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Fulltone Obsessive Compulsive Drive

Guitar Overdrive Effects Pedal with Highpass and Lowpass Filters

Item ID: OCD

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Fulltone — Amazing sound and quality!

The Fulltone Obsessive Compulsive Drive is an overdrive pedal that responds to picking dynamics and touch sensitivity - not to mention enhancing beautiful harmonics. The Obsessive Compulsive Drive reacts beautifully to big fat chords and fares well with leads and solos, as well. Roll back the guitar's volume and you've got a new palette of sounds to play with. The best thing about the Obsessive Compulsive Drive is your guitar still sounds like your guitar - just a bit better! You obsess over your tone; now you can have Obsessive Compulsive Drive, too!

Fulltone Obsessive Compulsive Drive at a Glance:
  • Long-lasting pots
  • Who uses Fulltone?

Long-lasting pots
Fulltone's custom-made brass-shaft pots are among the strongest and smoothest feeling pots available. These amazing pots are mounted to the interior PCB board via a proprietary "thru-PCB" method rather than having the pot be secured by the pot terminals, drastically reducing pot-related failure. This method keeps Fulltone pedals up and running for the duration of your playing days. Plus, this eliminates the need for a bunch of jumper wires, keeping your tone as pure as humanly possible.

Who uses Fulltone?
The list of Fulltone fans reads like a who's who of guitar heroes. Both Ron Wood and Keith Richards have Fulltone gear in their touring rigs, as does Nigel Tufnel from the legendary British metal band Spinal Tap, and Boston bad-boys Joe Perry and Tom Hamilton. Punk/rockabilly mainstay Reverend Horton Heat is a Fulltone convert. Other notable Fulltone users include Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard, Jack Bruce of Cream, perennial alt rocker Lou Reed, and Tom Petty along with Heartbreaker Mike Campbell.

Fulltone Obsessive Compulsive Drive Features:
  • Great overdrive tones
  • Huge palette of available sounds
  • Switchable hi- and lo-pass filters


Why buy Fulltone?
Fulltone was founded in 1991 by session guitarist, composer, performer, and electronic tinkerer Michael Fuller. His pedals were born out of love for music and tone, as well as the frustration at the inconsistencies and the often fragile nature of vintage pedals. Fulltone pedals are 100% handmade in Southern California using the finest components, including custom-made 22-gauge copper wire with no tin coating, Fulltone-designed 3PDT switches, and custom-made brass shaft pots, mounted using Fulltone's proprietary "thru-PCB" method. The end result: Fulltone pedals are built to last and sound amazing.

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Maynard Madsen
Dynamic, responsive, touch sensitive...The best descriptive term for the OCD is TONE!!! And yes, that is tone with all capital letters and three exclamation points!

The Best OD ever!

by Luke Landis from Fort Wayne
September 23, 2008
Music Background: 20+ years, non pro
I have V1, and V3. I use the V1 for lighter OD with the LP mode. Fantasic light boost tone. V3 is set for more gain/mids and in HP mode. This version is close to V4(current), and I can't live with out... read more [+] this one. I can take this OCD and my Eric Johnson strat and be very happy.

Good things about the OCD...

VERY amp like in "feel". Works great with an amp thats breaking up some.

HP/LP mode give some very cool sounds with the HP the tighter, with more gain. LP is looser IMHO.

Not really much $ for the tone!!!!

The tone is basicly "MORE" of my amps great natural tone. No real big mid hump.

NOT a TS clone in any way.

Responds to the Volume of the guitar like a great tube amp.

Can be run up to 18v for even more tones.

Rock solid night after night on stage!!!!!!!

Works great with Humbuckers and Single Coils. Took a few tweaks with my p90 Les Paul Jr. close [-]

OCD

by Chris H. from Burleson, Texas
September 22, 2008
Music Background: Hobbyist
This pedal actually replaced my Kelley TS-808. Yes, it's that good! I highly recommend this pedal.

OCD rules

by Mickey Springer from Hollywood, CA USA
August 23, 2008
Music Background: Cascade studios Hollywood, get to watch pro musicians practice, allways talk shop about their gear. play around with the guitar a little my self ;p
I play Rock and Metal, some neo-C leads. I've tried so many different types of overdrives and was never satisfied. I stuck it out with the ts-808 for a long time.
The OCD is not your average 80... read more [+]8 clone.
It has its own sound, and boy is that sound sweet.
it sounds more like your amp giving you the gain than a pedal.
You get the cool o.d. harmonics with the gain knob barley on. nice clean overtones.

I've played with all 4 versions.
for me I rank them in this order:
v1-v4-v3-v2
I like the v1 the best because the mids are scooped a little compared to the others.

Lately I've been using it with a Fulltone Soul Bender fuzz. Heaven!

I will always be searching for something better but i don't think I will ever sell it.

(*Listen to Paul Gilbert(uses one)
and listen to Takayoshi Omhura - in a rough state.
best tone of '08 close [-]

Outstanding overdrive pedal

by Jeff F from Greenville, SC
September 30, 2008
Music Background: Hobbyist
Many people are critical of the "Fulltone hype machine." However this pedal truly lives up to all of the praise it's received.

I've played this pedal through my Vox AC-15CC and it is... read more [+] a complete monster. If you roll the drive back all the way and crank the volume pot, it serves as a great clean boost. With the volume about 12 o'clock and the drive at 3, flip the toggle to HP and you can get amazing british crunch. I'm still learning what this pedal can do and am consistently amazed at the amount of different overdriven sounds that I can get out of it.

If you are looking for a distortion pedal that will serve you well for Death, Grind, thrash, etc then I would recommend looking elsewhere. But if you are looking for more of that NWOBHM sound (which I was when I bought this) don't hesitate and buy this. close [-]

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