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11-20-2011, 06:26 PM
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Does anybody have the Boss OC-2 Octave pedal on their pedalboard? I'm thinking of picking one up on the Bay. I used the Search Function here but no results came up. So what do you think of this pedal? 
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11-20-2011, 06:34 PM
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11-20-2011, 06:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Horten,Norway | | | I've got one, cool pedal.
Try a search on "octave" or "octaver" (most of the time it's best to not be very specific when using the "wonderful" TB search-engine) and plenty of threads should pop up where the oc-2 is discussed.
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11-20-2011, 07:15 PM
| | Friends, Romans, Bass Players... | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Spencer, MA, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by DeathFromBelow  I've got one, cool pedal.
Try a search on "octave" or "octaver" (most of the time it's best to not be very specific when using the "wonderful" TB search-engine) and plenty of threads should pop up where the oc-2 is discussed. | I tried "octave" and came up with a bunch of stuff. Lots of research material to go over before I decide to pull the trigger on one. Thanks for the tip on using the Search Function!
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11-20-2011, 07:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Southern California | | | That pedal was one of the first pedals I got. It sounds good when playing on the D and G strings. I have found more uses for it when playing guitar than bass. |
11-20-2011, 07:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Great White North | | I bought one (OC3, actually) back in my four string daze, hoping it would let me get the low Eb, D, B etc. for some of the cover tunes we do. With careful tweaking I could make it work, and it really improved my accuracy up in the 10-12th fret range.
The problem I found most annoying, beyond getting the tone set just right to track, and the need to be precise, was the lag. As it is a digital device, with a slowish processing speed, I found the fraction of a second delay slowed me down. I went to a five string finally, and haven't looked at it again.
I still have it. It makes a cool sound, but I don't use it any more. Gonna give it to one of my guitarists one of these days.....
Post has been edited for accuracy. Thought I had OC2, but is OC3. Possibly also OCD as well. 
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11-20-2011, 07:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Spokane, WA | | | I have one. It's served me well over the years, but truth be told I don't use it very much. I have recently tried other octavers that I like better, but for my use this one does what I need it to. Like others have said, it sounds better on the D and G strings (I'm guessing it has to do with the higher pitched notes).
If it's cheap enough on the Bay, I'd say "why not." You can always trade or sell it later if you feel like it. If you are looking for an octaver that you would use a lot, or looking for a great sounding one that you wouldn't ever want to replace, I might suggest you keep your eyes and ears open for something different.
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11-20-2011, 07:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: St. Louis | | | Pretty sure it is analogue not digital |
11-20-2011, 07:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: self banned from talkbass.... | | Quote:
Originally Posted by stratovani Does anybody have the Boss OC-2 Octave pedal on their pedalboard? I'm thinking of picking one up on the Bay. I used the Search Function here but no results came up. So what do you think of this pedal? | I think it is a great sounding pedal, but it doesn't boost and the filtering on the actual octave brings the octave signal under unity gain so using it unblended means your volume goes down a bit. |
11-20-2011, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by tlaubs Pretty sure it is analogue not digital | Troof!
OC-2 analog
OC-3 digital |
11-20-2011, 08:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Toyohashi, Japan | | | This was the cheapest used pedal I ever bought, but has had the most use, joy and modifications. Best value for money pedal I ever got.
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11-20-2011, 08:30 PM
| | Friends, Romans, Bass Players... | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Spencer, MA, USA | | | Sounds to me like it's either "the greatest thing since sliced cheese", or "as useless as teats on a bull"! Since I'm really not in a hurry to buy one I'll continue to research it. It does sound like an intriguing pedal though!
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11-20-2011, 08:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Nashville | | | The OC2 is more organic sounding than the OC3. IMHO, the OC3 sounds and tracks a bunch better using the guitar input (if I recall correctly) than it does bass input. At least for the bass I had at that time.
Really you should not expect consistent tracking below an A string, though you can get lower. My favorite Octaver is the one in the Line6 M5, M9, M13... which IMHO emulates and sounds very very similar to an OC2. |
11-20-2011, 09:20 PM
|  | And I went BING BOP. BINGA BINGA BING BING BOP. | | Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Waukesha, Wisconsin | | | I have my eye on the MXR bass octave deluxe. I think it's about $120 on Amazon right now new. If not for Christmas, soon after. |
11-21-2011, 02:41 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Roscoe, GigRig, TC | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Nottingham, UK | | | I own 2 of them! It's the core of my sound. Many folks were not keen on the synthesised sound when it was first released and everyone went made for the clean, natural booming octave pedals - of which there are many!
The OC-2 has a pretty unique sound though and other than the OC-3 set to the -2 Octave mode, no otherOctave pedals sound quite like it - providing you want a synthy sound!
It has its flaws though - It's truely monophonic. Triggering is pretty poor if you have low action/fretbuzz or lots of top end on your bass pre before it. A dip in unity gain (as mentioned already) and anything lower than an A on the E string is not so useable. For all it's flaws though - tonally its top dollar in my book!
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11-21-2011, 10:57 AM
|  | Holding the Line, Low, Loud & Proud | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Leander, TX (outside Austin) | | | I luv the analog synthy luciousness of the OC2, tracking can be a bit of a challenge down low, but nothing else has that sound.
The OC2 is a mainstay on my synth board but I usually use the octaver in the zoom to save space on the gig board. |
11-21-2011, 11:48 AM
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11-21-2011, 11:54 AM
| | | | I use one, it's good. I get around the gain issue by using it with the un-affected signal. Put some OD is front of it and a filter behind it, monster synthy goodness, if that's your sort of thing.
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11-21-2011, 11:41 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Southern California | | | oc-2 kicks ass |
11-22-2011, 12:14 AM
|  | Redefining Lazy | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Tampa via PDX | | | I just A/B'd the OC-2 with my MXR BOD and can sum it up like this:
OC-2 purrs like a kitty or elecronic kitty and the MXR growls deep like bear.
I put the Boss back on my guitar board and kept the MXR on my bass board.
YMMV.
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