Fulltone Distortion Pro

Easy, sounds great on any setting but the controls are self-explanatory. The Internal Trimmers are very useful.

Can't say enough about the wide range of sounds. With the "Saturation" Control,you can vary the touch, attack, and feel making the notes more spongy or more firm, very cool!

It's a F-U-L-L-T-O-N-E, they don't break

ALways there, nice folks, I don't waste their time with my personal problems, requests for endorsements, opinions on other products, and I just right get to the point. ALways get an answer via email.

The last heavy distortion I'll buy, would buy it again if someone took it!

I got this from a well respected local Dealer,they carry all the Boutique stuff and know how to use it, They fired this thing right up for me and I was off , I have not had any problems getting many different tones with each slight tweak the pro yielded all the tones I was wanting and Have been looking for what can I say its easy !

I have a number of amps ,Marshalls , fenders , orange , and a DR Z , The Z is my main amp it is the 18watt maz jr. the Pro , sounds awesome in all of them , but it is truly magic in my maz ! It also works with all my other pedals with no problems ,I have many I try to get all the good ones and alot of other fulltone stuff too. It Rocks !

Well I think I have a very large collection of effects , you name it I own it , I also like to do my own soldering and repairing of my own gear and have a basic understanding of electronics so I will sometimes repair my own stuff ,having said that , I Trust everything by Fulltone it is the Finest Quality I have ever seen in any pedal , I never worry about it , and that peace of mind is priceless to me !

Fulltone is Awesome they Truly Support their products with the Highest level of professionalism , They have always answered my questions and needs !

I don't ever mind spending the bucks for the good stuff , you get what you pay for ! in the case of Fulltone It is a must have !!! I will always look to them for the best effects ,They always seem to make a box that makes the tone I have been searching for .

Although there are several adjustment knobs that interact with one another, I found it fairly simply to pull great tones from my Distortion Pro. The manual gets you started quickly, but 15 minutes of tweaking is more than enough to get you familiar with the unit. I'm just thankful the great tones ARE IN THERE for me to find!

My setup is: Prs Custom 24 > Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive > Fulltone Distortion Pro > H20 delay/chorus > Maxon analog delay > Marshall TSL100 / 2x12 1936 cabinet. The Distortion Pro is silent (true bypass) and really gives me that sweet, violin type of solo sound. It has plenty of punch to cut through, and what does "cut through" is worth hearing. I went through a shit load of distortion pedals to get this tone.

So far it's been very reliable. It's part of my "permanent" pedalboard, and is very well built. I paid alot of money for it, but I sold a few Boss pedals, a Morley Wah, and an Electric Mistress to ease the pain of $219 for one pedal!

Have not had a reason to call for service or supprt (thank godness). I've heard some good things, read some good things. But have no personal experience to tell of at this point.

I play rock, neo-soul, reggae and funk. I've been playing 15 years, have gone through a ton of gear. The Distortion Pro is a great match for me, though a pricey one. Get rid of a few pedals to help pay for this one, though. It rocks. Sick tone. Before I purchased, a few guitarists and two retailers started off by telling me how difficult all the settings would be to tweak, but I have very little problems making this pedal sing, sustain, and 'bleed' tone. The L.E. D. light between the knobs makes it hard to see at times, but the on/off switch feels solid, the knobs are 'out of the way' when I do need to stomp on the pedal, and the housing is solid. Seems like it's built to last. Boss Metal Zone, Ratt type sustain without all the excess distortion and noise. I can actually distinguish my guitar's individual tone.

Not your ordinary distortion pedal here the EQ interacts with its self kind of like a Mesa Boogie amp Boogie players now what I mean, change the mids and the highs and distortion change also the DP is kind of like that. the rest of its use is well explained above.

YUCK!! this is the worst pedal Mike has made and dont get me wrong I'm not bashing him I love my FD2 and Fat Boost to death, but this thing is garbage. I'm using a RI Bassman stock & jumping the inputs on the amp and running a Strat and a Paul. in just the normal channel I got it to sound kind of OK but with the input jumps it was very fizzy and buzzy sounding and I really couldnt find any of the tones Mike says you can get, NO BOSTON TONES HERE BOYS!!! and I tried all the adjustmens inside as well and was really not impressed.
But I will say it did have a tubey kind of crunch and feel sort of.

Save the $200 and look else where kids.

Fulltone = Tank

Mikes always been heplful to me the few times I contacted him.

Maybe this thing screams in other amps but in a bassman I was not impressed. be sure you try before you by people

The pedal is very easy to use and you can get many different sounds from it. I don't really care about trying to sound like anybody but myself, so I can't really say if it does the EC thing or whoever else Mike Fuller talked about. The trim pots in the back are invaluable in tweaking the sound of the pedal, one suggestion don't mess with the mid setting on the internal pot. The gain pot is very helpful as it removes a lot of the fizz that people talk about in other reviews posted here.

I really like this pedal, it reminds me of a matchless hotbox I had but I think it's better(because it's smaller and I don't have to plug it in). I have a blackstone appliance pedal that I compared the distortion pro against and I would say that they are both outstanding pedals with different strengths. The blackstone is slightly more focused and even more sensitive towards volume changes at the guitar. You can go from clean to dirt just by raising the volume from 8 to 9 or 10. Sometimes this can be great and other times annoying. The distortion pro is not quite as sensitve as far as volume changes go but it is still very sensitve to dynamic changes, what I like about it as well as the blackstone is that they make the amp seem larger than life. Many pedals close down amps and really kill your basic tone, these pedals do nothing but improve it. I use these pedals with a tone king comet and I cannot complain at all. In the past I have owned, way huge llama, green rhino, fulltone fulldrive both versions matchless hotbox, and compared these pedals against numerous others, In my opinion not much out there beats these two pedals for obtaining good overdrive/distotion tones. Neither of these pedals is made for heavy metal although the blackstone can do the scooped mid thing very well if you after that kind of tone. I do think that with the humbucker guitar I used it ran too hot, but that was before I adjusted the trim pot, also I play single coil guitars so I don't care about that.

I don't know, probably will have no problems.

I heard the guys a total dick, but that's from other people aka. his dealers, I can't say.

I play jazz and funk and love blues, it works well for this type of music. I brought the pedal into a music store and three guys asked me what I was playing through and one of the guys wanted to knowhere I bought it, so I guess it must sound pretty good. I would by it again, in fact I'm thinking about buying a back up for they make any changes.

It isn't to hard, but it is a little tricky. the manuals suggested settings were helpful.

I play a prs ce 22 into a budda wah+, whammy 1(O.G.), FD2, Distortion pro, loop sataion, DD5, into a Vox AC30 with GREEN speakers(the green speakers sound awsome, I say this, because I couldn,t find any comments on the green speaker vox, only the almighty blue speaker) The distortion pro sounds pretty good it is comparable two the v-twin( I a/bed them) the dp was a little better in sound quality, and tone, and quieter. the dp was good enough to knock the v-twin out of my rig. the chords are kind of muddy , but the solo notes are smooth and eric johnson like, cool if thats your thing I suppose. I am going to give this pedal a low nine because i think there is something cooler somewhere, but I haven't found it yet. maybe I just haven't had this thng long enough

I play spacey rock type stuff. been playing for 15 years now, I don't know if I would buy it again, pretty spendy for a one button pedal. the v-twin is only about a 100 more and has two channels. I haven' really had it long enough, so the jury is still out. so far it sounds great, and cut throuhg really nicely with my band. over all I say 8 if it had another channel it would be 10, as far as sound goes It is really cool, I dont think you can go wrong with this pedal, it is expensive, but if you don't like it you can sell it on ebay and get what you paid for it easily.

this is a REALLY hard one to rate. This pedal has so many variations in tone by just a fraction of a turn of any of the pots. there are also two trims inside that adjust gain. this pedal is a noodler's wet dream. I'd have to give this pedal a 7 for versatility, but not all of the tones are well, "good".

Here is another hard spot. Tone is a very subjective thing. I have been playing since I was 14 (I'm 32 now) - but does that REALLY make a diference? I can certainly hold my own in any playing situation, and my quest for good tone is maybe beyond obsessive..so with that in mind, here goes...

this is my typical setup:

strat (72 strat w/ noiseless singlecoil pu's) - knucklehead rivera 100watt amp (high gain input) - marshall 1960a 4x12 cab.. the pedal seems to favor the "chunk" channel rather than the clean, although the clean channel is spiffo too.

effects chain:

ernie ball volume - fulltone clyde wah - Dpro! - fulltone ultimate octave - line 6 delay modeler - fulltone supra-trem - fulltone fat boost (can you tell I like fulltone stuiff yet??) - monster cable - george L's effect patches...

alright geek stuff out of the way...the pedal is pretty GREAT. the tone is very "smooth" compared to the rivera overdrive channel alone (very marshall-like). I have played this through my effects chain and alone and have achieved very similar results. my effects chain is VERY "transparent" to my ears. "true bypassed as much as possible..short cords...yadda yadda yadda

Now I can see why some of you may be dissapointed with this pedal as far as "crunch" tones go, this pedal was NOT made for distorted metal tones like the BOSS metal zone...blech!!! (why, why , why???), the pro co rat , or a big muff. Just listen to Mike's recordings...blues/rock. This pedal is perfect for that. Now, with MAJOR noodling you CAN get something SIMILAR to EJ's tone or Brian May's tone...well, sort of...WITH the right setup, and their technique (good luck!).

My first encounter with this pedal left me a little disappointed...yes, I am very american and impatient. i want that sucker to leap out of the box and practically play itself, Yes i am ashamed to admit that...but (BIG TIP HERE), you MUST NOODLE WITH IT....that's why Mike put all those damn switches on it!!
The sound is very "organic" to my ears, and you have to have good technique to make this pedal "shine". it gives back at you excactly what you put into it. If you want a pedal that will magically transform you to sound like the latest "therapy band playing through triple rectifiers" go back to the drawing board 'cause this AINT GUNNA DO IT. this pedal is not for you. this pedal requires PATIENCE...

This distortion (if you can call it that..really sounds like a smooth overdrive - not well named Mike!) is not a holy grail, but a very well conceived tone device, that can, if used as a tone device, can help create for some really interesting solo "tones" (yes, this pedal is better for soloing than rhythm work - it gets a tad "mooshy" in the lower registers if your not careful). So all in all the pedal is like a good amp...YA GOTTA NOODLE WITH IT!!!

One more thing...this thing favors strats (like Mike)..I've tried it with my les paul, and it favored the single coils for some reason...I see this pedal as a laboratory...somewhere in this thing is a magical les paul tone - I know it!!

Mike builds some seriously hardy pedals...with all the best parts. I don't see it breaking down for quite a long time...

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I play just about everything, and i can honestly see using it in many situations where I'd have to solo (a rarity in music these days.. right?). This pedal shines in the blues and blues/rock genres. Anything harder than that it seems to not quite fit in. I have played through many distortion/overdrive pedals and this one has to be in the top three...now of course there are some new pedals out that i need to check out, but in the meantime. This one is my favorite. I would probably buy it again if lost or stolen...If I had the extra cash...this is a very "classy" (excuse the 70's vibey word) pedal. Like i said before this pedal shines with the more good technique you put into it..if that makes any sense.

Straight forward with the exterior knobs. You may need to spend some time with the internal trimmers to define your tone.

I use a '61 Strat (which I bought brand new in September 1961 at Manny's) into a Fender Blackface. Effects that I use are the Distortion Pro and a King Vox Wah.

I like the sound of this pedal. It works for me. I've recorded with it.

This pedal is well built. Steel enclosure, true bypass (DPDT switch)

Customer Support......Fulltone is a one person show.....if he's not around you get no support...if he is, you get support

Nice little stomp box, it comes with my recommendation.

OK, it has more knobs than a Tubescreamer. It's well worth the time and effort to tweak with for the control over the sound. The "saturation" control, as others have mentioned, is very cool, allowing you to dial in more attack or compression as desired.

This pedal sings -- just the kind of musical, full, non-buzzy distortion and sustain I was looking for.

Fuller's pedals are built to last. I've gigged solidly with a Fulldrive 2 for the last two years, no backup, no problems. I expect the same with this pedal.

Never dealt with them.

The best pure distortion pedal I've ever played. Would definitely replace it.

Very versatile pedal, it takes a little time to get familiar with all its features. But once you do.............watch out!

There is, hands down, not a better sounding distortion stomp box or multi-effect board distortion on the market today. This bitch rocks, very full-sounding, nice sustain. I'm a 60s/70s rocker (I started playing guitar in 1976) and this fits the bill to a tee. This pedal will not provide a good metal distortion (which is fine by me, since I hate that sound).

My main rig includes: G&L Legacy guitar, Peavey Classic 50 2X12 combo, effects: '69, FD2, DP-1, Sweetsound UltraVibe, RMC Picture Wah, BOSS EQ-7, Danelectro Delay, Marshall Compressor.

The DP-1 can conjure low gain distortion all the way to near fuzz mayhem. Those past reviewers that have stated that this unit is too fuzzy is beyond me. I've compared it side by side to my '69 and Foxx fuzzes, and its sounds nothing like them. In addition, out of all my overdrive/fuzz/distortion pedals (including my amp's distortion channel), no pedal works more fluidly with my wah pedal and UltraVibe. Also, the DP-1 engaged with my FD-2 sounds awesome with endless sustain and controllable feedback.

Excellent pedal for rock/blues. Metalheads keep away.

Will last forever, steel chasis.

I bought it from www.musictoyz.com, I'm not worried. Mike Fuller stands by his products intimately.

Best pedal I own. I recommend it.