Octaver / Harmoniser

The first analogue octavers appeared in the 1960s. You’ll have heard the distinctive squeal of the Octavia on Hendrix solos, but it’s far from a clean, clear sound. Octave-down effects were more successful, but hampered by slow tracking. Modern digital harmonisers, meanwhile, have shaped everything from Steve Vai’s legato leads, to the rumbling bass of two-piece bands like cult heroes Giraffes? Giraffes! and Royal Blood’s stadium-rock riffage.

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EHX POG NANO

The Nano POG is the smallest version available of EHX’S POG line. The POG2 is the best, granted, but it’s large and complex. Most players only need the excellent tracking of the POG, plus one octave above or below. That’s the feature set that made the Micro POG a success. The Nano slimlines this even more, retaining its dedicated dry and effect outputs.

Bestfor Excellent tracking speed in any octave

BOSS OC-5 OCTAVE

While the Boss OC octaver line started as analogue octave down pedals, they’ve moved with the times to now be POG challengers. The latest iteration, the OC-5, has two modes. The first is a faithful recreation of the original OC-2 tone, albeit with better tracking. The second is a modern polyphonic mode that also sports octave-up and sub-octave harmonies.

Bestfor Plentiful feature set.

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TC Electronic Sub n’ Up Mini

Straightforward sub and upper octave harmonising, at an affordable price‑point.

Earthquaker Tentacle

A classic green ringer-style analogue octave up, for splatty Hendrix‑like solos.

EHX POG2

Every octave and harmonising feature you could ever need, plus a few more.