Fulltone OCD

Three knobs , one toggle simply laid out . If you cant figure this one out ... you should seek professional help .

I have a 91 Strat plus w/ Lace sensors ( nuff said ) It has a very "thin" tone . My boogie mk3 can make this sound pretty good . I use a Es-137 as well and switching between guitars can be a pain to dial tone in between sets . i researched and found a version 1 ocd . This thing more than lives up to the hype . Monster tone , very quiet and all the overtones that make even THE CHUMP amplifier at jam nights sound excellent . This sounds good enough that I totally forgot about the price .

I bought mine used and it still works and seems to be well built .

Have not had the pleasure

I play Classic rock and Blues . This thing has awesome tone . I enjoy when something as seemingly as small as a foot pedal turns on the inspiration bulb .

Hmmm.. plug in, turn knobs, step on, distort. Pretty simple...

It's just o.k. Thought it would make a nice boost into some tube amps I play. LOTS of tube amps. Just another squishy oversaturating excuse for a tube amp. I don't really like it as a boost so much, just thought I would try it. If you want a pedal to kick your tube amps *** buy a T.C. Jauernig Luxury Drive. The best boost ever made. More of a good thing, nothing more(except a hint of compression). Seriously, no offense everyone. I'm sure it works for you. Just really made things boxy and overly saturates. I like a bunch of different amps, and some work better with this pedal than others but overall save your money for a really good tube amp(or even a cheap Chinese Vox AC30 kicks this things ***!!)

Fulltone is great stuff. Only had one resistor go out on a fulldrive 2 and they fixed it after they sent out the 'idiot' questionaire. $25 and it worked like new again. They are busy and sell pedals to make money, not repair them. Hats off for at least doing that.

See above. They need to make sure you aren't just a moron though before you can send it in. Kind of funny that little 'test' they send you before authorizing a repair. Got a chuckle out of that...

Don't know if I could find a use for it. Will try it with a couple more before I send it down the road.

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I have a THD bivalve 30 and a Fender Hotrod Deluxe. The pedal doesn't seem very noisy to me. It is pretty inspiring and a lot of fun, sounds coming out of this box without a bunch of knobs. I can plug into the low input of the THD and have a pretty modest sound coming out of the speaker, then click on the switch and have a fair amount of "teeth" for what it is: an overdrivey type distortion which doesn't obliterate everything. I think back in the early 70's they would just throw a mic in front of an amp and that was all they had, so they were blessed with the freedom of not having many choices. They were also similarly blessed with a much smaller variety of great amps. But back to my review, this pedal happens to fit nicely in my collection. Time to party on.

Good.

Don't know.

I have played rock folk and blues since I was 13. The only other OD I have is a Hermida Zendrive. The tones are completely different and both are very very nice. My main guitar is a PRS Singlecut.

Easyyyy, plug it in a get a nice tone

**bonus marks for being a bypass pedal!

i used a american fender deluxe, ash strat through a marshall DSL100, (1960 4X12 marshall cab) with this pedal in my chain(with a few other pedals, compresser, equalizer, wah etc.). With the S-1 switch on my strat it is very easy to get a nice warm tone on the bridge position. Always sounds great as I do not prefer thin distortion. In my opinion it really gives you a almost hendrix/eric johnson when the drive is high when minimal tone on the pedal. overall, my #1 distortion. (im a solo artist, great pedal that fits my needs, rock, oldies, progressive jazz)

I can say i can depend on this pedal, 100%

-I would not tag along another distortion pedal unless it was needed for a specific song/tone.

Never had any problems

Go to a music store and try it, great pedal!!!!

It is very easy to get a nice tone out of this pedal, just work with the level and drive button to find a nice balance between it.
Too much drive is never good for the audience !

I play the pedal through a Roland BC60/310 (Fender Bassman copy) and it sounds really marvellous. I play a Custom Shop Telecaster and I get really and old Vox Ac-30 sound out of it with the drive on 9 o' clock and the level on 12.
Only the tone control is less effective but that is negligible if you hear this perfect crunch tone.

It is a very reliable and solid pedal, a little bit more expensive but build to last.
Fulltone quality.

I play blues, funk , rock 'n roll, country and rock music.
Escpecially for rock 'n roll and rock is this a very suitable pedal.
I've been playin' for six years now and there are only two pedals that survived and will survive permanently in my case, this one and the Tube Screamer (Ts-808)
As I mentioned earlier, I could use only this pedal with my Tele and amp and control the volume for solo's with my volumeknob on my guitar.
With this setup I don't need no booster or compressor, even delay.
If it were stolen, I would definitly buy a new one (i.e. second hand)

First off, I bought this thing about two years ago. At the time, I was enamored with my old ProCo Rat. The OCD was played sparingly for almost a year. Now, I can't play without it. The Rat is semi-retired. The OCD is very easy to use. Dialing in warm distortion tones is this pedal's specialty.

The sound quality is top-grade. If set-up right, you can get damn near Clapton-esque sound. You can also pull back a bit to get that nice warm, slight overdrive of 70's era Jerry Garcia. The tone range of this pedal is amazing; heavy classic rock distortion to warm overdrive and everything in between.

It is built well. I would feel comfortable without a backup.

Fulltone doesn't give their customers the time of day. So don't waste your time! Find a friend or guitar store pro to help you out.

In my playing, which combines elements of blues, jazz, psychedelia, folk rock, and rock, this pedal helps me get the tones I need. I never touch the dials on the pedal, except minor increases or decreases in level. My other effects are just compression, two other distortion boxes, and sometimes a chorus for Leslie simulations. Nestled between the other distortions, the OCD reacts as well as any pedal I've ever played. Through only a 1998 Fender Hot Rod Deluxe 1x12, and playing my Mexican Strat, Gibson SG Classic, or Peavy Predator Strat, I get the tones I want without the interference of all-too-common things like wah-wah's and flangers. I've noticed also that when playing heavier riffs, the pedal's sound for chords stays tight and doesn't morph into undefined mush. It just sounds like, well, the D barre chord in "Feel Like Makin' Love" by Bad Company.

Almost impossible to get a bad sound out of it. Plug and play.

More like a professional "tool" or instrument than an "effect". This pedal makes a great guitar and amp better and a great player better. I have used a lot of pedals and gadgets, including a few Fulltone pedals, and I usually wind up sitting with a frown looking for "the sound". This thing doesn't just produce "the sound" it does makes multiple sounds and does everything well. I actually prefer to have it on when I play "clean" with the drive setting down low because it just enhances my tone. As an overdrive, with drive set low to 11:00, it sounds like an overdriven tube amp. It just sings. As a distortion, with the drive set at higher settings, you are in wailing Clapton and Pete Townsend crash chord territory.

You have to play this one to believe it and I wouldn't say that about a lot of pedals. I've had Soul Bender, 69, and Full Drive2. This pedal kills them all.

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If you like classic tones buy with confidence.

Ready to go right outta the box, usual drive/level/tone controls. The drive doesn't quite go silent with the knob all the way to the left, but the bypass is solid true. See more about sound below.

I'm running this with a Fender Strat SSS, and an Epiphone Wildkat hollowbody (p90's). My amp is an '85 Jazz Chorus.

I gotta say right up front, I've never had an overdrive that has sounded so good with the JC-120 (and I've had quite a few, store brands and boutiques)! I sat in the store last week for two hours trying out every overdrive they had, and this on came out on top over several $200+ models. It's got a rich harmonic saturation, and great EQ that I can confidently say makes my JC-120 compete with my tube amps. Not to mention DUAL VOLTAGE so you can run it at 9 or 18 volts, giving you serious tonal options. You gotta love fulltone for that. I'll knock a point off for it not having the bass response of my ts808, but it's easily comparable because the highs are much more musical when ran through a solid state amp. Go buy one!

Only had it for a few days, feels nice and sturdy, and also has some very sexy hand-turnable machine screws on the sides. I'd feel comfortable gigging without a backup.

Haven't needed to deal with them yet, won't rate this section either.

Great for blues, all forms of rock, WONDERFUL for jazz with the gain down. pre-gain to your tube amp and really make it sing. I would replace it in a heartbeat, because I don't think I would use my solid state amp without it at this point. It would be nice if it had seperate low and high controls, but the tone knob is true to that, and not just a low pass filter (like some green overdrives we won't name here).

I had this pedal for all of 5mins and it made its way to my board. Very easy to use. I got a great sound within minutes and the controls havnt been touched since.

Ive gone through alot of pedals. I own a marshall anniversary amp and wanted just something to enhance my crunch setting. All other overdrives colored the tone but this kept the sound the same and added to it!! Thats what I wanted to perfect a tone and not to change it. I thought my amp sounded beautiful for that mild hendrix crunch sound but with this pedal I feel I am Jimi hendrix lol! I love it. No noise and sounds great with my strat and les paul.

All good so far

Never contacted him. Never had to.

Ive been playing guitar for 14 yrs. Ive owned 15 guitars, 10 amps and gone through 50 pedals of all brands for different sounds. These days im playing orange and marshalls. Strats and les pauls. Yep the typical classic rocker. Ive had the SG, the flying V, peaveys, fenders, mesa's, boss, vox, dod, digitech etc... but Ive been sucked into the boutique zone. I want those 60s/70s tones. I want to sound like them off the record! Ive got my own sound going on but I love to sound like my idols...hey that was the point we all picked up the guitar wasnt it? If your rig is great but you feel like enhancing your existing tone-this is a great pedal for it.

This is a distortion pedal with all the usual knobs. It is very easy to get a good sound. It is very musical in that no matter where you set the controls it will sound different but all usable.

I am using an array of guitars and my 1974 Twin Reverb with the OCD; strat, tele, ES-335, and les paul. The ocd makes them all sound great. I would describe the sound as a juiced-up Ibanez tube screamer without the muddyness. The OCD was my replacement for my TS-9 reissue when I decided it was robbing my tone of the clarity of my other pedals. The drive knob at 12 oclock sounds very similar to my TS9 but sounds great in other positions. I should mention though that my TS9 still focuses the mid range of a lead tone in a way that I like. The OCD has a bit more of an even mid character which is better for rhythm tones. The clarity difference makes the OCD an easy choice for most of my needs.

Seems very durable. It is housed in a metal casing and has very beefy knobs. Fulltone will replace anything that might go bad. They are very helpful and generous. I had a knob go bad on my Fulldrive 2 and they sent me a new one fast.

As I said above, they are very helpful and generous.

I play mostly with classic rock tones and this pedal is a perfect match. I have other Fulltone pedals and my impression is that Mike Fuller, founder of Fulltone, is a huge Hendrix lover. His pedals definitely are going for that tone color but they are made with such great components that you could use this pedal for any style. I have been playing guitar and bass for 23 years and have been so happy to find a company like Fulltone that is making the kind of quality gear that I would want to make. I would for sure buy another if it were lost/stolen.