Fulltone Distortion Pro

Not the simplest because of all the buttons. However these options allow lots of dialing in and discovering sounds. Easy the more you use it.

Fender Strats and Gibson Les Pauls through clean Fenders here. Infinite number of distortion textures with great variety. Can get very raw and almost fuzzy but using the saturation knob compresses and allows one to get the vaunted smooth violin tone. No other pedal gets this raunchy yet refined.

Case is very solid and compact. Excellent quality up to par with other Fulltone pedals.

Took awhile to get it but it was worth it. Give Mike a 9 here understanding how long the wait was.

A lot of anticipation for this one. Took some time to get used to it. It's not a simple easy thing right out of the box but that shouldn't be discouraging. The more experimentation leads to great things because there are so many interactive and complex tones in this unit. Many are comparing it to a Rat but there is no comparison. Also think it kills my Hot Cake for tone range. I waited several weeks before posting my thoughts on this so I can definitely say it is a great distortion box and accordingly priced.

Too many knobs for a distortion pedal. In addition to some very basic guitar amps, I have a rack the size of a small car that is easier to work with.

This pedal is either too fuzzy or too compressed...there doesn't seem to be a good middle ground.

It's already been sold so?

I've never dealt with this company.

I've been playing professionally for 25 years...blues, rock, jazz.
Any decent two channel tube amp will have a better sounding, more useable overdrive tone than this pedal.

Very easy to use and easy to dial in a good sound. The manual is pretty straight forward. The setting samples are great. They are BROWNER SOUND, JIMMY PAGE "Heartbreaker" TONE and CUTTING BLUES TONE. The manual also has a Blank Templates page so you can take note of your favorite settings.

I'm using this pedal in my Custom Pedalboard thru a Marshall JCM2000 DSL401 Combo amp. Guitars are 2000 Gibson Les Paul Classic w/ Seymour Duncan pickups, '97 Gibson SG Standard, '98 Ibanez RG320DX w/ Seymour Duncan pickups, 2001 Gibson Les Paul Standard w/ Gibson '57 & '57+ Classic reissue pickups. The pedal is fairly quiet. The BEST tube sounding distortion pedal i've ever heard ! This thing has got some serious TONE ! Amazing tube feel overdrive. Tons of Sounds. On the versatility side, in my opinion this is the MOST versatile distortion pedal i have ever encountered. Hands down. Just one of the things that i really like about it is it's ability to work great with my other pedals. Specially my Wah-Wah pedals ( Vox V847 reissue modified w/ Teese RMC1 Mod PC board and Fulltone Clyde Pot, Dunlop 535Q and Budda Bud Wah ). It sounds really great !! This one is a keeper.

I'm 100% sure i can depend on it. The quality and workmanship of the pedal is top notch. Built like a german tank ! It features true bypass switching with LED status light operation thanks to Fulltone's 3PDT switch. I just trust the American Made quality more than any other out there.

Never dealt with the company. The pedal was built to last a lifetime. Fulltone makes one of the BEST custom effects out there. Second to none.

I play Hard Rock, Metal, Blues and Alternative styles and this pedal is just perfect because of it's incredible versatility. I've been playing for 18 years now and owned a lot of guitars, amps and effects all these years. It's just too long of a list to write and mostly the vintage ones i still have and sold a few of them that i don't use anymore. This pedal is absolutely fantastic ! I love everything about it. No comparison so far to other similar units. It's got everything i need in a Distortion pedal and then some. For a little Box it's got six tone shaping knobs that works like the tone controls in a Tube Amp. Highly interactive. Controls are: Volume,Distortion, Resonance, Voicing, High and Saturation. It's now my main distortion sound and my tone just totally kicks ass !! My pedal is autographed by Mike Fuller on the bottom dated 12/01. My pedal is #0071 in the production line. I waited for two and a half months for this pedal and i would say it's worth all the wait. Mike, you've done it again ! Thank You.

Very nice pedal, sturdy excellent knobs and switch. If the four little knobs concern you that it's hard to dial in a sound, don't worry. Just set them to center, and maybe tweak "highs" to taste. My favorite setting so far is Resonance and Saturation at 2:00, and Highs and Voicing on center.

Very excellent sound quality. Sounded great in both a high end dumble clone, and a '59 bassman clone.

Built like a tank. Mine is serial #11, signed by mike with "Fuckin-A" written after his sig.

Mike is there for you.

Great Pedal. I finally found something to replace the pro co rat for a good hard edged distortion sound.

D'oh... In my previous review, I forgot to set the ratings.

With six knobs this may be a little more complicated than other distortion pedals, but not much. The knobs are Volume, Distortion, Saturation, Resonance, Voicing and Highs. The last three are more or less three bands of EQ.
The Saturation control seems like it sort of determines the distortion in the sustain of a note. It doesn't mess with attacks as much. The manual says that it is "an integral knob for dialing in the desired amount of 'tube' feel, additional clipping and sustain. This is interactive with the Distortin knob."
The manual is short and somewhat vague, but there doesn't really exist a good vocabulary for discussing the subtleties of guitar distortion anyway. Playing with it for an hour or two will tell you more than a manual ever could.

Mike Fuller has done it again! This pedal sounds great. Very quiet given the amount of distortion that it delivers. Lots of great sounds in this thing. The EQ is effective, the distortion is smooth yet distinctive, cleaning up when you back off on the guitar volume. This pedal needs to be tried to be appreciated. It can cover a lot of ground. The line that was on the Fulltone web site that went something like "turn any amp into a 100 lb. violin" has a lot of truth to it.

Fulltone effects are as roadworthy as they come. I've gigged with a Fulldrive II, a Clyde and a Black Box with no problems ever.

Mike Fuller seems to have a reputation of being rude. This has not been my experience at all. He has always been helpful when I have a question about his gear. Sometimes his email can be a tad terse, but let's get real: he's running a business, recording, and playing gigs. If he's terse it's probably because his time is tight.

I play mostly experimental, fusiony, progressive stuff, but I think that this pedal would work anywhere distortion is needed. It seems quite flexible. I have a lot of overdrives and fuzzes, but I think that this will occupy a prominent place in my sound. I will need to do a project or two to see just where it sits.
I really wish that all the jacks were on the top edge of the pedal (like TC pedals), but I can't really fault Fulltone too much on this, because most pedals are like it, with their jacks on the side.

Not anything that will hurt your brain... however, it's knobs are interactive so when you alter one it really changes things up. Has "resonance", "voicing", "treble" and "saturation" apart from the main volume and distortion adjustments. "Resonance" adjusts the bass it seems, "voicing" according to the manual alters various frequencies but really sounds like a midrange eq, "treble" of course adjusts your high end and "saturation" seems to be compression. Very nice.

Oh my God!!! Can I get an Amen somebody!!! This thing rocks like no other distortion/fuzz/overdrive I've heard. I have been really happy with my Full Drive 2, Rat, and Sparkle Drive. I would and still use my FD2 for light overdrive and boost to heavy overdrive when needed. The Sparkle Drive is used for nice clean but edgy sounds and my Rat was used for everything above and beyond. Not any more!! I A/B'd the Rat and D Pro and was absolutely amazed at how thin my once over the top Rat was. The Rat is still on my pedal board but is not being used. Maybe I'll adjust it down for lighter tones. The Distortion Pro just rips your head off!!! Any of you tone freaks out there looking to add something to your distortion rig need to look into this little wonder... I kid you not!

Fulltone = Tank... nuf said.

Never had to deal with Mike Fuller or a reseller on any of my Fulltone products. I can say that everyone knows how busy Mike is so leave the man alone and let him build pedals.

OK... there are dozens of pedals and multi effects out there that promise you the sound you are looking for and you buy them and replace them all in the search for your tone. Its called GAS (Gear Aquisition Syndrome) As a guitar player it comes with the territory. Hopefully, you'll stop here and buy the D Pro for rig. Nothing will ever even come close. I promise!