Can Anyone Compare a Boss OC-2 with an MXR Bass Octave Deluxe?

Slackerprince · #1 09-21-2010, 02:19 PM

I recently traded into a Boss OC-2, and it's pretty groovy, but
I was just wondering how the OC-2 compares to an MXR M-288 Bass Octave Deluxe.
Has anyone played both?
Thanks for any opinions.

S.

cybersnyder · #2 09-21-2010, 02:24 PM

I've had two BOD and a handful of OC-2s. My preference is for the OC-2. I couldn't get the BOD to track at all, but other people have had good luck.

Jared Lash · #3 09-21-2010, 02:45 PM

Tonewise the MXR's "Growl" knob sounds nearly identical to the OC-2. It also adds the deeper sounding "Girth" and the ability to blend both with the dry plus the midswitch. It's also slightly smaller, true bypass (if that matters to you - I prefer the Boss buffer) and you can solo either octave down without a volume drop which the Boss can't.

All that said, IMO the Boss tracks better and with fewer artifacts so it's the one I kept.

Slackerprince · #4 09-21-2010, 03:16 PM

Interesting.
Just discovered that mine was made in Taiwan, which I've read here that is supposed to be good.
Thanks for the input.

S

rob_thebassman · #5 01-11-2011, 06:54 PM

from what ive heard the 'growl' octave seems to be based on the boss OC-2, and the 'girth' octave seems to be based on the ebs octabass

Jared Lash · #6 01-11-2011, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by rob_thebassman

from what ive heard the 'growl' octave seems to be based on the boss OC-2, and the 'girth' octave seems to be based on the ebs octabass

I've read that a number of times, but while the the Growl octave sounds nearly identical to the OC-2, the Girth octave doesn't sound at all like any of the 3 settings on the EBS.