Carl Martin Ottawa

Ik had op oog : de Q-tron, deze en de shiny Supafunk. Ik wilde persé analoog. Omwille van prijs en youtube videos koos ik voor deze. Het geluid is inderdaad zo mooi als wordt gezegd. Heel vloeiend, geen ruis of clipping ofzo. Inspirerend. Goede prijs, deze hou ik ! Heeft voldoende in huis. ik ben wel onder de indruk van de kwaliteit van deze Carl Martin pedaal.
Noot achteraf : Ik vergeleek met digitale filter pedalen en de Ottowa is duidelijk een andere categorie filter. Zoals de envelope analoog opent en de EQ die dat geeft; dat is toch anders dan het soort filter effect van digitale pedalen. Ottowa staat er.

+++ Best build quality i have ever seen. It looks very smooth and clean, very high quality materials. It looks like a piece of art.

--- I tried the pedal on bass guitar, the sound is very clean and polished, not really exiting on bass.

--- On some settings the effected signal starts to rise A LOT in volume when you let the note ring.. (much higher volume then my bass can reach without the pedal on... maybe a slap pop sound is the same volume?)
The Envelope filter will start to rise and just will keep ringing on the same high volume until you mute your string, It is like when you hold a note on a syntheziser keyboard...

No one else here in the reviews seems to have this problem. Maybe it is not ment for bass guitar, that is probably the problem.

I compared this to the much cheaper Mooer Envelope, that works much better on bass and sounds less sterile.. The Wah sound on the Ottawa is thinner and a bit boring to me compared to the Mooer Envelope, it has a fuller sound that i like.

Besides that, it is easier to dail in the settings right and to make it sound good. For bass users i advice the Mooer Envelope. It is a no brainer, less then half the money too.

I bought the Ottawa on the strength of Youtube demos. Construction is very solid and it exudes quality. It is a really fun pedal to play with with and sounds really, really good, providing a nice array of different sounds from subtle to wild.

Of course it easily funks-up my rhythm playing but also gives really interesting results on solos. I'm really pleased with it overall.

One thing to note is that - initially - I found that when placed before my drives I had to really whack the strings to fully trigger the envelope even with the Attack knob at maximum.

I then saw a Youtube comment that mentioned an internal input gain trimpot. I had to completely disassemble the pedal to get to it, which was a 30 minute job, but adjusting this pot solved my issue. This may be just a result of variability between units. Still, one star docked for the inconvenience.

With that said, I can now wakka-wakka-wah all day long with a smile on my face.