Product: Vox Octavoice I
Price Paid: USD 89.95
Submitted
09/22/2006
at
12:22am
by
Thomas Mullins
Email: gtq838 at excite<dot>com
Ease of Use
:
1
This is a super rare and hard to find vox item. It is intended for clarinet amplification... I have an orginal new in box if anybody is interested. I also have the original mic that goes with it, I wouldn't recommend using it though because, the best idea vox could come up with is drilling a hole in the clarinet and putting this mic in it. I believe this to worth approximately 800-1600USD depending on condition.
Sound Quality
:
8
It counds great for clarinet... obviously it will sound like crap for guitar.
Reliability
:
8
Seems to be reliable
Customer Support
:
1
no customer support availible for this item
Overall Rating
:
7
Not a must have for every clarinet player. But it is a must have for a vox collector.
Product: Vox Octavoice I
Price Paid: given as junk
Submitted
02/09/2004
at
02:47pm
by
Christopher Rice
Email: melodymakersixfive at yahoo<dot>com
Ease of Use
:
9
This is a "King Vox Octavoice I ampliphonic Clarinet." My boss gave it to me, she said it was junk, and she wasn't sure what it was, probably a clarinet mic. It is about the size of a Fishman preamp, has an 1/8" input and 1/4" output, and four switches; instrument, oboe, bass clarinet, and contra bass clarinet. It is basically an octaver, with instrument being straight tone, oboe an octave higher, bass cl. an octave lower, and contra bass cl. two ocataves lower. 9V Battery is accessible by unscrewing two screws.
Sound Quality
:
9
This unit doesn't sound very good, but I love the sounds for their nastiness. There is no bypass, the volume is dropped significantly, the octaves have trouble tracking, which causes jumps (not much worse than the BOSS OC-2). As with most actavers, you can only play one note at a time. I run it in the effects loop of a Professional Music Products Super Buffer Amp, which gives me bypass, as well as a gain booster to compensate for the drop in volume. When I run it through distortion/overdrive, the volume loss is not apparent. I have found it tracks best with thinner sounding pickups, and the tone is clearer also.
Reliability
:
7
It must be near 40 years old, and still works, but I've never seen another one, and I've searched the internet. I haven't had any troubles, I would trust it.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
I doubt Vox knows this exists.
Overall Rating
:
10
I do not know what the designer intended this for, but I get the impression is was made for clarinet. I got it in a leather zipper pouch, with parts of a terrible-sounding King Vox microphone. It sounds very cool with distortion, good for thickening up the sound. It was given to me as junk, but I have been enjoying it ever since.
If anyone knows anything about this unit, please e-mail me.
