Freekish Blues Chubb Up! Octave Fuzz

The Freekish Blues Chubb Up! Octave Fuzz is an octave-up fuzz pedal, announced in November 2010 as the Davy Knowles Signature Pedal. Freekish Blues describes it as "an octave up fuzz that is switchable to just have the fuzz on by itself," so a player can run it as a straight fuzz with the octave out of the way. It sits in the fuzz family, with the octave-up character that players of octave and pitch pedals will recognize.¹

Design and lineage

Freekish Blues states that "The Chubb Up! was designed and engineered with the vintage octave fuzz and fuzz pedals of the late '60s and early '70s" in mind. The maker also positions it against those originals: "The Chubb Up! is designed to be more responsive, controlled, and defined than vintage units."¹

For a player, that means the pedal aims at the classic octave-up fuzz territory of that era, with the maker's stated intent of tightening up the response and definition that vintage units are known to lack.¹

Versions and pricing

Three versions were announced, differing in finish and, in one case, an autograph¹:

The differences between versions are the hand-painted finish and, on the top-priced option, Davy Knowles' autograph.¹

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