The Fulltone OCD V2 is a Fulltone overdrive pedal. Close alternatives include the Origin Effects M-EQ Driver and the Browne Amplification The Carbon V1. It pairs well with the Marshall JTM45 45W Tube Guitar Amp Head and the Marshall Bluesbreaker.
Fulltone OCD V2
Fulltone · pedal
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.
- overdrive
- distortion
- midrange
- high gain
- overtone
- boutique
- transparent
- breakup
Genres the Fulltone OCD V2 is commonly used in
- Classic Rock
- Blues
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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. - Metal
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Hard Rock
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Alternative
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Amps that pair well with the Fulltone OCD V2
Marshall JTM45 45W Tube Guitar Amp Head
amplifier
29% matchMarshall JTM45 45W Tube Guitar Amp Head pushes a high gain tone toward mid-forward
Marshall Bluesbreaker
Marshall
27% matchWhat Marshall Bluesbreaker brings here leans toward compressed — that's worth building a pairing around
Gallien-Krueger Fusion 210
Gallien Krueger
tonal matchGallien-Krueger Fusion 210 pushes a high gain tone toward mid-forward
Magnatone Super Fifteen 15W Head
Magnatone
tonal matchFeed a high gain signal into Magnatone Super Fifteen 15W Head and it comes out closer to tight
Traynor BB115
Traynor
tonal matchTraynor BB115 pushes a high gain tone toward tight
Ampeg Micro CL Stack
Ampeg
tonal matchAmpeg Micro CL Stack takes that high gain character and pushes it toward mid-forward
Ampeg V-4
Ampeg
tonal matchAmpeg V-4 pushes a high gain tone toward mid-forward
Ceriatone HRM 50
Ceriatone
tonal matchCeriatone HRM 50 takes that high gain character and pushes it toward mid-forward
Pedals that stack with the Fulltone OCD V2
JAM Pedals Chill
Jam Pedals
26% matchJAM Pedals Chill's warm voice goes after Fulltone OCD V2 in the signal chain — it's not there to compete with Fulltone OCD V2's own mid-forward character
Soldano SLO
Soldano
25% matchSoldano SLO pushes a high gain tone toward tight
Electro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff
Electro-Harmonix
25% matchElectro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff pushes a high gain tone toward mid-forward
Crazy Tube Circuits Golden Ratio
Crazy Tube Circuits
19% matchWhat Crazy Tube Circuits Golden Ratio brings here leans toward tight — that's worth building a pairing around
Horizon Devices Flux Echo
Horizon Devices
18% matchKeep Fulltone OCD V2's mid-forward voice out front: Horizon Devices Flux Echo goes after Fulltone OCD V2 in the signal chain so its lush voice doesn't muddy it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Walrus Audio Fathom
Walrus Audio
18% matchPut Walrus Audio Fathom after Fulltone OCD V2 in the signal chain, clear of Fulltone OCD V2's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Suhr Eclipse
Suhr
tonal matchSuhr Eclipse's own voicing points at a clean amp's front end, and Fulltone OCD V2 delivers it
J. Rockett The Dude V2
J Rockett
tonal matchJ. Rockett The Dude V2 is voiced for a clean amp's front end — Fulltone OCD V2 gives it exactly that
Alternativessee all similar tone character →
Origin Effects M-EQ Driver
Origin Effects
74% similarityShared character: high_gain_settings, circuit, touch
Browne Amplification The Carbon V1
Browne Amplification
74% similarityShared character: high_gain_settings, circuit, pick_attack
Vertex Tone Secret
Vertex
73% similarityShared character: pick_attack, touch, high_gain_settings
MXR Super Badass Distortion
MXR
73% similarityShared character: tight_low_end, voicing, high_gain_settings
JHS Pedals Morning Glory V4
JHS Pedals
73% similarityShared character: high_gain_settings, pick_attack, touch
Klon KTR
Klon
73% similarityShared character: touch, high_gain_settings, classic_rock
Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive
Fulltone
73% similarityShared character: voicing, pick_attack, amp
Browne Amps The Protein
Browne Amplification
73% similarityShared character: high_gain_settings, circuit, pick_attack
JAM Pedals TubeDreamer 58
Jam Pedals
73% similarityShared character: pick_attack, high_gain_settings, classic_rock
GFI System Jonassus Overdrive
Gfi System
72% similarityShared character: guitar, high_gain_settings, classic_rock
Boss BD-2W Blues Driver Waza Craft
Boss
72% similarityShared character: pick_attack, touch, classic_rock
Mad Professor - Little Green Wonder HW
Mad Professor
72% similarityShared character: touch, amp, transparent
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Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Fulltone OCD V2?+
The closest matches in character are the Origin Effects M-EQ Driver, the Browne Amplification The Carbon V1, the Vertex Tone Secret.
What pairs well with the Fulltone OCD V2?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Marshall JTM45 45W Tube Guitar Amp Head, Marshall Bluesbreaker, Gallien-Krueger Fusion 210 — Marshall JTM45 45W Tube Guitar Amp Head pushes a high gain tone toward mid-forward.