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i think i found an early live use of octavia-
2/16/68 - check out the solo on “fire”
sounds like he steps on the wah and leaves it toe down. then you hear another volume boost and slight ring mod like overtones. he ends the solo and turns off the wah. you hear the first rhythm riff or two played with the octavia effect and then he switches it off.



listen at about 6:00

Not hearing octavio on that, I do hear him moving the wah back slightly to more honky sound hence the octave like overtones appearing.

jreeves47 wrote:here’s a jam where he briefly uses the ovtavia
8/10/69
just before woodstock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpUt8Jy0YOQ
around the 15:00 mark.

That's the horns.

Philip wrote:
That's the horns.

listen at about 14:50 you can hear jimi start doing some hammer on trills and then he switches on the octavia- i think this one is pretty obvious

Philip wrote:Not hearing octavio on that, I do hear him moving the wah back slightly to more honky sound hence the octave like overtones appearing.

yeah this one is not obvious- listen to the couple riffs after he switches off the wah after the solo

jreeves47 wrote:

Philip wrote:
That's the horns.

listen at about 14:50 you can hear jimi start doing some hammer on trills and then he switches on the octavia- i think this one is pretty obvious

I don't hear any octavio there, just same clean sound.

jreeves47 wrote:

Philip wrote:Not hearing octavio on that, I do hear him moving the wah back slightly to more honky sound hence the octave like overtones appearing.

yeah this one is not obvious- listen to the couple riffs after he switches off the wah after the solo

Aye, don;t hear any octavio there either.

it’s there- i can hear it clearly. only on for a few licks (tinker st)

Nah.

I'm not the only one who recognizes the octavia at the tinker st jam
http://www.digitalhighway.co.uk/axis/reviews/1118.asp