OCD vs Plimsoul
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thespricket
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Re: OCD vs Plimsoul
Haven't AB'd it with a Plimsoul, but I did have a shoot out with a Lovepedal Superlead. The Superlead was shockingly awesome.
Haven't AB'd it with a Plimsoul, but I did have a shoot out with a Lovepedal Superlead. The Superlead was shockingly awesome.
PVFan
Fudgeitallologist
Re: OCD vs Plimsoul
hey have you ever done a 3-way comparison with a Kanji, a Kalamazoo, and a Fetto Nord Himmelstrutz? this one guy did once and he picked this one.
meanwhile I'm having a good time a/b'ing the pedals in the title, and gathering my thoughts for my little blog here
it's a lotta fun switching back and forth and I love both, only tried humbuckers so far on the OCD -- the Plim still rules ...
hey have you ever done a 3-way comparison with a Kanji, a Kalamazoo, and a Fetto Nord Himmelstrutz? this one guy did once and he picked this one.
meanwhile I'm having a good time a/b'ing the pedals in the title, and gathering my thoughts for my little blog here
it's a lotta fun switching back and forth and I love both, only tried humbuckers so far on the OCD -- the Plim still rules ...
PVFan
Fudgeitallologist
Re: OCD vs Plimsoul
Hi
*** with humbuckers only so far ***
OCD: crispier
Plim: squishier
OCD: more 80s & 90s
Plim: more 70s
OCD: more Scorpions
Plim: more Gojira
OCD: more waxed
Plim: more hairy
OCD: tighter
Plim: looser
OCD: whiter
Plim: purpler
OCD: easier to dial up, plug n play after my time with a Plimsoul into 5 amps and 8 speakers
Plim: way more versatile and complex, like a streamlined GT-500
OCD: singular in function, really - and I love that
Plim: it's 2 or 3 pedals in 1. More flexible. It's a distortion factory.
OCD: feels good to switch over to after playing the Plim
Plim: feels good to switch over to after playing the OCD
I'm really digging the switching back and forth. The different flavors keep it moving. I try to make one sound like the other, I think I nail it, and then I'm surprised after a while when I discover they don't sound nearly alike as I thought -- yet each is seriously great sounding to me nonetheless.
Too much fun up in this beach.
:fest6: New Pedal Shootout Day
Hi
*** with humbuckers only so far ***
OCD: crispier
Plim: squishier
OCD: more 80s & 90s
Plim: more 70s
OCD: more Scorpions
Plim: more Gojira
OCD: more waxed
Plim: more hairy
OCD: tighter
Plim: looser
OCD: whiter
Plim: purpler
OCD: easier to dial up, plug n play after my time with a Plimsoul into 5 amps and 8 speakers
Plim: way more versatile and complex, like a streamlined GT-500
OCD: singular in function, really - and I love that
Plim: it's 2 or 3 pedals in 1. More flexible. It's a distortion factory.
OCD: feels good to switch over to after playing the Plim
Plim: feels good to switch over to after playing the OCD
I'm really digging the switching back and forth. The different flavors keep it moving. I try to make one sound like the other, I think I nail it, and then I'm surprised after a while when I discover they don't sound nearly alike as I thought -- yet each is seriously great sounding to me nonetheless.
Too much fun up in this beach.
:fest6: New Pedal Shootout Day
PVFan
Fudgeitallologist
Re: OCD vs Plimsoul
Plimsoul is heavier. Has more crust. Ideal for djent players. A broader sounding distortion, a "fuller" distortion if you will, and more of it. The OCD showed me how to dial in the Plimsoul to get more out of it. There is so much distortion in that Plimsoul and so much granular variance in the controls that it can get tricky to dial yer thing in, and it can get raspy if yer not careful.
It also cleans up more musically than the OCD.
I'm keeping the OCD because it has an inherent go-to sound that I like and I don't need to tweak. And the palette between the two will take me a while to mine.
All I can say is I'm not frustrated by the goings on, instead these pedals are fun, comfortable, and complementary to each other. They're like brothers I don't think I could separate.
The Plimsoul is NOT an OCD v.5, at all. Get that right outta yer mind, dear reader.
It does win, however.
Plimsoul is heavier. Has more crust. Ideal for djent players. A broader sounding distortion, a "fuller" distortion if you will, and more of it. The OCD showed me how to dial in the Plimsoul to get more out of it. There is so much distortion in that Plimsoul and so much granular variance in the controls that it can get tricky to dial yer thing in, and it can get raspy if yer not careful.
It also cleans up more musically than the OCD.
I'm keeping the OCD because it has an inherent go-to sound that I like and I don't need to tweak. And the palette between the two will take me a while to mine.
All I can say is I'm not frustrated by the goings on, instead these pedals are fun, comfortable, and complementary to each other. They're like brothers I don't think I could separate.
The Plimsoul is NOT an OCD v.5, at all. Get that right outta yer mind, dear reader.
It does win, however.
Chickenwings
Alnico 6/8
Re: OCD vs Plimsoul
Do you have a GT-500? Can you throw how that compares into the mix too?
Do you have a GT-500? Can you throw how that compares into the mix too?
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MetalManiac
Li'l Junior Member
Re: OCD vs Plimsoul
Can you start a thread about 'Djent"? That one east Indian dude who plays a 7 string who does some demonstrations is good. This is a Genre that I identify with.
Can you start a thread about 'Djent"? That one east Indian dude who plays a 7 string who does some demonstrations is good. This is a Genre that I identify with.
PVFan
Fudgeitallologist
Re: OCD vs Plimsoul
I did have one, Ferrari Red. Looked like a race car. Loved it. Adored it. Traded it for a Plimsoul. Would do it again in a picosecond. Dear Holy Miley Cyrus Above what a no brainer that was for me. Good luck getting to sleep tonight.
I did have one, Ferrari Red. Looked like a race car. Loved it. Adored it. Traded it for a Plimsoul. Would do it again in a picosecond. Dear Holy Miley Cyrus Above what a no brainer that was for me. Good luck getting to sleep tonight.
PVFan
Fudgeitallologist
Re: OCD vs Plimsoul
here's another aspect
That's why I wanna keep both. And I dig the amp-like "give" they both have. They're tubey and squishy. I really like this A | B. But I swear tho, that OCD has the coolest 80s metal, Blackout, No One Like You, Sill Lovin You, Can't Live Without You bark. It's The Scorpions in a pedal. But I also had a nice Vulgar Display of Power sort of chunkiness going on, too.
Oh man, if yer a rocker at all these suckers are too much fun. Leave either one of em on, and then just roll back the guitar knobs to hit any style.
here's another aspect
OCD: Hi, I'm Carl? I'll be your regular drive sound this evening. Use me for most things.
Plimmy: And I'm Mr. Showtime! You know all that goodness you been savin up all nite? Well, use me to blow it all over the crowd like melon chunks at a 1980 Gallagher HBO Special.
Plimmy: And I'm Mr. Showtime! You know all that goodness you been savin up all nite? Well, use me to blow it all over the crowd like melon chunks at a 1980 Gallagher HBO Special.
That's why I wanna keep both. And I dig the amp-like "give" they both have. They're tubey and squishy. I really like this A | B. But I swear tho, that OCD has the coolest 80s metal, Blackout, No One Like You, Sill Lovin You, Can't Live Without You bark. It's The Scorpions in a pedal. But I also had a nice Vulgar Display of Power sort of chunkiness going on, too.
Oh man, if yer a rocker at all these suckers are too much fun. Leave either one of em on, and then just roll back the guitar knobs to hit any style.
xxxplorer
New member
Re: OCD vs Plimsoul
What kinda pickups are you using? I definatly feel you on the OCD=Scorps and Plimsoul = Gojira. I used the Plim for rythem and the fulldrive for lead for a bit. Both the OCD and Plim can be a little scooped for lead to me.
While fulldrive is tighter, it isn't as amp like. All fun.
What kinda pickups are you using? I definatly feel you on the OCD=Scorps and Plimsoul = Gojira. I used the Plim for rythem and the fulldrive for lead for a bit. Both the OCD and Plim can be a little scooped for lead to me.
While fulldrive is tighter, it isn't as amp like. All fun.
PVFan
Fudgeitallologist
Re: OCD vs Plimsoul
I will be getting a camera and making clips soon enough to back up my copious threads, but I am still not ready to pour the energy into that. I think I know which guy you might mean, and I think you might mean a "djenty tone" whereas I meant a "djenty style" popularized by a few extreme metal outfits, the usual poster band being Meshuggah, valid per the adjective or not.
At any rate "djent" to me means a snow-shovel-dragged-on-asphalt tone, and a style that exploits that tone for all it is worth. The crustiness and zing come from an exploitation of a certain strata of frequencies in the sibilant range centered around 14 kHz. It is not heard in the sibilant range only, however. The attenuation which characterizes djent is sculpted earlier in the signal chain before one dials it up to make it big. By the time that signal gets to the power amp it is coating the massive bass one would also dial in for this style, the mids, and everything else with its "zz" "jj" and "zh" consonants (not consonance).
Those consonants are some of the Plimsoul's star attributes, which make it perfect for a Meshuggah cover band, a Tool cover band, or a Country & Western / Djent fusion band -- and believe me, those types of bands exist now and the OCD won't cut the mustard. Not enough "zzzzhhhh".
I will be getting a camera and making clips soon enough to back up my copious threads, but I am still not ready to pour the energy into that. I think I know which guy you might mean, and I think you might mean a "djenty tone" whereas I meant a "djenty style" popularized by a few extreme metal outfits, the usual poster band being Meshuggah, valid per the adjective or not.
At any rate "djent" to me means a snow-shovel-dragged-on-asphalt tone, and a style that exploits that tone for all it is worth. The crustiness and zing come from an exploitation of a certain strata of frequencies in the sibilant range centered around 14 kHz. It is not heard in the sibilant range only, however. The attenuation which characterizes djent is sculpted earlier in the signal chain before one dials it up to make it big. By the time that signal gets to the power amp it is coating the massive bass one would also dial in for this style, the mids, and everything else with its "zz" "jj" and "zh" consonants (not consonance).
Those consonants are some of the Plimsoul's star attributes, which make it perfect for a Meshuggah cover band, a Tool cover band, or a Country & Western / Djent fusion band -- and believe me, those types of bands exist now and the OCD won't cut the mustard. Not enough "zzzzhhhh".
PVFan
Fudgeitallologist
Re: OCD vs Plimsoul
pups? here's where I lose points, cuz I'm not a magnet-swapping flux-breather like many of the mad scientists here ....
for pups that buck hum, whatever Peavey's old custom shop put in their Wolfgangs. I believe they were ordinary Wolf pups that went in every model Wolf. Have never gotten a solid answer on whether they are A2s or A5s or Ceramic but they sound like medium-high output A5s with an edgy curve. Most people hate them even if they love the guitars they're in but I've long-since bonded with them. My Wolfs have fixed bridges. One has a rosewood board, the other ebony, but that one stays in the case. They're not typical Wolfies.
and in my Tele are the stock pups the Fender custom shop puts in there. I think it's an overwound nocaster and a twisted tele.
pups? here's where I lose points, cuz I'm not a magnet-swapping flux-breather like many of the mad scientists here ....
for pups that buck hum, whatever Peavey's old custom shop put in their Wolfgangs. I believe they were ordinary Wolf pups that went in every model Wolf. Have never gotten a solid answer on whether they are A2s or A5s or Ceramic but they sound like medium-high output A5s with an edgy curve. Most people hate them even if they love the guitars they're in but I've long-since bonded with them. My Wolfs have fixed bridges. One has a rosewood board, the other ebony, but that one stays in the case. They're not typical Wolfies.
and in my Tele are the stock pups the Fender custom shop puts in there. I think it's an overwound nocaster and a twisted tele.
guitarded
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PVFan
Fudgeitallologist
Re: OCD vs Plimsoul
man, if you'd have told me at any point in my life that I'd be DIGGING the sound of 3 distortion pedals plus a 6db boost ON all at once, I'd have snickered, possibly chuckled, perhaps even guffawed, and right in your face. OCD > Plimsoul > Tube Screamer. Cleanup is still decent even with all that crap on. Gotta delay and a phaser in there too. Stereo rig. One of the amps was $299 new, ha ha ha. OCD is first in the chain and I don't here any noise. I'm getting magically clear brutality.
What the fudge is happening
man, if you'd have told me at any point in my life that I'd be DIGGING the sound of 3 distortion pedals plus a 6db boost ON all at once, I'd have snickered, possibly chuckled, perhaps even guffawed, and right in your face. OCD > Plimsoul > Tube Screamer. Cleanup is still decent even with all that crap on. Gotta delay and a phaser in there too. Stereo rig. One of the amps was $299 new, ha ha ha. OCD is first in the chain and I don't here any noise. I'm getting magically clear brutality.
What the fudge is happening
Re: OCD vs Plimsoul
I have an OCD and a GT-500 and the OCD is much more my taste. I do like the setup of the GT-500 but the tone of the OCD is right up my alley (70's-80's Eurometal). For what it's worth the OCD, IMO, sounds much better into Marshall voiced amps.
I've been wanting to try a Plimsoul...now I'm thinking I have to. Thanks PVFan.
I have an OCD and a GT-500 and the OCD is much more my taste. I do like the setup of the GT-500 but the tone of the OCD is right up my alley (70's-80's Eurometal). For what it's worth the OCD, IMO, sounds much better into Marshall voiced amps.
I've been wanting to try a Plimsoul...now I'm thinking I have to. Thanks PVFan.
PVFan
Fudgeitallologist
Re: OCD vs Plimsoul
unlike the experience with the Wolf's humbuckers, yesterday and last night with my Tele's lower output single-coils it took a lot of work to get the OCD happening with any/all my amps.
Plimsoul to the rescue there. Honestly the Plimsoul just crushes my OCD pedal in every way. It's simply better. It does a lot more and sounds better doing it. Straight up. But I also understand why Fuller called the other one an "OCD". And that's the reason I'm keeping it. That and the fact that the two go together so well.
This OCD pedal is a magically super match with my #1 Wolf and two Greenback speakers. All that jives so well. But, I think with other guitars and amps the OCD may have some surprises left in store. I've had the Plimsoul for 8 or 9 months and I am STILL dialing it up in whole new ways. Lotta surprise there.
I said it before and I'll say it again right here: the Plimsoul is the best stompbox ever made.
unlike the experience with the Wolf's humbuckers, yesterday and last night with my Tele's lower output single-coils it took a lot of work to get the OCD happening with any/all my amps.
Plimsoul to the rescue there. Honestly the Plimsoul just crushes my OCD pedal in every way. It's simply better. It does a lot more and sounds better doing it. Straight up. But I also understand why Fuller called the other one an "OCD". And that's the reason I'm keeping it. That and the fact that the two go together so well.
This OCD pedal is a magically super match with my #1 Wolf and two Greenback speakers. All that jives so well. But, I think with other guitars and amps the OCD may have some surprises left in store. I've had the Plimsoul for 8 or 9 months and I am STILL dialing it up in whole new ways. Lotta surprise there.
I said it before and I'll say it again right here: the Plimsoul is the best stompbox ever made.