The Spiral Electric Octina is an octave-up fuzz, announced in February 2025, inspired by several vintage circuits that can produce tones reminiscent of the Fuzzrite, the Superfuzz and the Tone Machine1. It sits in the fuzz family, with the octave-up character players associate with octave and pitch pedals, but it reaches those sounds from a single fuzz circuit rather than a separate octave engine.
What it does
The Octina's defining control is the Scramble knob. Delicious Audio's Paolo De Gregorio describes it as unusual, saying it "will gradually morph your base fuzz into tones reminiscent of classic pedals like the Fuzzrite, the Superfuzz and the Tone Machine"1. Instead of jumping between preset voices, the knob sweeps continuously, so a player can dial partway between the base fuzz and the vintage-style sounds it evokes.
A three-way knob selects the clipping stage, changing how the fuzz distorts:
| Knob position | Clipping type |
|---|---|
| 1 | BAT41 silicon diodes |
| 2 | PN3565 transistors |
| 3 | 1N4148 silicon diodes |
All three positions use silicon-type devices, but diode clipping and transistor clipping shape the fuzz differently, giving the Scramble knob three distinct starting points to work from1.
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Questions
What does the Octina's Scramble knob do?
According to Delicious Audio, the Scramble knob gradually morphs the pedal's base fuzz into tones reminiscent of classic pedals like the Fuzzrite, the Superfuzz and the Tone Machine. Rather than switching between fixed voices, it changes the character progressively as you turn it, so the Octina covers a range of vintage-style octave fuzz sounds from one circuit.
What are the three positions of the Octina's clipping knob?
The three-way knob selects between three clipping types: BAT41 silicon diodes in position 1, PN3565 transistors in position 2, and 1N4148 silicon diodes in position 3. Each changes how the fuzz clips, giving the pedal three distinct distortion flavors on top of the Scramble control.
Sources (1)
- New Pedal: Spiral Electric Octina Octave Fuzz, Delicious Audio, 2025-02-19