Fulltone OCD

extremely easy to use. Tone Drive and Volume knob, and a switch for high and low power.

Great for blues. I can nail clapton, SRV and many others. More importantly, I have the sound I want. Very versatile, slight movement of the controls get very different sounds. Very responsive to pick strength. True bypass is great. I use this with either a digitech RP200 on cleans for quiet practice, DI box for recording, or into my Fender Hotrod Deluxe. It sounds great with whatever I use it with. Does have the ability to do a huge clean boost.

Very reliable, very well built. I gig without a backup because this is my only pedal. I waited 3 months to get it after trying it (it sold out at the shop before I could buy it) and it was worth the wait.

Overall Great pedal. I would definitely replace it if lost, I love everything about it. Compared it to all the pedals I could and this one broke the mold.

every increment of the knobs does something good as in you dont have to look for the sweet spot because the whole thing is one big sweet spot.

i play a fender koa strat into a fender blues deluxe amp. this pedal is the answer to my quest for tone. the hair on the back of my neck was standing on end when i tried it out at the store. i was ready to take the plunge and spend $200 on a Fulldrive 2 Mosfet when i decided to also try the OCD. i loved the fulldrive but i felt the the OCD had a bit more range of tone to it. this is the only piece of equipment i ever bought that i only have absolutely nothing negative about. i recommend you go and buy one and dont't even waste time trying. what ever type of overdrive tone you are looking for lurks within the heavy gage steel shell of the OCD. my only complaint is that i don't have two of them, one for light drive and one for nastier overdrive.

if i where in a death match where the only weapons you could choose where effect pedal, i would choose a fulltone pedal.

i get the feeling like i may never find out. though i might just email the folks at fulltone to thank them.

truth to tell, a decent strat, a decent tube amp, and a fulltone OCD are all i really need... and it only cost as much as 2 boss pedals that i would like a lot but never be completely satisfied with.

(bowing in the direction of the fulltone factory)

Easy to get good tones.

Here's where I'm gonna depart from the crowd. What Harmony-Central needs is a honeymoon policy, which should say "DO NOT REVIEW THIS PRODUCT UNTIL YOU HAVE OWNED IT FOR 30 DAYS, OR USED IT AT LEAST A DOZEN TIMES." The OCD sounds good, but not great. I found it most useful as a clean boost, at which it clearly--pun intended--excells. It is quite transparent when dialed in to minimal drive settings. When you begin to inch up the drive--on both toggle settings--the pedal becomes, for lack of a better description, "sterile". It doesn't sound ANYTHING like a tube amp. In fact, I'm frankly sick of claims that solid-state pedals sound like tube gear. They don't. If they did, then any decent amp manufacturer would be able to create a killer amp with a solid state front end and a tube power amp. But they haven't and they can't and never will. So that's my little tirade. In any event, if you want a good transparent boost to push your tube amp over the top, get a used Boss BD2 and mod it with the Monte Allums H2O mod.

Solid.

I'll give it an 8 because it's well made, true bypass, and sounds good.

very very easy Volume, tone, gain and switch Down American amp tones Up British amp tones. BLUE LED and built like a little tank.

I HAVE A first AND THE 2nd VERSION. That is the reason I am posting my review, to set all the hype about the new version. I used both with Tele, strat, les paul, Es-335, PRS p-90's, 59 Tweed Deluxe, Kendrick tc 2x10", Bad cat, Fender, Marshall and Two Rock. I like the 1st version the best, is a better boost, Better for solos or Rythm, the 2nd version is smoother maybe like a tube screamer but if I want a Tube screamer I go and get one. Is not as good for solos specially and it sound great. Because the OCD is about the very best you can buy. I will only put another overdrive/boost pedal in this category. 1- ocd 1st version + Throbak Overdrive boost 2- ocd new version 3- ts-808 + klon + boss sd-1 + burriss....I hate to say it but MIKE FULLER finally did it.

SO FAR SO GOOD

WELL I MUST SAY HAD A FEW BAD EXPERIENCES WITH MIKE IN THE PAST. BUT THE VERY LAST TIME I SPOKE TO HIM IS LIKE A CHANGED MEN. I AM WORRIED BECAUSE IS HUMAN AFTER ALL.

THIS A KEPPER AND I WOULD GO TO THE END OF THE WORLD TO GET ANOTHER ONE OF THIS OCD PEDALS.
KILLER KILLER KILLER

Easy to dial in!

I got a great deal on this OCD pedal.
It's Hands down the best pedal Fulltone makes.
It is transparent but a little bit fizzy in the hi-end department.
I did an A/B test with my other pedals & it does hold up well, but
not enough to keep it. Rock, Hard Rock, Punk Rock, Blues it can
do all that. It lacks it's own distinct tone. The toggle is cool
& very usefull.

I'm sure it would last forever.

Pretty cool to deal with.

I use 2 pedals in my set-up. One Overdrive pedal in front of my
Bassman or Bandmaster & one overdrive pedal for solo's. I play
Hard Rock/Punk/Alt Country (it's all just Rock music to me).
The OCD sounds good, but there are many other pedals out ther that
kick its ass. Maybe if I would have bought this pedal before I tried so many other Fulltone pedals it would stick around. It's better than any modded pedal you'll ever find. Try one out for yourself & make a decision. Barber, MI Audio, Aramat & HAO to name a few make incredible pedals. You may end up trying them all like I have.
Thank god for Ebay. I would not buy this pedal again.

easy as pie to use. use your own imaginative and creative mind.thats why we buy different effects right? im a high gain kind of player and it seems most boutique pedals are geared for that (vintage tone). anyone notice that? anyway, the OCD is an awesome pedal for high gain usage. and not so high gain. i emailed Mr. Fuller about the use of the OCD with humbucking pups. his reply was (the OCD works perfectly with hums).

he was so right.

what an awesome pedal! again, i like a high gain pedal and this is great for that. and also it can be tamed down nicely as well. very tweakable. i use it through a modded hot rod deluxe, and a soldano astroverb. it kills with both amps.

no noise that i could detect.

im a 27 year player and electronics maniac. everything i have ever bought i tear open to check out the build quality. the OCD is a heavy pedal. that is because its built super solid! the inside is awesome as well. top notch components and excellent workmanship!

Mr. Fuller if you read this, thank you sir for building a superior pedal with the OCD.
im as anal as anal can get with my gear. the OCD was perfect right out of the box. also the guys at Humbucker music for which i bought it from are fanatastic people!

havent had to deal with customer support. but i can tell you that Mr. Fuller will answer your emails pretty promptly if he can. he did mine! and i ask some to the point questions! Fullton also puts mods and other tech tips on his website. thats a fantastic gesture.

27 year player here. i know my gear and guitars. Fulltone products are an example of (made by musicians for musicians). superior build qaulity and components. the OCD is a fantastic pedal for high gain and not so high gain distortions. and the high/low switch rules like perfectly! as with most products you get what you pay for. the best 160$ U.S. i have ever spent!


thank you Mr. Fuller! you rip man!

The manual was pretty much a waste of paper not because of the content because this pedal is so easy to get a good sound from.I bought the ocd without listening to it purely on the say so from my supplier and he wasnt wrong

I plugged it in and it gave me the sound that I have been looking for for a long time,it crunches it drives it gives that edgey dry vintage blues sound from my Marshall jcm900 and drives my boogie dc-3 into lonestar status.One thing that has really made this the one pedal everyone should have is it does`nt change the sound or character of my guitars,I have a Parker Nitefly and a Levinson blade they both have single coils , strum a chord and every note can be heard clearly not a mish mash as with the tube screamer,swithch to the humbucker on my nitefly and the sound is just warm and lush and again no colouration,you can change the tonal colour by playing with the guitar volume .this pedal is good ...no this pedal is sublime and if I had to keep just one this would be it

Can you depend on it? its built really well solid and time will tell if its reliable

havent needed it yet

I play everything from blues to folk to rock and back,I use to much gear to get the sound I want and this pedal has theoretically reduced the need for two amps...will I do that? NO cos I'm a gear freak but I will say that I would replace it,I have tried shed loads of overdrives and this is the only pedal that makes me want to write about it that puts it in a high value for money although its not the cheapest tart at the party it give the most bang for the buck

Pretty easy to use, some cool features are included, and the manual (while short) gives you more info than a Boss manual, and its' easier to understand!

The most beautiful thing is it will work with pretty much ANY adaptor between 9v and 18v. Sure the sound changes, but it makes it killer for gettting it running in a snitch.

Oh..and it's uber easy to get a great sound...not just good, great!

It's pretty killer that this pedal provides almost no mud, no matter where the dials are set. In the LF mode, it really dosn't effect your input signal all that much, but boosts things instead. Very transparent, and probably the most useful for me.

When you thorw it into the HF mode, it really opens up! The gain you get is very comparable to Plexi...bright but dark. And it is incredibly balsy and deep! It takes me AC30 and puts it right up there for high-gain agression!

All in all, I'm running this thing w/18v's, in HF mode, with just enough gain for it to still be smooth with my normal heavy handed attack, but when I really dig in it gets crunchy with some amazing mid-range!

seems more rugged than any other pedal I own

can't afford a backup...yet

Mike Fuller is an interesting character... fun to talk too!

This is a real kick ass pedal! I've been searching for a long time for a pedal that is smooth, and full sounding, with a lot of defintion for nice dirty jazz chords, but not too bright. The only other box that I've found that provides this is the Crowther Hot Cake, and that I like better for my lead, high gain tones, so I needed something for 'bluesy' drive...and this is it!

My rig is a stereo setup of an AC30 and a JCM900, acompanied by a Gibson ES-335 w/burstbucker pros, and a Gibson SG Suprmem with P94N and Superdistortion

Step on it and leave it on. It loves yer volume knob, responds beautifully.

With a little tweaking it sounds gorgeous. A Paul sounds like a Paul, a Strat like a Strat... you get the picture. Doesn't color yer sound at all.

100%

Haven't had to contact him.

Buy it now and leave it on. You won't regret it.

Very simple to use. You have your basic : Gain, Volume and Tone. Also you have a HP/LP switch. I'm sure all the previous reviews have covered this.

I had heard about this due to the hype surrounding it so I went ahead and bought it.

I play a number of guitars but mainly a Richie Sambora Fender Strat Mk II, Tom Anderson Classic T and a Gibson Historic '59 Les Paul Reissue. These are played through the following amps : Fender Twin Reverb (Silverface), Fender Blues Junior (this is what the majority of the review will be on), Fender Tonemaster and a Cornford Hurricane.

I play Classic Rock/Blues/Pop and the occasional bit of metal.

As for the gain this thing has a TON of it on tap. This is the first pedal I've actually been able to get a really decent metal sound with. It really is incredible, just crank the gain and blast out some Iron Maiden, it does it !!!

As for low gain stuff I don't think it's so great as with the gain off it still has too much gain. I guess it's more of a Distortion than an overdrive but don't let that put you off as it does a good low gain just not low enough. Hopefully my incoming Fulldrive 2 Mosfet will settle my needs there.

The pedal is also very amp like in the fact when you turn the volume up you get more gain so if you turn the gain up the volume needs to go down on the pedal. It can clean up very well with your guitar too.

Haven't really got much more to add but it covers everything from low/mid gain territory up to metal territory (Iron Maiden/Metallica not insane drop stuff) and is VERY quiet unlike most other pedals I've tried.

Built like a brick shit house. You could drop a million bricks on this thing and it'd still work.

Haven't dealt with Fulltone.

On a whole I think this is definetly one of the best pedals ever made so if you're in doubt about the hype just go an try one out and see for yourself how good it is. However if you really don't need high gain maybe take a look at the Fulldrive 2.