Step inside Premier Guitar’s magical, miraculous time machine and revisit the gear that stood head and shoulders above the rest as Premier Gear Award winners in 2018.
Pigtronix Octava Micro
The Octava Micro uses five controls—a fuzz-circuit pushbutton and volume, master blend, filter, and drive knobs—to cram an updated take on the analog octave-up circuit from Pigtronix’s Disnortion into a tiny housing. Even with fuzz disabled, the Octava Micro yields huge tones, but with fuzz engaged and extreme blend and drive settings, it goes from wonderfully weird ring-modulator tones into bludgeoning doom-rock/metal territory with serious amp-driving wallop.
$120 street
pigtronix.com
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