Fulltone Full-Drive 2 Mosfet

As easy as it gets Vintage SWEET TONE TONE TONE and sustain!!!!

"87 PRS I bought new, '53 tela my dad bought new, PRS HB2, strats, others.
Fuchs Overdrive Special (MONSTER AMP!!!) and Budda primarily for gigging and 2 Blues Juniors for stereo at home., others Boogie rectoverb and more.
I have about 16 high end, Keeley, Barber, etc. pedals including the Venerable Fulltone OCD, this Thing is so close to natual tube breakup it's stunning...as smooth and extremely SWEET sounds that go from the best early breakup to full tilt Overdrive. In fact it isn't quite what the Fuchs natural built overdrive is but really close! The BOOST is really an added plus and great clean boost.
The sound is as good as it gets at any price point...20 in my book! S W E E T !!

Looks extremely well built and OCD has quite a few miles no problems..open these suckers and see for yourself...try one through any descent for vintage tone! Metal 'players' look to your fingers!

no clue

Playing 45 years since I was 12..Drummer 10 years in school..Same band now for 16 years vintage rock R&B cover band...monster vocalists but not from me.

Suits vintage rock as good as it gets from Bad Co. to ZZ, scary Skynard tones. Prefer MOSFET but not a bad sound to be found...set it forget it..I am going to buy another as the GT500 I am returning to GCenter...no go for me with that one!
I can only wish we could have had these high end pedals this good back in the day..But it's all good...

BIG THING is it sounds great through just about any good clean amp! From real '53 Tele
to '87 PRS Buckers this pedal loves all comers...including Ibanez whammy screamer with 1 Seymore Duncan. I'd lean toward single coils a little sweeter than Buckers and more versatile..IMUO. 10 AT LEAST compared to all the others I have.

Very easy to use, I figured out my favorite setting within 10 minutes

Setup - Guitars: Gibson Les Paul Traditional Goldtop & Fender American Vintage '57 reissue Strat, Amp: Marshall JTM30 Combo

I actually stole this phrase from onother review I read somewhere else, but this pedal trully is an 'answered prayer'. I finally found the overdrive tone I've been hearing in my head since I started playing 14 years ago; fat, juicy, silky smooth overdrive tone with just the right amount of low end growl & midrange bite. It even makes my thin sounding strat sound really fat.

English is not my first language so I don't have much more to say other than that this is just a top notch overdrive pedal. If it was possible, I would've given a rating of 11 instead of 10 for sound quality.

I've only had it for 1 day so I cannot say

I play mostly early to mid 90s alternative rock (Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, Rage Against The Machine), and a little bit of Radiohead, Muse, Stereophonics and other british bands. I can easily emulate the tones of my favorite guitarists with this pedal.

I was using an Ibanez TS-9 turbo (TS9DX) before and I thought it was as good as it gets, but the FD2 Mosfet is a far more superior overdrive pedal.

The exclusive Fulltone distributor in my country didn't have the FD2 Mosfet in stock, so I took a gamble and bought one from eBay without ever trying it first. My only reference was online reviews from this site and musiciansfriend.com as well as video posts on YouTube. Man I'm glad I took that gamble.

Dead simple to use. Boost switch has a boost knob. Just click things and turn things and you can work it out.

Pauls comments below about the Deja Vibe are just soooo true lmao. The Fulldrive 2 Mosfet with the mini Deja Vibe is an awesome combination. I have compared this fulldrive with the J-Drive and others. It's really, really good as is the mini Deja Vibe. It has a pristine sound quality, an overdrive which is so expressive and articulate.

Work of art pedals, made to last your lifetime on this planet.

They have not answered any of my emails. I think they would honour any fault you may have but they are elitist. Take that as you will. Basically they make superior product; there is no need to contact them. Mike comes off as an ***hole to those who have no clue.

The best Overdrive on the planet. Seriously, I am just inspired by this pedal. Think of it this way. Mike Fuller totally doesn't suffer ****wits and so they say he is rude. I say he is a man after my own heart. Let's just cut the bs and get real. Buy this pedal it's the bomb.

Easy to use if you know what you're doing. it's not as simple as a tubescreamer but get it right and divine tone wil be yours...
Again as with my review of the mini deja vibe, the supplied instructions are very easy to use and clear.

I use this with a les paul, fulltone mini deja vibe, ehx memory man, and vox v847 wah into an original '84 marshall jcm800. This pedla is great, especialy with non master volume amps like mine as you can use the od chanel to add just a bit of kick to a clean sound and then kick in the boost for a great big, fat, warm blues/classic rock lead tone, effectively giving you three chanels from a classic one chanel valve amp. It won't do mega saturated metal, but thats not what it's supposed to do. If you play blues rock or classic rock, you need this pedal. It's up there in a class of its own.

I would certainly depend on it. Mike Fuler uses only the best components or makes them himself, and they are built solid.

Never had to deal with Fultone, although I've read on other reviews that Mike Fuller is a bit difficult to deal with, so thats probably best!

I play classic blues and blues rock and for me, this pedal is perfection. I've played and owned other overdrives and this knocks 'em al dead, even the zendrive. Top class. If it was stolen or lost I would first cry, then fork out for a new one, as my only negative with these is that they're certainly NOT cheap. Thats the only reason I give it a 7 and not the 10 it deserves with a bit of a price cut.

EASY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SEE BELOW, WOW..........................................

O.K., this is like my 4th Fulldrive. I bought it used, 'project' thing. Opened it up, nothing obvious. Got in touch with Fulltone, and after the initial 'idiot' weeding-out process they sent me a repair authorization form. Two weeks later, it is on its way home. $30 for parts/labor/love. These guys are good, don't know why some people have had bad experiences but if you are semi-competent and can prove it with their little 'moron' survey, they will work with you quickly and efficiently. That's all I've got to say about that...........

Fulltone, pedals of/for the pros. And anyone who appreciates tone.

I would not say this is "easy" to use, especially for some of the review comments I read. Fulltone is probably the most misunderstood guru in the arena. I find most do not understand what he is putting on the table nor how to use it. This is an overdrive in every sense of the word, not a fuzz box. I think it works best into a decent tube head at least that is where it shines to full genius. My only complaint is that the boost is only useable with the OD circuit on not as a stand alone clean boost. Which is really OK as I have two such circuits available on my V3 head. "Easy to use" is a good one, I have seen two knob units misused. Given this is like my 2nd or 3rd review for this unit, let's seen if they toss this one, I am sorry I am not up to the literary standards of the 6" speaker crowd. Maybe some fo the experienced players might appreciate an older players view on tone.

This is a highly versitile unit, accolades to the genius of Fuller, he probable has a right to be snubby to gear heads and their comments. Especially on his DejaVibe which I just get a kick out of reading. Some guys would not know a better than vintage photo cells when they stepped on them. The Trower Vibe God uses the DejaVibe so does Satch and Vai, nuff said.

This is an overdrive pedal made to drive the tube amp into clipping or provide some tonal enhancement of your already good tone. I find it works in all toggles at all gain issues with any of my clean to molten tube channels.
Overdrive (left switch):
-three knows on this circuit, volume, tone and overdrive
-high quality pots, smooth tight feel.
-a lot of volume boost is available here, keep it rolled back unless you are after the effect of really, really over whelming your input.
-tone is not a drastic boost or cut, mid seems to be unity, the effect is transparent and musical depending on what you are after.
-overdrive goes from clean to moderate gain drive.
-all settings very musical and useful.
-three toggle switch on the left: Vintage, FM, Comp Cut
Vintage gives you a deeper more gainy classical OD tone
FM is "flat mids" and is made for the neck on a strat enhances a good tone to just outstanding.
Comp Cut is best used for cleaner boosts
All settings very transparent in enhancement working with the tone of the guitar and amp rather than creating a tone via the box
The Boost functions in front of the OD section to overdrive the overdrive. You can get any combination of any style of boost or gain from this pedal. I use it on FM, tone 11:00, distortion 9:00 for a mild boost with bottom end like I was using my OCD. The MOSFET toggle adds more low end and push to the tone, probably better if you ask me. I think this does what the OCD did but better as I was not using the OCD for high gain. A great pedal, underrated against a lot of crap, if you ask me. If you have a high end rig you will hear the difference in Fulltone. Some of us appreciate your work Mike, do keep it coming. You can be moody on the phone, I think you have a right to be. Maybe it was after he read some of the DejaVibe reviews, man those pissed me off.

Top shelf components, what Fuller can't find he has made, better than the vintage crap of the "clone wars". The Full Drive MOSFET is the players OD pedal, highly versitile, musical tone ehancement without coloring your axe or amp, push or boost to any degree is available. If you just want a distortion type OD this is not your deal. An experienced player is going to like the Full Drive and anything Fuller creates. In 30 some years of playing great tones I have never had much of anything fail on me> I redo my rig every few years anyway.

Fuller can be moddy if you actually get him on the phone, he has little tollerance for your basic gear head, I am sure he is quite nice to Trower. The Deja-Vibe 2 rules, Mike, some of us get it!!! They will fix anything that might fail most companies will.

After tossing my old line up, I selected the Full Drive for a slot on my new board as it just provided everything I needed in a drive and a replacemenrt for my OCD version 3. I loved the OCD so that might give you an idea of how I was able to let it go.

I like to play a wide range of tones (except country and rap, just doesn't ring my bell) My rig gives me glass, Trower Vibe, Satch, Vai to Megadeth at the touch of switch. I run Carvin guitars all custom made with my specs (where else can you get that for the price). A Carvin V3 head into their vintage 4x12 cab, just amazing, clean to molten tubes (retubed with Tung Sol EL34B's check out the tubestore .com). I play Eric Johnson GHS 10-50's semiflat winds detuned a whole step, bloody killer. (The only semi-flats I can find since the old GHS Nickel Rockers used by SRV and Eric. Who needs all those overtly bright strings??)

I run a Tone Bone slanted board with a BBE supercharger under it for power. Morley Vai II wah, into a new Whammy, into a new Metal Core, into the Full Drive. I run the Full Drive at 12v on the Superchargers mid out plugs, this seems to be my fav, a little more headroom than the 9v but not as much as going 18v which is too much for my tastes. That is my amp in line.

I currently run a Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe (process underway to replace it with a new DejaVibe 2) into a Carvin FX2 rack mount unit for 440ms echo and reverb (32 bit quality processor) running linked channels into loop one. I have a series of footswitches for three differing channels, loop one, loop2 I have rigged for another clean boost, the amps front panel knob boost switch, and the FX2's channels mutes.

This simple rig keeps my tone no matter what sequence of boxes I have on. These are currently my favs. Love the Vai II wah more than the potted wahs, although the Fulltone Wah would be the only one I would add, not replace the Vai wah it's just too good. So9me might laugh at the Metal Core but I just loved my Keeley mod MT-2 distortion just to be able to go Megadeth and save my tubes. I also get some amazing tones in the Satch arena using it and the whammy through a 440ms echo, amazing effects.

It's a pretty simple pedal.

It sounds good when it decides to work.

I had to send it in twice because the boost light would stay on anytime a cords was plugged in. The on off switch on the boost had no effect on the light or the sounds.

After the second time I sent it in, on my dime, the tech emailed me to tell me they couldn't replicate the problem. I asked him what he thought we should do since it was almost brand new and I was having to repeatedly send it back on my dime. The next email I got was a scathing response from Mike Fuller saying he couldn't help it if I didn't know how to use the pedal. I guess you have to be as smart as Mike thinks he is to operate 2 button, 4 knobs and a switch. Anyway, I was amazed at his hostility and attitude. What an ego this guy has. He also said "The customer is not always right here pal." I would recommend to anyone to stay away from anyone who thinks that's the way to treat his customers. I spent a lot on a this pedal and I was only asking for them to stand behind their product.

Ironically I never had that problem again after they returned it. I know it's agrivating when the solution to a problem alludes you but there is no need to jump to hostility with the people who made you. It is partially my fault because I had read a lot about Mike Fuller's attitude and I bought one of his products anyway. You decide if it's worth. I know there are plenty of other people who make pedals as good or better the Fulltone.

I am not sure how someone could get a bad tone out of this OD box. I might take a while to adjust to your style and tastes. I have found the best setup for my strat type guitar and it sounds fine on my Humbuckler Les Paul type. By rails on the strat are pretty high ohm as compared to some single coils but the tones are amazing.

I just retubed by amp head (Carvin V3) with some great tubes from the on-line tube store. This box really comes alive with a good tube head. Obviously this is what it was made to do. If you are using a small one speaker amp, you do not need to be trying to use high end boutique pedals like Fulltone. This is the best OD pedal. I use it to push the clean channel just a little and by hitting the boost I get a good tonal OD and it is useful on all channels including my high gain for some tonal differences. I replaced my OCD pedal and with this unit I can get what I liked out of the OCD plus more.

Fulltone makes the best. Never had a breakdown. If fact of 30 some years of playing just about every device you could imagine. I have only had a power supply brick fail (twice out of the box) and a chip failure on a rack mount unit after years. I expect no problems from Fulltone as Fuller makes quality high end gear using top shelf components.

These guys will talk to you if you have a concern but they have little patience for some machine heads ideas that are often not so informed or knowledgable as they might think. Most gear heads are not so bright and some of the notions they have are often the result of their bad gear.

I recently redid my entire board and I now have the ultimate as far as I am concerned. I can get any sort of tone out my rig which suits the spectrum of what I like to play. I would not hesitate to use it live again or with the band (which I have actively retired from doing). I tried the Fulltone GT500 and I liked some of its features like the separate boost circuit which the Drive 2 does not have. However, I wanted to be able to replace my OCD unit with the Trower type push I was using the oCD to get, the GT500 was more a distortion unit while the Drive is very adjustable OD.

I have the drive set to a mild clean boost and when engauging the boost it drives the OD into a good tube overdrive tone which works on any channel. This box is made to be a transparent enhancement that can be used with anything to add to the tones.

My new rig with a retubed amp head is just sounding better than anything I have ever used. This is after many years of box selections.

My line is a Carvin V3 head (Jan Phillips 5751's in the clean preamps and Tung Sol 12AX7A's in the high gains, Tung Sol El34B's in the power slots (4), the best tubes by the way) a Carvin vintage 4x12 loaded cab. Just an amazing amp, that really needs nothing. The board just adds to the tonal spectrum and colors. (Carvin is some great gear for a lot less money than a whole bunch of crap, overpriced, "one-trick pony" amps. I also use their guitars, I would not have anything else.)

Amp-in: Morley Vai Wah II, Digitech Whammy, Boss Metal Core, Fulltone Drive II. Series Loop: Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe, Carvin FX2 32 bit processor (rack mount, echo, reverb, chorus, flange). I use the latter FX 2 for my 440ms echo and a slight reverb on the linked series processor, both footswitchable). In addition to my board, I have 10 silent foot switches that control my amp channels, boosters and loops. I can get funk clean, the best of Trower type OD and simply amazing sonic high gain Satriani, Vai, or Megadeth tones.

Very easy to use if you know what an overdrive pedal is. Even if not I'm sure you could dink with it until you find something you like. I like the comp cut setting for high gain amps which is what I primarily use.

This is the most incredible overdrive pedal I've ever played. I run it into a Mesa Tremoverb with a Boss DD-20 and a BBE Sonic Stomp. My primary guitars are a 1970 SG Standard and a PRS Singlecut Trem. I switch between the vintage high gain and the blues channels on the Mesa and I'm very happy with the two. But when I run the Full Drive with the Blues Channel it completely changes the amp. It sounds like an old Marshall. Absolutely perfect for leads. Once I got this pedal I decided my guitar rig was complete. That's pretty big for a guy with a bad case of Gear Acquisition Syndrome. I run the pedal with an 18V power supply, which I prefer. It opens it up and makes it more amp like and powerful. Though is still sounds pretty great with a 9V supply. Running it with the 18V supply is a little noisy but I generally use it for leads anyway and it isn't noticeable when you're playing.

I've only had it for a couple months but it's the most solidly built pedal I've ever seen and it runs on anything from 9V to 18V. Seems bulletproof to me.

I haven't had to deal with them but I've heard good things.

I'd like to give it a 10 but it is pretty expensive. But, I guess you get what you pay for. The pedal enhances your sound in so many ways it could be used for any type of music. It could be used for a volume boost, or give you a fantastic liquid lead tone. I've been playing for 18 years and I've heard a lot of overdrives. This is by far my favorite.

OK this is buggin me. The FDII doesn't really sound like a tube screamer. I have an original 808 circut in my UE300...I run the fulldrive INTO that unit, that runs into a custom Victoria Victorilux.

The FDII is sooo much smoother, sooo much richer. The 808 is like adding a big *** hump to the midrange, adds a bit of presence, muddies up the highs and kinda rounds of the lows. The Fulldrive actaully help ARTICULATE the highs, beefs up the lows a touch, adds mids, but not way a tubescreamer does; hence why it sounds so nice. They don't really sound the same at all to my ears...but I basically run them right into a 12AX7..

The Voodoo Labs Sparkledrive...thats an 808 on 'roids...(another great pedal!)

this is a fairly simple pedal, all you need to do is mess around with it for a few minutes and you'll have worked most of it out.

i think the sound quality is great. their are three settings, Compcut, FM, and Vintage. i run my fulldrive through a 72 reissue thinline telecaster, into a marshall bluesbreaker, and personally i think the best way to get a fat, and sweet distortion is to put the setting on compcut and put the boost on.

compcut gives you a boost in volume compared to the other settings and also doesnt distort the sound as much, so you can also use this to get a very crisp sound, or if you want a sharp sounding solo.

the FM is a chunkier distortion and is a bit more fullon than the vintage.

the vintage sound is great for bluesy type sounds and is a very smooth distortion.

i dont think i would need a backup for this at a gig, very solid casing and very well made.

didnt have anything to do with them

this is a very reliable and good quality pedal for the money you will pay for it, you can get alot of sounds out of it. it might not make you wet your pants when you here it, but once you get it you wont be gettin rid of it, because it can be used in so many different areas and you will never know when u want it.

I use the FD-2 on Channel 2 of a MESA Mark-IVA head. I wanted something to give me a more versatile tone without having to crank up the volume. Don't get me wrong, the MESA's channel 2 sounds FANTASTIC on its own...I just need to keep my hearing while playing at home.


I honestly don't think it's possible to get a bad tone out of it. Took it right out of the box, turned the 4 knobs to 9:00, 12:00, 12:00, and 9:00....sounded fantastic. I was blown away.

What can I say that hasn't already been said. I'm completely blown away. It's as if it has become an actual part of the MESA's preamp. It rocks. 370 ratings and a 9.0 say it all.

I HIGHLY recommend taking this pedal for a test drive. You won't be disappointed.

Just bought it, so I can't comment on reliability yet. But given Fulltone's track record, I should have no worries.

Haven't had to call them up yet.

Easy to use? Yeah, but not easy to get a good sound out of. May be too complicated for people who don't like constant tweaking of switches and knobs- more on that later.

I play a les paul standard, a late 60's SG, and an american deluxe strat thru a marshall dsl 50 half stack with greenback vintage cab, a hasserl modded carvin nomad and sometimes an original 5150 combo. It's not noisy at all, it's weak, and no it doesn't get any tones from my heroes.

I'm sure it's reliable, it's built well, it's solid, and I've never had a single issue with my Fulltone OCD, which is the best overdrive pedal I've ever had. Luckily I only owned this pedal for 2-3 weeks before I sold it for exactly what I paid! Minus the 11 bucks in shipping.

Never dealt with them on a problem, but bought 2 pedals from them direct off their blems and seconds section on the website. They shipped real quick and were in mint condition, not a scratch on 'em.

I've been playing for 23 years. I'm a classic rocker- old school metal guy, with a really heavily bluesy influenced style. My heroes are Clapton, Page, Frehley, Wylde,Neal Schon, Dave Murray/Adrian Smith. The main way I use an overdrive is to push any of my tube amps harder. My OCD and Keeley blues driver are both good enough to use alone, with no amp gain on a clean chnl. This FD2 is not IMO. It is extremely thin, and has almost no gain (balls) at all. I can't believe how many people give this thing a 9 or 10 and go on raving about it. Compared to the OCD this pedal cuts bass way too much and adds too much midrange. The tone and gain knobs seem very dead and aren't flexible. The boost helps a tad, but is nothing like my keeley katana before my OCD or anywhere in the chain. The mini toggle for the flat mid/vintage is so subtle it's a waste. Yeah the comp cut mode is very loud, and useful for a clean boost, but you can buy a single clean boost without a crap od. I think this pedal is too complicated for its own good. A killer od pedal like the ocd or keeley blues driver or super od only needs 3 knobs and you're good to go. The toggles and switches only make you tweak instead of play. I know this is not a hi gain screaming *** pedal, and no, that's not what I needed, but I owe it to my fellow musicians to say " this pedal is overpriced and is not all it's hyped up to be. Again, buy a fulltone OCD, Keeley blues driver, or super overdrive for a simple kick *** od pedal. I'm lucky my fd2 sold so quick!

Easy to use unless you don't understand pedals. It's overdrive, and you can dial in an easy great sound with all controls at 12:00. The switches make it so much more useful, but also make it more complex, but not difficult to use. Just lots of options for great sounds.

The manual is good for learning the controls, and has some sample settings to get you started.

I have the blue one, not the red anniversary edition. Fulltone Fulldrive II Mosfet Edition.

For gigs I mainly play either a Koa wood Carvin DC135 or an original Gibson "The Paul" (1978) made of mahogany. Also have a variety of other guitars. All sound good through this pedal. It's magic.

Not noisy, except if you are careless with placing audio cables near power cables, or you use lousy audio cables. Even with controls maxed out, it's not noisy like most overdrive or distortion pedals can be.

It's hard to get a bad sound out of this pedal. You would need a horrible guitar and a crappy amp, and it would still make them sound much better.

I use mostly a Fender Hot Rod Deville, but also a Pignose G40V and a Marshall DSL 401. They all love this pedal.

Can get SRV to AC/DC and any kind of creamy blues/rock tone you can imagine. Also useful for harder and edgier stuff, but can't get a total metal grind if you are going for the scooped buzz saw sound. But it crunches up nice and is very versatile.

Sounds good before or after a wah, though I like after. Just like any overdrive or distortion, it does not sound good after a delay. Or at least not nearly as good as before the delay, which is normal.

Here's the kicker. This things sounds great at first. Then you might get over it and be wishing it had something more to offer. This happened to me. Then I tried the 18v power, instead of using 9v. Waaaay more headroom, and just a more open sound. This is the only way to run this pedal. Sound beautiful.

I can totally depend on it, and I gig without a backup. It's built tough, even though it looks purrty.

I had to email Fulltone and got a response from Mike. He was helpful and humble and didn't try to sell me a bunch of his products or services. Haven't needed a repair or any real customer support, but the interaction I've had was pleasant and helpful.

I play reggae, funk, rock, blues, and an experimental mix of latin groove and world beat. This pedal is perfect for everything. Best overdrive I've owned or played, even beats my Vox Valvetone.

Been playing for 20 years. Own tons of gear, but my live signal chain is Barber Tone Press > Dunlop Crybaby > Fulltone Fulldrive II Mosfet > Pigtronix EP1 > Yamaha UD Stomp > AMP (see main amps above).

If it were lost I'd buy another. If it were stolen I'd beat somebody's arse like you wouldn't believe it. Definitely replace this lovely creation if it were gone.

I love the sound, the options, the look. I wish the two channels were independent of each other, instead of one stacked on the other. That way you could use the Boost as a separate sound all by itself, instead of just adding gain to the normal overdrive. Or maybe a way to make the Boost be louder in volume (it's the same volume, which is kind of nice too).

I've had many overdrives and distortions, but this is the very best. PERIOD!

It absolutely helps me make great music. It's magic.

USE THE 18 Volt power. You will be very happy.

Easy to use, plug your guitar to the input, run a cable to your next pedal or amp tough guy!

I use a gibson les paul standard premium plus, american deluxe strat, early 70's gibson sg. Amps: marshall DSL50 half stack with vintage cab(greenbacks), Hasserl modified carvin nomad combo, marshall dsl 20 tube combo. Do not like the tone of this thing at all. It's weak and screws with your amps EQ settings.

Never gigged with it or used it much at practice, but I've never had a problem with my fulltone OCD, which is a killer od pedal, so I'm sure it's reliable.

I ordered a GT500 and this FD2 direct from fulltones' blemished and 2nd items website. They were very quick in shipping these out and they weren't blemished at all- they look perfect, so- they seem like good guys to deal with so far.

I play blues and classic rock mostly, with 80's metal as well. I've been playing 22 years. This pedal was bought to use on a second pedalboard setup I'm working on. My main overdrive has been a fulltone OCD which blows this thing away. I find the fD2 to be very weak on bass, weak on gain even for an overdrive, and it adds too many mids to my sound. I really dislike its sound when used alone thru a clean chnl- very weak. It's usable with some gain from a tube amp, but it screws with your tone too much. The mini toggle switches are unnecessary in my opinion, as they are barely noticeable in tonal changes. A good overdrive doesn't need so many options on it anyway, it should just do 1 thing real well. I spent more time trying to play with all this stuff on it to see if it would sound better! This is now up for sale. I got the OCD and a Keeley boss blues driver- they both rule! The OCD is way thicker, more transparent and is good enough to use on it's own-without any amp gain. I did try the fD2 out a store twice previous to ordering one and didn't remember it being so weak. Oh well

i like doing comparisons. i put my fulltone up against a tim pedal. it's not hard finding your tone. the tim has the flexibility with the loop. the tim is made to enhance other drives in your effects chain, although it can stand alone. the fulltone is all about tone. you can use the fulltone to enhance your other drives if wanted. i use either one as a stand alone for my drive tone. it does depend on the amp used & your hands --of course. speaker cabs too. i use a 2x12 jbl cab with a divided by 13 37 6v6 head. the tim has a boost with a pull-out on the back panel drive control--this can get real aggressive--quicker clipping. i normally use it without pulling this out. it also has a boost switch on the front. the fulltone has the mini toggles to set up the texture you want, & the boost on the front as well. you can use an 18 volt adapter with the fulltone as well as a 9 volt. i use a 9 volt with my fulltone. only use a 9 volt with the tim. i use fulltone adapters because i feel a big difference in current from other adapters--just like batteries can give you different currents. the fulltone adapter is very consistent.

you can't lose either way. i think the fulltone compresses very well. it is transparent for the most part, again depending on how strong your pickups are. it's not muddy. you hear the harmonics with picking. the tim is thinner in its regular mode, but don't confuse this with that crap-like thin everyone hates. remember, the tim is made to work more with stacking drives. it is transparent, but it can get great drive with just the front boost. it can go for that dumble shimmer when boosted or regular. if you pull the drive out in back, things get more saturated--you change the clipping. i get plenty of drive from both effects. the tim may be better balanced in that it's controls reduce your treble, bass, or harmonics. that's why when you turn them clockwise, you subtract from the tonality of the effect. just about every other effect out there, when you turn clockwise, you get more bass or treble in the effect. the gain on the front works like a regular control, when you turn clockwise, it adds gain. the drive on the back works counter-clockwise to add drive. the fulltone controls work like any amp control, turn clockwise, & you get more in the signal. i think the fulltone has good balance. the fulltone is made for great drive, & delivers. the tim is made more for stacking--this is what i think everyone raves about. it does stand alone fine as a drive. so make your choice as to what you want for your guitar tone. some places need that compressed tone when you play out, other times the tim effect is the right choice for a room or hall. the mosfet option does make a difference with the fulltone. neither one is a grunge pedal--not for the mesa rectifier tone. the tim may come close if you pull out the back panel drive, but even then you still have an obvious difference. both are made for clear drive tone. you'll like the harmonics. some guys like compression, others don't want too much. if you order a tim--you won't find them in stores--with a little time--i'd think you'll find your drive tone--stacked or not. contact paul cochrane--he's the builder. i have several fulltone products, & all have delivered. i have an ocd as well--2 of them--both either version 2 or 3--i forget-& they have a difference in tone between them. both ocd's work depending on what i want. anyhow, for all the reviews i see about how the tim is SO OUTSTANDING, the fulltone is not the degenerate effect it can be made out to be. these effects were designed differently, & that's good. because our ears work differently too. & our hands. all of us play different guitars with all kind of pickup configurations. it's ok to be a tone nut or gear junky, just don't be a snob over it. what if bonamassa starts using a $30.00-40.00 pedal--no mods? the prices for that effect on ebay will jump 1000%. the fulltone is now around $161.00, & if you order from cochrane, the tim is 169.00, & he has dropped the wait from one year down to about 4 months. or you can get one off ebay for around $270.00 to about $300.00.

i see either as a backup. built solid anyway. fulltone i hear has some issues depending on reader's comments, but i haven't had issues. when you call cochrane, you get him at home. he doesn't have a website yet. he builds the heritage amp line. good amps. his number is 615 896-8555. email is paulcochrane@comcast.net.

cochrane has great feedback with support. fulltone like i said has pissed of some--but my effects work great. don't bust up your stuff. the switches are very good & strong--they depress easy, no stomping required.

these are 2 great drives. find your tone depending on your tastes. don't be a tone snob. if you don't like one, someone will probably find it useful for them. look for the textures that either can give you. the tone is there, which one hits your ear. when you get mouth-watering, you'll know which one is right. it's a tone fest

Your going to have to spend some time learning what each switch does and how it sounds and how the switches interact with each other. So spend some time with it and once you get used to what it does your golden

I'm using this with a blues junior at home with a fat strat. No unwanted noises from this guy. Just your guitar coming through. The clarity you get is amazing. Now the vintage setting does add mid hump so this is a "tubescreamer" sound we all know, but not compressed, not as processed sounding. The FM is a more straight un colored sound that gets some added drive, and the CompCut is really just a clean boost. Then you have the Boost side and the normal or mosfet setting. This really gets you going for a solo. having this boost was a awesome addition.

Like a tank- I have a OCD as well but I don't plan on this thing ever really crapping out on me.

never dealt with the company- but does have a warranty, so I will just mail it in if something happens

My overdrive search is over, this thing can do a lot of tricks so I'm not stuck with a one trick pony. However!!!!! this pedal does what it does. Its a overdrive not a distortion pedal. It will handle all your light to medium break up / gain sounds. Its not supposed to handle distortion type sounds. So if your into distortion don't think this pedal will do it. there just isn't enough gain.

I agree--it's really hard to get a bad sound out of this overdrive pedal. I would recommend starting off by dialing in the best tone you can get from your amp before even engaging the FD2. Important to think about staging gain. Best to use a tube amp (I have a modded Fender Hot Rod Deluxe with JJ tubes and a Celestion Vintage 30). Set your "clean sound" to be as gritty as you can. Most of the time that means turning it up pretty loud so you start getting a hint of natural overdrive. (I'm from the school of thought that says a "clean" sound should never be crystal clean--hence the reason I bought a HRD and modded it to be grittier and warmer). Once you've got your amp's pure sound set, then start with the FD2--set the volume and overdrive knobs to work in conjunction with each other. Then the tone knob is really there to change the amount of brightness/darkness or clarity--call it presence if you want. Overall easy to get a killer sound out of it if you follow this method. It's a high-quality overdrive pedal that's hand-made in the US. You can't go wrong there.

Here's my signal chain: Les Paul Classic with Burstbucker Pro Humbuckers -> Planet Waves Chromatic Pedal Tuner -> Morley Lil' Alligator Volume Pedal -> BBE Boosta Grande -> Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive -> Fulltone Full-Drive 2 MOSFET -> Radial Engineering True Bypass Effects Loop Switcher (with a Line 6 DL4 in loop one and nothing in loop two) -> modified Fender Hot Rod Deluxe (as described above). This pedal isn't noisy in my opinion. I love the natural and warm "boutique-style" overdrive that comes from this pedal. It interacts very well with the output coming from the guitar (determined by the pickups and the player's use of the volume knob). I can leave the overdrive from the FD2 on all the time and clean up the sound with the volume knob on my guitar. It's not a fuzzy overdrive at all, which I love. I typically use my Sparkle Drive for cleaner overdrive sounds, when I really just want to add some kick to my clean sound, and then I'll use the FD2 for the thick overdriven tones. And for leads I can simply step on the boost. It's best in my opinion to set the overdrive knob between 12:00 and 2:00, and then turn the boost knob all the way up (or just short of all the way). When it's set up this way, the boost function is much more effective and there's a bigger difference in the two sounds. I usually have the first toggle switch set to "vintage" and the second one set to "Mosfet" because I like the thicker overdrive tones. One of the best aspects of the tones you can get from this pedal is the maintained low-end. With many overdrive pedals, the low-end is lost when the pedal is engaged. I don't know why, and I've never liked it. But the guys at Fulltone specifically addressed that with this pedal, because it retains that low-end and sounds fantastic. Sometimes, for a really dirty lead tone, I'll engage the Sparkle Drive (feeding into the FD2) while the FD2 is on--incredible clarity and screaming sustain. That's a whole seperate conversation when you start talking about blending the two together for really screaming sounds and staging them together properly. The ultimate setup would be two or three seperate Full-Drive 2 MOSFET pedals in line to be used in conjunction with each other for different amounts of gain. I give it a 10--it's pristine.

I don't have any worries about it failing on me, and you can tell by holding/handling it that it can withstand just about anything you could dish out to it at gigs or traveling. It really is a solid pedal. And yes, it looks great on my board too with the blue metal and cream knobs.

I haven't personally dealt with the company at all. I bought one of the few units that made it to my local Guitar Center (they're always on back-order).

I play a lot of blues rock and classic rock. Sometimes there's a bit of country influence in my playing as well. This pedal works great for the sound I'm after. I've been playing for about 10 years and I'm finally getting around to piecing together the exact sound I've been after--this pedal has been very integral to that. If it were lost/stolen, I'd definitely replace it. My favorite features on the pedal are the two toggle switches. They really expand the range of tone-possibilities. This pedal is great because it helps me achieve the tone that enables me to become expressive in my playing. I can get "that" sound that I'm after, forget about turning knobs, and just play. When your gear helps you in that way, you know you have good gear--no matter what it is. If it does that for you, hold on to it.

For me, this was not an easy pedal to figure out....But, the more time you spend with it, the more you will like it....If you are impatient and need instant gratification, look somewhere else...If you are willing to spend some time tinkering, the investment of your time will be rewarded in spades!!!

The thing to remember is that this is an overdrive pedal, NOT a distortion pedal....If you're looking for Metallica, it ain't here! However, it has a wonderful clean boost and a quite a variety of mild to rockin' overdive tones....And you will retain the inherent tone of your guitar, which is something I like a lot!!! Again, if you are a person who loves to search for different tones, I think you'll be extremely satisfied! I'll put it this way....Your pedalboard space is precious.....I have a bunch of Overdrive/Distortion pedals....The FullDrive 2 Mosfet Edition will be on that pedalboard as long as I'm playing.....It's THAT good!!!!

I've had this pedal for a year....Not in a band for a while, but I use this pedal 4 to 5 times a week....It is true bypass, so there will be an occasional popping sound when you engage it...I believe that Fulltone reccomends engaging the on/off swich a few times before plugging in!!!

I've heard all the horror stories.....What do you want, Mike Fuller is a genius, I think.....I wouldn't even care if he gave me a hard time if I contacted him....He knows tone, and that's what's important!!!!

AWESOME! Just turn the knobs and listen! Do read the manual to get an idea of the numerous combination of knobs and switches

Beautiful... I'm using an Epiphone Casino (with P-90s) through a 1975 Hiwatt DR504 and it is amazing. The Hiwatt is just shy of amazing overdrive, so this pedal takes it all the way. The only (very small) complaint I have is that the boost isn't quite as loud as I was expecting, but it is barely an issue. I borrowed an older Full Drive 2 from a friend a while back and got addicted, and the Mosfet model is even better!

I've only had it a week, and used it for 2 gigs, but I will use nothing but this pedal in the future. If I ever need a backup, I will get another one.

Although in my week of owning this I haven't had any problems (a good start!), I worked for years at a recording studio which owned a few fulltone pedals and the Tube Tape Echo unit and have dealt with Mike and the co. on various occasions, and it was never anything but a pleasure. Great company!

I've been playing for 20 or so years now in various projects such as rock, blues, country etc. This pedal is exactly what I have been needing!

Easy to use...I mean is a drive pedal. I gave it a 9 because it does take awhile to dial in perfect settings. But all settings sound good. Seriously. The manual explains everything in detail, which was useful as I had no idea what the comp-cut, FM, vintage, mosfet and standard switches actually did, but its not needed to find good tone. You can hear right? If you answered "yes" You don't need a manual.

Only deaf people will need the manual.

Best pedal I've ever used. Period. I was using ibanez ts9, and it sounded like crap. I splurged on this and now my tone is perfect. I use an epiphone casino or les paul and a VOX ac50 amp. The tone is so musical and focused. Its near impossible to get bad sounds from it. Even the settings I don't use sound great. The tone I was going for was kinda like Bayliss and Cinninger's tones (from Umphrey's McGee) and it nails it. I mean with my gear its slightly different, but I don't want to copycat tones. Amazingly good.

Haven't Had it for too long, but it seems built like a rock. I accidentally slammed it into a wall when I was walking around showing people bragging about it and it sounds great still! So I guess its reliable.

No idea. Company seems nice enough tho. The manual is written from first person and seems like the dudes talking to you. I like it.

I play whatever I feel like playing, prog, rock, techno, reggae, jazz, metal, whatever. This will do it all. What do I love about it? Everything. No od pedal I've played comes close, and none of them sound nearly as musical. This things extremely verstile and if i had to go back to my ts9 I'd kill myself.

If I lost it or it got stolen I would cry because I'm a poor college kid. Then I wouldn't eat for 2 weeks so I could save $$$ and buy a new one.

My favorite feature Is that my tone went from meh to jesus in one day. I mean my tone was terrible until I got my ac50cp2, but even then it was missing something. This pedal completes me.

Oh yeah and the boost function. Thats money fool. Just because its like 2 pedals in one.

Expensive at 172 with tax but it evens out because it sounds like the voice of god.

Hey there folks! I'm going to get down to it. This pedal is a great pedal. I didn't originally have the same opinion I do now, however. At one time I thought it sucked and wondered what everyone was so excited about. As far as ease of use is concerned, this pedal is pretty straight foreward. It could be misconceived by some that the Mosfet function only applies to the boost, however, and this is not the case. It applies to both gain stages. Mine is the new edition of the pedal (the one with the "blanket taken off the sound" according to Mike Fuller). The pedal has two programable sounds so editing patches is not that big of a deal. It is better if the gain is not turned up much past 2:00 if you want a distinct difference between the boosted signal and the un-boosted one.

This is the updated edition. Knobs: Volume, tone, compcut/fm/vintage mode toggle, overdrive, mosfet on/off toggle, boost volume.

What setup are you using this with?
I am using it mostly with teles and strats but also a Gretsch 6120 about 15% of the time. My signal chain runs as follows: Guitar, Fulltone Clyde Standard, Fulldrive 2 Mosfet, Fulltone GT500, Xotic BB + Plus, Keeley Compressor, TC Electronic Nova Modulator, MXR 74 Vintage Phase 90, Arion Chorus EWS mod, TC Electronic Nova Delay, Boss TU2, Amp. The amp is usually one of 3: A Vox AC 30 CC1 loaded with Celestion Alnico Gold Speaker, Fender 59 Bassman reissue, Traynor Guitar mate from 1972 (22 watt el84 based amp).

This pedal can be slightly noisy if the boost function is maxed and the overdrive is up, but no more than any other pedal. I would say less.
I must say that I originally found the pedal to be weak. I thought there wasn't enough gain to it. What I ended up realizing was that it depends on how you set your amp and what kind of amp you have.

I also realized that this pedal is more transparent than most overdrives in this category(e.g. The TS family). It is much less compressed which may initially appear too clean.

I have tried a variety of other pedals in this category. I have tried stock Tubescreamers including 808, 9, and 9dx. I have also tried the maxon ones. I have tried the keeley mods and own bothe the 808 with 1982 chip and 9 DX Flexi. I have also tried the Xotic family of effects and out of all of these, at least for a transparent lighter overdrive, I found it to be the best. This pedal has allowed me to get the Stevie Ray tone I have been looking for all of these years and really serves well at enhancing my amp.
I am able to get very convincing blues, country and lighter rock sounds from this pedal. If you want something more gainy or more compressed, check out some of the other pedals I mentioned. They too are good, but for different applications.

This thing is built like a tank and the LEDs are nice and bright. I would definitely use it without a backup.

I dealt with the company a couple of times with some of their other pedals and found them to be reasonably prompt and helpful. Never spoke with Mike Fuller. I know a lot of people don't like him, but they might be part of their own problem.

I play a lot of different styles of music including, Rock of varied kinds from soft to heavy, blues, country, Jazz, latin, and blue grass. This pedal is a good match for most of the lighter kinds to medium amounts of gain.

I have been playing for 13 year and am turning 25. Most of my frequently used gear is listed above, but there is more. I would prefer not to list it as it would take too long.

If this pedal were lost or stolen, I would definitely buy it again. I like the transparency of it and the way it enhances my amps' best qualities. I also like the boost function and the toggle switches, which allow for some interesting tonal variation. I mostly keep it on vintage mode, however. What I don't like is the way the overdrive knob is not as interactive as many other pedals I have tried. The level of saturation doesn't have a wide enough variance.

I compared this product to the keeley tubescreamers, the xotic ac plus, the Diamond J-drive TR and MK3, and Fulltone OCD. I own or have owned all of those pedals except the ac plus. With some pedals you have to take them home and play around with them for some time in order to decide what you think. I sold both J-drives and removed the other pedals listed from my pedalboard.

If I could have something else for this pedal it would be either an 18 volt converter inside and a switch that allows the pedal to change from between 9 and 18 volt operation. I would also like a clean boost to go after the pedal for a simple volume boost for soloing instead of only a gain boost from the boost channel. I would like to see a 3 stage version.

This pedal does help me to make music. Off the cuff, I have been coming up with exciting new music that my band and our audiences seem to love.

On top of all the things mentioned above, this pedal is a real looker. It is very attractive looking. I've always been reminded of some sort of air plain console when looking at it. Nice blue paint and now available again in cream knobs which look sweet.

You can't get a bad sound out of it but it's not easy to get the sound you want. The suggested settings are very helpful.

I'm using this with and Ibanez Prestige and Fender amp. This baby sounds so sweet and really, you can't get a bad sound out of it. All the knobs are very interactive and offers you a wide range of sound and combination. Love the boost function. It gives more growl to the overdrive. And is responds extremely well to picking dynamics and guitar volume.

I have this and a Diamond Pedals J-Drive MK3. Both are good and offers different kind of sound. I admit I do like the sound of the J-Drive more. So do try out both if you only want one.

Built like a tank. Bring it to war and it still can come back and work perfectly for you.

Never dealt

Excellent pedal. One of the should have pedals for a great tone. If stolen I would definitely get another one. It just makes my solid state amp sound like a tube amp. Warm and sweet. Love this pedal so much.

Okay now .... i'm not going into all the relative basic detail that others have already written about ... so as to not take up any more page space of rehashed mentions.

At first , i had a hard time lking this pedal's OD section 'cause it is way too bright for me (however perfect for any dark sounding amp).
i did right out da gate dig its Boost section when setting it for clean gain.

Now the the mojo .... for myself i have found the best way to use this pedal. utilize both stages (OD + Boost). you're thinking many here have already detailed that and then some. yeah , they have - but here's a bit more to the equation - the secret ingredient if you will. Get yourself a VL Pedal Power 2+ and use the SAG control feeding the FullDrive 2. that's right - lower the voltage going to it to taste. it's like doing the variac thing to an amp. you'll also need a separate loop switch unless you wanna do the Mexican hat dance at stomping several switches on / off with each engagement.

I'm telling all of you there's a wonderful refinement when using this pedal this way.

If you can't get a good or great tone out of your setup with this pedal then there's no hope for you. The pedal is very versatile.

You really don't need a manual with this unit.

This is the best overdrive that I have ever used and has a boost switch that really makes your leads sound excellent. I used a Fender Stratotcaster with HS-3 and YJM pickups, a Marshall AVT275 amp, and used it in conjunction with a Boss GT-8 multi-effects unit. I have been playing for 30 + years and have played professionally so I have some idea of the differences between 'good' and 'GREAT' tone. I've tried 100s of overdrive and distortion pedals and currently have several including ProCo Rat, EH Metal Muff w/Top Boost, Boss Metal Zone, and Boss Metal Core, several Tubescreamers, EH Big Muff (old school). Listing all the different types of overdrives and distortions I've used in my time could take years...;)

In summary, the Fulltone overdrive is very warm and smooth and works very well with other distortion pedals. I used an Electro-Harmonix Metal Muff Nano with it and got killer tone. The difference in this overdrive pedal is that you have excellent clarity and sustain and the sound does not get muddled as with other overdrive pedals.

No problems. Built very well and looks good too.

Have never had to use customer support

I play rock (alternative and classic), country, blues, gospel, and jazz occasionally. This pedal works very well with all of the types of music mentioned but may not be suitable for metal. I first bought a Fulltone GT-500 which all the salespeople said was great (and cost more) but found the distortion too fuzzy and muddled for my taste. If you like good clarity and sustain this is the pedal for you.

As I said before, I've been playing for over 30 years.

If it were lost or stolen I'd buy another one in a second.

I love the tone. Nothing I've tried sounds this good. I decided on this unit after researching over 75 - 100 different overdrive and distortion pedals. After doing quite a bit of research about the type sound I was after, I decided that what I really needed was a good overdrive with a boost that would work good with other distortion pedals that I have. I've found that using subtle overdrives to color your sound with a good distortion pedal is the best way to get great tone.