This BYOC Scrambled Octave pedal is hand-assembled in our shop.In addition to being an extremely rare and expensive vintage effect, the Ampeg Scrambler is also anextremely cool octave up fuzz. The actual fuzz itself is very unique. Like most octave fuzzes, it's a very rude,nasty, ripping-velco sort of fuzz. But unlike most other octave fuzzes, it's not overly saturated or gated. It'ssurprisingly open, articulate, and responsive to pick attack. And the actual octave up part of its sound is verythick. The knobs on the Ampeg Scrambler were quite unique as well. It doesn't have a volume or fuzz knob! The texture knob allows you to dial in the amount of octave so that you can go from no octave at all, to just asubtle hint of octave, to full on mangled chords and squealing single notes. The Blend knob is just that - itallows you to blend the octave fuzz with your clean guitar signal. You can go from completely fuzzed out, tocompletely clean, and anything in between. All of these attributes make the Ampeg Scrambler a truly uniqueand extremely versatile octave fuzz.The BYOC Scrambled Octave is an exact replica of the original Ampeg Scrambler circuit. Unlike the reissues,we've sourced all the original parts. The BYOC Scrambled Octave comes with an NOS BC169B transistor,2N5306 Darlington transistors, and 1N456 diodes just like the original. We used all 1% metal film resistors. This pedal actually reduces hum noise when you turn it on! And there is absolutely no volume drop. Somepeople have complained that the reissues and clones weren't loud enough, but there is no volume drop withthe BYOC Scrambled Octave. It must not be an issue when you use the correct components. The onlydifference between the BYOC Scrambled Octave and the original Ampeg Scramble is that the BYOC has truemechanical bypass with a status LED and a standard 9VDC adapter jack.We are an authorized BYOC Dealer.Visit our shop:www.geargasstore.comInternational Buyers – Please Note:•Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer’s responsibility.•Please check with your country’s customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to looking/buying.•These charges are normally collected by the delivering freight (shipping) company or when you pick the item up – do not confuse them for additional shipping charges.•We do not mark merchandise values below value or mark items as ‘gifts’ - US and International government regulations prohibit such behavior. _gsrx_vers_444 (GS 6.2 (444))