Boss OC-2 Octave Pedal

A Boss Octave OC-2 can be seen on John's pedalboard in this photo he posted to facebook from his show in Rio de Janeiro.

The Boss OC-2 Octave Pedal, capable of producing notes one and two octaves down, is used by Matthew Bellamy of Muse.

In early years he used OC-2 as it used to be the only octave pedal on market.

"BOSS always works its way in, some way or another. In the studio for this album, I took a more minimal approach, recording mostly dry, but there were a couple of songs where I recorded through a chorus pedal at the front. I also used a BOSS on “Stream of Consciousness” during the middle part — the section we call the “Crimson section,” as in King Crimson. I used a BOSS OC-2 Octave pedal for that one."

Powered by a Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus, Satriani’s versatile pedalboard featured a Vox Big Bad Wah, Boss OC-2 Octave, Voodoo Lab Proctavia, Vox Saturator, Zvex Ringtone, Boss DM-2 Analog Delay, and two of the guitarist’s signature Vox Time Machine delay units

Can be seen on his pedalboard, used on songs like starlight, helsinki jam

When it comes to effects, Prince seems to like Boss, all of them! While it very well could be that Prince owns the entire Boss line of effects, he is commonly seen with an OC-2 octaver.

In this video, Gary featured a selection of Boss guitar effects pedals he uses including the [DS-1](https://equipboard.com/items/boss-ds-1-distortion-guitar-effects-pedal), [CE-2](https://equipboard.com/items/boss-ce-2-chorus-guitar-effect-pedal), [DM-2](https://equipboard.com/items/boss-dm-2-analog-delay-effects-pedal), OC-2 as well as the [BF-2 Flanger](https://equipboard.com/items/boss-bf-2).

He uses two Boss OC-2 octave pedals.

According to Boss' diagram, Malmsteen uses the Boss OC-2 octave pedal.

Pino is featured in [Bass Player magazine](http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/newbay/bp_sessionlegends/index.php?startid=49) where the Boss OC-2 is listed as one of his standard session tools.

A Boss OC-2 Octave Pedal appears in Mike Einziger's pedalboard at the start of this rig rundown video.

"You said you don’t really hear effects, but you did use some stompboxes on the album—right? I don’t need any overdrive pedals because the amps have plenty of overdrive. But I used a CryBaby wah, a Dunlop JD-45 Rotovibe, a Dunlop TS1 Tremolo, a Boss OC-2 Octave, and a Mesa/Boogie Revolver rotating-speaker cabinet."

According to the site he used OC-2 at some point.

He used it after 1980

In interview with Music Radar, Bettencourt says about his OC-2... "There are songs like Comfortably Dumb and stuff off of [2008 album] Saudades De Rock, or whatever, that I’ll use it for if the songs were written that way.”

From the interview with Premier Guitar: *What effects did you use for Blood In, Blood Out?* *Holt: I use a ton of different pedals. I love stompboxes—they’re like crack to me! I have pedals from Maxon, Dunlop, HomeBrew Electronics, Pigtronix. I use a lot of the Maxon Tube Screamer-type pedals. They made the original ones, so they have ones that are exactly like the original, sought-after ones, and they also have updated versions.* *I also love the* **Boss Octaver**. *I’ve never been without one my whole life. Dunlop makes a bass octave pedal, which sounds probably even a little better and has a smaller footprint, which I also like. And I use a Voodoo Lab Ground Control. With Slayer, I’ve been using the Dunlop Jerry Cantrell wah. Kerry [King] uses the Zakk Wylde wah, so I wanted something to differentiate our wah sounds.*

Here in this webpage it shows pictures of Jerry on stage with pedals behind him on his racks 3rd photo down shows his mid-late 80s early 90s pedal rig with the boss oc-2 octave pedal.

At 3:04 in this "Rig Rundown" with *Premier Guitar*, Brian Farmer, Warren Haynes' guitar tech, points out a Boss OC-2 while outlining Warren's pedals.

Campbell himself mentions the OC-2 in this September 1999 "Spotlight on a Heartbreaker" interview from the official Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers website. > **24) Mark in GA asked: What kind of guitar, pick-ups, amps, any effects pedals, etc. did you use to get the sound for "Don't Come Around Here No More?"** > On "Don't Come Around Here No More" I used a gold top Les Paul through a rat distortion pedal with a boss octaver and a wah wah pedal through an Ampeg rocket amp.....also used a slide bottle.

In this diagram made by Boss, the Boss OC-2 is visible next to the Boss flanger pedal.

"And finally Ross MacDonald of The 1975. Boss tuner, Morley (volume or wah?), Empress Compressor, Boss OC-2, EHX Bass Micro Synth, Boss ODB-3, SansAmp Bass Driver DI, and a SansAmp Tri-AC."

Probably OC-2, but he does not say which one Boss Octave is. Nearly 31:40 in video.

Chelsea Wolfe using a Boss OC 2. circa 2012.

At 1:30 of this video, Mike Stern of [Yellowjacket](https://equipboard.com/band/yellowjackets) and [DR Big Band](https://equipboard.com/band/dr-big-band) shows us his pedal board containing a Boss OC-2 Octave Pedal.

In this Rig Rundown video from Premier Guitar, Juan Alderete talks briefly about why he uses the OC-2 Octave. At 4:48, he says, “You gotta have this. Because it’s just a super musical octave pedal.”

"We also used some BOSS [CE-5] choruses and [OC-2] octave dividers. I also like the fact that the BOSS pedals are colored, so we talk about them in terms of … ‘the orange one, the green one,the red one, the purple one, the blue one’ [laughs]."

[This photo-article from MusicRadar/*Guitarist* magazine](http://www.musicradar.com/guitarist/manic-street-preachers-james-dean-bradfields-gear-280353) details all of the gear Bradfield used during the making of the Manic Street Preacher's 2010 album *Postcards From a Young Man.* The OC-2 (boxed, at left) is depicted in James' pedal collection.

At 0:26 we can see it in Scott's pedalboard

Nick has a Boss OC-2 Octave on this

This gear diagram of Michael's stage setup includes a Boss OC-2.

At 4:34 a boss OC-2 can be seen in the top right corner of Paul's board

Just sessioning and trying to remember how to play this wood plank with four metal wires

Up close and personal with the pedalboards of the stars

Can be seen on his stand in this interview with MusicIsWin

Seen here on his pedal board.

"This pedal is criminally underrated. I know Boss sometimes has a bad rep with the pedal-using community, but this super-simple stompbox has been on every single 311 album since Unity in the early ’90s. I really enjoy using it on heavy, single-note guitar parts because it adds some nastiness and fattens the tone, bolstering the dry distortion sound. I kick it on for songs like “Ebb and Flow” and “The Great Divide” off Stereolithic. I prefer the Boss Octave to an octave fuzz because it only tracks one or two octaves below the original signal, and it’s simple, clean, and pure."

According to his [official website](http://www.bryanbeller.com/cms/index.php?page=gear), Bryan Beller uses a Boss OC-2 Octave Pedal.

He said that he uses it when was asked "With so many sounds on the GOASTT record to reproduce live, I imagine you need a well-stocked pedalboard. What do you have on it?"

The 1986 The Final Countdown Tourbook goes into detail about the gear Europe used for the tour (albeit with a few typos and inconsistencies), and listed among Norum's gear is a "Boss Octaver". You can clearly hear the effect on some solos such as on "Time Has Come", both on record and live. Norum didn't seem to have an on-stage pedalboard on their 1986 Tour, and most likely used a some kind of midi swithcing system instead.

Boss OC2… I’ve tried other octaves, and that one just does it for me. I could do a gig with just that one pedal, for sure…

This is a picture of Marc's pedalboard from the performance on Echoes in April, 2010. The OC-2 is clearly shown here

I have seen FIDLAR live, and zac used an OC-2. There is also a reddit post listing Zac's pedals, and it includes this pedal.

Observar video en el segundo 0:43

" I've used it for years, and to me it tracks good enough. I like the sound. It's funky."

At 6:58, along with the rest of his pedalboard, the OC-2 is shown.

I have used many of the other BOSS Distortion pedals, and the [OC-2] Octave pedal; I found it an interesting and easy way to make your guitar sound huge. It’s like having another guitar or bass playing at the same time. And I’ve always had BOSS tuners, because it’s extremely important to stay in tune.

Visible in this Instagram post.

In [this article from BOSS Users Group magazine](http://www.lynchnet.com/articles/bug.html) (Vol. 5, No. 1 Summer 2001), David details his guitar rig at the time, which included an OC-2.

Can be seen on this video

from sonicyouth.com From Jim's 2002 pedalboard (August 2002 Murray St. show)

On right side of pedalboard

Brian Uses an OC-3 in the above picture and in many others. In some pictures, in can be seen with a Metal Zone faceplate.

In this photo [(source)](http://www.kulick.net/blog/index.shtml#day49), the Boss OC-2 octaver pedal is visible.

Equipment: Octaver Boss

Red Socks Pugie (Live on KEXP)

Grant uses a Boss Octave Pedal in his rig.

Nick's OC-2 Octave Pedal can be seen on his pedalboard in this photo. Taken from this article: https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/news/140513/

Bottom row, left to right: Boss Chromatic Tuner used for switching the Matchless, OCD distortion pedal, Boss tuner used for switching the Vox, Boss tuner for switching the Ampeg, DOD phaser, MXR Carbon Copy delay. Top row, left to right: Boss octave pedal for the bass pickup, MXR bass octave pedal

"So I’m not a gear head. I don’t search out pedals, but now that I have my palette to work from…you know, it has to be a Boss OC2 which they don’t make anymore. So I do have to seek out these pedals on eBay."

weapons of choice

In this photo Nick Sadler can be seen using Boss OC-2

At 3:21 in this video, Javier's pedalboard can be seen and the OC-2 Sits in the top row of it.

Mr. Nick Bockrath uses the Boss OC-2 Octave Pedal on his pedalboard.

According to this article, he uses Boss OC-2.

Can be seen in the photo in the middle of the page. He also mentions this pedal in this interview.

In this photo, which shows Travers' board from 2007 Cologne concert, the Boss OC-2 octave pedal can be seen.

An information sheet detailing El Ten Eleven's stolen gear in 2013 identifies their equipment. As they were covered by insurance, these pedals may have been replaced, perhaps even with an identical model.

Up close and personal with the pedalboards of the stars

29/5/2015 In the comments as a response to pedalboard question: "It's constantly changing, here's the most recent one: Boss OC-2, mini crybaby, box of rock, Rockett Archer, Telonics volume, moog minifooger chorus, moog minifooger delay, boss reverb."

En varias fotos de sus conciertos podemos ver el OC-2 de Boss en su pedalera.

At 41:10 in this video, T.M. Stevens talks about the Boss OC-2 on his pedalboard. Of it he says, "I tend to give just a pinch for that raw sound...it gives that low growl."

I used the Boss for years. One day while I was on the road about 15 years ago, it broke and I “borrowed” this one from MM.

Boss OC-2 at 0:45

Integrated into the G System via loops are the TC Nova Drive, for programmable distortion/overdrive, an Odie overdrive pedal and the Boss OC2 Octaver.

1:35 in this live video

In this photo from Black Rivers instagram Boss OC-2 can be seen in Jez's pedalboard.

According to Premier Guitar's rig rundown, Osborne uses Boss OC-2 Octave Pedal.

Conner showed some of the gear that he used for the fourth Haken album (later called *Affinity* and came out in 2016) in this post.

Artist's pedalboard from Instagram

Farlow’s 1960 Gibson Tal Farlow prototype rests upon his custom performance stool. (inset) The circuitboard from a Boss OC-2 Octaver that was driven by the guitar’s middle pickup.

One of the pedals in his all Boss pedalboard.

1985 Tour gear list

Can be seen at 18:45 of this video.

Sub bass generators. MXR Bass Octave Deluxe, TC Corona mini chorus, Doppelgänger Heritage, Ovnifx Smoothie Compressor, Boss OC2.

At 7.35 he discusses this

the pedal is on the right

He uses OC-2 with keyboard.

This image is from his official website

A photo from his offical facebook page. OC-2 can be seen here.

At 8.04 he discusses the OC2

According to Guitar Geek's rig diagram, Fluckey uses the Boss OC-2 octaver pedal.

Keiji Haino live at Barnevelder (after the show, gear close-up) On Sunday, June 22, 2008

10:02 into the video, the Boss OC-2 is shown.

"With so many sounds on the GOASTT record to reproduce live, I imagine you need a well-stocked pedalboard. What do you have on it? ...a Boss OC-2 Octave Pedal."

He uses Boss Octave OC-2 .

"Rehearsal #MaximumHedrum #maximumeffectspedals #maximumfun"

Set Up Ariel Minimal (Pez 2010) Sala de Ensayo de Pez Floresta C.A.B.A. Argentina

This article states that this was part of Watson's rig.

"My main touring rig that I've put together is pretty cool and is capable of doing a lot of stuff. Basically what I'm running is this: MJ Mirage Guitar through: -ErnieBall Volume pedal -Digitech Wammy pedal -Morley Bad Horsie 2 Wah pedal Through: -GCX switcher system with these pedals in the loops: -Keeley compressor -Boss Autowah -Boss OC-2 octave…"

According to this article, Jannick Top uses a Boss octaver.

On the official [Jethro Tull website](http://jethrotull.com/the-attic/musical-instruments/jonathan-noyce/), Jonathan Noyce states that he uses a Boss OC-2 Octave Pedal.

"Today Endon Setup!!!" Visible on lower lefthand side of the board

He uses OC-2 octaver.

His 'guilty pleasure' pedal in his grease setup

Photo of Frank's pedalboard posted on the forum.

Used in some songs by David

Brian Kanagaki states in his Tumblr post that Sean might be using an "octave pedal".

The pedal is near to the MXR phase 100

Can be seen here in the cover photo of his pedals on facebook.

he sure likes pedals

Seen from 2015 Built to Spill show

A boss octave can be seen on the ground in this gig photo

Another octave pedal Rastegar uses

on there instagram storie they said that the use the OC-2

“I started on the OC2 and I know Chris Cheney uses that too. What I really love about the OC3 is that you can choose which strings it is going to be on. That’s amazing! For the majority of the gig I will have it on my low E and A but then I will flick it to a different setting which puts it on all strings like the OC2 used to be."

Seen between Capistan & DD7

"Pedalboard for that particular evening," Jenkins says, in this [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/therealstevejenkins) post, in which his boss OC-2 can be seen.