THE LONE WOLF BLUES COMPANY
HARP OCTAVE®
ABOUT
The Harp Octave is a great tool for the harp player who wants to have diverse sounds. It is a clean octave up generator in the sense that it has adds
no solid state distortion; but what it does add are octave-up overtones that manifests itself in the midrange with a rasp that brings out whatever distortion
is going on with the amp. If you've ever wanted your big amp to sound like a nasty little vintage Champ or Princeton, this is the pedal that'll do it.
The effect will really cut through the mix and reduces feedback, you will get more volume out of your amp before feedback than ever before. The Harp
Octave has a buffered input, true bypass, an Effect control and a Level control. The Effect control is basically a blend that increases or decreases the level
of the generated octave and the Level control allows you to have more control over your volume for solos and when playing into a pa. The buffered input
provides the high impedance termination necessary to get the best tone form crystal, cm and cr elements; the output is also high impedance and plugs
straight into your amp. The battery is switched off when an external power supply is used and the LED is on when the effect is in and is off when the effect
is in bypass. The IN jack serves as the on/off switch so the pedal cannot be accidentally turned on and run your battery down. Plus; unlike
guitar pedals, there is no loss of tone through the Harp Octave. The Harp Octave offers all of this and a money back guaranty if you are not satisfied for any reason.
SETTINGS
Settings are very basic; when the Effect control is fully counterclockwise only the dry signal is heard and as you turn the control clockwise
the octave will increase in level until it is at the same level as the dry signal. The Level control sets you output level which does have a small
amount of gain for increasing the your volume when desired. A 10 to 11 o'clock setting is great for a vintage amp distortion sound.
POWER
To make it all just a little easier Lone Wolf is offering a power supply for US and EURO customers to power
your Harp Octave. The ac adapter requirements are 9V DC with a minimum 200mA output and a 2.1mm x 5.5mm
connector with a negative center and the outer positive.
SOUND SAMPLES
The following samples were produced by Stephen Schneider for our forum members and he graciously offered them for use here.
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MP3FEATURES
1. Effect Control (Blend)2. Level Control
3. Absolutely no tone loss
4. 9V Battery power 5. 9vdc Power Adapter Input (barrel with negative center)
6. True Bypass
7. Effect ON/OFF LED
8. High Impedence Input
9. Reverse Polarity Protection
10. 6 Month warrantee on parts and labor
11. If not satisfied return within 30 days undamaged for a full refund of the purchase price excluding shipping
INFO SHEET
The Harp Octave® is priced at $130.00
AC Adapter is priced at $13.00
REVIEWS
STEPHEN SCHNEIDER field tested the Harp Octave and reported the following:Stuff I love:
The presence and clarity of the harp seems enhanced without inducing more feedback right away. I A/Bed with the Jayphat to be fair and at what I thought were similar levels, the Octave just comes across more clearly. Hard to explain, I think it's additional harmonic content. Great "uncup" sound with the crystal mics too, that's a new one for me. It's not hard to elicit the overtone on the "Juke" riff on the original recording and beyond that, the Octave sound at lower settings really evokes the "old amp" tone somehow, heightens whatever old-school rasp & distortion & breakup are happening, at least with the H410. The sound of a sustained four- or five-hole draw chord on a 7-limit JI harp that's in tune is UNBELIEVABLE--not that it can be used easily in a song, but for an opening or ending cadenza, it absolutely expands to fill the room. I've never heard a sound like it, especially up on a D harp. A related thing is that I think the Octave locks in very well with 7-limit JI the difference tones' octaves also come in and the sound expands some more. Really sweet and deep and in combination with the distortion factor, I really think the Octave might be right in the pocket for old-school blues harp diehards. Incidentally, I tried the hardwired Kobetone/recent Bluesblaster crap crystal thru the Octave last thing and it came out pretty tolerable, needed more meat but the Tone+ can probably add that if really necessary.
Single negative:
Too much effect and I can make it cut out/clip with hard TB attacks, especially on the low end of low-key harps. That is OK because it may only be happening when the effect is set higher than anything I would probably use. Also, I seem to be able to make many digital devices react that way (Tone+ doesn't do it tho) and it may be mic diaphragm distortion involved.
IAN COLLARD of Collard Greens and Gravy writes
I'm really impressed, it fattened up the tone and I can't believe how it cuts the feedback. I got way more volume and a fat slightly overdriven sound. Wow!
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The Harp Octave is PATENT-PENDING