![]() The closest box I can think of to compare the OCD to off the top of my head would be the box I mentioned above: The TS-808 Tube Screamer. Most likely, they’ve tried to use it in the way I described above.Ĭomparisons? Well, I’m never one to say this box is better than this box, unless the tonal quality is perceptibly that much better. A lot of folks have complained about this pedal clipping too much with their amps. Otherwise you’ll get a very rough (read: ugly) distortion. ![]() That said, if you do use it with a drive channel, either let it do the driving, and turn your amp’s boost down, or turn down the OCD’s distortion, and pump up the volume knob on the box. ![]() It does not sound good when used in the drive channel, which already breaks up your tone. It won’t pour on oodles of low-end, especially if your setup is on the thin side.Īn important note: The OCD works best with a single channel Class A amp, or on the clean channel of a multiple gain stage amp. As I mentioned, it’s a tone enhancer, that will break up your signal as much or as little as you want. The OCD has that, but that’s not its strength. It has a different character actually, a VERY unique character, that will endear it to some, and ward off others, especially those who are expecting a real low-end oomph. Once it was released, a lot of players were disappointed, thinking that this would be the be-all, end-all of distortion boxes. That said, before Mike Fuller released this box, there was A LOT of hype surrounding it. In a nutshell, if you’re looking for a distortion box that will make your good tone sound even better, this box is for you. I only have a 9 volt power supply, but it’ll take up 18 volts, though I’ve read that 12 volts is probably the best. I haven’t confirmed this, but from other reviews I’ve read, and from the dude that sold me the pedal (I trust him mightily), the more voltage you run through the OCD, the better it sounds.That’s yet another amazing thing about the OCD, it’s sensitive as all get-out even at lower volumes. With the OCD, you also get the touch sensitivity you’d expect out of a cranked amp.It’s very much in character with a box like the Ibanez TS-808, another overdrive box that I have that I love for its transparency. With the OCD, your tonal clarity is retained, even with heavy distortion, AND you get those overtones and harmonics – EVEN AT BEDROOM LEVELS!!! Think of the OCD’s distortion as an extension and enhancement of your tone. As far as distortion is concerned, the OCD will not muddy your tone – especially at lower volumes, and you get all the juicy, complex harmonics that you get out of a cranked amp.But the OCD adds a lot of sustain with hardly any tonal interference (that makes your sound really muddy). One thing that can be a bit of a frustration for me when playing my Strat is when I bend a high note (above the 12th fret), there’s just not much sustain in the guitar itself (of course, unless I crank my amp). Whether you’re in HP or LP mode, the thing that I noticed the most was the amount of sustain it added to the notes I was playing.Set it to LP, turn down the drive, and the pedal acts as a clean booster with the volume knob. ![]() #Pedal clones ocd plus#Set it to (H)igh (P)eak and you get glorious sounding bottom end and increased dynamic range, plus more distortion throughout various volume levels. It’ll give you more or less distortion depending up on the position you set it to. #Pedal clones ocd manual#Tone knob – according to the manual (and I confirmed this as well), the tone knob only affects the high frequencies, but you can use it to sweeten up a lead or get a more squishy, punchier sound – very cool.Special note for my friend IG over at igblog: Here’s your clean booster, and you get a freakin’ amazing distortion box to boot!!! But here’s a real treat: The volume knob can give you up to 30dB of boost!!! Need a clean booster? Here it is, plus you can get that sexy, smooth distortion out of it as well. First off, it has a true bypass switch, so when it’s off, it’s off, and you don’t have to remove the battery if you’ve got it plugged into a 9 volt power source.I just love when that happens! Here are some of the features of this little beast: There have only been a few times in all the years that I’ve been playing guitar that I’ve had an epiphany with a pedal, where after just playing a few notes, a light bulb would go off in my head, and I’d exclaim, “That’s the sound I’m after!” The Fulltone OCD did that to me this afternoon.
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