Boss OC-2 or OC-3

[fleafan7159]

im considering buying an octaver for my sterling sb14 and i don't know which one is better for my style (funk,punk,hard rock, some metal); bands like RHCP, RATM, BFMV,A7X, Disturbed and Linkin park. I've played the OC-2 and it sounded pretty good and the price is nice, but the OC-3 is supposedly worse and it costs more money. I've never played the OC-3 and i was wondering which one would be better for me based on mys style of playing. i noted on the OC-3 has a dedicated bass input and that makes me leery...

[Bassmike62]

I've never tried the OC-2, but I did play a few times with the OC-3. Found its sound too synthy for my taste and went with the MXR BOD.

[fleafan7159]

Originally Posted by Bassmike62

I've never tried the OC-2, but I did play a few times with the OC-3. Found its sound too synthy for my taste and went with the MXR BOD.

oh ok well ive never played that one but its expensive! dam $150! i just spent $350 on effects pedals and need something cheaper, but it seems like good pedal. i thought the boss OC-2 and OC-3 were the premier octavers for bass. i guess not lol

[Kwesi]

I have never played the OC2 or OC3 but from what I've hard about them I think that my suggestion to you would be the MXR Bass Octave Deluxe. It's very clean and doesn't get very synthy unless the clean signal is zero'd out or when it's combined with certain other effects.

[*insertcoolname]

OC-3 using the guitar input in poly mode is basically a better tracking and slightly less analog sounding OC-2 IMO.

[fleafan7159]

Originally Posted by Kwesi

I have never played the OC2 or OC3 but from what I've hard about them I think that my suggestion to you would be the MXR Bass Octave Deluxe. It's very clean and doesn't get very synthy unless the clean signal is zero'd out or when it's combined with certain other effects.

i watched a video on it and it sounds pretty sick, i like how the tracking is good even when u go down to the really low notes. i noticed that with the OC-2 the tracking wasn't as good as the MXR M288 with the low notes, but i do like the growl sound from the OC-2 and the M288 does a good job at that as well. so ive pretty much rules out the OC-3.

so its between the OC-2 and the MXR M288.

I need to find a used one tho cause $150 is way too much

[Bassmike62]

Originally Posted by fleafan7159

oh ok well ive never played that one but its expensive! dam $150! i just spent $350 on effects pedals and need something cheaper, but it seems like good pedal. i thought the boss OC-2 and OC-3 were the premier octavers for bass. i guess not lol

I'm not sure, but I think EHX makes decent octavers and they're usually less expensive. I have a few EHX pedals on my board and they do the job quite well.

PS: I'm also a huge Flea fan. Bought a DOD FX25 (early 80's) last week and got to use today in studio. I got a small kick out of that !

[walker rosewood]

I haven't played an OC-2, but I have an OC-3. It has an OC-2 mode on it, a two octave down mode, as well as a distortion which I don't use but some people like. The "poly" mode tracks really well, it will track multiple notes at the same time which was the big sell for me.

The guitar input vs the bass input doesn't change much. The guitar input is just a little brighter, due to a slight bass roll off.

[fleafan7159]

Originally Posted by Bassmike62

I'm not sure, but I think EHX makes decent octavers and they're usually less expensive. I have a few EHX pedals on my board and they do the job quite well.

PS: I'm also a huge Flea fan. Bought a DOD FX25 (early 80's) last week and got to use today in studio. I got a small kick out of that !

Originally Posted by walker rosewood

I haven't played an OC-2, but I have an OC-3. It has an OC-2 mode on it, a two octave down mode, as well as a distortion which I don't use but some people like. The "poly" mode tracks really well, it will track multiple notes at the same time which was the big sell for me.

The guitar input vs the bass input doesn't change much. The guitar input is just a little brighter, due to a slight bass roll off.

hah nice im waiting on my dodfx25b to come in which is what flea used later on. i can t wait to play it lol, mine is from the 90s i think. the amazing thing is, is that the one i bought is still sealed and i only paid $68 for it.

about the octavers tho i already got a distortion/ overdrive pedal so i don't want that on the octaver. il have to check out EHX cause i haven't heard much about their octavers.

[fightthepower]

I love the OC-2 and couldn't stand the OC-3 is any of its modes. For a digital octaver, I much prefer the Digitech BassSynthWah's octaver over the OC-3. The DOD Octoplus is another nice octaver and can be found for $25-50, whereas the OC-2 goes for about $50 if you look around.

My recommendations are the OC-2 and Octoplus.

[fleafan7159]

Originally Posted by fightthepower

I love the OC-2 and couldn't stand the OC-3 is any of its modes. For a digital octaver, I much prefer the Digitech BassSynthWah's octaver over the OC-3. The DOD Octoplus is another nice octaver and can be found for $25-50, whereas the OC-2 goes for about $50 if you look around.

My recommendations are the OC-2 and Octoplus.

ok il check out the Octoplus, i like the price!

[Bassmike62]

There's also the Danelectro Chili Dog, selling new for 30 $. Bass Player gave it a decent review last year. Its mostly made out of plastic, but the BP reviewer liked it anyway.

[Kwesi]

Originally Posted by fleafan7159

i watched a video on it and it sounds pretty sick, i like how the tracking is good even when u go down to the really low notes. i noticed that with the OC-2 the tracking wasn't as good as the MXR M288 with the low notes, but i do like the growl sound from the OC-2 and the M288 does a good job at that as well. so ive pretty much rules out the OC-3.

so its between the OC-2 and the MXR M288.

I need to find a used one tho cause $150 is way too much

Yeah, the MXR does an amazing job with notes below low A and while it's naturally very growly it's also very clear and focused so the tone of your bass can actually shine through instead of being buried by the octave or the altered by the pedal. They seem to pop up fairly often in the Classifieds (no idea why) and can be found for $110-115 pretty easily. I think the price is well worth it

[fleafan7159]

Originally Posted by Kwesi

Yeah, the MXR does an amazing job with notes below low A and while it's naturally very growly it's also very clear and focused so the tone of your bass can actually shine through instead of being buried by the octave or the altered by the pedal. They seem to pop up fairly often in the Classifieds (no idea why) and can be found for $110-115 pretty easily. I think the price is well worth it

yea i think im gonna save up for the mxr bod because it seems to be the best for sure. if you find used one on craigslist or something could u post a link here? thanks

[Kwesi]

Originally Posted by fleafan7159

yea i think im gonna save up for the mxr bod because it seems to be the best for sure. if you find used one on craigslist or something could u post a link here? thanks

sure I'll keep an eye out for ya

[fleafan7159]

Originally Posted by Kwesi

sure I'll keep an eye out for ya

awesome! =)

[Omniant]

I've had an OC2 and an OC3 for a couple years now and I still haven't figured out which one I want to get rid of. I'm using them mostly for synthy/electronica type stuff so I don't know if my opinion is going to be relevant but here's what I've found...

Both pedals have a nice synthy sound to them (esp with little or no clean tone), the OC2 seems to do less to the mids than the OC3. The OC3 seems to have this nasally midrange type thing going on which can be really cool at times, the OC2 is a bit more "hollow" which can be good or bad.

I do a lot of filter sweeping and I find that when I went a really low dub type tone the OC2 works better, while if i'm doing something more dancey I seem to go more toward the OC3.

[fleafan7159]

Originally Posted by Omniant

I've had an OC2 and an OC3 for a couple years now and I still haven't figured out which one I want to get rid of. I'm using them mostly for synthy/electronica type stuff so I don't know if my opinion is going to be relevant but here's what I've found...

Both pedals have a nice synthy sound to them (esp with little or no clean tone), the OC2 seems to do less to the mids than the OC3. The OC3 seems to have this nasally midrange type thing going on which can be really cool at times, the OC2 is a bit more "hollow" which can be good or bad.

I do a lot of filter sweeping and I find that when I went a really low dub type tone the OC2 works better, while if i'm doing something more dancey I seem to go more toward the OC3.

oh ok well thats cool. im going for more of a octaves distorted tone like some of the bands i listed at the top. that synthy is cool too but its not what im going for at the moment

[warwick.hoy]

I love my OC-2,...never tried anything else though.

[BassInUrFace]

OC-2 or MXR BOD. i got the later.