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05-11-2008, 10:14 AM
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Does anyone have a preference for the discontinued OC-2? Is the older OC-2 "Octaver" from Japan made or sound better or is it just hype or vintageness compared to the OC2 from Taiwan?
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05-11-2008, 10:21 AM
| | | | i swear by the older OC-2. dont even look at an OC-3..
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05-11-2008, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by tomvelsor  i swear by the older OC-2. dont even look at an OC-3.. | Ditto.
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05-11-2008, 02:40 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vacaville, California | | | I discounted the OC-3 but was interested if anyone had an opinion between the original Boss OC-2 Octaver and the Boss OC-2 Octave. I know the original Boss Octaver was MIJ, the there was the Boss Octave (MIJ), then manufacturing was sent to Taiwan for the OC-2 then the OC-3. |
05-11-2008, 03:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: My Old Kentucky Home.... | | | I may be wrong, but I think the only difference between the OC-2 Octaver and the OC-2 Octave is the color and the "r". Long ago I had an Octaver and it was a lighter shade of brown than the Octave OC-2 I got later on. Both were made in Japan.
Perhaps there was some legal issue with using the name "Octaver"? I don't know, but while I never opened either of them up to look, there wasn't any tonal difference.
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05-11-2008, 03:18 PM
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05-11-2008, 03:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: My Old Kentucky Home.... | | | Heh...Just took a look on eBay and it looks like the only difference between the two is a hundred bucks.
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05-11-2008, 03:48 PM
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05-11-2008, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by TaySte_2000 Circuit wise they are identical, IDENTICAL but snobs like the older one best but there is no difference in sound, features or anything between the 2 | +1 
When it comes to Boss pedals, the MIJ versus MIT hype is beyond me. It seems absolutely ridiculous. It's not like the quality control issues that EHX had in the 1980s... there's a pretty reliable amount of consistency in old Boss pedals of the same model.
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05-11-2008, 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by bassguppy I discounted the OC-3 but was interested if anyone had an opinion between the original Boss OC-2 Octaver and the Boss OC-2 Octave. I know the original Boss Octaver was MIJ, the there was the Boss Octave (MIJ), then manufacturing was sent to Taiwan for the OC-2 then the OC-3. | i heard the effect sounds better if the letters on the front are differnt. but it might just be a rumor 
they're the same.
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05-11-2008, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by tomvelsor i heard the effect sounds better if the letters on the front are differnt. but it might just be a rumor
they're the same. | In 1985 I bought an OCTAVE OC-2 with different font for each word.... What is that supposed to mean...
I've consdiered replacing it for something that will sustain longer, but I think they all probably drop out if you're not hitting it hard enough....
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05-11-2008, 06:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Oakland, California, USA | | Depends on which one you have. I know it's been discussed in regards to the Boss BF-2 Flanger MIJ versus MIT threads, and the differences should be consistent, I believe.
IIRC, the Japanese ones had silver screws? I think the label might be different, too. I forget... I used to know back when I had an MIT BF-2. 
On a side note... if you're looking for more sustain, I'd check out a digital polyphonic octave pedal like the EHX Micro POG. I'm not sure if you'd like the tone, but those track and sustain beautifully. 
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05-11-2008, 06:48 PM
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Endorsing Artist: GHS Strings | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: 818 ~ 805 ~ L.A. | | | Mine has black screws at the hinge... |
05-12-2008, 01:03 AM
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Originally Posted by LowBSix Mine has black screws at the hinge... | My two MIJ ones had black labels, and I have two MIT OC-2s now, one with a black label and the other with a silver label, though you'd never know it since I've got them velcroed. I don't remember the screw color on the older two, but both of my current ones have black screws.
I bought the second one off of eBay recently and the OC-2 seems to be going anywhere from about $50 up to about $75. Usually the MIJs go for a few dollars more but one of the MITs I was considering buying shot up to almost $90. Why? No idea, there was nothing special about it. Right place at the right time, I guess.
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