Beetronics Octahive Dual FS vs Electronic Audio Experiments Eldritch Blast V2
The Beetronics Octahive Dual FS and the Electronic Audio Experiments Eldritch Blast V2 are both pedals sharing octave, fuzzy, high gain. The Beetronics Octahive Dual FS leans bright. The Electronic Audio Experiments Eldritch Blast V2 leans aggressive. Current prices: $280 vs $180.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.48% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Experimental
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- octave
- fuzzy
- high gain
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$280via Reverb
$180via Reverb
The Beetronics OctaHive is a fuzz with an added octave above the played note, continuing the lineage that began with the Octavia Roger Mayer built for Jimi Hendrix. This Dual FS version replaces the octave toggle switch found on the standard model with a second footswitch, so the octave can be brought in and out mid-performance rather than being set before playing — a change Beetronics made only for the custom editions. The octave effect blooms most strongly on the neck pickup high up the fretboard, thinning out lower down, which is characteristic of the circuit. It suits psychedelic, blues and experimental players who want octave fuzz they can switch live.
The Electronic Audio Experiments Eldritch Blast V2 is a high-gain fuzz built around an octave/intermodulation generator producing splatty, octave-up textures alongside sinister high-gain fuzz tones, shaped by a switchable active EQ and a More control governing the octave-feed intensity. The 2021 V2 revision moved to an SMT circuit board with soft-touch bypass switching and added a Chaos toggle for gated textural effects, along with improved EQ headroom, though it runs at slightly lower gain and output than the original V1 circuit.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Classic Rock
- Blues
- Rock
- Indie Rock
- Post-Rock
- Electronic
- Metal
- bright
- aggressive