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Boss OC-2 club...

#62
Gashaponcito said:
which OC-2 is the good one... I was looking in ebay and a lot of people claim that its MIJ =S is there another version of it?
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They're all the same, unless you're selling one, in which case the Japanese version is 10x better and you can demand silly money for it.

Apparently the addition of the letter "r" improves the tracking, the bypass, the tone and the knowing looks you get from other bassists.
 
#63
Gashaponcito said:
which OC-2 is the good one... I was looking in ebay and a lot of people claim that its MIJ =S is there another version of it?
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?

There's an Made in Japan(MIJ) OC-2 Octaver, and a Made in Taiwan 'OC-2 Octave'-- As with most Boss pedals, people prefer the older MIJ model to the newer Taiwanese models, but they are generally the same. The argument for MIJ>MIT is that the build quality, and sometimes the components are of higher quality.

That being said, as far as I know the MIJ Octaver and MIT Octave pedals are the same-- I've a/b'd the two and couldn't hear any discernible difference. The OC-2 go for about $50, and the MIJ Octavers go for about $100 or so.

They're both great ;)
 
#66
Tekken said:
Hi!
I own one (made in Japan ;) ): which is my club number? :)

Gashaponcito,
Don't you have a good octaver in your OS yet (1 or 2 down, 1 or 2 up, 1 fifth)?
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Yes I have, unfortunately the OS just lets you use 1 of all the available with the OC2 I could have its both octaves + 1 of the OS imagine I could use something like the 2 octaves of the OC2 plus the fifth of the OS :bassist:
 
#68
I have a little OC-2 history question. Who was the first bass player to turn the dry signal all the way off to get what is now the standard tone for synth/d 'n'b/dub sounds.

The first guy I saw do it was Jonathan Maron with Groove Collective back in the mid-90's.

John Davis, I'm assuming you might know the answer to this, as I would bet Jojo was involved somehow in this bit of OC-2 history.

Thanks!
 
#69
I had the -3, which I kinda dug most in -2 mode. I was trying to get a DnB group together, found that the OC-2 with no original signal, full -1 and half -2 gave me a fantastic place to start when building a synth tone.

Gonna get an OC-2 I think, Pino's fretless just killed me :)

c-
 
#73
fightthepower said:
?

There's an Made in Japan(MIJ) OC-2 Octaver, and a Made in Taiwan 'OC-2 Octave'-- As with most Boss pedals, people prefer the older MIJ model to the newer Taiwanese models, but they are generally the same. The argument for MIJ>MIT is that the build quality, and sometimes the components are of higher quality.

That being said, as far as I know the MIJ Octaver and MIT Octave pedals are the same-- I've a/b'd the two and couldn't hear any discernible difference. The OC-2 go for about $50, and the MIJ Octavers go for about $100 or so.

They're both great ;)
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I have a MIJ Octave (with no R) and a very early MIT (again with no R). Both indicate the ACA power supply. Different color of brown and graphics are different. But both sound the same. They do sound killin' with a fretless bass.;)
 
#75
as far as i know, it was Tim Lefebrve... but Jonathan was probably doing it around the same time, too...

both those guys were instrumental in creating a vernacular for playing 'electronic' sounding bass.

personally, I owe a ton to Tim, in terms of my sound and concept. He and Jojo spent a lot of time experimenting and laying the groundwork for what I do.

John
 

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