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Full OD: based on Fulltone Full-Drive 2
Fulltone in the USA was one of the first “boutique” pedalbuilders. Michael Fuller’s reputation isn’t built on being humble, he just builds very high-quality pedals and effects. And he’s the inventor of the 3PDT switch, which enabled builders to build true bypass pedals with a LED.
His Full-Drive overdrive pedal, especially the Full-Drive 2 (FD2), marks the rise of his fame. It’s used by John Mayer, Robin Trower and many others. Based on the Tube Screamer, and improving on it.
There have been many versions of the FD2. At least 6 versions are mentioned here. The early orange version in particular is very collectable.
Review in Legendary Tones
It’s not known on which exact version of the Full-Drive 2 Fractal Audio’s “Full OD” model is based. The model uses the silicon Clip Type. Low Cut is 330 Hz and High Cut at 880.
The Full-Drive 2 pedal has these controls:
Of course the Drive block allows us to adjust far more things than the modeled unit: Bias, Slew, Mix, High Cut and other parameters are available to us. But that's beyond the scope of this thread. Those parameters are discussed in the manual and wiki.
About CPU:
Link to the list of published threads
Full OD: based on Fulltone Full-Drive 2
Fulltone in the USA was one of the first “boutique” pedalbuilders. Michael Fuller’s reputation isn’t built on being humble, he just builds very high-quality pedals and effects. And he’s the inventor of the 3PDT switch, which enabled builders to build true bypass pedals with a LED.
His Full-Drive overdrive pedal, especially the Full-Drive 2 (FD2), marks the rise of his fame. It’s used by John Mayer, Robin Trower and many others. Based on the Tube Screamer, and improving on it.
There have been many versions of the FD2. At least 6 versions are mentioned here. The early orange version in particular is very collectable.
Review in Legendary Tones
It’s not known on which exact version of the Full-Drive 2 Fractal Audio’s “Full OD” model is based. The model uses the silicon Clip Type. Low Cut is 330 Hz and High Cut at 880.
Cliff:
"The Full OD model is based on a Fulltone Fulldrive 2."
"The Full OD model is based on a Fulltone Fulldrive 2."
The Full-Drive 2 pedal has these controls:
- Volume: controls the output volume (model: Level), 20 dB gain.
- Overdrive: controls the amount of overdrive (model: Drive).
- Tone: controls the amount of presence (model: Tone).
- Boost: not modeled.
Of course the Drive block allows us to adjust far more things than the modeled unit: Bias, Slew, Mix, High Cut and other parameters are available to us. But that's beyond the scope of this thread. Those parameters are discussed in the manual and wiki.
Personal notes:
If you’re looking for a drive model which thickens your notes, try this model. Together with the Esoteric ACB model, it tops the list of “thick” overdrives.
You’ll notice that the model is very, very dark. Tone has to be turned up to 8 or higher to add presence to the tone. This leads me to believe that the model might be in need of an update. Judging from the firmware release notes, the model hasn’t seen a specific update in a long time, although it has been part of overall updates of the models which are based on the Tube Screamer.
If you’re looking for a drive model which thickens your notes, try this model. Together with the Esoteric ACB model, it tops the list of “thick” overdrives.
You’ll notice that the model is very, very dark. Tone has to be turned up to 8 or higher to add presence to the tone. This leads me to believe that the model might be in need of an update. Judging from the firmware release notes, the model hasn’t seen a specific update in a long time, although it has been part of overall updates of the models which are based on the Tube Screamer.
About CPU:
- Fractal Audio's Drive models take up varying amounts of CPU. The Full OD requires a lot.
- When a Drive block is engaged, CPU percentage will rise during playing, because CPU usage is "amplitude dependent".
Link to the list of published threads
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