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So I've had spotty issues with my original POG over the last few years. It's been repaired by EH already. It was spotty for a while, then died. Got it repaired, then it died again.
I contacted them about repairing it again, and they said they would........BUT if it ends up being the main board......there's nothing they can do.
I'll probably get it repaired, because it's fairly cheap.......but don't think I want to put it on my gig pedalboard.

absolutely love the tones in the OG POG. Does everything I want it to.....except work properly.

Have tried a few replacements. T-Rex Octavius, MAK Octronix, Whammy IV, and Bit Commander (and Organizer, I think?).

None really do/did what the POG does.

My needs are instant tracking and clean solid octave down, and octave up. I use it mostly with fuzz/gain......so clean and good tracking really makes it sound great.
Tuned down to D standard.
(the Octavius almost does this.....it just was too nice sounding....I need something raw and ballsy)
The detune was nice. I always had a little 2 octave up mixed in, but isn't required.
level adjustment for each octave is also nice.

The obvious suggestion is the POG2 (expensive) or Micro POG (expensive)......but I'm now skeptical of their durability. not only from my POG, but many other experiencing issues with EH pedals.

I guess I'm willing to pay since I hate using the Whammy IV.....just sounds weak and doesn't track all that great. I hear the Whammy V is good, but it's super large and doesn't allow me to adjust the levels of each octave.
I also like MAK Octronix, but not for it's octave effect (it's okay, but not for what I'm looking for). The shimmer mode is really good though.

Any way........besides the POG2, and Micro POG........are there any other options that are more similar to the OG POG?

If you need instant tracking, you need a POG.

I had the Organizer (too?), and the lag was unbearable. The pedal with the best tracking (part from the POGs) I find, is actually the Pitch Shift mode on the BitQuest. Works great for drop D too.

But in the end, if you're really picky on tracking, stick with EHX.

... I came in here to suggest the Micro POG and the POG 2.

UglyCasanova wrote:If you need instant tracking, you need a POG.
I had the Organizer (too?), and the lag was unbearable. The pedal with the best tracking (part from the POGs) I find, is actually the Pitch Shift mode on the BitQuest. Works great for drop D too.
But in the end, if you're really picky on tracking, stick with EHX.

Just listened to the BitQuest video.......yeah, that does sound like a POG-like octave effect.
Will check into that.

Might have to suck it up and go for the POG2......at least, I know I'd be 100% happy with it......and if it breaks, it can be repaired/replaced.
**has to figure out what to sell**

You could just use whatever and get a true bypass loop so that you don't actually have to touch whatever POG you end up going with

skullservant wrote:You could just use whatever and get a true bypass loop so that you don't actually have to touch whatever POG you end up going with

That's a really good idea!

Are they really THAT fragile? I've only borrowed a MicroPOG for a few weeks.

UglyCasanova wrote:Are they really THAT fragile? I've only borrowed a MicroPOG for a few weeks.

I'm not sure?
It certainly makes me hesitant to drop that kind of money on a POG2.......

My POG was already old and abused when I got it. It lasted around a year and a half....before it died. So it's hard to say.

I've had bandmates that have had issues with more modern EH pedals. 2 holy grails, and a SMMwH.

Theres always that new Pitchfork. Hell, you could get two of them for the price of a POG and they have way more intervals.

i was going to suggest the pitch fork pedal as well (but I haven't played one yet)

Have you listened to the newish T-Rex Quint? Octave up, octave down, and also a fifth up (weirdly enough). Tracking seems pretty decent on it, I'm planning on getting one of them as an octave pedal. You can mix in each one individually.


Otherwise, Pitchfork seems a good shout.

If you were looking for just octave below, I'd suggest either the Digitech Drop or the MXR Bass Octave Deluxe. But that leaves you without the octave up and I don't know if that's something you want to sacrifice

UglyCasanova wrote:Are they really THAT fragile? I've only borrowed a MicroPOG for a few weeks.

I've had a v1 POG for years with zero issues.

mine worked great for a year or so.....then I had to unplug the power supply, and plug it back in to make it work for months........then it would only work half the time......then it died.
had it repaired. Worked great for 3-4 weeks....then just died again.

Hmm, that might have something to do with the earthing (cable) or the power supply...

Pitchfactor.
It's big and expensive but you can do clean octaves, glitchy octaves, delayed octaves, delay, reverb, fuzz, trem, synthy shit, vibrato, chorus, ect.
It's worth it.