Joyo Voodoo Octave Video merrrrr

Freethenoise · Post by **Freethenoise** » Mon May 12, 2014 4:23 am

Pretty sweet for like, $35.

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Post by **Doog** » Mon May 12, 2014 10:10 am

+1 on that, friend. I bought one from Jaded on here recently. I wasn't too keen on it until I realised that the buffered pedal before it was making it sound NASTY.

No buffer: sweet toanz.

Freethenoise · Post by **Freethenoise** » Mon May 12, 2014 12:28 pm

Doog wrote:+1 on that, friend. I bought one from Jaded on here recently. I wasn't too keen on it until I realised that the buffered pedal before it was making it sound NASTY.

No buffer: sweet toanz.

I've been told it's just a clone of the Fulltone octave fuzz but one component is around the wrong way. Might look into that and get it fixedddddd.

Sometimes I wish fuzzes weren't so fucking picky about what comes before them.

71Smallbox · Post by **71Smallbox** » Mon May 12, 2014 2:06 pm

Freethenoise wrote:
Doog wrote:+1 on that, friend. I bought one from Jaded on here recently. I wasn't too keen on it until I realised that the buffered pedal before it was making it sound NASTY.

No buffer: sweet toanz.
I've been told it's just a clone of the Fulltone octave fuzz but one component is around the wrong way. Might look into that and get it fixedddddd.

Sometimes I wish fuzzes weren't so fucking picky about what comes before them.

Here's a page that shows how to correct the circuit errors, apparently all you have to do is switch about 4 parts around.
freestompboxes Joyo Voodoo Octave fixes page

Post by **Doog** » Mon May 12, 2014 3:39 pm

Hot tip- thanks man!

Might poke around and see if there's any before-n-after samples to see if it's worth the effort.

Freethenoise · Post by **Freethenoise** » Mon May 12, 2014 11:06 pm

Awesome to see,
If I get some time after work this weekend I'll have a poke around and see if I can't get it on the video roster for next week.

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Tue May 13, 2014 2:17 am

Bought one, going to try the mods, I have been looking for a cheaper fulltone alternative

71Smallbox · Post by **71Smallbox** » Tue May 13, 2014 2:01 pm

finboy wrote:Bought one, going to try the mods, I have been looking for a cheaper fulltone alternative

I am seriously considering it, I'd love a Foxx Tone Machine clone, which is what the Fulltone cloned.

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 11:32 pm

Just got mine in, first impression, not quite as thick sounding as a fulltone, hopefully the mods will sort that out

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 8:33 pm

Just finished the mods, they are definitely worth it if you have the patience. It took me around an hour to swap/rotate the components, and to great results. It is still not exactly like the fulltone (slightly less bassy, does the sputter fuzz thing a bit better IMO), but well within the ballpark with a smaller footprint and better price. The circuit board can take a beating, in the process of removing components I scratched it a few times with the soldering iron (across connections even), and used a LOT of heat to get them out. I thought for sure it would be radio silence when I plugged it in but it fired right up and worked perfectly.

Post by **Doog** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 7:48 am

What are the main differences post-mod, Finny?

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 2:29 pm

I hate trying to describe tonz, it always sounds like thegearpage or

but it really made it sound like everything turned up to 11. It's louder and less muffled, and really does the sputtery fuzz thing quite well. Switching the components was easy with the picture provided in the link, patience is really needed to des older though. Also make sure you have a really fine point solder tip, and a solder sucker really helps.

Freethenoise · Post by **Freethenoise** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 10:44 am

LET'S MAKE THIS RELEVANT AGAIN.

I did the mods and made a video showing the after effect of the mod.

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The change was pretty drastic and really helped the pedal to be a lot more usable.

Sounds good.

Post by **Doog** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:19 am

Sounds like a pretty massive difference, gonna give this a look soon; thanks man!