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Originally Posted by Surfy
Well now I'm officially interested in the OCD. So many choices. How about the GT-500? Anybody got an opinion on how that stacks up against the Full-Drive?
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2 ODCs in a row will definitely work, but that sort of violates the $200 rule you had mentioned earlier. Also, that sort of gives 3 stages of the same sound (light, moderate and heavy with a, b or a+b on). If you want to go that way, an OCD with a boost in front works too. Say the Xotic RC boost (or AC) in front of the OCD. RC is supposed to be cleaner. I have used my ZVex SuperHardon in front of an OCD and got way over the top, but again over the $200 limit (closer to twice that) for the combo. Of course, looking at the pricing, I see the OCD is down to about 150 a pop (I bought mine when it was closer to 175...but it has served me well, so no complaints). So, that 300 might be less than for some other combinations.
Perhaps, if you like the tone of the OCD, you could get a Bad Bob Boost and put in front of the OCD. That would give several sounds and a lot of gain for distortion with them both on, but the bad bob only has one knob.
From what you have said, while I love the tones I get from my Blackstone, it may not have enough distortion by itself. I use mine for light to heavy OD, and it sounds remarkably like a tube amp in OD to maybe medium distortion, but...I don't think of it as a just shy of metal distortion pedal. For that one sound, the Keeley modified Boss DS-1 works better, but you don't get two sounds like you do with the 2-button pedals, or pedal combinations.
Actually, get an OCD and keep the FD2. Then you can use them in series and get some pretty decent distortion. You would have to play with the tone controls, but then you are adding to your collection rather than just trading for something different. Frankly I have not put mine together like that, will have to try and provide report back.
Don't know if that helps or not, but an additional .02