New MXR Vintage Bass Octave

[AaronVonRock]

Some do, some don't. I've heard from pedal builders who have said their little pedals get hate email. It took me a little bit to get used to footswitching them without flipping them over, but I can do it now, and I love how they save on board real estate. But I would imagine they'd be pretty easy to rehouse in a bigger enclosure. A lot easier than vice versa, that's for sure!

I get the attraction of mini pedals saving real estate on a board. But like you said, it felt like I was going to flip the mini pedal over when engaging it. I'm sure with more practice and patience I could get used to it, but I couldn't be bothered. I just wound up buying another BOSS TU-3 with the money from selling the mini TC Polytune.

 

[JimmyM]

I get the attraction of mini pedals saving real estate on a board. But like you said, it felt like I was going to flip the mini pedal over when engaging it. I'm sure with more practice and patience I could get used to it, but I couldn't be bothered. I just wound up buying another BOSS TU-3 with the money from selling the mini TC Polytune.

Someone should invent a device that you can insert a tiny pedal into and make it a bigger pedal. Call it the Embiggener. If someone would wish to donate a couple hundred grand for R&D and give me a couple years to work on it, I think I could possibly even come up with it on my own.

 

[AaronVonRock]

Someone should invent a device that you can insert a tiny pedal into and make it a bigger pedal. Call it the Embiggener. If someone would wish to donate a couple hundred grand for R&D and give me a couple years to work on it, I think I could possibly even come up with it on my own.

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[fasto]

Someone should invent a device that you can insert a tiny pedal into and make it a bigger pedal. Call it the Embiggener. If someone would wish to donate a couple hundred grand for R&D and give me a couple years to work on it, I think I could possibly even come up with it on my own.

solution: check out "Stomptrap"

 

[the low one]

Anyone know yet how Oct 1 compares to the growl and girth on the BOD ?
Looks like the factory default for the mid boost is different to the BOD too. Can't see what the default is but the website says "use the Mid switch to boost your clean signal's midrange at 800Hz by +6dB". Would this voicing work better if the tone of the octave is different?

 

[JimmyM]

solution: check out "Stomptrap"
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Dammit! Scooped again!

 

[JimmyM]

Anyone know yet how Oct 1 compares to the growl and girth on the BOD ?
Looks like the factory default for the mid boost is different to the BOD too. Can't see what the default is but the website says "use the Mid switch to boost your clean signal's midrange at 800Hz by +6dB". Would this voicing work better if the tone of the octave is different?

You ask a lot of questions about a pedal that none of us have seen other than a couple little 10 second clips

Assuming that it's their take on the OC-2, and it does sound that way to me, I can tell you that the OC-2 Oct 1 and the Growl control are similar but different, with the Growl being a little deeper in the lows and a little less middy. Girth, to me, sounds different from either of them. Couldn't tell you about the mid switch...I never mess with it. But it's a little simplified on the VBO since you have your choice of boosting 400 or 800 hz on the BOD and only 800 on the VBO.

 

[the low one]

You ask a lot of questions about a pedal that none of us have seen other than a couple little 10 second clips .

I was thinking out loud

 

[76jazzbass]

I got one yesterday. Tracks really well but sounds little different than an OC2 and sadly I don't have one anymore to AB them. It was a quick try out but possibly the best tracking on an analog octave I've tried.

 

[JimmyM]

I got one yesterday. Tracks really well but sounds little different than an OC2 and sadly I don't have one anymore to AB them. It was a quick try out but possibly the best tracking on an analog octave I've tried.

You got the Vintage Bass Octave or the Bass Octave Deluxe yesterday? Oh dang, yesterday the stores were showing they were coming by the 28th and now they're showing that it's in stock. Weird.

 

[Johnny Mac]

Curious to see how this stacks up to a Cog T-16. The filter on the T-16 would probably be more useful than the second octave down for me, but the price point of the VBO might make up the difference.

 

[alack]

I'm having an internal dilemma regarding how much I really need (I mean want) another octave pedal. I have an OC-2 on one board and a POG on the other. The board with the POG also has a Zoom MS-60B which has a decent Octave sim. Regardless of which setup I choose on any given gig I'll probably use an octave effect two or three times. Do I really need another octave pedal?

Edit: I argue with myself about additional overdrive pedals too.

 

[DDXdesign]

solution: check out "Stomptrap"
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That's cool! - I'm working on a 3D printed design for a similar item due to falling-over micro pedals myself!

 

[JimmyM]

I'm having an internal dilemma regarding how much I really need (I mean want) another octave pedal. I have an OC-2 on one board and a POG on the other. The board with the POG also has a Zoom MS-60B which has a decent Octave sim. Regardless of which setup I choose on any given gig I'll probably use an octave effect two or three times. Do I really need another octave pedal?

Edit: I argue with myself about additional overdrive pedals too.

I have steadfastly stuck with my OC-2 for about 10 years now, and it still works fine and I don't need another lower octave pedal. But I'm getting the VBO anyway because of fly dates. I usually use the Tender Octaver v1 on fly dates for both up and down octave, but I hate that thin digital octave down. Only problem is I have to come up with a present for my wife to get me for Christmas so I won't be able to use it till Dec 25

 

[76jazzbass]

You got the Vintage Bass Octave or the Bass Octave Deluxe yesterday? Oh dang, yesterday the stores were showing they were coming by the 28th and now they're showing that it's in stock. Weird.

Ordered it last week on Reverb.

 

[alack]

Looking forward to your review.

 

[GMC]

Looking at the PDF manual on the MXR site...there's an internal shot of the pedal. It looks like it's got 2 dip switches, one switches 400/800hz. The other is an on/off switch. I wonder what that's for?
It's amazing how small SMB components are. The biggest items on that board are the diodes!

 

[JimmyM]

Looking at the PDF manual on the MXR site...there's an internal shot of the pedal. It looks like it's got 2 dip switches, one switches 400/800hz. The other is an on/off switch. I wonder what that's for?
It's amazing how small SMB components are. The biggest items on that board are the diodes!

It DOES have the 400/800 switch. Must be a miscommunication between engineering and marketing. No idea about the other switch, but apparently it turns something on or off

 

[Nighttrain1127]

Maybe turns on and off a buffer like some of the TC electronics pedals. There is a trimpot for the level of mid boost up to 13db. But there is nothing that tells about the on off switch

 

[mondo2501]

Wow! This is really great news for PT Nano users like me who try to fit 5 pedals in one board. I know the Nano was designed for 4 standard sized pedals and I struggle to fit them all, feel like my cables will wear out sooner. I'm planning to get smaller cables too but a mini Octave is certainly welcomed (especially one that might sound like an OC-2 with better tracking).