Telecaster Guitar Forum - View Single Post - Not feeling my Full-Drive 2 anymore... time to switch!

Radspin · May 16th, 2008, 01:07 PM

I couldn't decide between the Full Drive II MOSFET and the OCD at first. I would up buying the Full Drive II because it was versatile, sounded great with my setup (Strat with Seymour Duncan Little '59 bridge pickup through a variety of BF and SF Fender amps), and I thought more "open" and "natural"-sounding than the OCD.

I used the Full Drive with great success for months but kept thinking about the OCD. So, I went back a bought it (a V3). Now I find that I can get the best of both worlds by setting the Full Drive II for a mild overdrive) (overdrive knob at about 8:00, switch #1 in Vintage Mode, switch #2 in Standard mode, Boost switch on or off according to the song), and setting the OCD for a raunchier lead sound (switch on LP, Volume around 11:00, Overdrive on around 1:00, Tone around 1:00).

Then of course I had to experiment with both of them together. running the Full Drive into the OCD gives you a great over-the-top sustaining sound. At a gig, I accidentally did the reverse and ran the OCD into the Full Drive, and that was good also--just a different flavor of over-the-top distortion. So--I recommend experimenting with both of these configurations. For now, the two pedals work great for me by setting the Full Drive II for a mild crunch that equals the volume of the clean sound, and using the OCD at a louder volume for lead, and running the Full Drive into the OCD for an intense sustaining lead sound.

May 16th, 2008, 01:07 PM	#18 (permalink)
Radspin Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: East Northport, NY Age: 53 Posts: 209	I couldn't decide between the Full Drive II MOSFET and the OCD at first. I would up buying the Full Drive II because it was versatile, sounded great with my setup (Strat with Seymour Duncan Little '59 bridge pickup through a variety of BF and SF Fender amps), and I thought more "open" and "natural"-sounding than the OCD. I used the Full Drive with great success for months but kept thinking about the OCD. So, I went back a bought it (a V3). Now I find that I can get the best of both worlds by setting the Full Drive II for a mild overdrive) (overdrive knob at about 8:00, switch #1 in Vintage Mode, switch #2 in Standard mode, Boost switch on or off according to the song), and setting the OCD for a raunchier lead sound (switch on LP, Volume around 11:00, Overdrive on around 1:00, Tone around 1:00). Then of course I had to experiment with both of them together. running the Full Drive into the OCD gives you a great over-the-top sustaining sound. At a gig, I accidentally did the reverse and ran the OCD into the Full Drive, and that was good also--just a different flavor of over-the-top distortion. So--I recommend experimenting with both of these configurations. For now, the two pedals work great for me by setting the Full Drive II for a mild crunch that equals the volume of the clean sound, and using the OCD at a louder volume for lead, and running the Full Drive into the OCD for an intense sustaining lead sound.