Fulltone OCD V2 vs Maxon OD808

The Fulltone OCD V2 and the Maxon OD808 are both pedals sharing mid-forward, transparent, dynamic. The Maxon OD808 leans warm.

Similarity
citedBlended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.

45% — somewhat different

Shared genres
citedGenres both listings are associated with.
  • Classic Rock
Shared tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • mid-forward
  • transparent
  • dynamic
Citation fame
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Price
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$118.63via Reverb

Description

The Fulltone OCD V2 is the second-generation Obsessive Compulsive Drive, a boutique overdrive known for a warm, full, genuinely tube-like response that bridges the gap between overdrive and distortion. Its drive control ramps smoothly from dirty, harmonically rich overtones into fuller saturated distortion, responding strongly to pick attack and guitar volume the way a real amp does. An HP/LP switch shapes the voicing: HP pushes more distortion with a pointed, cutting midrange, while LP is subtler and lets more of the amp's own character through. The V2 revision refined the circuit's dynamic response and consistency over the original. It suits players wanting an amp-like, dynamically responsive drive covering both classic-rock overdrive and heavier distortion tones.

The Maxon OD808 is the original overdrive designed by Susumu Tamura in 1979, effectively the same circuit as the Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer, which was built as its export-market twin under a different badge. Its diode sits in the negative feedback loop of the amplifier stage rather than in a separate clipping stage, producing a smoother, milder, more natural-sounding overdrive than harder-clipping circuits, closer to the character of a driven tube amp than a distortion pedal. Compared to the later TS9, it sounds a touch softer and clearer, with a less pronounced midrange hump. It responds strongly to picking dynamics and guitar volume, cleaning up naturally as you back off. It suits blues, classic rock, and any style built around a smooth, amp-like overdriven tone.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
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  • Metal
  • Blues
  • Rock
Tonal lean
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  • warm
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