Fulltone Full-Drive 2 Mosfet

It's an easy pedal to use, there isn't really that many things to screw up with, especially how Mike designed it.

To get an amazing tone...you gotta have a good foundation, and that hasn't been more true when it comes to this pedal. This pedal feeds directly off your original guitar/amp tone combination and just adds to that. If your not happy with what your guitar does going into your amp...then you woun't be happy with this pedal.

big points for the abiliy to use any powersupply between 9 and 18 volts.

The manual is 2 pages long, and is worth the read if you want to figure out more of what the pedal can do.

The quality of sound this pedal emits is amazing. It's truley the first transparent pedal I've purchased. It takes your original tone and just adds the ammount of grind and highs you need to get through the mix. It's what all those people wish their TS9's and TS808's were doing...but actually doing it!

When bypassed, it's incredibly transparent, dosn't add or take anything away that wasn't there before. :P

The really great thing is when you run this pedal in 18v mode if you like to have more clean headroom. I also find it cleans up better when you run it in 18v more.

My rig consists of an early 70's AC30 and various Gibson guitars.

This is the third Fulltone pdeal I've owned, and I love it...no problems...and I expect to have none anytime soon.

I play mostly rock, blues, rocakbilly, and dabble in metal in punk a bit too. This pedal is pretty good for getting me the gritty, throaty, mid rangey tones that work for most of the aformentioned styles. I use many different distortion boxes (Fulltone OCD, Hotcake, Hotcake Bluesberry, Voodoolab Sparkle Drive, Xotic RC), and this one is of the best in my board...however I may replace it with the GT-500 once it starts shipping.

i think it's easy to spin the knobs & get at the tones i prefer. the mosfet feature does change the texture. you can cut the compression out as desired. just pay attention where you set the tone knob in relation to your amps tone settings. get your amp to play the way you want, then kick in the fulldrive to add the drive

i'm using it with a divided by 13 ftr 37 6v6, the cabinet has celestions. there is no noise. this pedal likes soapbars, but i've found tones with lp's & strats as well. the boost feature comes in handy at times. you can go for a little breakup to some heavy drive depending on where you set the midrange switch.

it has performed fine over the last 5 months. if i get a backup, i'm getting another one of these. i prefer an 18 volt adapter with this effect. you can use a 9 volt if you want. it will make a tone difference.

haven't had to deal with fulltone, i've read others complaints. i've also read those who have had no issues, so who knows. i like the effect

i'm pleased so far. i can find usable textures, the amp is a big part of this. this overdrive works for me. i never really cared for other drives, the clipping was always harsh or something. this pedal pushes the tone as if it is coming from the amp, which to me means it is a good compliment. make sure you take your amp when you try this pedal or any pedal out so you can get an idea of what it can do for you.

its perfect the switches all make so much sense , i love the vintage voicing switch !!!! plug it in an float way !!!

i love robben ford it took me into that world , i plugged into my mesa mark 4 with a paul reed smith and got an amazingly gorgoeus sound . backing off the guitar volume really sweetens the sound and is great for dynamic playing , as soon as u kick the volume up it takes u into brown territory and is great for hard blues or rock !!!! i love it !!!!!

i would love to use 2 in anycase . i think back ups are always good !!!!

no contact with them yet

i play the blues and retro rock . i just got into buying a whole lot of pedals like the bb pre amp , ac booster , rc booster etc this pedal was the last one i bought and after hearing it i realised that it was the only overdive pedal i needed to get !!!! this effect is musical !!! buy this pedal !!!!

There is just sooo much in this one little box. This is the Cadillac of OD's....My old tubescreamer is gonna be lonley(more like a Toyota Corolla in comparison).
Using it takes time, I got mine a couple days ago and have just been running it 9v off a roland wallwart. Getting an initial impression, I will submit again once the honeymoon is over and I've gotten used to it for a couple months and have tried an 18V power supply. It comes with a two page paphlet...which I ignored at first, turns out I LOVED the sound of it the way I set it up, then I went back tried the other settings, and they were great too!

Changing the battery is exactly the same as a crybaby "rubber feet screws" But there is a nice thick steel clip to hold the battery firmly in place. I've taken the bottom off a couple times to admire the workmanship inside...nice job guys!

I can get close enough to the sounds of most of my favorite artists without the Fulltone(SRV, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, KWS, JM3) Mayer mentioning that he used a FD2 ...peaked my curiosity...I wish I could afford the amps these guys use...
I use an ASAT, 62RI/57RI Strats, LP std(w/ PAF's) into a Fender "Twin Amp" Not a 65RI, but the "modern" one that isn't sooooooo damn bright!

IF YOU DON'T HAVE GOOD PUPS, AND A GOOD *TUBE* AMP DONT BOTHER WITH GOOD PEDALS!!! Get your basic pallet right before you color it! What good are crayons, markers, pencils and pens with wet and soggy paper?

This thing smashes the front of the amp....I love it, in all three functions, Compcut is an EXCELLENT clean boost, really makes the neck pup of the ASAT even more dynamic, not as effective on the LP or Strats though, but still yields results far superior to any OD type pedal I've gotten my hands on..The FM mode is great with the LP in both modes; nice smooth rock sound on standard, nice added bite/brightness and edge in MOSFET mode. The Vintage is like a dumbley type sound in the MOSFET mode, very open, touchy, what I've honestly been looking for(without spending 4000$+ on a Fuchs). Sounds like cranked up 6v6's in standard mode, very cool with PAF's.

I find the newer "Twin Amp" are very clear, fairly warm, but very defined and sterile/focused. I bought the amp for what it was, and what I wanted. I am still very happy with it, I can do different things with it that I could not do with a vintage Twin, which is very good at one thing...

Not perfect..but nothing ever will be.

This thing is built like a tank...literally. The thought of using a backup wouldn't have crossed my mind. The only other pedal I have even encased like this is my OLD(original) Marshall Gov'nor...but its got those lousy PCB mounted pots!

I've only had it a couple days so I can't really say....

The shop I purchased it from...praised Mike Fuller. They said that they're happy to wait for the stuff he builds, but the orders usually come in early anyway. They have a good relationship with him, so if I need anything I will use them as my conduit...

For what I play this is VERY good. I've been playing 11 years, and am well past shred and slipknot/Korn stuff. I still have an Ibanez smashbox for that though ;) Playing with the tones of others, looking for a tone of my own.
If I part with it, I can only hope the opportunity to own another comes along.
For an OD pedal it is fairly expensive, but considering I've only logged 4 hours with it and has 6 great sounds built in and very tweakable, well worth it.
My TS only really only gets one great sound..and it cost the same! This pedal honestly beats the tubescreamer hands down at it's own game, more definition, more boost..then more boost, smoother mids, less harshness, and more sustain, and infinitley more tweakable if you don't like something about a tone you can change it, not just degrade parts of it, or lose boost/od effect.

I would consider a normal FDII if this one isn't avaiable, BUT the Mosfets really make this one worth the money, you basically double the funcionality of an already outstanding stompbox.

Oh yeah...on top of all that it comes with a hotrod paintjob too!! The inside is also painted with the same (quality!) stuff not just the outside!

Take time initially because there are an incredible array of sounds avaialable. To explore the vast array of sounds you have put some time into playing around with all the different modes and settings. I guarantee you it will be well worth your time.

My fav artsists are Trower, Deep Purple, Santana, Police, Who, Beatles, Zep. I own a lot of great pedals so I was quite curious to see how the FDII MOSFET stacked up. I use Strat w/Lace sensor pups - LP'71 LP Custom w/PAFs - Washburn HB35 w/Bennedetto & PAF HB pups into a Straub Cantus50 head w/Marshall 412 bottom. I own a lot of great pedals including Fulltone OCD, XOTIC AC Booster, Keeley modded Boss DS1 Ultra Mod, Boss BD-2 Phat Mod and many more. Initially, I played with the standard mode because I didn't want to overwhelm myself with too many variations. I figured I will get to know the pedal in standard mode and then once I was satisfied that I had a good understanding of what the Compcut, FM and Vintage modes had to offer, I would move on to the MOSFET mode. Compcut setting has less distortion than FM and Vintage modes. It's more like an overdrive mode. The Vintage and FM offer way more distortion. Compcut with OD at 1:00 - 2:00 adds brightness to my rig and when you hit the strings hard you get a little hair on your tone. Nice transparent overdrive but watch out for the boost in Compcut mode. Turn it way down or yuo will get blasted. FM mode offers nice heavy distortion with not too much coloring. Very smooth and pleasant to my ears. Boost is great to increase volume for a solo. Vintage mode adds midrange and also gets heavy distortion. More like a Tubescreamer but with a much higher quality tone. Both Vintage and FM offer excellent distortions tones with the Strat. I'm sure the LP will sound great through the FDII. MOSFET opens up the sounds in all modes. The range of sounds you can get wit this pedal is awesome. I put the Xotic AC booster in front of the FDII with good results....different textures. My current OD / Distortion chain is XOTIC AC Booster > FDII > Fulltone OCD. Compared to all the other pedals I own the FDII offers the widest range of sounds and BTW it is guite stunning visually. This is a must have pedal. I knew I had to have it after reading through many of the reviews.

It's a fulltone. All Mike's pedals are built to be durable. He uses pushbutton swithces built to his specs. I haven't owned it long enough to rate it.

No experience here.

This pedal suits my style of music. I have been playing for 38 years. In the past 12 months I went on a spending spree because I decided I wnated to enjoy high quality tube tone matched with the best pedals I could find. Certainly there are many I don't own. The FDII MOSFET is my favorite along with the OCD (Version 1). It works so well with the music we play. Someone said it is too transparent nad professinal sounding. I want pedals with the highest quality components so that the pedal oozes quality tones. This is not for metal. Anyone that complains about paying $200 for this unit is crazy. It's a bargain at that price. If stolen I would have to replace it. This baby is pro gear with incredible versatility.

Very easy but, as with any pedal that has more than one knob on it, you need to spend time with it to get the best from it.

When I first got this pedal I thought "This is it - tone nirvana. I will have this pedal forever!"
However, after using it a while, and comparing it with plenty of other decent OD boxes, I just got bored with it.
It certainly is incredibly transparent, but, to me, it's just too 'pro' sounding - too compressed, too smooth, in fact, too transparent. To get into airy-fairy descriptive territory I'd say it lacks 'soul'.
FYI I usually play a jap 60s reissue strat with upgraded pups through a silverface deluxe on the edge of break-up or a silverface twin.
The OD pedal that kicked the FD2 off my board is a G2D Cream-Tone. That is a 'soulful' pedal.

No worries here

I've e-mailed MF on a number of occasions about various things and never yet received any reply.
I know he's busy (aren't we all?) but guys like Bob Sweet, Bob Weil, Roger Mayer, Tim Jauernig and Geoff from Barge Concepts always reply, and usully within 2 days.
I suppose I could put a 1 here as no reply is basically worthless but I'll moderate that.

It's undoubtedly a great pedal, and I really wanted to keep it (here in the UK there's a certain kudos to having a Fulltone pedal on your board) but, as I say, it just stopped inspiring me.
To be honest, I'd rather have two unmodded Boss OD3s instead of the FD2. Oooh, controversial...

Very easy to use. Has a simple low/high knob which is pretty good.

Sound quality on this model is way better than the regular Fulldrive II. I own four regular Fulldrive IIs and I was very happy, insane over the regular versions for years but the new Mosfet Custom FD-II is plain and simply better sounding. I own two of the Mosfet versions and have A/B'd them to all of my other ones and there is a huge difference. The only way I can describe it is that the regular version sounds more bluesy and little more honky in the midrange and bass. The Mosfet version has more bite, grit and definitely more gain. Whats funny is that it sounds this much better without even using the mosfet settings. Don't ask me why its a mystery. Maybe Michael Fuller is using different chips these days, maybe even though the mosfet settings are bypassed in the comp cut mode there is tonal change for the better just because the FET's are in the circuit creating a capacitance. I don't know but the only thing I can say is that I am getting rid of all my standard FD-II's and getting more of the Mosfet versions. The Mosfet Version is definitely better for leads, metal, hard rock and blues than the older models. The guy who wrote that the old ones and the new versions are no different should go get his hearing checked and his head examined. I only use super good transparent gear such as Marshal plexis through Marshall 4 x 12s loaded with 300 watt EV Black Label speakers. Maybe that guy is playing through some crappy combo or Line Six tone killing non-transparent amp which would make it almost impossible to tell the difference between the two FD-II's.

These pedals are super reliable. I would only suggest getting back-up Fulltone foot switches. If you gig a lot then after a couple years these switches can break but that doesn't mean that they aren't any good. I would do the same for any pedal that is used a lot. I have actually replaced switches in my Fulldrive II's on only a couple of occasions but those pedals had a lot of miles on them.

Michael Fuller is awseome but today he likes to make correspondence by email. He is the main dude over there as far as decision making goes. In the olden days he would talk on the phone with me about Marshalls and his pedals but today its different since his pedals have exploded on the music scene. He has always been very caring and helpful to me as a loyal customer.

I am 38 years old and have been playing music non-stop since 8 years old. I am not some wannabe. I have put the long hours of study in and was also a guitar performance Major at one of the top five music colleges in the USA. I own several hard wired Marshall 4 input heads. I am also a Marshall amp tech and know the circuit inside out. I prefer Super Bass Marshalls with a 500 pf bright cap on the volume pot. I also take standard Marshall Super Leads and convert them into Super Basses but have learned that if the Marshall amp's out transformer is not from 1968 or earlier then there is not a thing in the world that you can do to the amp to get good tone. The old trannies are king and are about 95% of the amps sound. As far as the FD-II Mosfet Anniversary model goes its King. I have owned almost every boutique pedal out there and I keep going back to the FD-II for its super clean transparent distortion sound. Nothing is as articulate and natural sounding as this pedal. Its like when you click the pedal on your huge natural amp sound is still there, it does get smaller on you just more overdriven. IMHO nothing can touch this pedal.

Same as the regular Fulldrive.

I had this side by side with my regular Fulldrive
& could not tell what the difference was between
the 2. In fact the Mosfet FD sounds better with
the Mosfet mode off.

A Tank & well bulit!

Very cool!

Save your money & buy the regular Fulldrive.
Yeah, these are Candy Apple Red & look cool.
Not worth a penny more than a regular Fulldrive.

Try an MI Audio pedal or a Barber before a Fulltone.

This will be my last Fulltone pedal experience.

I bought this pedal yesterday, because I saw John Abecrombie using a Fulldrive 2 this week at a live show. It took about five seconds (after three minutes reading the two page manual) to get a sound I can't live without out of this pedal. While I fully expect to find other sounds and applications for the pedal, getting to something useful so quickly is extraordinary in my experience.

This pedal is dead silent when it's disengaged. It's got a clean channel that's useful with a "tone" knob that enhances or diminishes treble harmonics in that mode. The "boost" mode is also very clean when used with the clean channel.

I found that just a touch of distortion in clean mode resulted in a sort of super-saturated sound that's quite lovely. I'm not as interested in distortion as rockers or blues players might be, but I played around with the Distortion knob and the various toggles attached to it, and was really impressed the variety of tones that are available. I'm most impressed, however, by the tone knob - getting the setting right on that knob (which, for me, involved boosting the treble harmonics a touch) made the very good rig I play through sound even better.

It's worked for me for 24 hours. I'm hoping for longer.

This is a weird and unexpected match for what I usually play - I mostly play jazz - bebop and after. I only got this pedal because of Abecrombie's show (in truth, I hadn't heard of it until last week) and the tone that Abecrombie got from his custom-built guitar. I'm going to take a lot of criticism from my archtop playing jazz friends (who tend to decry anything but using a mic to amplify their acoustic Benedettos), but I'm going to use this pedal on gigs - I almost always play a Gibson L5 equipped with Bendetto pickups, and this pedal allows me to both saturate the treble tones and use a pre-fixed boost for solos. Couldn't really ask for more.

As a side note, I hooked this pedal up to my tele (with Joe Barden pickups) and played it through my Fender Hot Rod Deville - mostly screwing around with Stevie Ray Vaughan tunes. I'm betting that's probably a more typical rig for the market for this pedal. I've played through tube screamers, maybe 6 Boss distortion units, etc. in prior bands, and this pedal makes all of the others seem completely lame - it's a must for a blues or rock player.

This pedal, nor the non Anniversary model are your average OD/Distortion pedals from an ease of use stand point. They are EXTREMELY flexible and provide a wide variety of tones so it stand to reason that it would be a little more effort to get what you want out of it. Plus there is a Boost functionality built into it for stepping out of the mix for a solo or other uses. Even with this flexibility this pedal is not difficult to use in my opinion and anyone with some playing experience under their belt will be fine with it. If you want simple get a Boss OD-3. But if you want flexibility in spades, plus great workmanship (hand wired!) and tone to die for then this is your ticket.

Controls:
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Volume - Adjusts level of both OD and Boost channels
Tone - Adjusts presence for both channels
Distortion - Adjusts distortion level (clipping) of OD channel
Boost - Adjusts boost and added distortion level(s) for Boost channel

CompCut/FM/Vintage mini toggle switch - Selects between the three main operating modes of the pedal. CompCut limits the clipping of the output stage, providing more of a clean boost effect. FM provides VERY transparent OD/Distortion that lets your amp keep sounding like your amp. The is no loss of either high or low end whatsoever as is the case with so many TS-X style pedals. The Vintage mode gives you a more TS-X style of OD if you want it.

MOSFET/Standard mini toggle switch - Selects the style of output stage transistor clipping you want between MOSFET and germanium transistors. MOSFET gives you a more full sound, especially in the middle to upper tone frequencies.

All I can say is WOW! This is the way I want my overdrive to be. It is exactly like I would have made it myself. My prior pedal(s) for OD/Distortion were a ToneBone Classic and Hot British. Those pedals are really great pedals mind you, especially the TB Classic. But the Fulldrive 2 gives me something those two, or any other I've ever tried for that matter could not; true transparent operation. I have a '65 Deluxe Reverb RI and a '59 Bassman LTD RI amplifier, both of which I dearly love the sound of. But I don't want to make myself deaf getting to their sweet spots either. The Fulltone Fulldrive 2 let's both of my amps sound exactly like my amps if I want to, except with a touch of a warm fuzzy circle around the notes I play. Of course I can set it to give me the classic Tube Screamer midrange hump too if I want to. The secret is in the selection of the mode. CompCut (compression Cut) mode gives you a very nice, clean boost with a little distortion if you want. Excellent for country picking and that kind of sound, plus the boost really gives your amp's front end a kick in the preamp in this mode. The Vintage mode is the Tube Screamer style OD and it is a good one. Very nice tones all over the place here, and the Tone knob is very useful for giving your upper end as much sparkle as you might desire. The FM (Flat Mids) mode is absolutely awsome though, and is designed to be extremely transparent while giving your tone the edge you want. I absolutely LOVE this mode and when kicking the Boost control on, I get nice, saturated distortion to solo with. Excellent!

The MOSFET output stage found on this model employs Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFET) as opposed to the more widely used germanium type. The Standard output stage gives you the same setup as the non Anniversary model using germanium transistors to achieve clipping. Both of these output stages are excellent in their own way, and they can be mixed and matched with the other modes (CC/FM/Vintage) to give you a LOT of options.

So while this pedal is a bit more involved to use, it gives you any type or style of OD/Distortion you could ever want plus a Boost mode for soloing or a second OD/Distortion sound as you prefer. Through in a 3PDT True Bypass switching arrangement and it sounds just as good when you shut it off so you can just enjoy your amplifier. Honestly, I haven't found a non-musical tone in there yet, but then again I don't try for the outer reaches either. In my opinion, this pedal is what OD should be.

Hand wired with high quality components plus a 5 year warranty? I'll give it the benefit of the doubt myself. I looked over the craftsmanship and outside of my own carelessness or abuse, this pedal is built to last.

I've heard horror stories about dealing with Mike Fuller. My own take is very simple on this -- I don't care. It is his company and he can run it as he sees fit so long as he honors the warranties of his products. There is a local guy here the same way as I have heard Mike is and that kind of this just doesn't bother me as long as I get what is promised in the brochure. I know that he makes high quality stuff and that lots of serious musicians use it including a few of my favorites so whatever he may be in terms of personality is paled by his product's reputation. Good enough for me, so benefit of the doubt here too.

WHat can I say, this is the pedal I should have bought first. I am not a "boutique' kind of guy and so I never bothered to try one. Big mistake, happily now rectified. I play stock Fender amps (Bassman LTD RI, DRRI) with mostly stock Fender American Strats and a Tele. I have a 2002 AmSe Strat with CS69 pickups in it, plus a stock AmSe Tele, a 50th Anniversary AmSe Strat with CS54 replica pickups and a 50th Anniversary AmDlx Strat with SCN pickups and S-1 switching in it. I only use the 50th AmDlx Strat for playing with my Worship Group at church because of the huge sodium lights there. Otherwise, I am very much a single coil guy, right down to the prefernce of non-RWRP middle pickups in my Strats. The Fulldrive 2 sounds good with all of my guitars. Even the SCN's which I am not thrilled with sound good with this pedal, and that is saying something.

The Fulldrive 2 is great sounding, flexible to a fault and hand wired with excellent build and component quality all for $200 -- a bargain in my book. If you can't find one of these pedals, the standard Fulldrive 2 is nearly as good, missing only the MOSFET output stage selection. I cannot recommend this pedal highly enough and I am now looking forward to when my local dealer gets a Fulltone OCD in stock so I can check it out!