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In reply to the discussion: 50 yrs ago today; "Are You Experienced" is released [View all]7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)38. Introduced the Octavia pedal
It was the overtone on Jimi's playing that was an octave higher or lower.
The effect was used by Jimi Hendrix, and can be heard in guitar solos on the song "Purple Haze". Hendrix preferred to call the device the Octavio, and it is often referred to as such.
After Hendrix's death in 1970 one of the original Octavias became the basis for the redesigned "Octavia (TM)", manufactured by Tycobrahe Sound Company in Hermosa Beach, California, during the mid-1970s. A limited number of the devices were produced, and today a used one in good condition sells for over $1,000 on eBay. Stevie Ray Vaughan owned nine of these devices.
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i was just about to say the same....this is the ONLY cover i've ever seen of it.
spanone
May 2017
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