AndyTheBassBison

I’ve just discovered this thread and thought I’d weigh in as I’ve owned an OC2, OC3 and OC5 briefly at the same time! Only the OC5 remains. I couldn’t find a difference in sound between the 2 and 5’s -1 setting apart from a volume difference and better tracking in the 5. I didn’t rate the 3 at all. I also use an EBS OctaBass which tracks terribly but has a great synthy sound and an MXR bass octave deluxe which does the oc2 thing well with an added bonus of being able to blend a modern octaver sound it to give it girth. I’ve tried the Aguilar which I didn’t think has a good sound or tracks well at all. I have a bit of an octaver addiction haha…

Thanks and sorry for the confusion but that’s how I’ve got it set up. The issue is that it’s easy to hit the tiny preset button (next to the four red/green LEDs) when using the main foot switch as an engage/bypass switch. I just need to work on my foot technique!

Ah ok. I’ll have to take another look at the manual, I don’t recall seeing anything about that

Yes, you can scroll through presets by holding the main foot switch but it’s clunky and your foot covers the preset lights so it’s guesswork which one you’re on.

I’m still loving mine and have got a tap switch to change presets. I’d heard it is fussy about power supplies but my gig last night was something else - the venue’s power did not agree with it at all, even with any of my power supplies. It was so noisy I had to take it off my board. My boss and ebs pedals were unaffected. My only other gripe is that it’s easy to accidentally change preset when you press the main switch, would be great if the preset button deactivated when you connect an external tap switch.

I put a wanted ad on here and got it for £255 posted which seems fair

I've just managed to snag one of these for a decent price used. I've had plenty of synth pedals come and go over the years but this one suits me very well as it's compact and easy to adjust on the fly (I hated the C4's app). I have one patch dedicated to a clean signal with chorus which is handy. Tracking isn't perfect (or quite as good as in IMA's demos) but it's good enough for what I need in function bands. I've gigged it a couple of times as part of my big pedal board and will be using it in a new compact board (tuner>comp>mxr bass synth>tap pedal to change preset). I'll be doing Ain't Nobody with it live soon so I'll see how that goes - it seems decent enough at home...

Any thoughts on the new American Professional Classic Mustang Bass - have we reached peak Mustang?! Looks nice but I’m not sure what it has to offer which isn’t already in the range. https://uk.fender.com/products/american-professional-classic-mustang-bass?variant=51257875300639

Thanks! I wasn't too happy with the single coil pickup sound so had a new pickguard made to house a warman dual rail which has a much fatter sound, a reversible mod as I could return it to stock easily.

Great idea for a thread! I've had a few over the years - mustang PJ, JMJ and a squier musicmaster which I had modified. I fancy a vintera 70s or performer model at some point and I'll be keeping an eye out for used squier antiguas in the future...