Micro Pog. Out of fashion?

[Crabby]

There was such a huge buzz on TB for a long time about this pedal but I hardly see it on anyone's boards anymore. I picked a used one up last night and really am not sure what to think of it.

They are expensive ($250 in Canada). Got a nice used one for $150 which is still a lot for a used pedal. I have never owned an octave pedal before so I have no reference to compare it against.

Those of you who have owned one and then moved on, or decided to keep it, please share your thoughts on the Micro Pog. I have 30 days to return this one if I don't end up liking it. I am intrigued by the up coming MXR bass octave deluxe and am on the fence if I should take this one back and order a new MXR.

[Kenny Allyn]

Fashion?

Never thought of in those terms ... just tools for me


I like mine, use it for octave up, use an EBS Octabass for octave down.


... All in all I kinda like the octave effect when used well, have a Boss OC3 too.

[Crabby]

I guess what I'm getting at is how good is the Micro Pog compared to other octave pedals. I see that not many have the octave up feature which seems really cool. What is it about the EBS that you like better?

[Geist]

I can't wait till I have enough $$$ for a micropog, been gassing for one of those for almost a year now. I'll have one as soon as my friend pays me for the guitar I sold him.

[Jared Lash]

It's always interesting to me to see the trends that crop up on TB. It happens in Basses and Amps all the time too, but most often in effects where there's a big buzz about a certain pedal.

What's funny to me is that a few times long after the trend has died I'll actually get interested in one of those pedals. I'm looking at a Prunes and Custard right now even though it's "so 2005".

Kenny's right - they're just tools. Whether it's in or out of fashion on TB, the micro POG is the same pedal - fantastic tracking octaver with usable octave up and down. It was never the right pedal for me because I like analog octavers, but if you want to sound like an organ or simulate a guitar doubling a line, it's a great pedal.

[broadblik]

The EBS is alot more organic, I sold mine because I was an idiot and didn't realise it only did octave down, if you could combine the EBS tone and tracking with the POGs octave up, you'd have a cracking pedal.

[Kenny Allyn]

I like them both they are on the same board ...


The Octabass is really warm and organic and I like that on the lows, great when run through the Voodoo bass. It tracks very well for an analog pedal. The POG tracks just about flawlessly and has a very synth like sound very nice for keys type sounds, it also is cool through the Voodoo bass.




The Boss OC3 kinda splits the difference as it has some upper octave in the poly mode and tracks very, very well in that setting, it also has the classic OC2 octave down setting.

... The POG is the most versatile all around

[slyjoe]

What Kenny said. The octave up can be a little too synthy for me, but it tracks great. I really like it.

Hang around this forum long enough and everything will be out of fashion and in fashion within a short period of time.

Listen to it, learn to use it, and YOU decide if it is in fashion for YOU.

[hbarcat]

I've never been a fan of any pedals and I had never heard of the Micro Pog until I stopped into my local music store about 6 months ago. I mentioned to the owner that I was disappointed with every octave pedal that I've ever tried, especially the digital multiprocessors and was wondering if it was possible for me to get a similar sound live that the bassist Guy Pratt from Pink Floyd got on the Delicate Sound of Thunder tour while playing the song Sorrow. He whips out his Micro Pog and has me plug in and play on his setup and Im totally blown away with how badass the thing sounds. I jammed on it for about an hour and I've wanted one ever since. I've been saving my pennies to get one and I'm going to pull the trigger in about a week.

Hype from other members has been a non-factor. I had to have one the instant I played with it.

[Crabby]

I've been messing with it a bit more and it certainly is a fun pedal. Its giving me the urge to compare it to some other octave pedals. For some reason, I have never used or even tried an octave pedal on bass despite being a bit of an effects junky over the past few years.

I am impressed with the near flawless tracking. It has no noise at all and no drop or degration in tone when the dry mix is kept cranked. This may very well be a keeper!

[Jared Lash]

Originally Posted by hbarcat

Hype from other members has been a non-factor. I had to have one the instant I played with it.

Yeah, I felt the same way about the Empress Tremolo, and the Pigtronix EP-1, and the Roland AP-2, and the original Mutron III and the Lovetone Big Cheese and the Bass Micro Synth, and . . .

[Jared Lash]

Originally Posted by Crabby

I am impressed with the near flawless tracking. It has no noise at all and no drop or degration in tone when the dry mix is kept cranked. This may very well be a keeper!

Yeah, those are all great points about the POG. And that's why people dig it. The people who don't are generally those that like the more "dirty" or "synthy" tone of an analog octaver. But if you like the tone then keep it. You won't find a better tracking octaver and it has a great octave up sound to boot.

[chrisbass76]

Originally Posted by Crabby

I guess what I'm getting at is how good is the Micro Pog compared to other octave pedals. I see that not many have the octave up feature which seems really cool. What is it about the EBS that you like better?

I really like the freaky hammond sounds you can get!

[dannybuoy]

I saw a band called Bitches recently, just a drummer and bassist/vocalist. The bass player used a MicroPOG into a Russian Big Muff and was doing some heavy riffing and it sounded awesome! Made me want one.

[kevteop]

I've been thinking about getting one recently but it wouldn't budge my analogue octaver off my board, I'd just use it for thickening up other sounds.

But then I think I'd be better off with a digital pitch-shifter instead, something like a PS-3 or a Whammy (or a PitchFactor please, santa!). I think of the Micro POG more as a digital harmoniser than an octave effect.

[OhThePeacock]

I love mine, I use it for both octave down blended with a little dry (which sound crushing in the mix) and also I crank the dry and use just enough octave up so you can hear it, it really gives a nice shimmer behind your sound. I think it's a very useful pedal, you can get lots of organ sounds as well with the tone knob on your bass turned all the way down.

[air_leech]

Originally Posted by TheBigO

It's always interesting to me to see the trends that crop up on TB. It happens in Basses and Amps all the time too, but most often in effects where there's a big buzz about a certain pedal.

a bit OT but you just reminded me the trendy brands TB has gone through in the last decade - SWR, Eden, EA, Thunderfunk and now Markbass (in that order). the intresting thing is that when a new brand hits the trendiness jackpot the former champion often becomes everybody's punching bag.

I also remember a time when everyone had a custom Dave Pushik bass.

[jblock]

I just bought one last week. It definitely tracks better than any other octave pedal I've used, which is nice not to have to worry about. I like that it makes the octaves sound a little synthy. I use it in a power trio.

[fightthepower]

Originally Posted by kevteop

"I think of the Micro POG more as a digital harmoniser than an octave effect."

Originally Posted by OhThePeacock

"...you can get lots of organ sounds as well.."

So what it is, an octaver, a harmonizer, or an organizer? OHHhh /andrew dice clay


(ducking tomatoes)


I have a HOG, and the digital sub octave's don't do it for me in a traditional octaver roll, and I consider the lowpass filter a necessity with it. Perfect tracking, dead quiet, and can sound huge in it's own way, but it always feels like something is missing, and for my uses the micropog is too limited, and thus never appealed to me.

[whoatherechunk]

POG FTW