Klowra Verdict Polyphonic Octave

The Klowra Verdict is a polyphonic octave pedal: it blends your guitar's original signal with multiple generated octaves, so you can layer octaves above and below what you are playing while every note of a chord stays separate. Pedal of the Day describes it as enabling "a wide palette of tones and instrument emulations", covering everything from violin and bass to organ and synthesizer sounds¹. It sits in the octave and pitch family alongside Klowra's other polyphonic pedals, the Klowra Vein pitch shifter and the Klowra Leap Polyphonic Octaver, and you can read more about the category on the Octave & Pitch Pedals page.

What it does

The Verdict's engine tracks each note of your playing individually rather than treating the whole signal as one pitch, which is what makes chordal octave work possible. Pedal of the Day's review says the pedal "captures every detail of your performance with precision and stability", and lists Freeze, Ramp, Swell, Filter, Detune and Low Cut among its functions¹. The Filter is described as synth-like, and the combination of octaves, shifting and filtering is what produces the pedal's instrument emulations¹.

The independent dry-signal output is worth noting for players who run stereo or split rigs: your clean guitar signal can leave the pedal on its own path while the octave voices go elsewhere¹.

Bypass and signal options

The Verdict offers selectable True Bypass or Buffered Bypass, so you can choose whether the pedal leaves your signal untouched when off or keeps a buffer in the chain¹. If you are unsure which suits your board, the Buffer Pedals page covers the trade-offs.

What reviewers said

Pedal of the Day's reviewer was positive about the pedal and about the maker's run of releases¹:

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