Dammit, Andy….every time I watch one of your videos you make me want more gear. You always play tunes that really showcase the possibilities of the pedal. Great job, as always.
@@AndyDemos Not blowing smoke. If I want to hear what a pedal is capable of, I'll always see if you've demoed it. Can't tell you how many fuzzes I've seen played without any regard to what fuzz is actually used for.
I have one of these on the way to use on bass. It’s almost like having multiple pedals in 1 housing. Also, I love watching Andy play. Dude just knows how to jam! 👍🏻
Andy's been dropping my jaw for years. The PGS demo's got me interested in pedals after years of just sticking to a guitar->cord ->amp set-up. And I'm not ashamed to admit I've spent some time under his learning tree; analysing and copping riffs & techniques he does effortlessly. This pedal is unreal. I've wanted an octave pedal for years but everyone I researched either had too little or too much going on. There's pedals that just do above or below octaves, there's pedals that permanently gel an octave & fuzz effect together, etc. This one has it all there like a mixer, it's brilliant. I've got a dual output expression pedal going into my Boss WazaCraft DM-2 to control delay time & my JHS Kodiak trem to control the pulse on the trem. While it's nice to have pedal control of the trem speed I confess I rarely use it, mostly just to get the trem at the tempo of the song. I'd totally swap the expression connection into this pedal, what Andy was doing just opens it up to full soundscape territory.
Did you jump off? Been using the Pitchfork for a decade, and while I've always liked the raw tracking on the Whammy, they are just too bulky and unreliable.Recently got the Poison Noises See Saw, which is more organic, but does have truly poor markings on it's controls, and many unusable settings.So far, I haven't managed any consistency out of the expression control.Likely will keep it for some of it's singular sounds, but on a board, was reconsidering the Poly.The Red Panda Tensor does shifting and a whole lot more, - for a price.
“But, is it all analog?”🧐 🤤That blue sparkle allures; hearing the variety of lovely sounds on tap, thanks to Mr. Martin’s extensive and expert demo-ing, I find the many possible sounds tantalize, too😄
Wow! Sounds great and it's much more versatile than the POG. Really good demo on electrics and bass, but I wonder how it takes an acoustic guitar, because some of the audible glitchy artifacts at the high-end of the spectrum are masked by regular electric guitar and bass amps.
It reminds me of the sound of the band The Groundhogs. 😥Tony McPhee used an EMS SYNTHI HI-FLI. Phaser mono: Eleventh Hour (or vibe pedal) Sub-Octaver : solo "Your Love Keeps Me Alive" - "Promiscuity".... An excellent band worth rediscovering ! Lots of musical creations (Deepl translation)
The poly mode 12 string sound was kinda strange I felt my ear missed the small timing separation of the higher octave you get from a PitchFork or whatever. That really helps sell it as a 12 string sound. Great feature set though, I want.
Can this pedal replicate the sound of the original Blue Box effectively? Always been a fan of that pedal, but if this can do that sound I could replace it!
but...if i get this, do i take my phase 90 off my pedalboard? i have kept one on there for so many years and i would miss the orange box and the one-knob simplicity. :/
I'm still doing some research in which octave pedal i want. Maybe you can help me. I have a side project where i play metal. I'm still don't know which one suits more for that. I heard some positive things about the Boss oc-5 or the tc electronics sub n up and ofcourse the mxr poly blue... Do you think the poly blue is the real deal for heavier stuff or would you recommend another octaver?
Sure, just use the single octave up! Just a tip: For convincing 12-string sounds, keep the dry much louder than the pitch shifted signal, since a 12-string doesn't have octaves on the top two strings.
You can certainly get those Bass Oct Dlx tones in the Mono mode without fuzz as well as the MXR Blue Box. However, the circuits aren’t the same since this one is digital. That said, I was surprised how analog the Mono mode sounded because it responds very quick like an analog sub.
@@wesleyhockemeyer711 Real easy: set to heel position and dial in then move to toe and do the same. The pedal automatically morphs from one setting to the next, so things like rate and levels will gradually change!
@@AndyDemos what is the second setting you use for the guitar part at the beginning? I see it in mono mode but can't figure out the poly/vibrato setting. Thanks!
Great demo Andy. I just got mine today, I love the features but thought the tracking could have been better, doesn't feel super responsive under the fingers. Guess you proved that doesn't really matter much to the listener though, sounds great.
LBH, - MXR hasn't been exactly cutting edge since the early 80's, and most of their attempts at staying within certain cost parameters condemn them to remain so.Like EHX,- who still come up with great ideas that are limited by cost per unit, - I wouldn't look to them to improve on the competition.
MXR purposefully mimicked the tracking of the original Blue Box pedal when the Poly Blue is in Mono. Tracking is not perfect, it farts out and can get a little funky just like the original. In Polyphonic mode tracking should be flawless. If you have seen what MXR is doing with the Reverb, Tremolo, Clone Looper, and now the Poly Blue, you'll see that they have brought in some serious coders and players to make sure they nail it. Every tone is built from the ground up and not purchased off the shelf like many other popular pedals.
@@mattmcdevitt2331 I did use it on polyphonic mode, the tracking is not flawless, it's the worst of any polyphonic Octave pedal I tried. I'm a big MXR/Dunlop fan, I was really excited for this pedal but this one was just a miss for me.
Great demo as always, but wondering how well does that sub octave do at heavier, doomier tones? (I'm basically asking "what if you played like in the Hizumitas demo but with this pedal into a high-gain amp" ☺)
Good question, the pedal doesn't really care about genres. It can handle a bass so any kind of drop tuned guitar or baritone is a piece of cake. The real question is can your amp and other pedals handle the low frequencies. Thanks!
@@AndyDemos the very next question, just because I'm a consequential guy, will your cabinet and speakers be tight enough?....(it took me 2 years of trials to find the perfect one)
Though this does sound very cool, pedals are trying to do too much at once these days. You have to have 10 sets of feet to control all the expression pedals you're going to need.
I Love it, Exp pedal really works well with it, Andy, have you ever tried a Walnut Fusion from Jericho Guitars, I think you might like them, thank you for another amazing demo.
Hey, my drummer friend in Germany (link in description) has kindly recorded over 100 drum tracks over the last couple years. Before that and for any PGS vids, covers etc, I programmed them using Abbey Road drummer for KONTAKT.
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Dammit, Andy….every time I watch one of your videos you make me want more gear. You always play tunes that really showcase the possibilities of the pedal. Great job, as always.
Thanks so much Matt! I’m really happy the videos are helpful 👊
@@AndyDemos Not blowing smoke. If I want to hear what a pedal is capable of, I'll always see if you've demoed it. Can't tell you how many fuzzes I've seen played without any regard to what fuzz is actually used for.
With an expression pedal it is unstoppable......
Thank you for exploring the full potential of all the pedals you demo.
Excellent exploration! I love the versatility that's coming from the current crop of newer pedals.
“...no thanks, I definitely don’t need another octave pedal....”
15min 2sec later
Let me get my card...
Great stuff as always. Cheers Andy
I have one of these on the way to use on bass. It’s almost like having multiple pedals in 1 housing. Also, I love watching Andy play. Dude just knows how to jam! 👍🏻
Andy's been dropping my jaw for years. The PGS demo's got me interested in pedals after years of just sticking to a guitar->cord ->amp set-up. And I'm not ashamed to admit I've spent some time under his learning tree; analysing and copping riffs & techniques he does effortlessly.
This pedal is unreal. I've wanted an octave pedal for years but everyone I researched either had too little or too much going on. There's pedals that just do above or below octaves, there's pedals that permanently gel an octave & fuzz effect together, etc. This one has it all there like a mixer, it's brilliant. I've got a dual output expression pedal going into my Boss WazaCraft DM-2 to control delay time & my JHS Kodiak trem to control the pulse on the trem. While it's nice to have pedal control of the trem speed I confess I rarely use it, mostly just to get the trem at the tempo of the song. I'd totally swap the expression connection into this pedal, what Andy was doing just opens it up to full soundscape territory.
I always love Andy’s “lawsuit” guitars. The Ibanez Destroyer is awesome but now I want the black Greco!
A friend of mine has an 82 I think (one of the good years anyway) and it’s incredible, although it’s one of the heaviest guitars I’ve ever picked up
It’s done up like Neil Young’s Old Black, but with a Kahler in place of the Bigsby. Quite cheeky!
That's the coolest octave pedal I've ever seen. Andy is killing it with that thing! Time to sell the Pitchfork.
Did you jump off?
Been using the Pitchfork for a decade, and while I've always liked the raw tracking on the Whammy, they are just too bulky and unreliable.Recently got the Poison Noises See Saw, which is more organic, but does have truly poor markings on it's controls, and many unusable settings.So far, I haven't managed any consistency out of the expression control.Likely will keep it for some of it's singular sounds, but on a board, was reconsidering the Poly.The Red Panda Tensor does shifting and a whole lot more, - for a price.
Thank you so much for a quick demo on bass I always want to hear how pedals sound no matter how good or not. Keep up the great work
Thanks so much Jim!!
You didn’t need the verbal review, you had me sold in the opening intro jam.
My favorite Andy intro of all time
God, that sounded amazing. The Power 50 and octave fuzz, to sub octave and octave up, all of it. I need this bad little blue thing.
8:49 Mercy Mercy Mercy! That's what I say every time Andy demos a pedal 🙂
After watching numerous videos with a lot of talk and fluff, your video is a godsend! You play music and effectively show the pedal. Thank you!
That's a really killer piece of kit. Very useful. That's going to end up on a lot of pro boards.
Only Andy can tempt me to buy a pedal I have no interest in.
That's how Andy Rolls
Oh wow, another swiss army knife pedal im going to have to check out.
Damn that sound is sick @ 6:37! I love this pedal and had to buy one immediately. Cheers everyone!
It’s a bit like jack white and a bit like queens of the stonage
MXR is always good.
It’s very true. You could build a super solid board with only MXR.
@@rasm0225 I've done it!
I wonder what it feels like to have everything you touch sound incredible.
OMFG - I've been waiting 20yrs for MXR to update the Blue Box octave....!!!! Holy Crap.. amazing.
Dear god that opening jam was incredible!!!!
I appreciate it! 👊💥
“But, is it all analog?”🧐
🤤That blue sparkle allures; hearing the variety of lovely sounds on tap, thanks to Mr. Martin’s extensive and expert demo-ing, I find the many possible sounds tantalize, too😄
It’s a “Class B Digital Device”. Well, class b in session, and today we’re learning digital is okay, actually.
😉
This is all digital, even the fuzz! Jeorge Tripps and team did an excellent job with this one. Thanks for watching!
Some demented 60s garage rock organ sounds to be had here
omg !sounds like organ sometimes. Very cool
Great demonstration! Mine arrives tomorrow. Can't wait!!!
Slaying all other demos of this pedal 👌
Excellent exploration of this pedal!
Rock'n great jams, as usual...ANDY!🎸
Thanks, glad you liked it!
Really digging the sounds. Love the smaller footprint then I have with my EH POG.
Sounds really organic (and organish?) for an octave pedal! Nice 🤘
I just got mine, and it's awesome! Thanks, Andy!
Happy to hear!! I’m seeing this pedal on more pedalboards these days, I guess the word is getting out 👊💥
Proves the point The new black greco isnt just for Neil Young music . Wow 👍
Wow! Sounds great and it's much more versatile than the POG.
Really good demo on electrics and bass, but I wonder how it takes an acoustic guitar, because some of the audible glitchy artifacts at the high-end of the spectrum are masked by regular electric guitar and bass amps.
This pedal sounds really good Andy
Brilliant playing!
I think a part of my mind will never come back after being blown by that intro. Thanks a lot Andy, I didn’t have enough brain damage already 😜
Haha thanks Jordan! Hope you recovered quickly ;)
I only buy "expressable" pedals now Riverside and my EHX Oceans 12, thanks that is awesome to see you use it in such an insane manner.
Too cool for words! Thanks Andy!
My pleasure!!
Andy, you are a massive guitar player 😮👌🎶✨️
loved that you played mercy mercy mercy
Did not expect you to bust into Mercy Mercy Mercy
Thanks Andy, I've got mine!!!👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
great demo, thanks a lot! :)
It reminds me of the sound of the band The Groundhogs.
😥Tony McPhee used an EMS SYNTHI HI-FLI.
Phaser mono: Eleventh Hour (or vibe pedal)
Sub-Octaver : solo "Your Love Keeps Me Alive"
- "Promiscuity"....
An excellent band worth rediscovering !
Lots of musical creations
(Deepl translation)
Hmm I was going to buy the Beetronics Swarm, but this could get me closer to that Fripp-esque octave fuzz sound I've been looking for
Damn what an opening
The poly mode 12 string sound was kinda strange
I felt my ear missed the small timing separation of the higher octave you get from a PitchFork or whatever. That really helps sell it as a 12 string sound.
Great feature set though, I want.
Can this pedal replicate the sound of the original Blue Box effectively? Always been a fan of that pedal, but if this can do that sound I could replace it!
I've always wondered what you use for drums backing track????
I’m here for the Godfather.
Damn it!
Sooooo sick!! But I'm sure it's mostly due to the playing
Awesome!
but...if i get this, do i take my phase 90 off my pedalboard? i have kept one on there for so many years and i would miss the orange box and the one-knob simplicity. :/
Only question is can it do Fool in the Rain?
Andy, do you use a pick? If so, how do you hold it when a lot of the time it looks like you are fingerpicking?
Hey! I never use picks, here's a vid about it...ruclips.net/video/sf24m4xF-Ro/видео.html
My man!
Thought I heard some Roger McGuinn then later some Johnny Marr?
reported for having too much fun
edit: this is a thousand trick pony. these trackers are amazing
I'm still doing some research in which octave pedal i want. Maybe you can help me. I have a side project where i play metal. I'm still don't know which one suits more for that. I heard some positive things about the Boss oc-5 or the tc electronics sub n up and ofcourse the mxr poly blue... Do you think the poly blue is the real deal for heavier stuff or would you recommend another octaver?
I'd say blue box if you want that doom drone, suft has volume drop when stacked with other pedals but boss tracks the best?
I feel like this pedal was made for royal blood fans
Or is it an analog/digital hybrid?! In which case, I need one immediately...
@AndyDemos can this do the 12 string simulation that the POG can do?
Sure, just use the single octave up! Just a tip: For convincing 12-string sounds, keep the dry much louder than the pitch shifted signal, since a 12-string doesn't have octaves on the top two strings.
So is the monophonic sub octave the same as the Growl side of the Bass Octave Deluxe, or is it something completely different?
You can certainly get those Bass Oct Dlx tones in the Mono mode without fuzz as well as the MXR Blue Box. However, the circuits aren’t the same since this one is digital. That said, I was surprised how analog the Mono mode sounded because it responds very quick like an analog sub.
@@AndyDemos ah gotcha! Hadn’t had a chance to look at the circuit yet to see how they engineered the mono part. Good to know! Sounds killer!
How do you set the sounds for the heel/toe on the expression pedal like in the beginning of the video? I've been look for a pedal to do that sound.
@@wesleyhockemeyer711 Real easy: set to heel position and dial in then move to toe and do the same. The pedal automatically morphs from one setting to the next, so things like rate and levels will gradually change!
@@AndyDemos what is the second setting you use for the guitar part at the beginning? I see it in mono mode but can't figure out the poly/vibrato setting. Thanks!
That's the "make my amp sound broken" pedal.
Bass demo please…
this is actually a pretty cool pedal, why won't these more legacy companies release pedals with topjacks ffs??
Top jacks are overrated.
Great demo Andy. I just got mine today, I love the features but thought the tracking could have been better, doesn't feel super responsive under the fingers. Guess you proved that doesn't really matter much to the listener though, sounds great.
LBH, - MXR hasn't been exactly cutting edge since the early 80's, and most of their attempts at staying within certain cost parameters condemn them to remain so.Like EHX,- who still come up with great ideas that are limited by cost per unit, - I wouldn't look to them to improve on the competition.
MXR purposefully mimicked the tracking of the original Blue Box pedal when the Poly Blue is in Mono. Tracking is not perfect, it farts out and can get a little funky just like the original. In Polyphonic mode tracking should be flawless. If you have seen what MXR is doing with the Reverb, Tremolo, Clone Looper, and now the Poly Blue, you'll see that they have brought in some serious coders and players to make sure they nail it. Every tone is built from the ground up and not purchased off the shelf like many other popular pedals.
@@mattmcdevitt2331 I did use it on polyphonic mode, the tracking is not flawless, it's the worst of any polyphonic Octave pedal I tried. I'm a big MXR/Dunlop fan, I was really excited for this pedal but this one was just a miss for me.
Great demo as always, but wondering how well does that sub octave do at heavier, doomier tones? (I'm basically asking "what if you played like in the Hizumitas demo but with this pedal into a high-gain amp" ☺)
Good question, the pedal doesn't really care about genres. It can handle a bass so any kind of drop tuned guitar or baritone is a piece of cake. The real question is can your amp and other pedals handle the low frequencies. Thanks!
@@AndyDemos the very next question, just because I'm a consequential guy, will your cabinet and speakers be tight enough?....(it took me 2 years of trials to find the perfect one)
Though this does sound very cool, pedals are trying to do too much at once these days. You have to have 10 sets of feet to control all the expression pedals you're going to need.
dang andy
Hi, at @9:11 did you use a tremolo or rotatory effect or was it all Poly Blue Octaves doing? Thanks 🤘🏽
Hi, that’s the modulation in the Poly mode. It’s like a rotary speaker which is a combination of vibrato/tremolo. Thanks!
@@AndyDemos wow! you sold me the pedal man. Awesome playing and awesome demo, explored every setting. Now I can play and enjoy all The Doors riff :)
Will the expression option do a whammy type pitch shift like the pitch fork?
No pitch bending here, just octaves.
What brand of vibrato bar is on your Les Paul guitar? Is it a Duesenberg bar?
Kahler
@@Drzingo I didn't notice the locking nut ... had to look closer. Thanks.
I'm convinced Andy has subliminal messages in his videos. Need to play it backwards, but first I have to buy this pedal or all my pets will die.
Is that friend of the devil at 5:19 ?!?!?
Ha, it could be! It’s just a common descending chord progression.
Is there any style Andy can’t play?
Andy play the cky riff
That was fonkay
💙
👍😃💥
seems too complicated and expensive,. would be nice if MXR offered a simpler octave pedal at a cheaper price
this is literally Jack whites tone in a pedal.
Killr demo
A digital blue box?! I'm skeptical
Just give me an MIJ OC-2.
This is like St. Vincent in a box.
This is going to make my
POG useless isn’t it?
Sounds like John Mayer Last Train Home Jam
I Love it, Exp pedal really works well with it, Andy, have you ever tried a Walnut Fusion from Jericho Guitars, I think you might like them, thank you for another amazing demo.
Thanks so much Joel, I’ll look into Jericho too 👍🏻👍🏻
I've always wondered what you use for drums backing track????
Hey, my drummer friend in Germany (link in description) has kindly recorded over 100 drum tracks over the last couple years. Before that and for any PGS vids, covers etc, I programmed them using Abbey Road drummer for KONTAKT.
@@AndyDemos brilliant genius