Catalinbread Octapussy - User Manual

USER’S GUIDE
USER’S GUIDE
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Summary

Quick Start Guide

Controls

ATTN (Attenuate)

Control for attenuating output, best used when Gain and Body are high.

Gain

Increases gain for fuzz, harmonics, and upper-midrange boost.

Body

Increases bass response, output, and harmonic content; a negative-feedback loop.

How to Approach Setting the Knobs

Pickup Selector

Using neck vs. bridge pickup for different octave-up and lead tones.

Volume Control

Guitar's volume control acts as the pedal's 'intensity' control.

Tone Control

Using guitar's tone control for smoother, flute-y upper-octave sounds.

Stacking with Other Pedals

Power Supply

Amplifiers

Playing Technique

Pure Octave Melody

Delicate single-note passages on neck pickup for pure octave tones.

Droning Mysterious Octave Melodies

Using open strings with licks to create a subtle ring mod texture.

Full-Bore Grinding Power Chord Pwnage

Hard-hitting power chords with high Gain/Body for intense, sustained sound.

Otherwordly Arpeggios

Delicate arpeggios with low Gain/Body and low guitar volume for unique textures.

Emulating a Sitar

Droning D string while playing raga melodies on G string for sitar-like tones.

Big Sounding Horn;Cello-like Riffs

Single note riffs on wound strings for horn/cello tones.

Growling Double-Stops

Double-stops played at the 12th fret to highlight harmonic blooming effects.

Epic Soaring Lead Bends

Wailing bends on bridge pickup with high settings for expansive, blossoming tones.

Designers Notes

Catalinbread Octapussy Specifications

General

Type	Octave Fuzz
Power Supply	9V DC
Bypass	True Bypass
Input Impedance	1 MΩ
Controls	Fuzz
Power Requirements	9V DC