Boss OC-5 Octave!!!!

[Bagman]

anyone got a MIJ OC-2 , and OC-5 and an original OC-2 Octaver?? 

there is an Octaver available in NZ presently 

I can't remember ever playing one 

 

[Kev]

10 minutes ago, Bagman said:

anyone got a MIJ OC-2 , and OC-5 and an original OC-2 Octaver?? 

there is an Octaver available in NZ presently 

I can't remember ever playing one 

 

 

I had a MIJ OC-2 and an OC-5 at the same time, and recently sold an Octaver.  None left now though, the Quad Cortex model is perfectly good enough for me  

[NoirBass]

1 hour ago, Bagman said:

anyone got a MIJ OC-2 , and OC-5 and an original OC-2 Octaver?? 

there is an Octaver available in NZ presently 

I can't remember ever playing one 

 

I do, let me plug them in and see what my thoughts are. My gut says that I prefer the OC-2 as that’s just what I tend to grab if I need an octave.

 

I should also add that I have a few OC-2’s and my favourite is an ‘83 Octaver. So they do vary a bit.

Edited Thursday at 10:43 by NoirBass

[NoirBass]

 

Ok, so I've plugged in The OC-5, followed by an '85 'Octave' OC-2 and then an '83 "Octaver' OC-2. All are soloed on the -1 octave (OC-5 in vintage setting on Bass mode)

 

All three are individually powered by a Boss RPW-7 to make sure they all have the correct voltage hitting them.

 

I'm using an MIJ '57 Reissue P bass with worn in flats, tone on full, straight out of the DI of an Ampeg PF800 pre EQ into Logic no processing.

 

Playing around the sweet spot of 7th to 12th fret for the little riff in the demo.

 

I can't feel or perceive any latency from the OC-5, what I can hear is that they all sound a bit different and the OC-5 is much louder due to a better noise floor.

 

 

 

 

Edited 13 hours ago by NoirBass

[pantherairsoft]

Doesn't that era (early/mid 80's) need the ACA power supply? So 12v power supply (or a 9v battery)? I ran one on 9v for years thinking that was right, but then found out it was an ACA version... and swapping the supply gave me tons more volume and headroom. Just checking as the RPW-7 won't power the ACA demanding ones properly.

I used to have an ACA and PSA version at the same time and difference between them at 9v was a bit like the OC2 were vs the OC5 in your clip. That said, the OC5 absolutely has a touch more volume output than the OC2.

I also have an ACA MIT OC-2, that has been modded with the -2 Oct disconnected. Doing this gives loads more headroom to the circuit and raises the volume to pretty much the same level as my OC5, which is nice.

[NoirBass]

You could well be correct, but my understanding is that as long as it’s daisy chained (as the RPW-7 is internally) it will work correctly:

 

Powering Options ACA

 

12V DC Adapter: Use a dedicated 12V DC (center-negative) adapter or a power supply with a selectable 12V output.

 

Battery: A 9V battery will provide the correct 9V internally, bypassing the voltage-dropping components.

 

Daisy Chain (with a PSA pedal): If connected in a daisy chain with at least one standard 9V PSA pedal, the ACA pedal's internal resistor/diode circuit is bypassed, allowing it to run correctly on 9V

 

When powering ACA Boss pedals I’m always lead by the brightness of the LED. Setting them up as I did in this test gives full bright LED’s so I’m assuming they are working correctly. That said I do have a 12V Boss ACA PSU and I’ll A/B and update.

Edited 12 hours ago by NoirBass

[pantherairsoft]

You may well be spot on. I assumed you’d taken one output from the supply per pedal, as opposed to actually daisy chaining them to each other with a single daisy chain (and I still can’t get my head around why that works on the ACA pedals!!!).

[Kev]

I didn't know about the daisy chain trick either, swear when I used to run daisy chains I still had issues with ACA pedals, perhaps not though as we're going back some years!

[Quatschmacher]

4 hours ago, NoirBass said:

my understanding is that as long as it’s daisy chained it will work correctly

This is indeed correct. 

[Bagman]

this is a top thread

 

thanks @noirbass

 

I don't think I can tell the difference between the 3 options 

 

however I think I want all three