Fulltone Guitar Effects

I was looking for a good drive pedal that would bring a full and natural overdrive to my amplifier. After trying differant pedals that sounded contrived, I heard about Fulltone's product. I reluctantly decided to put down the $170 dollars that Guitar Center was asking for this product. Yes, it is expensive. My favorite aspect of Fulltone's Fulldrive 2 pedal its full, natural sound. I was overwhelmed at how well it played through my Fender Deville amplifier with a Tele. You can easily obtain a vintage tone through the use of the Fulltone Fulldrive, but if you are chasing the metal craze, this is not your pedal. The tone levels are versitile, the volume is resonable, the BOOST is great for leads, etc, etc. I honestly dislike nothing about this unit. The little rubber feet on the bottom make it a little annoying to attach to a pedalboard, but thats just me trying to stretch myself to find something bad about it. This pedal is quite an indestructible object. As long as you don't run it over with your car it should be fine. ...I don't suggest throwing it against a wall at full force either...but who knows, it might come out undamaged. The price was very well worth the performance! For styles ranging from blues and jazz, to classic rock, to indie, this pedal covers everything BUT METAL. (Although you can try, you could get a very differant sound). I suggest you try it out. It is perfect for me. Hopefully you can say the same. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

The Fulltone Fulldrive II is an overdrive pedal with a Boost button for additional overdrive gain. This pedal is hand wired and completely analog. UTILIZATION This is an easy to use pedal with a multitude of tonal options. There are four knobs; Level, Tone, Drive and Boost. These control the volume of the pedal, the tone, the amount of drive, and the amount of Boost drive, respectively. The two footswitches on the pedal turn the pedal on and off and engage the Boost function, which does not work independently of the regular overdrive section. There is also a 3-way, miniature toggle switch to select one of three modes. The first is the Comp-Cut mode, which makes the pedal more of a clean boost. In this mode you get less gain, but way more volume output from the Fulldrive. The next is Vintage mode, which delivers a traditional Tube Screamer tone with a slight bump in mids. The final mode is the FM, or flat mids. This mode has the tonal characteristics of the Vintage mode but without the mid bump giving it a flatter EQ curve. SOUND QUALITY I used the Fulldrive II with a Gibson Les Paul Custom and several different amps, including a Marshall JCM 800 2x12 50 watt combo, a Laney LC50-II, and a Fender Super Reverb. In most cases I was using the Fulldrive as a boost to an already distorted tone, but I have also used the pedal as my stand alone overdrive tone. I would set the pedal differently for each scenario and in both cases the pedal performed amazingly well. OVERALL OPINION My favorite thing about the Fulldrive II is the versatility of the pedal. I have owned several overdrive pedals and this is by far the best. It is capable of so many different tones it is truly an indispensable tool for any guitar rig.

Where do I begin with this pedal. This is quite simply one of the best pedal you can buy on the market. Ill start by giving the difference that this 1st version has sound wise. This is the sound that started it all. Version 1- Serial numbers: #000 - #4563 Sound- -Lots of bass -lots of high end Version i is very similar to versions 2. When we hit version 3 and 4 that is where some more dramatic changes occurred. The OCD stands for Obsessive Compulsive Drive. This pedal is made to high standards and is quite an inexpensive boutique pedal. This pedal is good for slamming the front of your amp into high gain territory or just hitting it with some clean boost. Either way is equally spectacular. Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal Features: * Tube-like overdrive and touch-sensitive response * HP/LP switch for instant re-voicing and uses * Volume, Tone, Drive controls * True bypass switching UTILIZATION The OCD pedal takes over where the tube screamer left off. Not only does this pedal make your amp bite more but it really spanks the front end giving it good saturated distortion. The tone is very fat and warm. It makes a Strat get a little beefier when plugged into a clean amp. Pretty simple functions with only 3 knobs and one mini switch that controls the high and low peek voicings. Good for changing or tailoring the voicing to fit your needs or your amps needs. SOUND QUALITY The sound is spectacular with this pedal. The color of the tone and the versatility of the pedal makes this a standard in gear magazines must have pedals. There isn't a sound that I don't like in this pedal. It does all of it so well that it is hard to choose which setting I like best. If I had to pick, I would go with the clean boost setting which would be taking your gain to around 9:00 and you tone around noon and your level as desired and slam the front of a heavily overdriven amp. Use this with a Strat and a Fender Deluxe and you'll have classic rock tones for days. Put it in front of a Marshall JCM800 with a Les Paul or a Charvel and you'll be cranking some heavy rock n roll tones. OVERALL OPINION At the price point this just makes sense. And you don't even have to modify this pedal to get it to work. I give it a perfect for that reason alone. Being able to sound amazing at under $150 for a used one and be ready for stage use is a must own. I recommend this pedal to any gigging guitarist and home player. This pedal will excite the dreamer guitar player for world changing tone. It is a blast to play and will be in my pedal hall of fame.

Made in SoCal, 1/4 inch in and output jacks, The two main controls are for Volume and Distortion. Below these two knobs are four smaller controls for Resonance, Voicing, Highs, and Saturation. The Resonance control shapes the bottom end, the Voicing is a midrange control, Actually a midrange control that is distortion level dependent. Highs will boost or cut the treble. And Saturation is what lets you dial in the amount of how much you want the pedal to act like a sagging tube amp. True bypass as all Fulltone pedals. UTILIZATION The owners manual is well laid out with plenty of good sounding sample settings to get you up and running quickly. SOUND QUALITY I have used this with various amps such a THD Flexi 50, 70s Marshalls, 60s Fender Bassman, and it does shine with clean amps turning it into a great overdrive sound. Actually one of my favorite moments with this pedal was plugging a Vigieer Shawn lane model into this into a THD Flexi 50 when recording a Robben Ford cover and getting a very convincing Robben Ford style Dumble overdrive tone. And funnily enough the pedal sounds equal at home with humbuckers and single coils, as well as with loud amps with band usage as well as practice amps at home. A big surprise that was. Actually I think this is one of the few pedals I’ve used that can have you use Strat into a clean amp and end up with a harmonicly rich, still dynamic sound. OVERALL OPINION I have used this pedal for many years with loud clean amps, I know of guys that aren’t too fond of it. However most of them tend to use it with amps with gobs of pre-amp gain. I can see how all that cascaded gain would make for a fuzzed out mess. The only other pedal that turns a clean amp into a high gainer is the Emma Reezafratzitz RF-1.

The Fulltone GT-500 is a FET based distortion and booster pedal designed for use with electric guitar. The pedal can be used with any electronic instrument, but I've only got experience with the pedal in tandem with electric guitar. The pedal is made up of analog parts and has standard 1/4 inch connections and power supply characteristics. The pedal isn't rack mountable as it is a foot pedal. UTILIZATION The Fulltone GT-500 pedal is split up into two different sections. Since it is both a distortion and booster in one, it has the two split into different sections. The booster section has parameters for volume and drive, along with buttons for highs and bass control. The distortion part of the pedal has knobs for volume and distortion and three buttons for bass, mids, and highs. Another really cool parameter that the pedal has is the ability to choose which way you want to route the different effects. You can either have the booster or the distortion in front, which is really cool as it really makes the pedal two in one. I've never seen the manual for the GT-500 so I can't say anything about how it is put together. SOUND QUALITY The Fulltone GT-500 comes in two different models - one is FET based and one is not I believe. The one that I have used is the red, FET based pedal. Both the distortion and the booster sound like top notch pedals on their own, so combining the two makes for a killer pedal. I've used the pedal with a Fender Stratocaster and a '76 Fender Twin Reverb, which for me seems like the the perfect combination for a pedal of this type as the distortion and booster are both very transparent sounding. I love distortion that is dirty but still has some clean aspects where you can still hear everything perfectly, which is exactly the type of sound that you get from the GT-500... OVERALL OPINION Since the Fulltone GT-500 is really like two pedals in one, it does have the price tag to go along with this. However, it is still a reasonable price considering how well made this pedal is and how great it sounds. I love having both a high quality booster and distortion all in one, and they have really made it so it has the feel of two separate pedals. The distortion sound probably isn't for everyone, but for me the Fulltone GT-500 provides exactly the type of distortion/overdrive sound that I look for.

(Originally written by seb_c_bien/translated from Audiofanzine FR) Inverted PSU polarity unlike standard PSUs of most effect pedals. You'll need a screw driver to replace the battery. The only exact copy of the legendary Tycobrahe Octavia, but with one more octave. UTILIZATION Fuzz + Octaver OR Fuzz only. It's plug and play! I tested it at a store with a bass guitar and an Ampeg combo. SOUND QUALITY Very good product! The sound is grainy, slightly acid, dynamic, rich, thick, bright or dark, well-balanced. The sound is not so powerful as the a Big Muff. I mean, the Big Muff is like the diesel engine among fuzz pedals this Fulltone would be the gas version. There are also Formula 1 fuzzes, but that's another story. All controls are effective and responsive unlike some products of other manufacturers. The pedal produces 60's and 70's sound but also modern sounds! OVERALL OPINION It's rather expensive but it's worth its price! The pedal produces 60's and 70's sound but also modern sounds!