The Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive is a Fulltone overdrive pedal. Close alternatives include the Fulltone OCD V2 and the Tone City Dry Martini. It pairs well with the Revv Generator G20 20-Watt 2-Channel Tube Head and the Marshall JTM45 45W Tube Guitar Amp Head.
Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive
Fulltone · pedal
The Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive is a boutique overdrive pedal known for a warm, full, genuinely tube-like response that bridges the gap between overdrive and distortion rather than sitting cleanly in one camp. Its drive control ramps smoothly from dirty, harmonically rich overtones into fuller saturated distortion, and it responds 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. It suits players wanting an amp-like, dynamically responsive drive that can cover both classic-rock overdrive and heavier distortion tones from one pedal.
- distortion
- overdrive
- overtone
- bass
- clipping
- crunchy
- woolly
- response
Genres the Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive is commonly used in
- Classic Rock
- Punk
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Alternative
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Rock
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Blues
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Metal
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
Amps that pair well with the Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive
Revv Generator G20 20-Watt 2-Channel Tube Head
Revv
36% matchThe OCD's overtone-rich clipping pushes the G20's clear, solid headroom into real drive rather than just adding volume.
Marshall JTM45 45W Tube Guitar Amp Head
amplifier
26% matchInto a JTM45's classic clean Marshall headroom, the OCD's overdrive and crunch turns the amp's own warmth into real drive.
Fender Vibrolux 6G11
amplifier
26% matchThe OCD's overtone-rich clipping pushes the Vibrolux's vintage, vibrato-laced clean into real classic-Fender drive.
EBS Bass Head 802
Ebs
23% matchInto a high headroom tone, Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive brings the fuzzy it's missing
Victory Amplifiers V30 The Countess
Victory
22% matchInto a transparent tone, Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive brings the fuzzy it's missing
Egnater Tweaker 88 Head
Egnater
22% matchInto a high headroom tone, Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive brings the fuzzy it's missing
Peavey Roadmaster Super Festival Series 200W Head (1970s)
Peavey
22% matchThe high headroom tone has headroom to spare — Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive gives it fuzzy to fill it with
Engl Tube 50 Combo E768
Engl
22% matchFulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive's fuzzy fills in what this transparent tone doesn't make on its own
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Pedals that stack with the Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive
Free The Tone ODL-1A-CS Overdriveland Custom w/Ch Cont
Free The Tone
31% matchThe OCD's overtone-rich clipping stacks with the ODL-1A's own glassy, Dumble-voiced headroom for two distinct drive characters, not a wall of gain.
Carl Martin Headroom
Carl Martin
29% matchDrive first with the OCD, then let the Headroom's spring reverb trail that gain instead of getting pushed along with it. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
MXR M134 Stereo Chorus
MXR
29% matchFulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive's fuzzy fills in what this high headroom tone doesn't make on its own
Walrus Audio Ages
Walrus Audio
29% matchWalrus Ages' full, saturated overdrive stacks another gain stage on top of the OCD's own overtone-heavy crunch.
Ibanez Tube Screamer
Ibanez
28% matchStack a Tube Screamer's blues-forward boost ahead of the OCD and the two clipping stages compound into a thicker, more overtone-rich drive.
Emma DiscomBOBulator
pedal
28% matchThe high headroom tone has headroom to spare — Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive gives it fuzzy to fill it with
Blackstar LT Drive
Blackstar
27% matchRun Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive into that high headroom platform and it finally gets some fuzzy
Catalinbread SFT V2
Catalinbread
27% matchFulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive's fuzzy fills in what this high headroom tone doesn't make on its own
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Alternativessee all similar tone character →
Fulltone OCD V2
Fulltone
73% similarityShared character: voicing, pick_attack, amp
Tone City Dry Martini
Tone City
70% similarity“The Tone City Dry Martini is a budget mini overdrive inspired by the Fulltone OCD, delivering that pedal's bright, aggressive and amp-like drive character in a compact enclosure.”
Maxon OD808
Maxon
69% similarityShared character: pedal, response, distortion
Wampler Tumnus Deluxe
Wampler
69% similarityShared character: pedal, pick_attack, response
Klon Centaur
Klon
69% similarityShared character: pedal, response, transparent
Caroline Guitar Company , Aaron Graves Overdrive
Caroline Guitar Company
69% similarityShared character: pedal, amp, bass
Boss BD-2W Blues Driver Waza Craft
Boss
69% similarityShared character: pick_attack, amp, distortion
Fulltone Custom Shop OCD Gold Standard LTD
Fulltone
69% similarityShared character: pedal, distortion, transparent
Walrus Audio Iron Horse V3
Walrus Audio
69% similarityShared character: amp, distortion, bass
Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer
Ibanez
69% similarityShared character: tube_screamer, pedal, response
Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi
Electro-Harmonix
68% similarityShared character: voicing, distortion, overdrive
Zvex Woolly Mammoth
pedal
68% similarityShared character: pick_attack, bass
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Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive?+
The closest matches in character are the Fulltone OCD V2, the Tone City Dry Martini, the Maxon OD808.
What pairs well with the Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Revv Generator G20 20-Watt 2-Channel Tube Head, Marshall JTM45 45W Tube Guitar Amp Head, Fender Vibrolux 6G11 — The OCD's overtone-rich clipping pushes the G20's clear, solid headroom into real drive rather than just adding volume..