BOSS OC-5 Octave Pedal Demo

Octave pedals of the past ten years have presented guitar and bass players with a tough decision: are you searching for that classic OC-2-style octave effect — the sound most of us guitar and bass players associate with the octave pedal— to add weight to your leads and walking lines? Or do you want a modern tracking and polyphonic capabilities to help flesh out chords in a solo setting? Well, with the Boss OC-5 Octave, pedal, now you don't have to choose. Whether it's thunderous mono sub-bass or strum-enriching root enhancement you're after, the OC-5 has you covered.

0:00 - Intro
0:35 - BOSS OC-5 Specs
0:54 - Vintage Mode
1:57 - Poly Mode
4:04 - BOSS OC-5 Optimization
5:00 - Thanks For Watching!

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[sweetwater]

To say the BOSS OC-5 is versatile is an understatement, this is one cool unit! If you enjoyed this video, don't forget to subscribe 🔔

[jegl]

I love the way this guy speaks. So articulate and clean. He should teach in college.

[T-Hawkeyes]

Boss realizing they were once king and coming back to play. Nice.

[piercegauge]

I love this pedal. An essential for me in my duo (drums and guitar). I have a two amp rig and this pedal is always on through the bass amp. I can fool around with country picking, blues, rock and metal with this pedal. The only limitations are that my fingers can't always create the sounds I want since playing a bass and guitar part yourself can often limit you. But my fingerpicking is always evolving and I'm playing smoother and smoother bass lines with this as I continue. I never switch this thing out of the lowest note polyphonic mode.

[jhvuvniks]

This guy is literally the best in the business for doing these these types of reviews on music gear. He speaks very well is the key.

[jmacc]

Love the idea of applying the octave down effect to only the lowest note. Kind of creates a Charlie Hunter style guitar out of anything. I wonder how it sounds on power chords through some overdrive for rock also.

[jonrichards]

I bet this works so awesome with drop tuning with that additional 2 octave drop.

[baritonecult]

Ordered one at 6am today from you guys, im pumped
Played the 3 for years, gonna be sweet on my baritones

[nickmsmith]

Bought this pedal a few weeks ago for the auto-tracking the lowest note in the chord. The tracking on it simply isn’t usable. On any guitar I used, it lagged behind, and seemed to jump around to the point that I wouldn’t trust that function in any gig capacity. The technology in this feature isn’t reliable enough at this point to be anything but a fun thing to tinker with, from my experience playing a les Paul, Strat, tele, acoustic and classical through it.


BUT: i switched it to the regular poly mode, and set it to only track the bottom 15 notes, and it really shines there. Definitely keeping it, and have already used it live. Really fills out the low end and makes up for the lack of a bassist in a solo act.

The automatic low-note tracking definitely needs some work on being reliable.

Until then, I’m happy with the OC5 in the way I’m using it. In the way I’m using it (setting the range you want to octave down) I’d give it a 10/10. For the low note tracking feature, I’d give it a 4/10.

[RickatSonyRed]

He’s definitely got that voice over voice, you’ve probably heard him on all sorts of commercials and such, its a real moneymaker having a voice like that.

[Millennial_Mike]

Mitch is a superb product demonstrator goes into just the right amount of detail... Great diction, just the right amount of enthusiasm

[vecegary]

Thank you for an intelligent and informative video rather than drowning us in a bunch of screaming sounds, wind machines, and jumping cameras (sans information). Finally, a grownup approach to a guitar (gear) video.

[coltonjones]

Is my dude playing Giant Steps on a strat with with vibe and octave settings?? hell ya

[BradsGonnaPlay]

Amazing. This pedal could have changed so many things for 18 year old me haha

Quick story: I actually ended up having a buddy of mine route out a separate jack on my Strat to run just the lowest 3 strings through an octave pedal (Local H style)

[goodboid]

Mitch, that's a lovely home studio!

[davidtexmex]

Mitch is a good guy, articulate and welcoming.

[kmohlal]

That was awesome Mitch! Thank you so much!!

[airamarrocha]

Oh thank you very much!
You have helped me clear my doubts about this pedal, I have a 2 piece band (drum and guitar) and this is the exact pedal we need to cover the bass.

[tag]

Thanks, that was a great demo. I watched one earlier today that left me knowing nothing more than I did before I watched it. That pedal looks like a lot of fun.

[mferguson]

And I was just thinking "If only the OC-2/3 had an octave up setting"