Full-Drive question

[the guy who invented fire]

The new ones have a 3 position switch that is the comp-cut that used to be on a push pull pot and the other 2 positions are vintage mids and flat mids...here is my question, before the switch which mid setting was the pedal?

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Full-Drive question

That's a good question. The FD I was just a gray box with one mode.
As soon as I'd heard of Fulltone (I lived a few blocks away in Venice), I bought an early orange one. I'm not sure how the mids were dialed, but the first thing they changed was the pull-up knob for compression. I can hardly remember if it was to add it or subtract it, but I took it to Mike Fuller and he did the update for free.
I think the mids mods came when the blue FD II came out. I want to know for myself what the actual difference is between the orange, blue, red, yellow, and cream ones??

 

[Curly]

Re: Full-Drive question

it is a good question, but I don't know the answer ... a good question for Mike Fuller or maybe Ted at MusicToyz

as far as the colors, I think the orange ones were commissioned by a store and were a little different in the mids

I think he may have done the custom colors in the previous model, but I'm not sure. I've seen someone on ebay try to claim that the custom shop ones sound better, but I think that's unlikely.

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: Full-Drive question

thanks guys...I guess I need to get with Mike and get the scoop!

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Full-Drive question

As far as I know, only the cream-coloured "Robin Trower" Full-Drive has a different circuit than the rest of the FD-2's. I believe that the difference between the Full-Drive (original) and the FD-2 is a different op-amp chip (if I remember from reading on their site a while back).

The "Flat Mids" is the new midrange setting on the latest version of the FD. In the "Vintage" setting, it's the same as my FD-2. The oompression circuit has a very slight midrange boost, which is why the toggle will allow you to either bypass the compressor, go with the original tone of the compressor, or compress the signal with flatter mids. I don't think the frequency response in the "F" position will show a ruler flat midrange response, tho, with a guitar signal going through it. There are too many variables involved.

I personally love the idea of having the comp-cut on a switch instead of the pull pot, because I've accidently stepped on the comp-cut enough times to just keep it engaged when I play now (which is the down position) ... you get a slightly brighter, more agressive tone when the compressor is out of the signal path.

I've grown so used to the smoothness of the compression circuit, tho, that I just leave it on all the time.

A friend of mine picked up the new FD-2 @ Guitar Center on Friday night ... the price is now $200! Wow.

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: Full-Drive question

As far as I know, only the cream-coloured "Robin Trower" Full-Drive has a different circuit than the rest of the FD-2's. I believe that the difference between the Full-Drive (original) and the FD-2 is a different op-amp chip (if I remember from reading on their site a while back).

The "Flat Mids" is the new midrange setting on the latest version of the FD. In the "Vintage" setting, it's the same as my FD-2.

I personally love the idea of having the comp-cut on a switch instead of the pull pot, because I've stepped on the comp-cut enough times to just keep it engaged when I play now ... you get a slightly brighter, more agressive tone when the compressor is out of the signal path.

I've grown so used to the smoothness of the compression circuit, tho, that I just leave it on all the time.

OK, Im confused...the cream clolred Fulltone unit is a Deja-Vibe, the Cream/maroon FD-2 says nothing about Robin Trower...

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Full-Drive question

OK, Im confused...the cream clolred Fulltone unit is a Deja-Vibe, the Cream/maroon FD-2 says nothing about Robin Trower...

There was a creme coloured FD-2 that's a custom colour. My bad; tho I could swear there was a "Robin Trower" creme FD-2 as well ...

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