Fulltone Full-Drive 2

Once you read the directions for this pedal it should be very easy to use and to set to your preference. You need to read the manuel o you know what the toggle switch will do and how different variables will effect this pedal.

I use a Fender Strat " American of course" through a 65 Blackface Twin Reverb (not a reissue). I normally play a Vox 846 into a TS 9 or TS 808 Tube Screamer into a Univibe. I bought this Full-Drive 2 with the toggle switch and at first did'nt like it too much because I have played Tube Screamers for so long. Tube Screamers have a mid to high range sound w/o much bass. When I played the Full-Drive 2 I thought it had too much bass to it. After I got use to it it started to sound amazing. I love the Vintage selection on the toggle. The Full-Drive 2 sounds really smooth with more sustain than the Tube Screamer which is why I started to like the Full-Drive more. Most people mod their TS9's to smooth the sound out so I did mine too with the Brown Mod. It still doesnt sound as smooth as the Full-Drive 2. If you like SRV then through on the Comp CUt switch and get clean punch tones " like SRV's little wing ". The FM selection sounds like a smoother modded Tube Screamer and even sounds better than my original TS 808 which I paid 400 dollars for ... ouch. I now use the Full-Drive 2 instead of the Tube Screamers and think others should also.

I have only had it for about a week but I dont think I will have any problems with it. Its built like tank.

Its Fulltone. If it breaks they fix it for free. Sounds like a good deal to me.

I play blues and rock music most of the time. Its an excellent match to both types of music. I have been playing for about 15 years and this is the best overdrive pedal I have come across since the TS 9 or TS 808.

This pedal is pretty easy to use. there is allot of options but where ever you place them it sounds good......I messed around with this pedal for 6 hours trying to make it sound bad , I have failed! No matter where i put the knobs it still sounds great.

Strat to Boss TU-2 tuner to Fulltone Clyde wah to Fulltone fulldrive 3 to Ibanez delay (which i may swap out) to fender deville 212 amp

This is the tone i have searched for, for 3 years I am very happy its got that SRV/Bryan adams fender strat growl tone i love so much.

owned it for 3 days so far so good. Its been on for 3 days LOL

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I play rock and blues with this pedal. I have bought allot of pedals and gear searching for "that" tone i have come close but never got a cigar. this pedal makes the guitar play easier too i have noticed.

not sure yet if the boost is on when the over drive is off.

Here is the end all endorsement....I told my wife that the tone quest was over!

Any tips or tricks with this pedal you can email me.

Thanks

I have the one with the switch, it's very easy to use. Only thing I could wish for is a independable second channel

This is a classic already, the first channel gives a very wide range of boosts and overdrives, the switch gives even more options. The second channel does the same but goes further. It's just like a 2 channel amplifier, which gives your amplifier a broader range of sounds at the push of a button. This unit excels in the fact that all settings are good, there is no bad setting. It totally blends in with your amp. Just think of it as another footswitch to your from now on 6 channel amp.

indistructable, really.

well, never needed, but if you have to believe all the reviews concerning MF you shouldn't waste his time asking stupid questions. This guy is an effectmaker, not a telemarketer... ;D but I am confident that if it's broken he will fix it for me...

a must have. This is the basic overdrive for every guitarplayer and It beats all two channel overdrives on the market in sound quality. The best feature is the switch, which give you basically a ts808, a non-nasaly ts808 and a booster. Maybe over time I want a more specific other drive like a klon or something, but this thing is the basic, the standard whereby others should be judged

I have the "newer" version with the Comp-cut/vintage/flat mid switch. Its very easy to find your sound. The manual talks about the tone knob adding higher harmonics when it is above half way up. Half way up is "about" neutral and above that and it really starts to scream. I usually run it around just below half way up and it really helps to tame the bridge pickup on my 52 RI tele.

I use a 52 RI tele->clyde wah->deja vibe 2->Fulldrive 2-> Boss DD-2 delay->whirlwind a/b/y box->Bad Cat Hot Cat 30 combo. I keep mine set on the "Flat Mid" setting. It is very transparent it adds just a hint of BALLS. It makes my tele sound really FAT!! FAT is the best word I can think of to describe the flavor it adds. I have a few other Fulltone pedals (some aren't on my pedalboard at this time) and I've noticed that they work great with each other. That being said, sometimes they don't work well with other pedals (Mainly the fuzz pedals). It sounds better through my rig than any other overdrive pedal I've tried (ts-9, rat, soulbender fuzz etc.) Its exactly what I've been looking for!

Built like a tank. Fulltone pedals could be used in a bar-fight...This is important when you play crappy dives. The fulldrive could be used to clobber a mouthy drunk. It works every time I step on it. Can't really ask for more. I have a Fulltone Deja Vibe 2 that has been stomped on ALOT and has had several gallons of beer spilled on it and it has worked EVERY time I've stepped on it. The Fulldrive is constructed in much the same manner, so I see it lasting a long time. Heavy steel housing, great parts, and beautiful wiring.

For some reason people think that when they buy a pedal from someone he HAS to be your friend. Fuller has answered every pidly questions that I have had. Thats more than I can ask. His pedals speak for themselves.

Lately its roots-rock type stuff. The Fulldrive is on some of my favorite guitarists pedalboards. I see now exactly why. If it were stolen, I'd buy another one, but this time I'd probably go with the older style because I really never use the "vintage" mode. Its well built, used by pro's and sounds like GOD with single coil pickups. Great Pedal.

There four or five knobs on it but the names say it all. So I think it's there all you can tweak and listen to the difference.

Great for an overdrive unit. It's so warmmmm. almost too dark on some bassy amplifiers. the boost function does the job very well. I also use it for boosting an overdriven amp...also good sounding. Only one weak point on CS FD2 is , in my opinion, it's sometimes too bassy even I turn the tone all the way up and turn the EQ on the amp. (my set up is AM series Strat with Hot noiseless PU and HRD with Celestion V30)

So far so good. No back up.

Never deal with them yet.

Nothing is perfect...All I can say is "It satisfied me so far"

Easy enough to use. I have the one with the switch. I found a sound I like and the only thing I change is the volume (I leave my amp at pretty much the same volume whether I'm at home in the living room or at a gig?Vibro-King on around 3). It took about an hour to figure out what I liked.

I usually play a Tele through a Vibro-King, sometimes a Strat and sometimes a Les Paul. I'm not sure if it's the 'King or the FT 2 or the combination of the two (I got them at close to the same time?about a year and a half ago) but my rig sounds so good these days that at almost every gig I get compliments on my tone. I had retired my Strat but it sounded so good through my rig that I went for a long time just using that (my Tele got mad). I love the clean somewhat low volume sound of the 'King but it's a too loud to really crank it to overdrive it. The FT 2 makes it usably overdiven at low volume but allows the amp to sound natural. The trick is to get a good sounding amp to start with. A pedal isn't going to make a crappy amp sound good. The same goes for guitars. A great guitar and a great pedal will still sound lousy through a lousy amp.

So far so good. I have no choice but to depend on it. I don't like to haul around a lot of extra stuff to gigs even though I've got several other pedals, guitars and amps at home, so I make do with what I've got. If a pedal malfunctions I can always plug straight into the amp if I can't figure out where in my pedalbaord the problem is. An amp malfunction, now that would be, and has been (Hot Rod Deluxe), a problem.

After reading the other comments on this site for this category I hope I never have to deal with them.

I play Blues/Rock/Country/Funk/Jazz. I've been playing for over 30 years. Like I said before, I'm not sure if it's the amp or the pedal, but the combination of Vibro-King and Fulltone 2 works for me. No matter how tired I am or how little I feel like going to a gig sometimes, once I start playing through these things I can't do anything but have fun 'cause it sounds so damn good. The only feature I wish it had was an ATM hooked up to some really rich person's bank account.

Not too difficult at all to operate really...4 knobs and a 3 position
switch in the middle. Most children should be able to get good noises out of this one :)

I use this mainly with my 80s Gibson SG, but I also use a Gordon Smith GS-2, and an Epiphone Flying V. My main amps are a Marshall JMP (50 watt modded master) and a Sunn T50C combo. The pedal works pretty well with all of my setups, however, the Boost function on the FD2 does not do enough for me. I generally end up sticking a compressor in front of the FD2. Otherwise, I like it. Most of the time, I use a Mek Tubedrive or a Boss SuperOverdrive on gigs because most of the gigs I play wouldn't pay for the replacement of this pedal.

Built like a tank, and I wouldn't worry about a back-up. These pedals are over-engineered, so I would have no qualms about taking it
on the road, if I decided to take it on the road.

I've heard horror stories about Mike Fuller and his treatment of customers/dealers, but I've always found him to be helpful and sweet.
I think some people are overly-sensitive...He is always there for his
customers.

I play mainly rock, country, and classic metal, and this pedal is great at it. But remember kids, this is an overdrive pedal, so if you want lots of distortion and sustain, you must use it in front of an amp that is already fairly distorted. I have been playing for 2/3
of my life, and I have owned lots of gear...vintage Tubescreamers, a Mek from Germany, a couple of Boss SD-1s, and so on. This pedal keeps up with all of those. I just wish the Boost was less subtle, for the projection of power. I recommend this pedal to people that want a reliable, good sounding pedal for many diverse musical styles.

Just like standard FD2 except it is Creme and there is a special tweak inside. Not sure exactly what is different but there is a piece of the circuit rather conspicuously covered up. It sounds incredible (more in next section.) Very easy to get a great sound out of.

Schecter C-1 Classic (w/ Lindey Fralin pickups) -> Ibanez PDM1 -> CS-FD2-VC -> Peavey Classic 30. The sound is my holy grail of overdrive pedals. I have tried several overdrives (Marshall BB2, Vox Valve-tone V810), switched out the op amps in them, and various other tweaks in search of a rich warm od sound and this pedal did it. Very rich harmonics - very musical. I can have my classic 30 clean channel on 1 and this still sounds great.

Solid. Just need one.

Not sure - never dealt with them. But I had to buy the pedal through a dealer that was out of stock and one phone call later (from dealer to Mike Fuller) the pedal was on its way from California.

I primarily am into the blues and love that overdriven tube sound. This pedal does it for me. Before this, my Vox Valvetone was the pedal and this just smoked it - no contest. This thing is full of harmonics, very rich and musical.

My version has the comp cut set were you have to retract the VOLUME knob. It's fine as is, but the newer versions with the independent toggle switch is probably easier to manipulate.

I've really grown to like this clean boost/overdrive pedal. It's similar to the Prescription Germ (which is also excellent), but this pedal has a different kind of overdrive: a little woolier, a little less raspy/fuzzy.

There are all kinds of tonal options here, and it's hard not to feel like recording some rock n roll with this pedal on. It's straight ahead, honest-to-goodness rock n roll/blues. No excess coloration.

I think it would be risky to play publicly without a backup for this pedal simply because usage of it would probably demand occasionally stepping on a switch, and switches were meant to be broken.

The customer support is there if I need it. I needed it once and they performed a repair which was greatly appreciated. The best way to contact them is via email. Usually they respond in a day, unless I ask a stupid question.

Aesthetically, it's a classic pedal, with lots of possible tone configurations. It seems like everybody's got one of these things, and wth good reason. It looks like a well-preserved 1950s toy, too.

Dial-ability is very simple, it has a great sound in virtually any position, just more or less of everything. Sound is very transparent and true bypass of course.

I generally use this box in front of a Line 6 POD Pro with Mesa simul-class two ninety for power. An open back 2 12 caabinet with a mix of a Vintage 30 and a G12H30 for thicher bottom. The two speakers in the same box are truly the best of both worlds. I mainly play a PRS custom 22 with stock pickups and 5 way PRS switching. Tone-a-liscious! The fulldrive 2 is perfect to add that extra bite before hitting the preamp. Mine has the comp cut push/pull switch. I wish it had a hard switch because I keep stepping on the pot and shutting off the comp cut. I use a roland SDE-1000 for delay and a blackface Rocktron Intellifex for the chorus and pitch transposers.

Never had a backup dont think I ever will. It has seen extreme cold in the back of the car for days on end, blistering heat on outdoor stages, no problems.

Any correspondence sent to Fulltone was answered in a day or sometimes the same day, great customer support, he cares about what goes out the door. Had a switch go on my Deja Vibe, e-mailed me back that day to help me get the parts I needed ASAP

I generally play "progressive" rock some classic but mostly current hard rock in the vein of STP, King's X , Tiles, Dixie Dregs , Big Wreck, Platypus, etc. Musician for 20 some years. I also own a Gibson/Norlin Lab Series L5 "the BB King amp" with vintage 30's that just is the best transistor amp I've ever owned. With the fulldrive and that the only other item is a cord and Im happy in a pinch. Various other guitars including a Les Paul studio and a hand signed Zion Ty Tabor signature series guitar. If this pedal were to be stolen or the like I would replace it definately. I like the transparence the best it does not color the sound too much. Like I said before, the only thing I wish it had was a hard switch instead of the push pull switch because I end up stepping on it all the time. A wad of felt under the pot usually prevents that from happening. Very musical pedal! Puts you in the zone with a beautiful finish like fine cognac