Fredric Effects octave/ring mod pedal

The Fredric Effects octave/ring mod pedal is a two-stage effects pedal: an asymmetrical hard-clipping distortion circuit feeding an octave/ring mod effect based on the classic Green Ringer. Premier Guitar's 2021 ring modulator buying guide described it as a box that "offers up crunchy overdrive to fuzzy octave insanity," placing it among the tools players can use to reach ring-modulated and octave textures¹.

What it does

The pedal works in series: the signal first passes through an asymmetrical hard-clipping distortion stage, the kind of clipping found in many distortion pedals and overdrive pedals. That distorted signal then drives the octave/ring mod stage, a design based on the Green Ringer, a classic circuit associated with the kinds of textures players look for in octave and pitch pedals and fuzz pedals¹.

The result, as Premier Guitar put it, runs from "crunchy overdrive to fuzzy octave insanity"¹, so the pedal can serve as a drive stage on its own or push into aggressive octave and ring-mod territory depending on how the two stages interact.

Where it came from

Premier Guitar covered the pedal in its "Tools for the Task" ring modulator guide published on 19 August 2021, listing it at $130¹. The Green Ringer circuit it draws on is described by the same guide as a classic octave/ring mod design¹.