The Roger Mayer Octavia is a Roger Mayer octave pedal. Close alternatives include the Roger Mayer Octavia Classic and the Tycobrahe Octavia. It pairs well with the Magnatone Super Fifteen 15W 1x12 Combo and the Fender Vibrolux 6G11.

Roger Mayer Octavia

Roger Mayer · pedal

The Roger Mayer Octavia is one of the most legendary fuzz and octave pedals in guitar history, created by British electronics engineer Roger Mayer, who designed the original for Jimi Hendrix in 1967. It combines fuzz saturation with an upper-octave doubling effect, generating a ringing overtone above the played note and blending it with fuzz for the singing, anarchic, ring-modulator-like overtones heard on Hendrix's Purple Haze solo and Crosstown Traffic. The effect tracks best on single notes, particularly on the neck pickup when picked hard, and responds strongly to playing dynamics. It remains one of the most historically significant and instantly recognizable guitar effects ever built, a specialized tool for psychedelic and classic-rock lead work.

  • fuzz
  • octave
  • octavia
  • mix
  • overtone
  • ringing
  • psychedelic
  • glitchy

Genres the Roger Mayer Octavia is commonly used in

Amps that pair well with the Roger Mayer Octavia

Magnatone Super Fifteen 15W 1x12 Combo

Magnatone

37% match
$2799via Reverb

The Magnatone's vibrato-rich, punchy voice gives the Octavia's ringing octave fuzz a classic-rock amp platform to bloom through.

Fender Vibrolux 6G11

amplifier

35% match

The Vibrolux's warm, vintage breakup gives the Octavia's ringing, psychedelic octave-fuzz character a classic Fender amp voice to bloom through.

Magnatone 510

Magnatone

tonal match

Run fuzzy into Magnatone 510 for more modulated on top

Magnatone Super Fifteen 15W Head

Magnatone

tonal match

Run fuzzy into Magnatone Super Fifteen 15W Head for more modulated on top

Laney World Series 100 SC

Laney

tonal match
$714.71via Reverb

Run fuzzy into Laney World Series 100 SC for more modulated on top

Pedals that stack with the Roger Mayer Octavia

Z.Vex Super Hard On

Zvex

42% match
$189via Reverb

The Super Hard-On's clean JFET boost pushes the Octavia's octave-fuzz circuit harder for more ringing overtone.

Xotic EP Booster

Xotic

38% match
$149via Reverb

The EP Booster's bright FET boost pushes the Octavia's ringing octave fuzz harder without burying the overtone in mud.

Cusack Music Delay TME

Cusack Music

37% match
$169.99via Reverb

Keep the TME after the Octavia — the ringing overtone stays sharp and the delay just repeats what's already glitchy and psychedelic. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Hungry Robot The Borderland

Hungry Robot

33% match
$100via Reverb

The Borderland's lush, shoegaze-voiced reverb tails give the Octavia's ringing octave overtones a wash of ambient space to decay into. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Wampler Cory Wong

Wampler

tonal match
$269.97via Reverb

Wampler Cory Wong layers clean boost onto an already fuzzy signal

Friedman Buxom Boost

Friedman

tonal match
$169via Reverb

Friedman Buxom Boost's own voicing points at a high-gain amp's front end, and Roger Mayer Octavia delivers it

Spaceman Effects Atlas IV

Spaceman

tonal match
$179via Reverb

Put Spaceman Effects Atlas IV in front and the fuzzy tone leans further toward clean boost

EarthQuaker Devices Swiss Things

EarthQuaker Devices

tonal match
$249via Reverb

Put EarthQuaker Devices Swiss Things in front and the fuzzy tone leans further toward clean boost

Alternativessee all similar tone character →

Roger Mayer Octavia Classic

Roger Mayer

74% similarity

Shared character: each_note, effect, tight_tracking

Tycobrahe Octavia

Tycobrahe

74% similarity

Shared character: neck_pickup, effect, original

Fulltone Ultimate Octave

Fulltone

74% similarity
$195via Reverb

Shared character: neck_pickup, bright, tight_tracking

EarthQuaker Devices Tentacle V2

EarthQuaker Devices

73% similarity
$109via Reverb

Shared character: each_note, tight_tracking, one_octave

Death By Audio Octave Clang v2

Death By Audio

72% similarity
$225via Reverb

Shared character: each_note, original, tight_tracking

Hungry Robot The Monastery Octave Generator

Hungry Robot

71% similarity
$140via Reverb

Shared character: each_note, tight_tracking, one_octave

Behringer Octavia Octave Fuzz

Behringer

70% similarity
$69.90via Reverb

“The Behringer Octavia Octave Fuzz is an analog pedal based on the Roger Mayer Octavia circuit, the original octave fuzz created for Jimi Hendrix”

EarthQuaker Devices Tentacle

EarthQuaker Devices

70% similarity

“Produces the upper octave fuzz-octave character associated with Roger Mayer Octavia-style circuits”

Boss OC-5

Boss

69% similarity
$150.68via Reverb

Shared character: pedal, tight_tracking, one_octave

Boss OC-2 Octave

Boss

69% similarity
$149.94via Reverb

Shared character: original, tight_tracking, one_octave

Electro-Harmonix Pico POG

Electro-Harmonix

69% similarity
$198.47via Reverb

Shared character: each_note, tight_tracking, one_octave

Zvex Jonny Octave

Zvex

69% similarity
$359via Reverb

Shared character: neck_pickup, tight_tracking, one_octave

See all alternatives to the Roger Mayer Octavia (cheaper + boutique) →

Questions people ask

What are good alternatives to the Roger Mayer Octavia?+

The closest matches in character are the Roger Mayer Octavia Classic, the Tycobrahe Octavia, the Fulltone Ultimate Octave.

What pairs well with the Roger Mayer Octavia?+

Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Magnatone Super Fifteen 15W 1x12 Combo, Fender Vibrolux 6G11, Magnatone 510 — The Magnatone's vibrato-rich, punchy voice gives the Octavia's ringing octave fuzz a classic-rock amp platform to bloom through..

Compare

Related searches