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Fulltone "RTO" Robin Trower Signature Overdrive

Item ID: RTO

Signature Overdrive Pedal

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Another instant classic from Fulltone!

Fulltone's "RTO" Robin Trower Overdrive offers an big, thick overdrive fit for a player of Trower's status. RTO is touch responsive, allowing every nuance of your playing to shine through, Chords sound huge and you've got plenty of sustain. Looking to clean up your tone a bit? Simply roll back the volume, giving you great dynamics in real time. RTO is built for Fenders and Marshalls, but responds well to all types of guitars and amps. Add excellent touch responsive, dynamic tones to your rig, it's the RTO Robin Trower Overdrive.

Fulltone "RTO" Robin Trower Overdrive 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 "RTO" Robin Trower Overdrive Features:
  • Great overdrive tones
  • Dynamic - roll back guitar volume for different tones
  • Volume, Tone, and Drive controls


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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Specification Detail
Type Overdrive/Distortion
Inputs 1 x Instrument
Outputs 1 x 1/4"
Power Supply Included No
Batteries 1 x 9V
Height 2.1"
Depth 4.5"
Width 2.5"
Weight 1 lbs.
Manufacturer Part Number RTO

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based on 2 reviews

Works well with humbuckers

by Stan Martin from Warner Robins, Georgia
May 15, 2012
Music Background: week-end bar room guitar slinger
I'm a big Trower fan but I play a mid sixties Gibson 335 with humbuckers, of course. I wanted to get a little bit of that great Trower sound going for me but I wasn't at all sure this overdrive would... read more [+] work well with a non-strat guitar. Fortunately, it works great and I am very pleased. It has a wide range of control and is easy to dial in. You can tell that it is professional quality. With true by-pass, you don't have to worry about it squashing your sound, if and when you switch it off. Somehow it has great clarity, even when the drive is turned up. close [-]

RTO Signature Overdrive

by BW from Kentucky
October 29, 2010
Music Background: Session player, semi pro-musician.
By far one of the best overdrives I've ever used...and I've used quite a few. It's smooth, cleans up well, might be better for single coils than humbuckers - but I'm still debating. Produces, what I w... read more [+]ould interpret as a "woody like" or familiar overtone of sorts. Not sure if that's exactly the wording I want to use but they seem to fit the best. It just has a very pleasing (to me) overtone you can hear through the drive. This is not a heavy overdrive, it's inteneded, in my opinion, to mimic a cranked Marshall, which it does and can do. (Be it an early metal-face.) Of course your set-up may differ, so you may experience different results. close [-]

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