Celebrity Pedals - Taylor Shift... who has one?!

[thisisswanbon]

Hidy Ho Neighbourinos! 

 

Reeeally interested in the Celebrity Pedals Taylor Shift OC2 clones, seen plenty of them on here which has piqued my interest and after sending a few messages to their insta (really friendly and helpful, by the way!) I'm almost sold as a change of pace to my Octabvre mini....

 

Anyone have one and care to share their experience and thoughts? How do they compare to other OC2 clones? 

 

Cheers in advance!

[phagor]

I have one and love it! A Mk 2 with the dry kill switch and HPF.

 

I have two OC-2s which I also love and gigged for years. But they don't handle my active basses or even my hot passive P bass without clipping. And I feel icky about the lack of true bypass. I also have an EBS Octabass, Iron Ether Subterranea, HX Stomp. Haven't tried an Octabvre though.

 

I haven't put them side by side, but the Taylor Shift sounds very like an OC-2. It's super smooth, doesn't glitch much, and tracks low on my basses.

 

I usually have the tone maxed, which gives me the OC-2 vibe. If you turn it down, you get into EBS Octabass or MXR girth territory. It's not a huge difference, but nice to have.

 

The dry volume has more gain than an OC-2. I sometimes use it as a clean boost when I don't need the octaver for a gig.

 

The dry kill switch is awesome. I often switch between the two settings, sometimes in the same song! This makes it really easy, and the form factor works well for my big feet.

 

The big Octabvre has a knob to tweak the octave level when it's soloed, which the Taylor Shift doesn't have, but I haven't noticed this as a problem. I usually run mine into a Cali 76 bass comp which probably evens out any difference in level.

 

 

 

 

[thisisswanbon]

I now have a Taylor Shift incoming... the basic non filter version.

 

I'll of the demoes ive heard suggest this has all of the character of an oc2 but without the volume drop associated with the - 2oct dial. Excited to see how it compares to my octabvre!