's "Lights" or SRV's "things I used to do" or "texas flood". Then you roll your volume up and sweet, rich, violin type distortion. Like I said, I feel like I saw the light. Absolutely heavenly tones! My fav setting is Grit around 8:00 and Fuzz almost completely turned down. The Fuzzfoot alone is worth the units price.

My main Axe is Fender Strat Ultra Plus with Lace Sensors through an ever-evolving pedal line-up with a Peavy Classic 50/2-12 (all tube pre-amp and power amp section)

Dave Fox of FoxRox says the CC2 is voiced mainly for single coil guitars but I plugged my '99 Gibson Les Paul Standard into it and was still rolling on the Tone Highway. Matter of fact, this could be a fun toy for all of us earlier Billy Gibbons freaks.

Hope this gives you a good fell of what you'll get!

Dave Fox goes out of his to use only the best in his units. He his an active musician who knows what gigs are like and designs his boxes to withstand. It is obvious he takes GREAT pride in all of his products. Gig with out a back-up...hell I'm half-tempted to toss the rest of pedals. Except for my DOD 690 Chorus (old late 70's tank) all my toher pedals look and feel fragile compared to the CC2. Only complaint..this unit requires a good wall wart. You would hope that a unit of this price and construction would not curse you with the horrors of wall warts

Personally, I have had no problem, but Dave Fox makes himself very contactable via e-mail for complaints, repair or compliments. Like I said earlier, this man takes pride in his products!

The CC2 was my dream pedal made true. Yes, it is a pricey botique pedal nad YOU DO GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR! The Provibes only competitors are the original Univibe (who want s to take that on stage) Deja Vibe, Sweet Sound and Mayers unit. But you also get the most musical sounding Octavia and flexible great sounding Fuzz I ahve ever heard for the same price as any one of those pedals. Do the Math. The CC2 is a great buy!

I have been playing for 25 years. Started out with Ozzy, Black Sabbath Kiss and then got the ZZ Top, Rush and Yes bug (weird mix, I know). But after hearing EJ, SRV and ARC Angels I was forever converted. Now I still play covers along with originals, but I always infuse my style into the song and not try to be the guitarist on the song. Gotta be me

I don't really know what to add that has not been said already about this effect I will give you my own impressions of it and hopefully hep someone out. I am a recreational player and we get together once or twice a week to practice, so with that in mind here we go...I found this pedal (really a 3 in 1 ) very easy to get a nice sound out of. Although I was glad it came with a manual for the different uses and suggested settings and the like. I am going to knock off 1 point here, and not give it a 10, for the simple fact that it is not dumb easy, but does require some investigation and thought to really getting it working properly

I am using a single ended amp from Siegmund Guitars, A Midnight Special, a Tokai Stratocaster copy, and a Tokai LS85Q. This pedal is not noisy at all and all the effects are briliant. I have heard others having a difficult time getting good sounds out of the Octavia, and Initially I was one of them, until I spent about an hour or two fine tuning things, (playing style, settings, etc) until I heard some good sounds, and when I did, my eyes literally bugged out of my head in disbelief. I could not believe it was me playing. This pedal is phenominal to say the least. I like The Who, Hendrix, et all, and I had always wondered what people had meant by getting a particular sound out of their set ups, until it happened to me using this pedal. I was making sounds I had only previously heard on recordings. I was amazed.

I have only been using the pedal about a month now and in only five or six practice sessions playing with others. It has held up well, and I am very happy with it. we had our second live gig ever ( don't laugh) and I did something I would not normally have done, and brought it with me to use live after only having used it a few times, and it held up well. my only problem was with the power supply that had to be plugged in, this was a bit of a bother, but we got on well the whole night. I used it without a backup, not that I had much choice, and it held up well.

I have asked many questions of Analog Man (Mike Pierra) and he answers quite fast and I am impressed by this, as I imagine he gets a hefty amount of your garden Variety emails everyday, and he takes the tme to answer them. I am convinced, I would be well taken care of despite the circumstance.

We play your basic garage rock and most things from the 60's?70's meat and potatoes rock and roll. I have been playing since I was 16, off and on and by no means would consider myself a gigging musician. I am a 30 something year old guy with a day job and a penchant for reliving my youthful days by getting together with a few friends and doing something we enjoy, that is playing music. I feel very fortunate to be able to have the means to purchase something so nice, and admittedly, feel spoiled now by having such a great pedal. I am now limiting myself to purchasing my effects from Analog Man because I have been through the Gammut on buying and selling things, and this is the real deal for me. I love it and will pass this one on to my children, if they wanted it. I think it is a bit pricey initially, but in the long run, I believe it will end up saving you in because it is built well and sounds gorgeous and you can really get a variety of sounds out of it. I don't know if I can mention other products in here, but I will. I also bought a Jekyll & Hyde OD at the same time, and it is but a mere shadow compared to the CC2. I really don't understand what all the hype is surrounding the Jekyll & Hyde. I chose the CC2 based on an interview, with the Tone Quest magazine and am happy I did. As I wrote in a letter to Mike at Analog Man, I haven't had a smile this big on my face since my "lucky" prom night. I stand by that comment every time I plug in and warm up now.

I have an anecdote which I would like to share with those who peruse these reviews, but first ... This is the CC2 which purported to be the quintessential 'Jimi' pedal. It is a very straightforward pedal (especially for those who know what to expect from these effect types)in terms of useability. 3 effects in one, which can be physically reordered because there are discrete Input/Output patches behind each of them. A detailed manual with all sorts of setting suggestions to get you started. There are features on the Provibe which require explanation to the virginal user but the other two can be exercised easily via garden variety knob twisting.

My rig is very basic, an old Marshall JCM 800 4104 50w combo loaded with NOS tubes and greenbacks in the speaker department. A 52' reissue Tele, an original 78' Tele and a 54' reissue strat w/ Kinman Woodstock pups in it. All three effects are extremely clean and definable.

The PROVIBE : (a souped up Univibe clone) is lush and vibrant when you set it that way, or can be very subtle if that's your agenda. I can get outrageous chorusing and vibrato effects from it or simply adjust the dials to allow for more tonal transparency.

The FUZZFOOT : I've got the hybrid card (a germanium transistor coupled with a silicon based transistor in the circuit) which can be adjusted internally, which is a no brainer because the little trimmer mounted on the fuzz card is set completely clockwise, so you can trim it back and experiment from there with ease. Mostly, the fuzz's huge low end tone (when your guitar's volume is on full) can be made leaner which is probably a more suitable idea for Humbucker equipped guitars. A very tight and responsive fuzz which in my opinion is a perfected issue of the original Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face.

And on to the OCTAVE : which is very deceptively the simplest of the 3 to use. 2 knobs, very organic and it's abilities absolutely live up to it's promise. Very cool octave up with fuzz where I personally find great and different character when used in all pickup positions. You can (which I prefer) turn the fuzz all the way down and get even more interesting ring modulator type effects when playing with your guitar's volume control as well.

This is where the story should be told. The CC2 that I have been reviewing is actually my second (and final I might add) CC2 pedal. The first, I bought used through a dealer (shipped via internet purchase)and since I'm from Canada, payed $500.00 Canadian for it. When I received it, to look at it, the thing was great. And now to hear it, it would echo any bad review I've read on this site. The Provibe was intermittent and when it was functioning there wasn't much effect happening. The Fuzzfoot sounded pretty fine and operated normally. The Octave was very ratty sounding in the fuzz category and a disapointment. Now since I've literally owned every hyped pedal in every variety, brand (and I'm a huge fan of pedal effects),vintage and otherwise, this was not what I had expected. I am an experienced Audio Technician and hoped to locate the problem and repair it myself.

Well the problem had been more elusive that I hoped, so instead of simply gutting it and changing any part of the original circuitry to get it working I attempted what I thought would be a long shot. Now with respect to human error (because these things do happen), the CC2 is at the absolute top of buildership, craftsmanship and technology. And yes, gigging without a backup is what I have been doing for months.

I thought it would be appropriate to finish the story in this section. So I actually tried to contact Dave Fox himself as a last ditch effort. Well, he not only responded, he offered his help for nothing. He mentioned that my era CC2 had coincided with a period where one of his techs had been crimping the wiring in the wire harness improperly, so by the time he had caught the problem, a number of CC2s had slipped out and eventually were sold to unsuspecting buyers. So he shipped me a bunch pre-crimped wires, spare knobs and assorted knick-knacks out to me for free. I replaced the Provibe related wiring crimps but the problem was still deeper.

Well I emailed Dave again and explained the situation, thanked him for being communicative, friendly and gracious with his help and time and basically thought the book had been closed on the issue for the time being. Dave responded to this and informed me to send my problematic CC2 back to him, and he would not only ship me a brand new one, but would test it himself before sending it. Also he offered me my choice of extra fuzz card, expression pedal, or Wah retrofit for my troubles! Needless to say I received my new CC2 and this thing is nothing short of amazing.

Corresponding with Dave through my technical ordeal was a pleasure, and there are few people out there of his kind in his chosen profession. My story is proof that he believes in his products and will stand behind them 100% Overall, in my opinion this unit is simply the best of it's kind.

And in terms of value, tally up a spending spree on an original Univibe, Fuzz Face, Octavia or the many boutique clones out there and you will be spending astronomical amounts for no reason when you can get all three for 6 bills.

As a guitarist for the last 16 years who plays professionally has been on the road, recorded in major studios, and built a studio of my own), I love this pedal. Clearly if you've heard about the CC2 somewhere and expect magic, you won't get it; however if you are interested in great fuzz, octave and rotating leslie type effects, or Jimi Hendrix's tone period, THIS IS FOR YOU.

These effects arent for the POD/Boss generation (even though thats me!) I dont see any of them as the kind of thing you can buy and plug into your crate/peavey/cheap fender, etc.... and get a great tone out of. I guess you could to a certain degree with the ProVibe but through a cheap amp its gonna sound flat.

These are tone tools for real guitar players. Even so it can take a while to really find the playing style and settings that yeild the best results for each of these effects. Especially the Octave and fuzz. Thier 2 effects that sound very different when you change settings, playing technique, and amp/guitar. Thats nothing unique to the CCII. Its inherent in the effects.

The default effect order is the way I would want it.

Hmmm... This will probably be long. Ill go by catagories.

Equipment - I will make one note here about my equipment. I use alot of different gear but Im probably at odds with most people here because my setup, for the most part, is with humbucking guitars and often with alot of gain. I do use strats but not nearly as much as LP's and LP type guitars. I do like vintage overdrive (and own those types of amps) but I also use gain boosting OD pedals & high gain amps alot.

Construction - These are inherently noisy effects but Im impressed by the lack of noise. Its no more noisey then your average single boss distortion pedal only it is true bypass.

Octave - Octavia is my favorite effect. I seem to be strange since most people find this thier least favorite or just outright dont like it. The octave effect is the most style dependant of all 3 effects. like most pitch shifting effects, it likes the neck pickup, it likes single notes and it likes certain "sweet" spots on the neck. 12th fret and higher seem to bring out the most of the effect. The added upper octave looses clarity the more gain you add. Your mileage may vary when you play intervals, double-stops and chords. Its a unique sound when you do, Ill say that. Has its moments. Its the nature of these types of effects. One reason I think many dont like Octavia is they dont know how to use it right. Putting an octavia effect in front of a clean amp or bright amp like a fender is gonna sound harsh and awefull. Unless thats what your going for. Every great octavia sound on record has come from putting an octavia before an overdriven tube amp. It just fits. It tames the harshness and the peaks of the effect and smooths it out to a really nice singing tone. Fox even says that in the manual for people unfamiliar with octavia. Ive heard the CCII octave get criticized here. Everyone has a right to thier opinion, however, I feel the criticism may come from people who dont really know what an octavia should sound like. People get ideas in thier head of how something is supposed to sound from listening and dont realize just how different it does sound while playing it. The one in the CCII seems a little grittier then others Ive played but Im convinced its the closest to the actuall original Hendrix octavio. The Roger Mayer RI and the Fulltone Ultimate Octave are definitly nice pedals but it seems thier more about being user freindly. Its easier to plug them in and get a pleasing sound. If thats for you then so be it, thier great pedals and Ive owned them both, but I really feel the CCII Octave has them both beat in the tone department. At least the originality and earthiness. There was something about the Roger Mayer one that rubbed me the wrong way.
Putting the Octave before an OD or distortion pedal or before a high gain amp will yeild a great sound too. I do that alot. For example in the song Crystal Planet, it sounds like Satriani has his Ultimate octave before his DS-1 in some parts. It definitly sounds cool that way as well. I get that kind of sound using my CCI octave in front of my SLO-100. I like it. I like this effect in the CCII very much.

Fuzz - This is the effect I use the least. Most people find this thier favorite effect and the FuzzFoot is a highly regarded fuzz. Its probably because I use mostly humbucking guitars that I dont use it as much. Fuzz sounds best with strats. Thats OK. I do use it for interesting sounds like an in-agodda-davita kinda crazy sound. I can get a great and accurate Eric Johnson tone using the fuzzfoot into my Plexi. With my strat its just awesome. With a setup Strat=Fuzzfoot=Plexi you can really get the Hendrix Vibe. Or just the late 60's rock sound in general. Theres far to many fuzz's back then and now, it seems, to nail all fuzz sounds. But the hybrid fuzz card does a good job of it missing only the most extreme fuzz sounds one way or the other. I like the idea of the Fuzz card although Im not into fuzz enouph to buy more then 1

I cant really say yet. Ive owned 2 CCII's. My first I bought new and had to sell about a year later. I really hurt myself doing that. I never had any problems of any sort with that one. When I could I bought this second one used. Its the same in most ways and was like new however the Vibe kind of fades out in intensity after a few seconds when the speed is set to the very lowest settings. Ive been talking to Dave about this and he's been very descriptive and polite. Although Im not thrilled about it I know I could send it in and have it taken care of without any hassle. When I decide to add it to my live rigg or before Im in the studio next I will definitly send it in. It is extremely well built though. And heavy if that means anything to you.

As I said Ive been talking alot with Dave about my little problem and am very confident. He answers emails promptly and is descriptive and offers info beyond what you ask for at times. Ill give a 10 because thats all you can ask for.

This effect is for real players and I like it very much. I do also own a Fulltone Ultimate Octave and a SS UltraVibe. Thier great effects in thier own right but I do prefer their counterparts in the CCII for most things. If I had to choose Id take the CCII over both the other effects.

My opinions as to how close these effects sound to the originals comes only from studio experience and studying recordings with those effects. Ive never owned or played an original of any of these effects accept UniVibe. I had a chance to record a track with an early one a few years back. Ive done alot of studio work and have alot of engineering experience. Combine that with being a real player (not just hobbiest) I have alot of experience with how things sound while playing compared to how they come out souding on record. Thats not totally conclusive though but despite that fact I think I can say very confidently your getting very accurate and great sounding effects in this package. Its definitly a great value.

Being picky, it took an hour or so to really get it dialed in for my tastes. Even today, I still tweak the knobs constantly. The manual was quite helpful; it gives you some good starting points. The ability to patch the effects in different orders is a real plus (just like 3 individual pedals).

The sound quality is excellent! My set up is: Gibson (LP or 335)- Analog Man Squeezer- Teese Wah- CC2- Boogie IV (or Engl Speeedster)- Cele. Greenbacks. This unit is not noisy at all. The manual states that the CC2 likes to see Strats & single coils but I think it sounds great thru my setup. Being a Gibson guy, I haven't really tried to nail the "Hendrix' or "Trower" sounds even though I play in a cover band. It's hard for me to compare this with a lot of other effects; I like it and that's all I really care about.

I've gigged a few times w/ it and have had no problems.

Bot thru Analog Man (the whip!). Not dealt w/ Dave Fox but he has a very good reputation.

I play cover material but don't really try to "copy" the original artists' sounds. I've been playing over 20 yrs and buy products that I like; regardless of fads. I really like the wide range of usable tones you can get; Hendrix lovers could better opine about nailing "his" tone. I would definitely buy this again and would highly recommend it!! I give this a "9" because it is not inexpensive.

I found very litte trouble in dailing in a great sound. The manual was more than I ever expected;professional,to the point,and very imformative.

If you are are in to jimi,SRV,Kenny wayne,Corey Stevens,etc... Get ready to rob their sound when you plug this pedal in.The Vibe is as good if not better than any $350 DEJA VIBE I've heard. I'm not knocking the Deja Vibe at all, but thats allmost what I spent on the whole Captian Coconut pedal!! Not to metion the Fuzz...Their again, way off the charts! I had the $50 germainium kit installed for that vintage sound. I am very pleased with the tone change I get just from the volume on the guitar. From clean to mean. And There is the Octave, I don't use it a whole bunch, but when you do the sound is truely outstanding. As far as I'm concerend nothing so far has nailed the tone I was trying to acheive until I got this Pedal. This thing breaths all kinds of life into your old gear. And for the price you can't go wrong! I would easily pay $600 for this unit to replace it. My friend has the same effects setup except from Fulltone and he was blown away by the sound quality I have for about $300 less. This is One amazing sounding pedal! I don't have money to throw away on junk imitations and I was a little skeptical at first about paying $450 on a multi-effects pedal, But one listen is all it took to convince me. When playing along with CD's, I have a hard time distinquishing my sound from the oringinal. Also very quiet even with single coils.This pedal is also capable of allowing you to create your own sound, which is why it will probably never leave my pedalboard.

so far so good.I've only had it about month.

I've currently have been playing about 8 years, and for the most part play blues and some early rock.I need to keep the volume down where I live so I use a 65' Deluxe RI with Smicz 1 Watt tubes instead of stock 6v6. I run a 1960 Closet Classic Strat through a Vox wah,Captian Coconut,and a Fulltone Fulldrive 2. With this set up I can get pretty much any sound I want in the blues,rock, catagory. The only complaints I have is that my fingers hurt and I'm going through alot of strings. I can barely stay off this thing long enough to write this review.

easy to figure out.. manuel is informative, and i actually read it...

i am using Fender Custom Shop Ri '52 Tele, Paul Reed Smith Custom 22, and Fender Strat Am Std(all guitars are LEFTY) into >>TU-2>>overdrive(bd-2 or ts808)>> DD3(delay) >>TR-2(tremolo)>>CC2>>Whammy 1>>Vox Clyde Mccoy RI>> 2001 Reissue Marshall Super Lead 100WATT. I personally was not that impressed with the CC2.. the Provibe, while defintely better than dunlops' uni-vibe(which is a piece of shit), wasn't all that intense of a sound. it was smooth though, but it wasnt present enough.. The Fuzz was the defintely the shit though. i got mine with NOS NKT-275 fuzz card and it sounded right on... total hendrix fuzz, and excellent clean up with guitar volume as promised.. octavia part was alright, but not as good as roger mayer's octavia, i mean roger invented the damn thing..I bought the whole pedal really for the Provibe, and a couple days after i bought it i took it down to show my effect tech, who happened to have one of the first Rack Mounted provibes.. when i got there, we decided to hook it up to the roger mayer voodoo vibe, and at that time i had never heard the voodoo vibe.. we used one of the 2002 reissue Marshall Super Leads they had, and i first clicked on the CC2, stummed some chords and said alright, turned it off, and then clicked on the voodoo vibe... the first words out of my mouth were, "you wanna trade..?" it sounded different, but better.. cleaner, louder, more of "i'm grabbing your note in a headlock and spinning it around.." as opposed to just twirling 'around' your note.. the roger mayer is also more quiet.. i'm not saying the voodoo vibe is better, but i liked it more.. according to my tech though, the provibe in the cc2, he thought, didnt sound nearly as good as his rack mounted provibe.. thats to be expected though when your making 5 times more units than you were. if you were to never hear the roger mayer voodoo vibe, and all you knew of was say the deja vibe, ultra vibe, and the provibe, than you would think the provibe was the holy grail.. i'm giving a 7 because the provibe seemed a little week, while the fuzz is the shit, and the octave could have been better..

this thing is defintely reliable.. it was by far the best built pedal i have ever used... the case heavy, and what impressed me the most was the nice inputs.. the man takes pride in building his units, thats obvious.. i mean actually felt kind of bad for not liking the cc2 as much as i thought i would..

this is where its really at.. i bought it through Analog Man, and he was the shit. i'd email him, he'd email me back same day, sometimes in a matter of minutes... after trying the cc2 for a week, i decided it wasnt for me and sent it back.. i emailed him late at night and told him i wanted to UPS overnight it back to him the next day. theni went to his website and after searching for awhile, a found a section saying they wouldnt except refunds after having the pedal for two or more days.. i was like great, i'm about to get the shaft out of $460, expecting for him to tell me it was too late to send back.. he emailed me back, and told me go ahead and send it.. I was like hell yeah.. by him doing that for me, it guranteed that i would make another purchase from him.. he makes bad ass pedals and mods, defintely the best of the best!! i just happened to be one of the few people, at least from what i've read, who did not like the provibe in the cc2..

my style of music is pretty diverse.. my band is kinda like Hendrix meets Red Hot Chile Peppers meets Tool/RATM... we'll kick a 12 bar blues, then the next song might be all out ruthless.. like i said, i returned the pedal.. immediately after recieving my money back, i went and bought the Roger Mayer Voodoo Vibe. I liked it that much!! I would tell anyone who's thinking of getting a CC2 that it is a very good pedal, but for me i think individual pedals are the way to go.. not to mention, i would tell them to try a voodoo vibe first.. they may not like it as much, and may even prefer the Provibe, but at least they checked out the competition.. by the way i actually thought the Deja Vibe and Provibe sounded very very much a like.. i didnt hook them up together so i cant give specific differences, but they were very close to one another.. all in all, i would get the Analog Mans Sun Face, a Roger Mayer voodoo vibe, and Roger mayer octavia, while its defintely way more expensive to buy all three of these pedals individually rather than just buying one pedal(cc2), i think it would sound better. at least to my taste.. every musician has their own preference though, so while i didnt like it, you may think it is the shit...