Fulltone

[Thunder]

Re: Fulltone

Wah pedals in general are a one trick pony but I have to be honest...I think that a Teese Picture wah is more vintage sounding than the Fulltone Clyde...the Fulltone strikes me as a modern interpretation of a vintage Vox wah. Think about it like this, the Fulltone wah is like an Alnico II Pro...kind of like a PAF, similar tone but jazzed up a bit for a more modern sound, a vintage modern pickup and the Teese is like a Seth Lover, an exact recreation of something vintage...neither are better or worse than the other but the Fulltone has a modern flavor I didn't care for...

Another great analogy by tgwif!

 

[some_dude]

Re: Fulltone

Truth is that tape echo is not everyone's cup of tea and the other thing is that I am simply not impressed with the TTE...I tink in trying to make the Echoplex design more modern and up to date Mike killed off some of the funky charm...

I also A/B'd a Space Echo during the same sitting (and an AD-9 FWIW). The Space Echo rocked. I would've bought it on the spot but they're so old that I was paranoid of it breaking on me.

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: Fulltone

I also A/B'd a Space Echo during the same sitting (and an AD-9 FWIW). The Space Echo rocked. I would've bought it on the spot but they're so old that I was paranoid of it breaking on me.

I tried a few Space Echo's at a guitar show several yeras ago and really dig them...I was amazed by the fat that they were so pricy...at the time $150-200 seems really high for a delay box!:banghead:

Shoulda grabbed one then...oh well, live and learn!

 

[Tor]

Re: Fulltone

OCD...well that thing has about the worst output impedance ever

I'll probably regret asking, but can you substantiate that post? Why is it so? How does it affect the rig?

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Fulltone

200ohm out...that is just asking for trouble......
Everything after that thing will suffer from that impedance.
Lifted from TGP...saved me from writing alot of crap

"The output of the OCD is an unbuffered volume pot... 100k or 500k depending on which version that you have. The pedal following the OCD will put a load on the volume pot and reduce the overall signal volume, significantly or not depending on the input impedance of the second pedal. A buffered input pedal will not put much load on it and the signal will come through stronger than if the pedal has a lower input Z. The volume drop/boost will be more noticeable with the 500k version than the 100k. This same problem applies to any other pedal with a volume pot on the output. The Fuzzface should produce a similar response..."

 

[Tor]

Re: Fulltone

Meaning just pedals, or will the amp suffer as well? How will it impact the tone exactly?

 

[some_dude]

Re: Fulltone

I'll probably regret asking, but can you substantiate that post? Why is it so? How does it affect the rig?

Everything you put after the OCD changes the sound of the gain.

I think it's a great pedal when it's the only pedal you use, but if you have alot going on on your pedalboard it can be a nightmare, particularly if you like to change things up alot.

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: Fulltone

This has explained a LOT about the tone of the OCD to me...

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Fulltone

Meaning just pedals, or will the amp suffer as well? How will it impact the tone exactly?

Everything will be affected by it....it is like an old Fuzzface and alike, as mentioned in the quote.

 

[Tor]

Re: Fulltone

Hm, okay.. Thanks for your input. I have had the OCD second last in the signal chain before my amp, with a passive volume pedal in between the two. I haven't noticed any drastic tone suffering though..

edit: sorry for derailing the thread by the way..

 

[sonnyblu]

Re: Fulltone

This is interesting about the OCD impedance... I must look into it.
I have OCD versions 1, 2 and 3... tone definably gets progressively better.
I run mine at 18v for the heck of it, only because I can... I don't notice much difference.

What about OCD settings everyone? I venture to guess the most popular is approx:
All knobs at about 10:00 o'clock... am I correct?
.

 

[Tor]

Re: Fulltone

So far, I am really liking the setting where I have the volume at 10, tone at 12, and drive at 9, in the HP mode. Either alone or in conjunction with the amp's distortion.

 

[some_dude]

Re: Fulltone

Hm, okay.. Thanks for your input. I have had the OCD second last in the signal chain before my amp, with a passive volume pedal in between the two. I haven't noticed any drastic tone suffering though..

edit: sorry for derailing the thread by the way..

If you want a simple example, plug in with just the OCD and play for a bit, then add a Boss pedal after it and play using the same settings.

A similar jump in tone will happen when using other pedals, particularily true-bypass pedals. Delays, flangers, stuff like that that will buffer the signal when on but reverts to non buffered when bypassed.

 

[Tor]

Re: Fulltone

Thanks, will definitely check it.