Electro-Harmonix launches Pico POG mini octave pedal

July 25, 2023 · 4 sources

Electro-Harmonix announced the Pico POG on July 25, 2023, shrinking its Polyphonic Octave Generator into a mini pedal format¹². The pedal is available now at a US price of $240¹³.

The Pico POG produces octave up and sub-octave voices polyphonically alongside the dry signal⁴. It has volume controls for Sub Octave, Octave Up and Dry, plus a Tone knob and a Filter button that selects among three modes, each shown by an LED¹⁴. In Tone mode the knob works as a tilt EQ across all three voices; in Low Pass Filter mode it cuts highs on the octave voices; in High Pass Filter mode it cuts lows on the octave voices¹³. MusicRadar reports the pedal uses the same DSP octave processing as the Micro and Nano POGs¹. Guitar World reports the POG launched in 2005 as the first polyphonic octave pedal on the market².

Sources differ on what ships with the pedal. Guitar World says the $240 price includes a 9V power supply², and Bass Gear Magazine says it comes equipped with an EHX 9V power supply³. GearNews lists an MSRP of USD 240 and states the pedal ships with the power adapter included⁴.

EHX has said the Pico POG is the first in a line of Pico-sized mini pedals²³. MusicRadar counts it as the fifth POG variant currently offered, alongside the POG2, Soul POG, Micro POG and Nano POG¹. It sits among the octave and pitch pedals in EHX's range.