Fulltone Fulldrive 2

Fulltone Fulldrive 2, handmade overdrive until made by Fulltone in California USA. NOT the newest MOSFET version. Simple to use...pretty much plug in and expirament with the various settings. Controls for volume, tone, overdrive, and boost. 3-way mini toggle for compression cut/flat mids/vintage. Nice discernable differences in the 3-way toggle settings, and the controls for vol, tone, overdrive, and boost are very effective and noticable throughout their respective ranges. Controls are self explanatory and actually do what they are designed to do.

If you're looking for a truly musical and usable overdrive, this is the unit. I am currently using a Fender TC-90 with Seymour Duncan P-90's into either a Peavey Classic 30 combo or a Classic 50 head/Fender 4x12. With the overdrive engaged, the sound of my amp and guitar remain true, there's just more of it. The overdrive control adds gain in a subtle yet clear manner, reatining all of the original tone while providing varying amounts of drive and sustain. In the cut-comp mode, the sound is cleaner with alot more sparkle and definition, and a tad more output. In flat-mid mode, the overdrive becomes a little more "saggy" while flattening the e.q just enough (NOT a scoop). Vintage mode is where the good spongy gain starts to happen, with a little bit softer attack. The volume control is very effective in dialing up the amount of difference between on/off settings, and as you pump it a little things really start to sing, with a good push to the tube power section of the amp. The tone control offers fantastic and usable control over high end (much like a presence control or a cut control on an old Vox. Hitting the "boost" switch adds even more volume, but even more of an increase in gain for the really over the top stuff. Put this box in front of your dirty channel and you instantly have 3 channels at your disposal. On the clean channel, the volume boost when you engage the unit is nice for goosing clean lines into subtle break-up and really making clean lead lines stand out. Some noise noted when using the "boost" fucntion with overdrive settings past 12:00. It's really hard to get a bad sound out of this overdrive. Juat for fun I wired up an 18 volt battery adapter, and WOW! This thing REALLY shines when subjected to 18 volts.....HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!! The sound just opens up and blossoms, just when you thought it couldn't get any better.

NO experience with any reliability issues thus far. The thing is built like a tank, and the wiring is clean, neat, and spot-on.

No experience here yet either.

I am currently using the Fulltone with a variety of different musical styles....blues/r&b, classic rock, 80's metal stuff, and some current "F.M." popular stuff. I have found the unit to be as versatile as it is effective, and I can generate appropriate tones for each different genre. I have been playing for 25 years, and have run the gamut of gear, from junk to Marshall and everywhere in between. My current setup of an EL 84 tube amp and the P-90 equipped Fender finally have me in tonal nirvana. The Fulltone is just icing on the cake, and takes me from mediocre tone-wise to tone to die for. I have not one negative thing to say about this unit, and if it was stolen i would definately get another. In fact, I may get another just to have around!! I have tried many other overdrive units in the past (Boss, DOD, MXR, Ibanez Tube-KIngs, etc..) but none compare to the musicality og this unit. It truly will help you get that sound you hear on so many records from guys with great tone.