The octave pedals of yesteryear have been thin and glitchy. You had to run them into a dimed amplifier to get the tone you wanted and even then you were fighting the thing to ride out a note. So naturally the Catalinbread signal was shone brightly in the sky and they responded.
It was sick. Still, they knew they could do better. In came V2! Added was a new Saturation control. This new feature alters the attack response allowing you to morph your pick attack into a more saturated (obviously) and elastic feel. It also adds more gain into the mix giving you those "I'm blowing up my amp," sounds that all the cool kids are into nowadays. Like the sound of that but not the octave. That's okay, we can't all be cool. If you roll back the Intensity control, you can decrease the octave effect giving you old school fuzz tones. Old heads and purists rejoice! They also altered the original circuit allowing it to sound even better going into a completely clean amp, a little more meat and less rasp. But if raspy is your thing, fear not - with the new 18v capability you can wrassle with it and get the more glitchy sounds too.
Like the original, you can bend a note and hold it without it dropping out using any pickup you wish and playing anywhere on the neck you want. The input sensitivity is the same, so you will get a variety of tones just by using your guitar's volume knob. Those dissonant double stops still turn into huge polyphonic screams, and it's still capable of the subtle "flutey" high octave tones or crazier full-on ring mod sounds - and now you can mix in more gain using the Saturation control for 60s Thuper Fuzz type stuff too.
And speaking of the Intensity control, it has been intensified too - CB gave it a wider range for even more over-the-top intensities. To add to the intensitude, they even threw in a little secret lightshow for you to trip on while you make Jimi faces in the dark - groovy man!
This sick little fuzz weapon is lightly used. Give us a call at the shop with any other questions you may have!