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Post by kaseri on Jun 19, 2005 19:11:51 GMT -7
I own an OCD pedal and it works well. Lately I have found myself not using it much. As good as the OCD sounds I still like using the amp for my dirty sound.
I'm curious as to what other OCD owners think about the OCD now that they have used it for while?
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Post by Lefty on Jun 19, 2005 21:51:51 GMT -7
Got one, I dig it but I find that it puts too much of it's own color onto my tone. It kind of changes the character of my amps, in a good way but not how the amp naturally sounds when cranked. I think it sounds better with my Z-28 than with my Ghia. I like a pedal to be very unobtrusive as possible when using a low powered amp such as the Ghia. I've found the Timmy with the gain at 9:00 and the volume at 1-2:00 has a very un-gainy natural boost to it. It only pushes the Ghia over the top and doesn't sit on top of the amp. It's almost like rolling the guitar volume up and down. Sorry to hijack this thread. The OCD is a great pedal when your amp is clean but I find it has a little smidgen of a mid hump too, nothing the Ghia needs. I havn't tried it with my Fender amps...they are getting very dusty
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Post by Laroosco!! on Jun 19, 2005 22:09:13 GMT -7
Didn't like the OCD and quickly sold it.
I like the Fatbost much better
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Post by kaseri on Jun 20, 2005 4:13:51 GMT -7
I've been thinking that I may replace my OCD with an AC Booster or a Timmy.
Anybody have any experience with either pedal? How do they differ?
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Post by Lefty on Jun 20, 2005 10:53:30 GMT -7
I've had an AC Booster and the Timmy will win hands down IMHO. The AC always seems to have some sort of compression (blanket) going on with it that can't be dialed out. With the Timmy it has internal DIP switches that you can adjust the type of clipping/compression. And if I had to choose between the OCD and AC...OCD.
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Post by cranknfrank on Jun 22, 2005 21:12:50 GMT -7
I like my OCD quite a bit. It sounds great with all of my amps - Dr. Z, Badcat, Fender, Marshall, Vox. I have a host of OD's and there are things to like about all of them. With so many choices and the ease of buying and selling online, I think the days of finding one piece of gear to do it all are over. A pedal gets a few good reviews, people rush to buy it. It gets hard to obtain because the poor schlep building it in his garage can't keep up with orders. That makes it even more desireable. After a few months, the backlash hits and people start dumping the stuff on Ebay. Now that the OCD is obtainable, people are complaining about them. The soundclips on Mike Fuller's site sound great - those clips probably sold hundreds of those pedals. Funny, the pedal doesn't sound like the clips when we play "our" guitars through them. I'd be willing to bet that none of would be buying OCD's or Timmy's or Bobby's if they could be had in mass quantity at GC. Anyone?
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Post by Lefty on Jun 23, 2005 5:43:52 GMT -7
I disagree...I used to use 2 TS-9's (stock) for a good many years. I've also used a stock Boss SD-1, DS-1, Blues Driver. I don't buy a pedal just because it's hard to get, sometimes I get lucky and I get in on the ground floor before they become hard to get. Boutique/Handmade/Limited Production or made by hungarian monks with silver solder and magically tuned parts, it makes no difference to me as long as it sounds good!
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Post by pcrosta on Jun 27, 2005 9:58:42 GMT -7
I bought an OCD..after all the pre hype..I found it to be just that..Hype !! The best thing this pedal does is that it does not roll off bottom end..that's a rare thing for an overdrive..however..it has a very funny high end shimmer to it..that I didn't like..My tastes for blues style of playing..is a Barber LTD or SS pedal..they are quieter too..
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Post by jzguitar on Jun 27, 2005 10:23:22 GMT -7
Hey everyone
I agree that the OCD is hype-driven. I tried one the other day and didn't like it at all. I actually thought it sounded horrible. It had a really annoying fizzy top end and didn't seem smooth at all. I'll take my AnalogMan pedals any day! I tried it thru a Deluxe Reverb reissue, so I'm not sure if that had anything to do with it. I think a lot of the initial hype was probably created by Mike Fuller himself. Just my .02.
jz
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Post by arniez on Jun 27, 2005 10:27:42 GMT -7
I haven't had mine long but it sounds great at low volumes as well as higher volumes. I sold my Direct Drive SS as a result. I find both the LP and HP settings useful. As with all things tone subjectivity reigns, you gotta try em to know. BTW to me it sounds good with buckers, p90's and single coils and equally at home with my Z28 and Savage Glas 30. ArnieZ
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Post by tb1000 on Jul 4, 2005 9:08:57 GMT -7
It's a very dynamic pedal, very amp-like, and doesn't put a blanket over your sound. For that it is a refreshing pedal to use. However, I just don't care for the tone color that it adds. To me it doesn't sound that natural or musical. So, for me: I had one and sold it.
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Post by toneking on Jul 4, 2005 15:02:27 GMT -7
All that pedal did was add a buzzy, over hyped fuzz to my tone. My 1979 Boss OD-1 is still "King of the Hill" to me. It's the most amp like OD I've ever heard. I have two of them, the '79 has the JRC 4558 chip and the '81 has the NEC 4558 chip, each is unique but both are awesome and I really like the asymetrically clipping, sounds very Class-A/Vox like! I actually like the way they lose a little bottom, it gives more note clarity and less muddyness. I like warmth when playing clean but not too much in my overdrive tone. I can't believe these aren't as collectable as TS-808/TS-9's, they sound so much better. If I need that extra push I use a Fat Box boost pedal custom built for Fat Sound Guitars in Cary, NC for a short while. It's the bomb, does what an OCD should!
That's my take, Later.
TK
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Post by kaseri on Jul 4, 2005 16:35:20 GMT -7
I have been A/B playing the OCD for a couple of weeks now in both "bedroom" settings & band settings. The OCD just doesn't cut it for me so I have sold it off. It sounded ok at "bedroom" levels & it was ok at band levels but it didn't knock me off my feet. My 6545 has such great tone at all volume levels that I couldn't stand to play with the OCD any longer. The OCD colored my sound too much & I couldn't seem to rid it of the fizzy top end. I think what I really need is something more transparent like a high quality clean boost.
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Post by The Atomic Jeff on Jul 9, 2005 19:33:16 GMT -7
I use the OCD for my KT-45. I really dig it for the higher-gained tones but it does color the amp's natural tone a little. I still think it's a great combination. A better combination is the KT-45 and Fulldrive II. Heck, my KT-45 likes almost all my pedals.
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Post by redgl on Jul 11, 2005 11:47:49 GMT -7
I really like my OCD. My favorite setting is LP with tone at 10 o'clock and Drive at 2 o'clock. I think it makes my MAZ Sr. sound like a 50 watt Marshall. I've received a couple nice comments regarding its overdriven tone from bandmates. In my experience, bringing the tone knob down to below 12 o'clock was the key.
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Post by paddywhacker on Jul 18, 2005 7:59:14 GMT -7
....i continue to find useful settings on my ocd but it's not a pedal that i will ever use frequently during a set....a Z amp just sounds too good all by itself to cover up all the time no matter what pedal i'm using....i don't think it buries the tone on my Maz 18 but when i want the pure tone of my amp then there are no pedals on earth that are gonna do it for me....when i need some extra crunch or fat on my tone that suits a particular tune the ocd does just fine for me and the versatility it has is its best feature for my needs....
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Post by nickthestick on Nov 3, 2005 16:40:52 GMT -7
i just got mine, and im running it with my ghia....having the same issues with that top end fizzy edgy thing....argggg.....did anyone hear the whole mike fuller harmony central story......he swears hes not as crazy as people make him out to be, but the stories keep comin out...i love his fatboost.....i have a feeling the OCD is DOA
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Post by bamabluesboy on Nov 6, 2005 7:40:36 GMT -7
I had an OCD for about a week. Didn't much care for it. Sounded fake, fizzy & brittle. the only time it sounded good was when the amp was cranked. If I'm going to have to crank it, I would rather just use an Airbrake.
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Post by dewman on Nov 6, 2005 22:08:15 GMT -7
we here a lot of comments about the Ghia's (and some other Z amps') natural compression sort of limiting when considering overdrive pedals, but have any of you route 66 users had good/bad experiences with the OCD? Can you describe the tone through the amp? I intended to research them a day or so ago and discovered that they had been yanked off of harmony-central for trying to get negative reviews from competitors identified and removed. Probably a legitimate reason since everything there should be taken with a few grains of salt..Anyway, I have the 66 and (of course) cant find an OCD anywhere to test, and dont feel comfortable shelling out $180 until I can hear it through my rig at a reasonable volume click...thanks in advance-
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Post by James on Feb 6, 2006 18:26:54 GMT -7
Last summer I was still in the dark ages of tone......owned a maverick and a V'king.........which I had thought to be the "ultimate" set up. This was pre "gas".......I never bothered with the internet and sound clips and I was basically happy with my tone. Ignorance was bliss! One day in about August, I came across the OCD online and listened to it and was blown away.........I did not know you could get that kinda transparent tone with just a little "hair" out of an OD.......(I was a faithful TS9 user) I bought one and thought I had found the missing piece....I wanted every fulltone stomp ever made!....but then I started sniffing around and bumped into this forum and the whole Z way of life............I started developing GAS, listening to soundclips of every boutique pedal out there........now, 2 z's later (and one on the way) here I am. Anyway in refererence to my journey and the OCD, I have come to the conclusion that there are a lot of pedals out there that do a better job than the Fulltone OCD...at what its suppose to do......I was definately caught up in the hype. With my route 66, that pedal sounds great with a strat and the gain on zero or barely 7 oclock...........after that, as the gain goes up, for me all I heard was compression and fizzyness..........not a natural tone at all. Kinda has me bummed now because being a more discriminant player than I was a year ago, I know this pedal must go to EBAY...........
I still am searching for a 2 pedal OD setup..........one for low gain that I can leave on all the time.........and then one for those "Tush" moments......
I am really interested in the Barber LTD, Direct Drive and the Clark Gainster...........the soundclips are great..........can anyone speak to how they are in person?
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Post by prowler on Feb 6, 2006 18:53:48 GMT -7
19jmm68...
You should look into the Timmy & Tim pedals made by Paul Cochrane. He doesn't have a website but his pedals are great. You can find his contact info by doing a search. I currently own & use a Timmy which is a very open transparent overdrive pedal. It can do everything from a nice clean boost to a crunchy mid-gain overdrive. I especially like using the Timmy to goose the front end of my amp when soloing.
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Post by James on Feb 6, 2006 19:25:12 GMT -7
I have not heard one bad review on this forum regarding the Timmy........I will definately add that to my research pool.........thanks!
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Post by prowler on Feb 6, 2006 20:13:40 GMT -7
You most likely wont read a bad review on any forum, it's that good & it's priced very reasonably. If you were to get one & it didn't get you where you wanted to be tone wise, it would be easy to sell it without any $ loss.
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Post by James on Feb 6, 2006 21:10:30 GMT -7
found some sound clips............me like very much!
I think I will pursue one..........thanks for the tip prowler.
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Post by prowler on Feb 6, 2006 21:32:44 GMT -7
No problem. Enjoy!
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Post by James on Feb 7, 2006 9:49:26 GMT -7
Hey prowler,
Can the Timmy get the SRV tones with a strat?
I am not talking about the voodo chile type tone, but more of the cleaner stuff with a just a little "hair"......
I emailed Paul Cochrane today.......waiting on his reply.
Thanks!
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Post by prowler on Feb 7, 2006 10:43:44 GMT -7
19jmm68...
I would say the Timmy is able to get those tones. The Timmy is very versatile & you will be able to find lots of great tones in it. I wouldn't bother sending Paul an email. The best way to contact him for a Timmy is via telephone. His telephone number is: 615-896-8555
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Post by erock on Feb 7, 2006 12:43:18 GMT -7
I am loving my OCD right now. I bought an early one, and liked it at home, but not so much in a live setting. It seemed like it was getting lost. So I just got one of the new ones, with the change. (Different cap?) Anyway, I did an A-B test, and they sound pretty different. The new one seems to have more mids, and less fizz on top. I don't like it as much at home, but live it sounds killer. I tend to set the gain really low (about 10 o'clock) with the output pretty high. Into my Z28 this is a crunch MONSTER. I also goose the front with a Kelley Baked TS9. Mmmm beefy I can see why some people don't dig the OCD. It is different. If anyone didn't like the old one, you should at least try a new one. It is really a different pedal.
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Post by James on Feb 7, 2006 13:22:45 GMT -7
Erock, when was the new one made? I bought mine in August...........wondering if its the same as your new one or not?
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Post by erock on Feb 8, 2006 12:25:53 GMT -7
The new ones start somewhere around serial # 4500. I can't remember the number. My new one is like 54xx. I'm so bad with numbers. ;D
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