MXR M103 Blue Box™ Octave Fuzz

thick fuzz sounds, great when combined with other effects. The one thing this pedal has stacks of, is character, it sounds warm and it crackles and spits when trying to track notes. It tracks very well when playing about the 11th fret though. Reacts differently to different pickups. Unique and fun to play with IF you like noise. Not one for pure tone hunters.

Love it! Does everything I wanted it to do. Deep and unique octave and fuzz tone. It does not cut volume. 75% is unity volume. Beyond that, it will start driving your amp, which is cool too. Because of the low frequency bass, it does EQ your signal in a way which may not punch through a mix as easily. My fix for that is to put it in front of a phase shifter. With an MXR Phase 100 it will chew its way through a mix quite easily. To improve tracking, use your bridge pickup and turn its tone control down all the way. For further improvement, use a compressor in front of it. Keeping a consistent input level smooths out the tracking and noise. If you need perfect polyphonic octave tracking, get a HOG or a POG. This a unique sound all its own that will give you a monsterous lead tone if you treat it right.

Great delivery. Product functions as it should.

Genial para efectos "raros". Tiene un cierto aire a sonido sintetizado de ordenador antiguo que va genial para algunas canciones.

This goes from a really awesome sounding fuzz to a nintendo-esque type Octaver-fuzz sound with weird nuances. This is a pedal for an experimenter. While my description of its sounds may sound weird it is musical. I believe it's used in some White Stripe songs. You'll notice it immediately when you hear it. Doom Metal riffers (who will love its insane fuzz) to "electronica" experimenters will be pleased by this little monster. The only downside is volume. It tends to be tamer than many of my other dirt pedals. Constructionwise, it'll survive a nuclear war. This thing will last longer than you will.

The Blue Box is a weird little thing. I love it. It actually does 2 octaves down instead of going up like other octave fuzz pedals. It's mostly monophonic so don't expect to be strumming chords with this thing on unless you're into weird sounds (which I totally am so I do). If you like weird and wild sounds or you want that Jimmy Page sound then this is for you. If you're less experimental about your music then you might think this is a piece of junk.