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snufkino
Copper Member
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 12/14/2009 : 22:58:43
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I got one in mint condition from ebay a few years ago for about �35 and now they're going for up to twice that! Who's to blame for that? Inflation is going to have a negligable effect on used prices, so it can't be that. I don't get why people are suddenly treating them like DM-2's or something. There can't be that much difference between the Japanese and Taiwanese versions surely? Not even to Boss snobs? What's going on, I want my lickle OC-2 back but they're not worth that!  |
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fatoldsun
Copper Member
Australia
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Posted - 12/14/2009 : 23:18:13
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| maybe stores dont want to stock it anymore because of the OC-3, which then makes it harder to get ur hands on one, thus making somewhat rare? maybe... |
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Frenetic Amnesic
Bronze Member
54 Posts |
Posted - 12/15/2009 : 00:39:35
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I bought an OC-2 a couple years back for $50. Dare I say mint condition. I was really disappointed however with it. The tracking really turned me off. I sold it a few months back for $50 or $60, cant remember which one.
PS. Love the avatar. Eraserhead is one of my top 5 favorite all time movies. |
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zerksies
Double Platinum Member
USA
3406 Posts |
Posted - 12/15/2009 : 00:56:25
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| It is just a flux in price it will come back down |
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verivorax
Platinum Member
Canada
1185 Posts |
Posted - 12/15/2009 : 03:45:50
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| yeesh I hope not. At least keep the price high on the rarer OctaveRs.. |
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zerksies
Double Platinum Member
USA
3406 Posts |
Posted - 12/15/2009 : 13:08:02
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| Good time to sell if you have one |
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Right Foot Boss
Gold Member
USA
881 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2009 : 15:28:45
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| I think verivorax named the culprit here, the OC-2 Octave prices are being treated like OC-2 Octaver prices. |
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Miky
Silver Member
Czech Republic
184 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2009 : 16:30:47
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| Let me ask this way: are OC-2 OctaveRs really worth buying/selling for higher price when the only difference, as far as I know, is one letter in the name? I sort of feel it as making rare and valuable something that really isn't... and I'm not talking about all the problems with usability of the effect... |
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snufkino
Copper Member
United Kingdom
36 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2009 : 18:36:30
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Originally posted by Miky
Let me ask this way: are OC-2 OctaveRs really worth buying/selling for higher price when the only difference, as far as I know, is one letter in the name? I sort of feel it as making rare and valuable something that really isn't... and I'm not talking about all the problems with usability of the effect...
This is what gets to me. It's literally just a different name, absolutley no difference whatsoever between the JPN and TWN versions. The OC-2 has always been a glitchy (in a good way) non-polyphonic octave pedal. I think Boss pedals just attract collectors with more money than sense. For what the OC-2 actually does there's no way they're worth more than about �40. You can get Electro Harmonix Octave Muliplexors for less than OC-2's now and they offer a bit more in useability. |
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Miky
Silver Member
Czech Republic
184 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2009 : 22:28:52
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Originally posted by snufkino
This is what gets to me. It's literally just a different name, absolutley no difference whatsoever between the JPN and TWN versions. The OC-2 has always been a glitchy (in a good way) non-polyphonic octave pedal. I think Boss pedals just attract collectors with more money than sense. For what the OC-2 actually does there's no way they're worth more than about �40. You can get Electro Harmonix Octave Muliplexors for less than OC-2's now and they offer a bit more in useability.
Absolutely. Perhaps there are new pedals making it to the 'wanted' category as not everybody can have their silver screws... and some pedals just don't deserve it.
Today I got my hands on a CE-5 pre 2001 and the seller apparently thought he was selling something special too, even though apparently there is hardly any difference soundwise between the two versions and better chorus pedals can be bought for the same or better price.
But I bought it anyway as well as I bought my OC-2 1984 Octaver so I'm not complaining really... its just that some Boss pedals do not deserve their price tags. |
Edited by - Miky on 12/16/2009 22:39:00 |
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verivorax
Platinum Member
Canada
1185 Posts |
Posted - 12/17/2009 : 01:38:26
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Some of us really are just collectors.  and I'm hoarding, not looking to sell at all. I like when those little colourful boxes go up in value. 
So to some, rarity does matter.. and sometimes that coincides with the perception of "better sounding", whether or not there really is a difference. The OctaveR is more interesting to me.. if I'm going to own an OC-2, a nice early example would be the one. 
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Right Foot Boss
Gold Member
USA
881 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2009 : 06:01:10
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| Verivorax, I think you are my Bossarea twin. |
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Miky
Silver Member
Czech Republic
184 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2009 : 11:33:05
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Now I'm starting to wonder how players and collectors can live on the same forum.
I think we should agree that the OC-2 Octaver is really a collectors pedal. Mine collects dust really well.  |
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
3543 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2009 : 11:52:19
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I'm a player not a collector but i can put up with those other guys.... ..
Octave pedals isn't something i've ever used or really have ever caught my interest but i do know where there is a mint OC-2 gathering dust..in a mate of mines house,it's been in his attic for the last few years since he stopped playing.. |
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verivorax
Platinum Member
Canada
1185 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2009 : 16:08:30
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Originally posted by Right Foot Boss
Verivorax, I think you are my Bossarea twin.
 The brother I never had!
We can bring down the global supply of rare pedals by hoarding.. |
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archimedes
Silver Member
United Kingdom
191 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2009 : 16:19:19
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I wouldn't be at all surprised if this here site, wonderful mine of information that it is, has contributed something to interest in the older Boss pedals and increased the numbers of people seeking them out. It's certainly sent me looking for and buying a few.
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Edited by - archimedes on 12/18/2009 16:19:39 |
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What's happened to OC-2 prices?!
