Voodoo Lab Proctavia

You have to give this device some time, what you put into it is what you get out of it, for what thats worth..here goes: to get a good sound out of the Proctavia you need to do a couple of things: 1. use the neck pickup(preferably with a single coil). Turn the gain knob on the Proctavia to almost off(about 7 o'clock). Raise the Volume level knob of the proctavia to match your guitars clean signal. Based on your pick attack as well as playing above the 7th fret will yield the best results from this pedal. If you want the proctavias gain all the way up to hear maximum fuzz, put it in front of another fuzz(it will make the zvex fuzz factory arppegiate) or overdrive pedal. Otherwise, everyone will hate your immitation of an electronic Icepick :) Long live Jimmy!

I use a fender strat with custom 50's into the PROCTAVIA and then to a modded Vox wah into a Zvex Fuzz Factory to my Mesa Tremo. while I don't feel this pedal really comps a true Hendrix thing(Fulltone's octifuzz is the bomb!) It is a very useful tool to keep other fuzz/overdrive pedals in your rig still exciting. Its definitely an auxilliary pedal for my taste, voodoo labs is a quality company making cool pedals for poor musicians who are addicted to boutique toys!

Totally dependable piece of equipment, works great when you need to chuck something at the freakin' drummer and his darn cymbals!

I was impressed with the actual ability to correspond with Voodoo Labs. They answered my email in 48 hrs. Even with my dumb questions for modding the treble range of my proctavia!

My music writing wasn't really enhanced by owning this pedal, but it was worth every penny to piss off the drummer, as well as make the neighbors dog howl!

I wanted to get the octave sound I heard on Purple Haze and some of SRV's live voodoo Chile performances, and this pedal gives you that is mostly the SRV sound. This pedal was supposed to be a tybrocaye replica and it sounds like it does that, however I don't think it's the best sounding octavia out there. Because it only sounds like an octavia at the 12 th fret and the neck pick up selection on a strat. It is definitely easy to use. I didn't get a manual and you really don't need one.

I use a Strat, texas specials, fender super amp 4x10 and a marshall JCM 900 retubed with custom tweaking( little warmer than a normal marshall). Itis a quiet pedal. The only thing I wish it could do is be capable of taking all the fuzz out and only here the octavia effect. I usually use this pedal in the conjuction of my TS-9 and the fuzz is just too much some time on top of my Ibanez tubescreamer. THe octave notes are not as obvious as they were in "Purple Haze". But like I said SRV octavia is definetly obtainable.

Is seems pretty strong.

Overall I really want to get rid of this pedal because I know what Octave sound I want and this isn't it for me personally. Also it sounds like crap if you don't put it above your distortion pedal in your chain.

The Proctavia is very easy to use. It did take me a little time to hear the tones this pedal is capable of. The manual doesn't offer much information about the pedal but that is a relatively small issue. Not to be petty, but couldn't they pick a better name?

With the Proctavia and my existing gear (Fender Roadhouse Strat & Groove Tubes Soul-o 75) I can awaken the Jimi in me. The tone can range from "mellow thick notes" to "over-the-top scream". This pedal sounds far less synthetic than other octavia effects I have tried. It has that organic wild vibe thang happenin' man.
When you don't feel like wiggin' out, the True Bypass will keep this dude silent. I have found that using a fuzzbox after the Proctavia fattens it up and accentuates the octave effect.
This pedal, like all octavia effects, only sounds musical with single note lines, it gets too weird with chords. The octave up tone is most pronounced when playing the higher strings between the 5th and 15th frets and using the neck pickup.

I have had no problems whatsoever with my other Voodoo Lab pedal, the Bosstone. So I have no reason to doubt this one.

Josh Fiden is really helpful. He is very willing to exchange e-mail regarding his products. I feel that his company would fully support their product if I ever needed it.

I paid very little and got a whole lot in return, great bang for the buck. If I needed to replace it I wouldn't hesitate to get the same one. For the price, nothing even comes close!

A very easy unit to operate, two nobs volume and boots, the manual descrives other effects made by Digital Music Corp.

I have a Roger Myer's Octavia, and the Proctavia sounds exactly the same with less noise.

A well built effect, metal case.

These are very easy to figure out, but if you have any questions, the folks at Digital Music Corp, are very friendly, and they will answer any question.

I love the graphics on the top of the effect. When I added to the effect chain, it worked better than the Roger Myers Octabia(I'm retiring the octabia).