Fulltone Full-Drive 2

4 controls.
volume, tone, and overdrive for the first button, then boost for the boost button. Very simple. I didn't look at the manual.

Great sound quality. This is an overdrive pedal. its not a crazy distortion pedal (not an expandora). I will eventually get a sparkle drive to go with it. Mabie a tubescreamer as well. Its a really great overdrive pedal. Especially for rythm guitarists. Mine is a newer version with the 3 way switch. I leave it set on vintage.
Mexi Fat Strat> Dunlop Crybaby Wah> Fulltone Fulldrive II> Line 6 Delay> Mesa Boogie Subway Blues.

Built in all metal casing. Seems really strong. No problems yet. I keep it on my pedal board.

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awesome. Love it. If you can only have 1 overdrive pedal. This is the one (unless you play like uber super high gain).

very intuitive design easy to dial in sound
manual is good - sufficient

Setup is 2005 jimmy page custom authentic and jcm800 - a bit noisy past 11 o'clock but expected (more accentuated with jpp as it's a noisy guitar esp with the jcm800). Pedal is great as I use it to push the Marshall a bit past it's thinness - I was considering amp mods to fatten up the jcm a bit but now, thanks to this great pedal I no longer have to consider that route. Nails Aerosmith Walk this Way tone to a tee - I use Roger Mayer Page1 for early Page tones as there is a bit of fuzz in the Mayer.

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Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Santana.... great match for all three. Playing for 30 years. If stolen, yes I would replace it - absolutely. I returned a Carl Martin Plexitone and got the FullDrive2 - excellent decision and was $90 less than the Plexitone. Plexitone is not true bypass and killed my clean tones. Fantastic Job Mike!!!!!!

Very easy to use once you learn to customize your own settings.It took me a few days of fidgeting with the dials to finetune my own customized tone. With 4 control pots and a 3 way selector switch there are many options to choose from. I bought this pedal used unfortunatly it didn't come with the manual. If I did have the manual I am sure I would have found my settings easier.

I play a 1971 Gibson SG Deluxe with humbucker pickups. I mainly play through a Fender Dual Professional tube combo amp with a pair Celestion Vinatge 30's. This amp doesn't break-up or distort naturally at high volume so the FD2's overdrive capabilities really push the tubes.
The only problem I found initially was the "TONE" dial didn't do much good until after the 3 o'clock position. It was a bit muddy and uncharacteristic before that position.
I mainly use this pedal in the "ON" mode with the toggle switch in the "FM" position. This gives my guitar tone a nice subltle milky overdrive. Full chords are clear and articulate.
The Boost channel is a great addition on this pedal. It allows me to get an edgy crystal-like sustain on individual notes. The Boost switch is not as much of a volume boost as I thought it would be, especially in the "FM" and "Vintage" modes, but rather it seems to push the overdrive signal a bit farther into more sonic territories. I love the feedback from this pedal, very controllable.
I haven't use the "Comp-Cut" mode very often but I have noticed you can get a nice clean volume signal on top of your amp's normal volume level. The "Boost" mode then seems to overdrive that signal with some distortion.

I am sure I can depend on this pedal for years to come.
I would recommend purchasing the FPS-1 power-adapter that Fulltone has made for it. Or whatever other power-supply they suggest. Don't take any chances, the wrong power supply can potentially ruin your pedal. I learned that from past experience.

Never have delt with the company personally.

I play rock music. This pedal compliments my style wonderfully.
I have been an active musician for 13 years.
If this pedal was stolen or lost I would get another one. Then again there are hundreds of other boutique pedal companies out there to choose from. But I seem to have a good thing going with this pedal so why change a good thing?
I compared this pedal with the TS-9 which I am fond of as well. I found this pedal was a bit richer in it's tonal qualities and has more options to choose from, which could be a curse and a blessing, depending on perspective: For one, much time can be spent trying to dial in a setting to your individual taste. But like they say Rome wasn't built in a day and once you have your settings dialed in you can sculpt your tone anyway you like. Plus it has "True-Bypass" which is good.
My only gripe is I wish the "TONE" knob was hotter. They should make it more transparent and open. As I said earlier, only until after the 3'oclock setting did I get anything usable.
Other than that I have found this pedal has allowed me to express my music in new and unique ways.
A fine investment for any electric guitarist searching for a quality overdrive pedal. I highly recommend!

I found the full-drive 2 a very hard piece of equipment to use along side my current amp of choice... I use a 150 watt Marshall Valvestate head which as you know are at the bottom end of the range anyway. also found Compresser push/pull pot very loose and often falls from raised position.

As stated previously in my other reviews I use a Marshall 150 watt Valvestate and a Les Paul copy fitted with active pickups to compensate for the poor tone-wood. when compared with other boost pedals such as the Ibanez TS-808 Tube screamer and the MXR Wylde overdrive, i found that the pedal didnt have the high gain required for my unique metal/hard rock tone.

This is not a metal pedal!!!

I will give credit where it is due as the pedal is very well built yet i do believe that the only thing it is good for is a projectile and have and never will gig with it. WILL STICK WITH IBANEZ TUBSCREAMER!

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If your looking for that high gain shread metal sound this isnt the one for the job although i will admit that the blues tones are fantastic (as it is a blues pedal).

Every products of Fulltone are very good but in my opinion Fulldrive II is the best of the best overdriwe pedal on the world and always sound great. I used : tube sceramer TS9, analog man TS9(silver mode), mesa V-Twin, Ibanez SD9, Klon Centaur, RAT ProCo, Fulltone Distortion Pro but for me Full Drive is the best. It work perfect in booster mode and in regular overdriwe mode. Sound is PERFECT and amazing in every style of music you can image. I use my fulldrive in jazz, blues and rock. It is perfect in my style of music. I can crunch them prefectly every of my amp - bogner ecstasy, mesa road king, marshall jcm800,fender twin reverb, fender blues junior, fender blues deluxe. For me it is love for first note!
I can't image better pedal.
Good work!

I played rock, pop, blues, funk and little jazz. I've playing for 17 years. You can hear some of my mp3 on :www.wojcicki.art.pl

Fulldrive II for my is best choice in evero style of music. Maby not for metal...:))))

Simple to use.

Sounds great.

Definitely reliable.

Haven't needed them

This is an update to a review I wrote in August of 2005. First of all I just want to say I was a little to quick to mouth off about this peddle. I'm sorry for that. I didn't sell it and soooo glad I didn't. Its the only peddle I use. If it were ever lost I would have to replace it. I really love the tone and when I kick in that boost its just so sweet. It really helps me cut through the mix when I get my lead breaks. I leave it on all the time and then use the boost when needed. I run it in "CompCut" mode only. I use the overdrive channel on my amp (sold the Deluxe and got a Deville 212) with the drive setting at about 2 when I need it. It sounds great to me and have had many compliments. Its well worth the price!!! Looking to buy a Fat Boost in the future. This stuff always costs me double though (I'm married). hehe, One more thing, I've depended on this peddle through 12 gigs since my first review and its still works great!

i've never found a pedal that's so easy to dial a great tone out of! simplicity itself! totally idiot proof!

these have a very "amplike" sound. i really like it's ability to produce a smooth "soft clip". sounds like a vox AC30. and to have a boost on a separate switch......like 2 pedals in 1! and, the true bypass.......no affect to your real tone when the unit's off.......why aren't ALL pedals made this way?! i like the vintage tone, but, should i want the FM sound.....hell! it's awesome! i can play ANY style with this!
incidently, i sold my first one because i had sold my super reverb, and was playing through a VHT pittbull.....which sounded SO much like the fulldrive, i figured to own the pedal was redundant.

i haven't owned one long enough to comment with any authority, but, if you look inside, you'll notice that there's not alot of components to breakdown.....and they all appear to be high quality. the box is a good quality gauge steel. the jacks are metal. the switch is sturdy......it INSPIRES confidence!

when i got my first one,(traded for a used one) the boost LED didn't work.....i contacted fulltone, and they fixed it as a warranty repair!
that's good business in MY book!

this works with all my styles. great dynamics and tone. i've been playing 27+ years. i just sold a TS-9, which sounded OK, but was lacking the magic of the fulldriveII. i'll be playing it through a peavey bravo, but would be comfortable playing it through any amp. i would definately buy another......as a matter of fact......i'm doing that right now! love the tone, dynamics, boost, FM switch, color(yellow), durability........ . hate the price......but, i hate the price of gas, too. fave feature......the ability to get a great tone at low gain settings. i compared it to every thing i've used in the last 27 years.....including a TS-808 that i bought for $40 and sold for $20 about 2 years before their value skyrocketed...(thanks alot stevie!). i chose this on a whim.....it just worked out. if i were to change anything.....jacks on the sides, maybe a wider box, super-bright LEDs.....trivial stuff, really. helps me make music........more to the point......MAKES ME WANT TO PLAY!

ALL MY STATEMENTS ARE HONEST ONES. I SWEAR "I AM NOT AN EMPLOYEE OR AFFILIATED IN ANY WAY WITH ANY MUSIC GEAR MANUFACTURER OR DISTRIBUTOR". I REALLY OWN AND USE THIS PEDAL. I KNOW.......HC SAID I SHOULDN'T BE TO GLOWING IN MY APPRAISAL......BUT AFTER 27 YEARS OF USING JUNK AND MARGINAL QUALITY JAP PEDALS......THIS FULLDRIVE 2 IS EXTREMELY REFRESHING, AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE MY ENTHUSIASM. i hope you get to read this review. 10'S ACROSS THE BOARD!

bon chance, and "shut up and play yer guitar!"

Mine is the newer version. It's a fairly complicated pedal with the toggle switch and 4 control knobs, but all modes sound great and with a little time dialing in great tones became a snap.

I play teles with the occasional strat, Fralin pickups, usually through a Dr Z Maz 38 2X12 or a Carr Rambler. It sounds great with both amps and gets along well with my other pedals. I use the FM setting with volume at 12 o'clock, tone at 11, OD at 10, and boost at 9. Comp cut is great for clean boost but I use a Bad Bob Boost running at 18 volts(cleaner than at 9V). Vintage is very Tube Screamerish, but I love my Aramat Green Machine. The FM mode is very transparent and "natural" sounding. In this mode the boost increases the mids a bit but not to the extent of a TS, and there's no bass loss. The tone control acts more like a presence control and is handy for reducing a little shrill, as I play a lot on my Tele bridge pickup.

I've had it for 2 years with no problems.

No dealings.

I waited 2 years before writing this review to make sure I didn't change my opinion. I too cannot understand why people trash this pedal. There are other pedals with more overdrive, but there is plenty in the vintage mode and a lot of great fuzzes out there if that's what you want. This pedal is so versatile and sounds so good in every mode that some of the reviews just leave me scracthing my head. I read one review that said it was too bassy and another that said it needed more bass. Gotta be those solid state amps! I A/B d this with a lot of boutique overdrives at Junior's Music in CT and this was the best for what I play - country, rootsy r&r, and blues. Been playing 42 years.

VERY EASY TO USE. FOUR KNOBS ( VOLUME, TONE, OVERDRIVE, BOOST). THREE MODE: COMPCUT, FM, VINTAGE.NICE LAYOUT!!!!!!!!

FANTASTIC!!!!!!!I LOVE IT!!!!!!!! I'M RUNNING WITH '66 AMERICAN FENDER MUSTANG+ FULLDRIVE2+E.H. SMALL CLONE+ IBANEZ AD80 INTO MY FENDER SUPER 60 AMPS.Great transparency on the regular overdrive side.Comp cut offers a nice boost for cleaner sounds, FM is my favorite setting, 'vintage' is traditional style TS. 90% I use the FM setting also.The sound quality is, however, excellent. This pedal is very versatile......

Very reliable. Never any trouble. Knobs are solid, and the footswitches quiet and clean. I don't imagine I'll ever have a problem with it.

I play a whole lotta different things. My solo stuff is contemporary rock,Its THE PERFECT overdrive pedal.I recommend this pedal to people that want a reliable, good sounding pedal for many diverse musical styles.

Pretty straightforward...paper that came with it was very detailed on all aspects of the pedal. I plugged it in and immediately came up with the tones I was looking for.

I think it sounds amazing. I play some with a Maxon 808 (modded) and sometimes and OCD but this is my favorite distortion. I play a pair of heavy 70's strats through my FD2 into a Dr. Z Maz 18 and I get exactly what I want. I set my volume at noon...my tone at ten...my overdrive at noon...and my boost at 10 and I keep the switch in the middle on comp/cut. Then I dial in a great clean tone to my Dr. Z and use the first channel as my clean sound on the FD2, playing with the guitars volume a little bit. Then I roll in more volume and step on the boost side for distortion. I love the dynamics of the pedal because my fingers determine how broken up my sound gets...real players know what i'm talking about. I feel very in control of my tone just by watching the dynamics in my fingers and rolling back and forth on my guitar's volume.

I have never had any problems with it and I gig it without a backup usually as my only distortion. I use a Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2 as well with it which I highly recommend. Fulltone stuff in general really is tip of the top.

I have heard bad things about Michael Fuller but I have never needed to contact him so I don't know how he is. I am sure he is very arrogant and prideful about how good his stuff sounds but I think he is a good enough player/manufactuer to warrant that.

I can not even fathom why people rip on this pedal. If you are a 'true' player than this might not be the overdrive for you necessarily but I can't see where true players could rip on it. If you play a crummy solid state amp or a low-end tube amp or you play terrible new-metal or than buy some cheap boss junk. If you own a class A tube amp and are concerned with tone versus how muddy you can get your overdrive to sound than this is definately worth a look. Basically if you are not happy with it than you use a bad amp, a bad guitar, or you are a bad player. Simple as that.

The pedal is easy to use as long as you understand what it designed to work with and it's operating capabilites. This pedal is made for an individual who has a "Blackface style" amplifier, i.e. clean with reduced mids. The first gain stage is for mild overdrive and the boost channel is for lead playing. The pedal is not designed to provide heavy overdrive on the first gain stage, you can do this but when you hit the boost you will not get much of a volume increase. If you have a solid state amp or something which is not voiced like an old Fender chances are the pedal will not give you the results you want.

This is my 3rd Fulldrive, I owned an orange one and the first version with the comp cut. I like this pedal the best because it gives me all the features in one box. The key to this pedal is setting the 1st channel below 12 o'clock, higher settings will basically render the boost channel ineffective. I found that when using the tone control settings around 3 o'clock it produces an EL-34 tube type sound. To my ears this is a great sounding overdrive as it sounds very Marshall like and really sounds like a pushed amp. It generates or should I say passes a little less bass and you can make the highs a bit brighter or darker then the amp without the pedal on. It is not an overly bright pedal as it shouldn't be seeing it was designed and voiced to work with blackface Fenders. It doesn't clean up as well as my Blackstone Appliance pedal but I'm starting to consider this quality to be somewhat overrated. It is not a full out fuzz face tone but more of an old school Marshall or tweed amp. There is a little bit of highend fizz but not enough to make unhappy. Some say the bass is tubby, but if you have ever turned up a tweed amp to the point of breakup, you will actually see it represents the real thing pretty well.

I have never had any issues with Fulltone products that weren't handled in a totally professional manner. This pedal should fine.

Mike's been helpful when I had a problem.

I don't get all the slams on this pedal, no overdrive is perfect and everyone expects different things to happen when the plug something in, but give me a break slamming a pedal because you can't figure out how to use the controls. My advice is learn the capabilities of something before you slam it. Reserve your judgements until you know what it does for you and buy it because you have a blackface or similar amp. Don't buy the pedal because you want to make your solid state amp sound good, the pedal is not designed to operate with it. Instead of spending money based on reviews, read what the manufacturer was trying to do with the design, this will save you a lot of aggravation. The pedal has a certain kid of sound, it will not do modern metal, or scooped mid tones, it will however provide old school tones oozing harmonics and taste.

The manual is a good starting point. Go from there.

Im running a 93' American Standard Strat with a solid steel Tremelo block and Lindy Fralin pickups (late 50's early 60's style) with a base plate on the bridge and a 93' AM Tele with stock pickups through the pedal (FD2 Vintage Cream) into a Fender Hotrod Deluxe. The pedal isn't noisey, the clean setting is just that and the "crunch tones" are great.

I believe one could depend on it in when gigging, however, be sure to use a proper power supply with it or be sure to unplug the input jack from the pedal when taking breaks. This pedal is built right. The fit and finish is great and the solder joints looked good.

Don't know? From what I've read in some of the reviews, I don't think I want to. I do think the 5 year warranty with 1 year on the footswitches to the original owner speaks for itself.

The band I'm currently playing with plays old country, new country, southern rock and blues rock. I've been playing gutiar off and on since 1972. If the pedal were stolen or lost I would not replace it. There is nothing that I particulary love or hate about the pedal except the price. IMHO...This pedal doesn't do anything for me. I can achieve what I'm looking for right from my guitar into my amp. I was just wanting a little "more". It's for sale....I'm thinking about trying Fulltones "Fat Boost".

Four labeled knobs, two switches . . . come on . . .

59 RI strat -> Blackfinger -> FD2 -> 59 Bassman RI

The pedal adds a lot of guts and pushes my Bassman quite well, no complaints there, although I'm not raving. However, the following aspects of the pedal suck: 1) the tone control is scratchy and useful only after 3 oclock; 2) the distortion control is unresponsive; 3) the overdrive control is unresponsive. I tried it with the blackfinger off, no difference. I also tried 9 and 18V - don't let anybody tell you it makes any real difference, it does not. This pedal lacks character, mojo, vibe, true grit, etc. It's steril. It's really just an overrated boost. eBay time.

Just the problem with the scratchy tone pot.

The reputation is realllly baaaad, so I'm hoping never to have to call them.

Shop around. I will. There's no way this is the best overdrive, as many claim.

EAZY Does it! Stomp it, till it screams!!!!

If you got Fingers, most any box will do ok! This one is great because it eliminates most of that mid-range hump (honk) you get from a tube screamer. YET, It is still smooth.

Had it for three years. Still stomping!!!!

??????? never needed any!

Rock 'N' Roll!!!!!! 70's JMP Marshall 100 watter, 2/12 Jensen loaded cab. Tonebone Hot British. tuner and other stuff. playing 39 yrs. and still I hear! WOW!! Various guitars, one favorite (Zion). Lots of Amps, (Fender, Yamaha, Vox, Boogie, Marshall) this stomp works well with most all of them, especially TUBE! The most important thing about this stomp is that you have to have FINGERS!!!!!!!!! Fingers that have been moving for a long time. Don't matter about what you play (amp, guitar, stomps). It matters that you got fingers!!!

Go ahead, buy it! It is only money! It won't make you play better, for that you need FINGERS!!!! You guessed it!!!!

How easy is it to get a good sound out of it?
Couldn't be easier!

For guitars I have: 1968 ES345; 74 and 76 Strat with BillLawrence L-280's/290; 52 Tele RI with Lawrence 280's/290's; Gibson 75 and 89 LP standard with Fralins; 96 LP Ruby Gem with P-100's; 99 Blues Hawk with lace P-90's; Ric 350V63; Ric 660-12;
What setup are you using this with?
I am using Boss TU-2 Tuner>Fulltone Clyde wha>Fulltone FD2 Mosfet edition>Fulltone OCD>Fulltone Fat Boost>Barber Tone Press>Fulltone Supatrem>Fulltone Choral-Flange>H&K rotosphere>H&K replex.
What amp are you using it with?
I use either a Black Face Fender Deluxe Reverb, Vibrolux, Super Reverb, or Twin Reverb.
The new Fulltone FD2 Mosfet edition just added a brand new dimension to the classic FDII. The dimension phatter, richer and totaly transparent. It allows a very clear and clean singing quality that the FDII was just missing before in my opinion. I believe Mike has found the missing link to the FDII. I believe this improvement will be as huge as the OCD. Mike Fuller is a guitar player, a very good guitar player who has a passion for his music, his guitars, his amps and his products. I believe Mike is always searching for the "next level" of tone nirvana and comes up with new and better solutions. His pedals, simply, sound great to my ears. These qualities attract me to the creators and builders of musical gear.

Can you depend on it?
Absolutly, 100% all the time! Fulltone makes products to last on the stage and during travel.
Would you use it on a gig without a backup?
Absolutly, 100% all the time!

Mike has always treated me very, very, well. It's amazing what happens when you treat people with respect.

I have been playing since 1964. I attended Berkee College of Music in the early 70's. I really enjoy Larry Carltons tone, Robben Ford's tone Danny Gatton, Eric Clapton, SRV, well you get the idea. Bottom line is with all great players they leave there tonal signature with us. I have come to learn how to create a signature tone for me using good quality gear. In my case I am using a combination of guitars, pickups, guitar cable, qualty electronics in the guitars, amps speakers and pedals to acheive a satisfactory tone.
Let's face it there is a huge choice of great pedals out there. Over the past 4 years,I personally have been very satisifed with Fulltone's products and service. I think the new CustomShop FD2 Mosfet edition is a great improvment. Just check one out.
Have fun and all the best to Mike Fuller and the Fulltone Crew!

I've owned this pedal for 3 days now. 5 minutes of tweaking and anyone can find useful settings. Very easy to use

I use a PRS Custom 24 and switch from single to double coil quite frequently playing in a cover band. I've recently had my old Fender twin get a complete point to point re-build with high end foil-in-oil caps and loaded with Weber Alnico Chicagos. The problem was, I still had to tote my old Boogie to clubs I played just for A-B 'ing it with the Twin for the songs which required more high gain leads and crunchier rhythms. I generally used two T-9s with the 808 mod in the Twin but the high end always seemed to roll off with that amp. With the twin, soloing in the upper register always sounded "plinky" when using the tube screamers. The fulltone allows for a very transparent overdriven tone without sacrificing the high end - particularly in the "FM" mode, which is my personal favorite. Its what I've been looking for. For the chiropractor bills it will save me by leaving my Boogie at home and using only the twin, its worth every dime.

I only owned it for three days...

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My old twin with the oil caps is the holy grail of tone. This unit makes a one dimensional amp into a 3 modal, extremely versitile rig. In my thirty five years of playing, I've always been of the opinion that the best overdrive or lead sounds start with the best clean sounds. I still love my tube screamers, but this adds another dimension of versitility to my set-up. Kudo's to Fulltone, they've produced a very transparent, sweet sounding overdive which fully emulated an overdriven tube complete with sweet singing harmonics in the boost mode. Its exactly what I've been looking for. My suggestion to all the budding guitarists that read and write in Harmony Central - stop trying to sound like everyone else and enjoy the ride. The quest for new and better tones is something that should never stop. Stevie never stopped trying new gear. The Fulltone is a great additional to anyone's arsenal.

Product is self-explanatorym just plug in and play. Straightforward, simple design.

I use a Fender Eric Clapton Strat into a Marshall DSL 100 half stack. The pedal does not work. I think it is defective. It does not change the guitar signal at all. One of the switches does not work at all, the other turns on the red LED but does not effect the signal.

This pedal either was damaged in shipping or was defective when it left Fulltone. It never worked for me.

The dealer told me to deal directly with Fulltone, so I E-mailed them. My E-mail was answered in person by Mike Fuller himself. He was hostile and unprofessional. He indicated that if there was a problem with the pedal, it must be my fault, and I probably used the wrong power supply with it. He told me he did not have time to look at it, and that I must deal with the dealer I bought it from. I was very disappointed to find that he does not stand behind his product, and I let him know it. The dealer finally refunded my money after I let him know how unprofessional Fulltone's correspondence was and how Fulltone refused to honor their warranty.

Play everything from jazz to blues to hard rock. I've been playing over 35 years, thought this would be a good pedal, probably would be if it worked. I will probably get a Maxon pedal, I hear they are good.
If Fulltone had been even the least bit helpful with my problem, I would give them a good review. But all this purchase did was waste my time.

The manual is extremely helpful in giving you the general direction and the rest is up yo your ears.

Just so you know what type of setup I like this pedal with...
Guitars...
'91 deluxe Plus
'94 Deluxe Plus w/ Ebony fretboard
Amps...
HRDLx--> modded heavily w/ Jensen C12N
'82 Concert w/EV(mama mia!)
'82 Deluxe Reverb II w/Jensen C12N

This pedal really shines IMO. I A/B'd it next to about 7 different type Tube Screamers, even original ones and still liked this tone better. If you are looking for over-the-top distortion then this pedal is NOT for you. If you are looking for a boost with sustain/creeping, controllable feedback, this is it. Original rock and covers by Widespread Panic, Phish, Dead, Tom Waites, JJ Cale, etc, etc...I'm starting to just use this pedal over the amplifiers own overdrive channel.
Settings are Volume 9:00 Tone 12:00 OD 12:45 Boost (This one goes to Eleven! All the way up)
Another great feature of this pedal is that if you like the sound of your amps without any pedals as I do(see Concert II above), you can make this pedal just a boost, for that extra uumph! you need when soloing.

So far so good. It is built with heavy duty components. I would use it without a backup b/c as I said earlier, I like the overdrive on my amp, period.

Never had the pleaseure...

Been playing about 16 years and I really think if you are not looking for DISTORTION, you would be remiss to not check out this pedal, it screams...
I would certainly buy again.

Well covered, this is the new one, with the threeway switch.

I use teles exclusively, one maple board with a b-bender and fralins, one with rio grandes and a rosewood board. I use a boogie lonestar, and run a pedal board that has, Vht valvulator, dunlop 535Q, Fd2, homebrew compressor, Eh small stone, line6 dl4, and a volume pedal. I am writing because I think people are misjudging what this pedal is for. First, this IS NOT A HIGHGAIN pEDAL!!!! That's what the dp1 or his fuzzes are for. Mike clearly stated that this is meant to be a low gain overdrive. If you keep this in mind, and don't max the drive knobs out, you're on the right track. Second, this pedal is very picky with what amps it will work with. I owned a twin reissue, a piece of garbage amp, and sold a fulldrive because it was too fizzy with the twin. I then borrowed a buddy's Fd2 when I had my carr rambler, and fell in love with it. It likes certain amps, and doesn't like others. I'm sure that, into a vintage amp, this pedal screams. Through my boogie which is more of a dumble-style amp than any other boogie, it provides a nice boost, or a mild overdrive, perfect for country leads. If I want high gain, I use my boogie's od channel and use the fd to kick it over the top. So, in short, I feel that reviews of this pedal are going to vary based on what amp and guitar it's going through. I will say that a quality tube amp, and guitar are essential, and it seems to like single coils more than humbuckers.

I've opened this thing up, and it really looks like there was some serious time spent in putting it together. Hats off to Mike and team for building a rugged box.

I've not dealt with them, but I immagine he'll stand by his products, as long as he's not bothered by some ridiculous questions or complaints. I read on his site that someone tried to feign sickness or cancer to get a free pedal out of him, and threatened to smear his name all over if he didn't cooperate. I say let Mike make his pedals in peace, and don't expect him to be your longlost best friend, and you'll be happier in the end.

I just want to say again, take reviews with a grain of salt. I personally had to find the right combo, but when I did, the fd2 was perfect. I like the fact that it's a dark pedal, not too muddy or bright, and it's exactly what I've been looking for.

Simple controls. Volume, Tone, Drive, Boost.

I've tried a couple of these FullDrive pedals and found them to be highly overrated. The tone is surprisingly muddy and lifeless. I play an EMG-equipped Strat and a Tele with Lindy Fralins running into a MB MK-III or a modded Fender Blues Jr. This pedal seems to sap the life out of the tone regardless of which amp/guitar combination I run. Even with tone pot at 100%, the pedal seems to cut the high-end a lot. Anything less than 100% is just not usable. I tweaked the settings as best as I could with Volume-10:00, Tone-5:00, Overdrive-10:00, Boost-10:00. I played it this way for about a dozen gigs, but finally gave up on the pedal altogether.

The first one was reliable for the couple of months that I owned it. The second one, however, had one of the pots go bad almost immediately. Very scratchy. Flushing with contact cleaner didn't help. Unfortunately, since I didn't buy it directly from FullTone, no warranty.

As others have discovered, Mike Fuller is a very unpleasant person to deal with. The one time that I contacted him (asking about repair charges on the above-mentioned defective pot) he was curt and rude and ultimately didn't answer my question. Others may view this as the eccentricities of a wise person, but I do not. Considering how many other companies are building similar/better products (Paul Cochrane, Voodoo Lab, Barber, Maxon, Visual Sound, etc.) there is no room for this lack of professionalism.

A mixture of jazz and blues and I have been playing since 1976. Because of the reasons already mentioned, I got rid of the FullDrive and replaced it with a Barber pedal. It's unlikely that I'll ever purchase another Fulltone product.

Pretty straightforward little fella. 2 channels: clean boost/od and boost/od, depending on what mode you are in. I give it a 7 because the modes are not clearly defined in the manual.

Setup: '62 reissue strat or bastid tele>clyde deluxe wah>keeley comp>FD2>line 6 modulation modeler>original rat>boss dd-20 "gigadelay">boss rv-5 reverb>fender '63 vibroverb reissue or marshall jcm900 212 combo.

In my opinion, this is an average sounding pedal that would not have gotten so much attention without the 2-channel hook. It is not a holy grail of overdrive. I found it to be thin and very difficult to get a truly great sound. The best tone it made was when I put the keeley comp after it and accidentally hit it with +20db of clean boost - but that was the first stage of the keeley distorting. Yeah, I can hear my pickups through this pedal, but that's because its kind of a boring pedal. Overrated and anonymous sounding to me. I'm selling it and continuing my quest for tone.

Built very carefully and solid as a rock. Impressive.

No contact with them.

I play alternative rock and try to draw from a palette of classic tones with a little twist here and there. I insist that anything on my pedalboard have a personality that combines with my playing to create something new and cool and inspirational (to me at least). I found this pedal to be disappointing. I wanted to like it - I tried running it at +18v dc and sagging it down to +4.5v. I could not get it to really happen in my rig. I'm glad it has worked for so many others here!

Newer model with the 3-way toggle. Lot's of options but still very easy to use. Nice layout.

Fantastic. Great transparency on the regular overdrive side. The boost side adds a nice thick overdrive with its own independant gain knob. Comp cut offers a nice boost for cleaner sounds, FM is my favorite setting, 'vintage' is traditional style TS. 90% I use the FM setting for crisp singing overdrive from my Burriss amp. The pedal really brings out the best in your amp (assuming you have a great amp). The 'vintage' setting doesn't sound as good as my Burriss Boostiest's overdrive but it's still pretty good. The whole point of purchasing the FD2 was to escape the midrange overkill of TS style pedals (which is cool in some applications).

Rugged powdercoated box- opened it up and everything is very tidy. Great soldering and component placement.

Boutique company! You never can tell.

Semi-professional gigging musician playing many different styles. I would buy another in a second (funny I never liked the other version of the FD2). Greg V and David Grissom use the Fulldrive II with killer results, it truly is head and shoulders above most other overdrives (low gain, transparent overdrive pedals that is). The three way toggle is really what makes this pedal.

Plug in to your amp. Play with the dials. Not rocket science.

Weel average. Over rated.

Played it throught a 65 Fender twin reverb - and it sounds flat and plastic. Dialed around for hours - best to the stick to VOX valve tone pedal for this amp.

2nd amp: Roland Jazz Chorus (120) - again. average. Better than the twin, but had to wack an Ivan Roberts Rich Blues pedal infrom of it, and a Kelly Clean boost after it- then it rocked.

Marshall JCM800 - well, stick any mild drive pedal infront of this anf you'get a half decent tone.

Overall not impressed. Now sits in pedal box with my Boss EQ pedal and my Time Machine Boost. Extended holidays for pedals I think.

Looks reliable - Seems solid.

A little abrupt. They got back to twice out of 4 emails. 50% Strike rate.

If I lost, I would only spew chips about the cost, but I will sell it. HBE seem to have better kicks than this.

I was expecting something different after all the reviews I read and the ChoralFlange I have rocked too. I guess people get horny about their fav pedal builders.

Easy to use. Manual could use a few touch-ups here and there, but not bad. Mine is number 6561.

I'm using it with a stock Fender Deluxe Reverb reissue. The FD2 is about as quiet as disto pedals get. From my experience, it's very difficult to find a distortion box that works with the DRRI's reverb channel (that channel has a lot of top-end). The FD2 smooths that out. I've tried several pedals including the Tube Screamer and the Boss Blues Driver. I've liked the Blues Driver with other amps, but with the DRRI many distortion boxes produce a high-end fizz that sounds like broken speaker paper. The FD2 gets rid of almost all of that, because it sounds so smooth. Even when cranking the tone, it doesn't get fizzy, because the tone's freq bandwidth isn't in that range.

Anyway, the FD2 is very smooth sounding without being too dark. I don't like a pedal that's too bright or too dark sounding. The FD2 seems to simply add gain to the tone you already have. The Tubescreamer is overrated, and the Blues Driver is a bit mid-scooped.
The only disappointing thing about the FD2 is that the Boost channel doesn't boost volume, it mostly boosts the gain. However, in all fairness, pedals don't typically boost volume when going through an amp's input, they just increase the clipping.

I'd tighten up the ass on the tone a bit too.

Built as quality as they get. Quality of construction reminds me of the several Mesa amps I've owned in the past.

Overall it's the best sounding disto pedal I can find for the DRRI. It does what it claims, and can turn a single-channel clean amp into a 3-channel blues machine. The tones are very transparent. Using a 9-volt adaptor yields a slightly clearer sounding signal than a battery, and the 18 volt adaptor claims to enhance this even more. Overall it's excellent and makes no false claims.

Easy to use, difficult to get a non bassy sound out of it.

Tried it with a Strat thru a Fender Deluxe Reverb, Hot Rod Deluxe, Super Reverb. It wasn't noisy at all. The effect is very subtle. I couldn't get the sound I wanted out of it. Too bassy. I can't imagine it cutting thru the mix in a band situation.

Don't know.

Don't know

Didn't like it at all. I had to crank the tone all the way, and it still had way too much bass. BTW, the boost doesn't add more dB, for say a lead boost, but rather more saturation. Overall I was incredibly disappointed.