Fulltone Full-Drive 2 Mosfet

Very easy to use. Straight forward.
Personally, one of the reasons I like this pedal is its flexibility (i.e. all of the different settings).
I think this type of fexibility is often needed, since everyone's rig can be different.

This sounded exactly like I hoped it would sound.
I use a Warmoth Strat with Lindy Fralin Vintage single coils into a Mesa Boogie Lonestar Special (EL84s) 1x12. My amp has a lot of drive options, but I was looking for a good drive to use in conjunction with my clean channel.
I had owned an OCD and a Fulldrive2 (blue one with the FM option). However, I was looking for something in between. The OCD sounded a bit thin with my rig (good clarity though)...The std/old fulldrive2 had a nice slight mid boost(even on FM mode), but lacked some clarity and lacked lows a bit.
The fulldrive2 10th Anniv. edition turned out to be perfect for my rig.
You get an ever so slight mid boost (which I like), without sacrificing clarity/feel and lows.
I use this pedal in FM mode and Mosfet mode.
With all of this said, I can only speak for how it reacts with my specific rig.... and with my rig, it is definitely a winner!!

I have owned 9 different Fulltone pedals... never had a problem and don't expect to.

I have interacted with this company twice (once over the phone, once via email with Mike). Both times I found them to be very helpful and friendly.

I play mostly contemporary Christian music... some classic rock, blues, etc...
Been playing 20 years. I would definitely buy it again if it was lost. Again, this pedal is just awesome.
This is the best overdrive pedal I've ever owned (and boy have I owned a lot of them).
Personally, I am glad to see that he is engineering more "control" type options in his pedals.... for example, his website shows that the "plexi 100" will have bass, mid, and high controls.
This really allows his customers to be able to fine tune to their rigs.

I had played out of a tube screamer for a number of years and felt it was weak and too trebley. I saw the announcement for the mosfet and heard about the texas tone it offers and was sold. The boost feature sucked me in as well. The manual gives you a great introduction to finding your sound.

I play a texas lonestar strat through a vibrolux custom 2x10.I use the fm/mosfet for crunch, the boost to darken and thicken it up, and my bluesdriver for piercing cut through the mix solos. Sometimes I add the deja-vibe with the modualation all the way down to really give you thick ass tone baby. I use big strings 12-58. Easy to get a jimi/ srv tone, with a little of zack wylde meets jonh mclaughlin.

Always dependable never any problems, only the furman pedal board is average. Would love to buy a trailertrash board, very cool. However, not cheap. Nothing can sub for this pedal at a gig. I through my tubescreamer in the trash. The fulldrive mosfet is a1000 times better.

The tech deptarment are great helpful and very rapid at getting back to your inquiries. My octafuzz that I bought on ebay needs the dcjack fixed. I will send it in.

Oh yea. I play blues, jazz, funk, latin and hard rock. It is a great match for any music with any kind of overdrive. Been playing music for over 20 years. Playing guitar for about 12 years. I own many fulltone effects, clyde wah, mini dejavibe, 2 choral flanges, octafuzz. I have seven guitars, 2 srats both from the late nineties. Gibson es-135, tele 1952 reissue, 2 acoustics tacoma, yamaha and a fender resonator. two amps fender twin 1981 reissue of a 65, and a fender vibro lux custom.

It is easier than I thought to get a sound out of it. If you start at 12:00 with the knobs and put it in fm mode and mosfet with the swithches, you aren't too far from getting an ideal sound. Better yet, just use the sample setting in the manual which has values an hour or 2 away from 12:00.
The manual explains all the features well but doesn't try to predict what might happen with different pickups like single coils or doubles. If you know how to get your amp to sound good, the rest is easy.

I used it live with a Strat with Joe Barden pickups and a Reverend Hellhound and various other pedals. It's very quiet with a battery or a power supply. I find that its good to set the volume at 11:00 which seems to be a pinch above bypassed level. I set my amp so there is a slight breakup in the bar chords but a nice chime in the high triads.
At first I thought it sounded to dark but I found that at a gig it really cuts in a big warm way. It responds well to picking dynamics.
The sustain is awesome and the harmonics really kick in when you have the overdrive set at 9:00 or greater. I like having the new mosfet and standard option which to me, loosens up the sound in mosfet and tightens up in standard.
I was using a Reverend Drivetrain II but I was biting with too many highs and punishing the front row. Now with the Fulldrive, it just sings like a violin and I still get enough bite.
I reccomend walking out 10 feet in front of your rig, turning around facing it before you think it's too dark. What you will hear is big, round, and beautiful but not necessarily stringy but that's ok. I usually think something sounds good if I can hear brash compressed highs which is good if you are recording "Nowhere Man" but after hearing this thing at stage volume, I quickly re-adjusted my criteria.
You can stand in front of your amp with without being shrilled to death. Also, even though it sounds warm, I can still hear it well with my back to the amp. It's just nice to know that I can crank the hell out of it with out killing anybody.
I would have to say that this pedal has a character of it's own but I haven't heard a lot of newer amps or a Dumble. I would say it's closer to a Vox AC30 than a Marshall or a Fender. I can stand in front of a loud AC30 but not most Fenders. I have to give it a 10. If you want more bite you can turn off the clipping and use the compcut feature but you will want to turn down the levels because the pedal doesn't clip but gives you 2 more levels of clean boost.I'm sure it will clip your amp input. I'm going to try using this setting with my Gibson with humbuckers as they easily clip and compress with my amp set the way it is but I may not have to.

10 so far because I use a 4 year old Fulltone DejaVibe and a used Clyde that I bought used 2 years ago. No problems.

I haven't dealt with the company yet.

I play everything and have been playing for 36 years and have enjoyed a favorable reputation around the New England Area both as a performer and teacher. practice practice practice!! I would buy another if I lost it.
I like the way that when I go to use it, I know it is going to sound good. I only have to deal with my ideas and taste. I did try a whole bunch of boutique pedals when I bought my Java Boost but not this pedal. I just plugged this into my amp at the store for 10 minutes and that was enough.
Get a good clean sound that chimes and barely breaks up and this pedal will work great for you. It works well with your amp driving a little hard too. I can never recommend setting an amp too clean unless you have to strum full chords all the time. But even then, I'd rather just turn my guitar volume down. Try it!

Not as simple to use as the blue, FM FD2 w/ pull knob for comp-cut that I used to have but that's because this one has so many options via switches. Getting a particular sound is not very easy because the many options can complicate things... it's like ordering coffee at Starbucks for the first time (latte vs espresso vs americano, cafe vs frapp, tall vs short, cream, non-fat, etc...). Manual is pretty basic; I wish it had more info as to when certain settings would be useful for.

My amps are Fender Blues Deluxe and Tech21 TM60. Guitars are Tokai 54 Strat, Tokai 56 Goldtop, Fender blackguard Tele, Fender 69 Thinline ri. These gtrs and amps work very will with the FD2. The extra flexibility allows you to match settings with the guitar and amp you are using at the time (and with the music you play). I can get light OD for Freddie King, Otis Rush, Albert Collins, and SRV, slightly more for Albert King or classic blues-rock, or way more dirt for classic hard rock (Led Zep, etc.). With comp-cut I just boost the tube amp for natural breakup. Overall, lotsa great tones in here.

Let's see after a few years. I hope the switches on these are better than the blue FD2s. But, yes, I would use it without a backup since I can play straight to amp anyway.

I've dealt w/ Mike Fuller before to repair my blue FD2's switch. Let's just say, it wasn't a pleasant experience. :-) I hope don't have a need to contact them.

I play blues up to classic/blues rock and this is a good match for me. Been playing for almost 20 years with basically the same kind of gear I described above. I bought this because it had a lot of functionality and thought it would be an improvement over my blue FD2. Well, it is. I researched for several months and compared it with all the other dual channel ODs in the market. Bought a Tim together with this and almost bought a ZIM too. I think those three are the best in their class (dual channel ODs).

I've used Fulldrives for a while, then took them off my pedalboard in favor of going straight into the high gain channel of my Marshall. When we switched to a better PA system, I started to use smaller amps mic'd thru the PA, so now I use this thru a Fender Bassman reissue retubed with KT66's. Any of you who use Fulldrives don't need to be told how they sound. This one has the extra presence and grit that the Mosfet switch allows, plus the nice compressed midrange of the FM switch. It really is a nice combo.

I own quite a few different kinds of guitars, but I am drifting toward using a strat for everything. The pedal board has a Wah, a Keeley compressor (for feedback when needed), the Fulldrive, a Klon Centaur for high gain distortion (there is no comparable product to this), a TC Electronics Chorus/Flanger and a Hard ON pedal to boost volume for leads. The signal then goes to a Fulltone Echo unit and a tube reverb, and finally a BBE Sonic maximizer at the end of the chain to kick the signal into the amp. It's a very nice pedal to give you a gritty overdrive that is resposive to how you pick and how you massage the sound with your tone control and dynamics. I don't use the Boost much, preferring to use the Klon for that.

Mike Fuller builds very reliable hardware. They stand up to the normal amount of road abuse. I carry my own instruments and pedalboard to and from gigs, so I avoid the usual horror stories. I am told by others that he's a bit of a primadonna, but that has no effect on me. If something breaks, I usually get it repaired by somebody I know and the many Fulltone products I've used over the years have yet to break for me.

See above. I am a bit of a jerk when it comes to things that arrive broken. I return them for a refund and get something else. No second chances. Fuller's products are batting 1000.

I play rock, blues, R&B, swing, country and pop. Our current group has been together for over 10 years, but I've played out for over 35 years. The Fulldrive is a very reliable pedal with a predictable sound that suits the guitar into small amp situation. I have tried every conceivable type of overdrive pedal, and the only thing that's consistently better is going direct into a Marshall Head at high volume, High gain with four 12 inch speakers. While that's fine for 10% of our gigs, the other 90% are clubs and large rooms that need less firepower and more tasteful tone. So, I'll give this pedal a 9 out of 10.

this unit is very good at getting alot of different, useful sounds,right out of the box.sometimes it's better to disregard the manual's suggestions and strike out on your own.in this way,you find sounds that are useable to you in your particular type of music,the thrill of discovery,if you will. makes it easier to make your mind up quicker as to love-it or leave-it.i feel this pedal is a vast improvement over the old fd 2.

single coils sound great=nice and jangly to thicker,warmer tones.boost switch is icing on the cake,and has control for amount of boost added=very nice.humbuckers don't need as much juice normally but boost switch is nice with a good lespaul.normally used with grosh strat with fralin pups,eric johnson strat,or 59 reissue lespaul into 2nd channel of a mark 1 boogie.not noisy,and can dial in a convincing SRV tone easily.i have found certain effects work better with certain amps(klon with blackface amps for ex.)but i've tried this pedal in front of bogner metropolis,as well as Dr.z maz amps and blackface fenders,and all respond well.the comp cut setting is fun to fool around with,especially with the lespaul.the addition of the mosfet switch gives another sound(a little more edge)when needed.a very useable pedal overall,a good choice in OD.these aren't cheap,but you would spend alot of money on other ODs trying to get this many sounds





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never had a problem with fulltone stuff before,so don't anticipate any here,but always have other ODs to use.

i have met mike before,but never had a problem with any of his pedals

this pedal can cover most styles of music,obviously it can't be all things to all people,or it would be a cure for cancer-haha.(i also own a fulltone OCD,but it has never done much for me,different flavors for different folks).if i somehow lost it,i WOULD buy another.i have tried and buyed alot of the ODs out there(klon,od-808,ts-9,hot chili tubester,modded boss and keeley,sparkledrive,various SIB stuff,mena,etc)and try to stay on top of cool equip out there,but i have to say this pedal is the best i've found for getting alot of different useful sounds right out of the box.you can find more sounds by fiddling with it,which is nice,but it's easy to get the good stuff right away.and it doesn't hurt that it comes in a pretty package.

Even though there are quite a few switches more than on other pedals, you'll get pretty easy to your wanted result.
Unfortunatly mine came without a manual, so I can`t say anyting about instructions.

I use it with an Epiphone firebird and fender 2x12 stagelead amp. The true bypass works perfekt. This is truely one of the best overdrive pedals money can buy. I also have a TS-808 and they really match together perfectly.

Fulltone effects are one of the most dependable in the world. A friend of mine used his Fulltone 2 without srewing the back on after looking for a battery. He giged with it for more than 3 years and it`s still working. So?

Never needed to

I'm really happy with my new fulltdrive.

At first I was a little thrown off by the switches...and I didn't know mosfet was an acronym...but after I read the manual everything made a lot of sense. Unlike a lot of pedals...the switches on this sucker actually make a huge difference in sound and tonal quality. On others that I have tried out, they seem to just tweak the sound a little bit and make it a pain to even have switches on the pedal.
So...given that you have and ear...and if you have gotten this far you know how to read, I will rank this one a TEN.

I found the overdrive pedal and laugh at all others who have something different. My fulltone is being played through a 93 strat...(don't know what kind of pickups are in their but I am pretty sure by the punch they have that they are aftermarket) into a hotrod deville 212. The effects on this pedal are brilliant! Every phase has a truly great sound that doesn't leave me hanging. I can go from SRV to pearl jam to STP to...well...alot.


The sound quality is unmatched mostly because of it's versitility! A lot of pedals that have equal range don't have the integrity at each level that this one has. ei...Ibanez turbo.

...Haven't been with me that long...but looking at what dedication has been put into the pedal, I am not expecting to have a problem.

I have not.

I am in an LA rockband called Manixview, sadly I bought this pedal after our last album was recorded and I can't give you a sample of what it sounds like...YA its perfect!

I have been playing guitar for about 13 years...I own a **** load of gear...and right now as far as pedals go...I love this one the most.

This pedal...just as I had to do with Temple of the Dog...I would buy many times over if it got lost or stolen...even broken.

This fulltone addition makes it so i can relax about getting that perfect sound...and focus on making music.

If you are into buying crap over and over until you find something cheap that you like, go ahead and get something else and spend too much money. I am into buying things once!

First off, all you guys must work for Fulltone.
I am deeply sorry for buying it.
Reminds me of the old Sam Ash fuzz box i played with as a kid in the 60's.
It Buzzes.(and only with battery)
I have a '57 braz. les paul, a 58, and aPRS cus 24 with pearly gates, a marshall plexi, and a jcm2000, assorted cabs.
Honeslt, I get better sounds with a Johnson J station.
Also, these toggle switchs won't last a month. cheapo's.
And you would think for over $200., you get an ac adapter!

i guess it's better than nothing, but not nearly up to all the hype.

There are a varriety of controls all of which you can read about on fulltones website so... the important thing is that the sounds are very usable and you will have to fidle around with it to find what you like best. Not hard to use if you had an FDII before or any OD for that matter. Manual is short simple and good.

OK He has finaly done it the only pedal that sounds so great in front of my victoria and fullertone that I must change my if you could only have one pedal from the BBE Sonic Maximizer to FDII Mosfet 10th!!! Its so great that it doesnt even sound good with the BBE in front of it. It's like it has one already built in. Good clear note definition. I use the Mosfet and FM mode ( both of the new FDII inovations to come along) and the sound is just what I like. It is very vesatile probably the most of any pedal I have used ( ouside the nasty sounding digital stuff ) all kinds of sounds from blues to clean boost twang.

Sure as the sun coming up tomorrow.

Don't know never had to use it but back in 96 or 97 Mike thanked me for a good review right here on Harmony Central so he must be a nice guy.

Tops number one best on my list love it. If you take it I will hunt you down get it back and forgive you...cause Im that kind of guy :) Then the long arm of the law will punish you for your evil until you have repaid your debt to society. I am guessin any reasonable guitar playing judge would give you 20-30 for taking one of these.