“Fewer things give guitarists that fabled ‘riff face’ more than a fuzz mixed with an analog octave down”: Catalinbread’s Perseus Dio crams its two favorite octave-down styles into one face-contorting pedal

Catalinbread is offering a two-for-one with its brand-new Perseus Dio octave pedal, putting their favorite two styles into one stompbox. 

The pedal makers say its preferred octave-down boxes deliver either “beefy video-gamey square waves [or] clean octaves that compliment one’s tone.” But it has bemoaned the lack of a pedal that does both – which is where the Perseus Dio comes in.  

It succeeds its own Perseus pedal, which gave players either a single or two-octave blend, and takes its design several steps further. 

The standard-size pedal serves a three-channel trio of mix dials comprising the dry signal, and ‘Down’ controls for that same signal at both one and two octaves down. There’s also a “heavy-duty” low pass filter dial for each octave channel.

The ‘Down’ dials have reportedly been tuned to provide the best possible tracking across all positions of the fretboard. 

The Filter controls, meanwhile, govern the cutoff point, with both offering a minimum of ~7KHz. Filter 1 maxes out at ~280KHz, delivering a “clean octave down with bubbling harmonics,” and Filter 2 at ~140KHZ to “really let the 'oomph' shine through at higher settings.” 

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“Fewer things give guitarists that fabled ‘riff face’ more than a fuzz mixed with an analog octave down,” says Catalinbread. 

“Our original Perseus was a trailblazer in that regard... The Perseus Dio is a rightful successor to that box.”

As expected, the pedal takes a standard 9V supply, allowing seamless pedalboard integration, and its jacks are side-mounted. 

It’s the second notable pedal drop of the year from Catalinbread, following its ‘70s-styled StarCrash Collection of overdrive and fuzz pedals.  

The Perseus Dio costs $184.99 with free domestic shipping and has a three-year warranty.   

Head to Catalinbread for more information.