Best octaver pedal for 5 string fretless. Your opinion.

[nilorius]

It's 2024. heart is beating. Would like an octave pedal. Watching at MXR M288. No way it can be tried out at places in offer. Who can write the opinion on this octave with fretless. Maybe better recommendations. Thanks.

[nilorius]

Yeah....great response from BC members. Cheers!

Edited January 2, 2024 by nilorius

[itu]

My favourite at the moment is KMA Queequeg 2. It is simplistic looking, but very powerful. I think I like it even more than my Cog T-16.

 

https://kmamachines.com/machines/queequeg-2/

[Cosmo Valdemar]

1 hour ago, nilorius said:

Yeah....great response from BC members. Cheers!

Blimey. Maybe try Talkbass, I hear they're a lot friendlier there.

[SumOne]

12 hours ago, nilorius said:

Yeah....great response from BC members. Cheers!

 

 

You asked quite a specific question 'Best octaver pedal for 5 string fretless' and even more specifically about the MXR M288 for that use. It's a bit of an obscure/niche question to get in a huff about not getting a response in less than 3hrs! Even if someone was in that small niche and happened to read your question in that time perhaps they couldn't drop what they were doing to urgently tell you.  

 

Anyway, I don't know about on fretless but the M288 is a decent analogue octaver. Personally, I prefer the Octamizer though. No analogue ocatvers I've used have been very good on notes below the low A though so that B string didn't get used much with them.

[pete.young]

13 hours ago, nilorius said:

Yeah....great response from BC members. Cheers!

After only 3 hours? Your expectations are unreasonable.

 

And you don't specify whether you're looking for octave up or octave down.

 

I'd say don't buy anything without trying a Boss OC-5 first. 

[Rob Bisby]

On 02/01/2024 at 21:04, nilorius said:

Yeah....great response from BC members. Cheers!

Sorry mate, I was too busy looking after mi kids..

[Rob Bisby]

Also, this video here is ironically what you need to see

 

https://youtu.be/nHauQR3Pi3U?si=f59x5drICXSlvhh9

[paul_5]

Great video from Ed Friedland Rob, I think were I ever in the market for another octave I'd go for the MXR, granted it's only got one octave down, but I only use one octave of my OC2 anyway.

[Rob Bisby]

29 minutes ago, paul_5 said:

Great video from Ed Friedland Rob, I think were I ever in the market for another octave I'd go for the MXR, granted it's only got one octave down, but I only use one octave of my OC2 anyway.

I'm tempted by that pedal tbf. Seems to track well and has two voicings of the octave down, and a mid switch

[nilorius]

Sorry for my stupid impatience - that's what i am. Thanks for the after response.

[fretmeister]

4 hours ago, nilorius said:

Sorry for my stupid impatience - that's what i am. Thanks for the after response.

 

It took you 12 hours to reply to the previous post.

 

Poor show indeed!

 

 

[fretmeister]

Anyway, I like the OC-5 best. It tracks better than the MXR even though the MXR has a slightly nicer tone to my ears.

 

I always run an HPF after an Octave so I can leave it on even when playing the lowest notes. Everything octaved below a normal B (A string 2nd fret) then cuts off before it goes to the amp. Stops a lot of muddy nonsense.

Edited January 5, 2024 by fretmeister

[nilorius]

19 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

 

It took you 12 hours to reply to the previous post.

 

Poor show indeed!

 

 

Sorry, i was confused

[Elfrasho]

I actually know the exact answer to your question, but I'm not going to tell you.  

[nilorius]

42 minutes ago, Elfrasho said:

I actually know the exact answer to your question, but I'm not going to tell you.  

Lucky You !🤐