fds_fds's Reviews

Buyer Beware: Roger Mayer Octavia Classic

I'll sum this up as quickly as possible. A good portion of his pedals use plastics shafts in the pots. In addition, many of his designs are difficult to repair and need this one repair man in the eastern USA to fix them. My pedal, the Roger Mayer Octavia Classic, has a dual layer board which they insist is difficult to repair if not impossible for me because of that. This is for a 100k Log B Omeg pot. I asked for the costs to repair and here's the break down. Roger will not cover anything in regards to Pots. It's $25 for the pot, $60-$70 for the repair/bench fee, you have to ship it there and back which for me is about $20-$30 to do so. That total comes out to $125-$145 to repair a $300 pedal that didn't make it more than a year and was used a handful of times at best. Omeg makes his "custom" pots. He believes they offer better "audiophile qualities" and never break. On top of that I was told his very expensive Vision Wah breaks more often and is difficult and costly to repair. That's $600-$700 pedal. The repair guy is fine to work with, but I would never work with Roger in any capacity after this experience. Plastic pots on top of a pedal that gets stomped on is a recipe for disaster. I'm going to see if the store will take it back. I have two other Octavia's, a Foxy Tone Box and a Tychobrahe that I don't have to caudle like a newborn. What waste of time and money. Hopefully this helps you to make better choices then I did.