All of these years later, and I think this is one of the most versatile drives out there still... it can push and already overdriven amp and it can give you some pretty good distortion on a cleaner amp, good times!
I generally won’t watch a video that’s more that 10-15 minutes long, but you guys did such a great job tweaking tones, gains, volumes, buffers, and guitars it was very helpful and educational. I would have liked to hear more humbuckers since I’m mostly a Gibson guy. The bad news is that like all thing guitars, it boils down to personal preference, and now I’m in a quandary of which OCD pedal will be my first to buy. I can already tell that this is going to get expensive because I will want buy several versions. Please don’t tell my wife because she will just come after you when she’s done with me…Rock On!
I owned a OCD 2.0 just before this video came out. After watching this I purchased a 1.7 and have been in love ever since. I have gone through countless other gain pedals trying to find something that can out perform it to no avail. Nothing does what the 1.7 does.
I have both. If i had to choose one its undoubtedly the 1.7. It is my primary 'make the sound more thick and chewy without adding any gain' pedal. Makes the overdrive of any Marshall style amp sound better. Squish, bounce, chew and sponge forever. I have thr GE too and it has its plavce for fender clean headroom amps. Very natural on low gain and lets the fender sheen shine. It's the antithesis of the 1.7. The 2.0 sounds best in 18v.
These gentlemen have definitely had their wheaties this morning they are sounding stellar in all phases of chord progressions...all listeners in agreement say aye..! 🎶
This was a great watch. I preferred V2 actually. A bit brighter to my ears. Mick it was my pleasure to meet you at the Matt Schofield gig in Guildford, you were a total gent. Thanks for the photo, I posted it to Instagram :-) I LOVE the black Strat!
Wearing Tweed and smoking a pipe. Trying to read a book called "SRV For Lads" Could be tricky to fit all that into the decal but I reckon it'd be worth it.
No idea if just a coincidence-I posted a comment just the other day on an older vid asking you guys about impedance and buffers, and here we are. Thanks!
This week I bought 2 katana 100 mkii’s. I’ve been using the stereo expand link option on them with an OCD and t-Rex moller 2 in front. Sold the helix LT and power cab and bought the whole lot for half of what I got. The sounds I’m getting are infinitely better with the twist of a knob. And I still have €700 left over for more pedals. 😀
Today i fitted my board with a voodoo labs pedal power mondo and it is the best investment i have made in a long time, having fully isolated my pedals under you guys recommendation has made an absolute world of difference and has completely shown me the way, everything works better and sounds harmonious rather than fighting against eachother and it is truly eye opening. I have even started using my marshall again which i thought i truly hated but i had definitely over looked power for far too long because everything sounds ten times better so thank you so much!
I prefer the v1.7. V2 sounds great still, but 1.7 has a thicker/richer midrange that I prefer. I opened up my OCD and low and behold it’s a 1.7. Cool to note the differences!
Cheers chaps, nice crunchy episode there. Love a strat and an OCD for fat dynamic rhythm tones, reminds me of cream in coffee, disguises the flavour a bit but pleasantly luxurious. "We could do that all day with different guitars and more overdrive and all the rest of it" ......mmmm.....yes, yes you could. :)
Things you didn't want to know: -The OCD started off as a Voodoo Lab Overdrive clone, which in turn is based off the distortion+. Not saying they all sound the same. The differences are there and they affect the sound, but the voodoo especially is very close. The use of mosfet as clipping diodes as in the OCD has a debatable influence on sound, but in most cases they are very close to a 4148 (I was testing this with a friend) -The observation that using the same pot position isn't very indicative is very true Mick. The earlier OCD had a linear volume pot, so set the same way they would be MUCH louder. Some versions have a different value of the gain pot. Pot tolerances are large too. -The changes between 1 and 1.3 are minor. 1.4 introduced the germanium diode in series with one of the mosfets, but many people disliked that version, so I guess they removed it somewhere before 1.7, since the new teal special edition proudly features it again? -About the V2, most of the changes involve that jfet at the input. It's not a buffer but it's basically like one. That's the discrete class A 5457 input stage, that's the reason the input impedance is bigger (and how it affects the sound), that's the reason you can choose to have buffered bypass (is it trendy again?) -"The OCD is the only pedal with clipping to a voltage reference instead of ground" from the germanium version page. This was an interesting one. the Voodoo overdrive did it too! Also, sound-wise it doesn't matter at all, it's just a different circuit design choice. Still, there's something about this pedal that i like. I use my diy clone a lot.
Great comment ! I was about to post on the Voodoo Lab OD filiation, but you beat me to it. Also, IIRC Jeorge Tripps also used the clipping to voltage reference design in some Way huge and more recent MXR pedals. And same here, I like my OCD clone a lot (v1.3 version is the one I used), sounds killer boosting my Marshall mini Plexi.
@@NicD5150 i have made the v3 too, i guess i can make the germanium switchable if I want. Only regret of v1.3 is that it uses a linear volume pot and 1m gain, but i know where my settings are. Clipping to 4,5v when the signal is floating at 4,5 is the same as ac coupling the signal and clipping to ground, tested in ltspice. It just saves some parts since there's another op amp after it
it may just be that i haven’t waded through all 200 comments, but i’m surprised to see a pretty unanimous preference to the 1.7, considering i REALLY heavily preferred the v2 in almost every instance in this video. I guess that just hammers home the point that different isnt better or worse, it’s just different.
Hooray for that comment! Thank you. And of course there’s the whole other variable of what people are listening on. Different headphones and monitors sound //radically// different after all. You own ears are the only judge. And preferably in the room. We want the whole world to realise and believe this!
I prefer v2 as well. I might feel differently if they had selected different amps, though, or different mics. There's always some variable that you can't account for.
I also preferred the v2 from what I heard here and I prefer the v2 with my rig. I've owned both and used them both until I found myself gravitating toward one over the other. I kept the v2. Also, I think there is a tendency to like the one you have if you haven't had a chance to test them on your rig! That may explain some of the comments here.
It seemed to me that v2 might have worked better with amps that aren't already mid-scooped. Aside from the V1.7 having a lower center frequency for its Tone control, I think you could get them to sound more or less the same with proper EQ going into one or both of them.
@@kochjb32 I'm finding the same. I bought a V2.0 first, loved it, but recognised that it has a LOT of low end (which cannot be removed by increasing the tone/high end). Then I bought a V1.4, thought that was great (less low end, brighter, more lively top end/harmonics). However, the V1.4 is not capable of providing the chunky fat low end of the V2.0, the V1.4 tends to be a little harsh. Concluded that the V2.0 suited me best, never harsh in any way and the low end controlled by nudging the bass down on amp a little (which I should have tried in the first place).
Thanks so much for the episode guys. I actually bought an OCD a while back based on some of your older vids, and wound up with a new V2. The entire time I played it I was thinking, "Man the is waaaay more scooped than on the videos. So much so i have been running a tube screamer into the front to get the mids. They are just not there otherwise. time to find an older one!
I really enjoyed this. I always hear this whole "this ones better than that one" and it was cool to see that it's not better but just different. Well done chaps.
Funny story, I bought the OCD after your first vid where you covered it a couple/few years ago. Got it home, played it, and said ‘what the hell Dan and Mick, this sounds nothing like you’re review!’ Then looked at the model number....v2. Personally, I love the v2 sound - pushes my amps a little harder, compresses the preamps a little more, but really liked this comparison and the differences. Now I understand I was really looking for a v1.7... CASE SOLVED! 😁
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm a happy OCD v1.7 owner, but of course I want to know what the v2 and Ge models offer. Perfect comparison video that lets me make an informed decision.
You guys have the best jobs in the world and your good at it too. Just like to say thank you both for keeping the guitar exciting and helping me in finding great pedals and matching them up with others for a good tone....so yeah cheers guys....loving it...
I’m just an at home hobby player on a budget, but I will say that of all the different overdrive pedals I’ve experimented with, my absolute favorite is my Joyo Ultimate Drive (OCD Clone). It definitely is THE most versatile drive I own! What else is cool is how it well cleans up with the guitar’s volume control. Thanks for sharing guys! ✌🏻🎸🎼
Hi Dan € Mick, Excellent Show 👍👍👍. I have to say I have the V 1.7 OCD and it is Absolutely Brilliant, one Pedal that will Never Leave my Board! I have ordered the OCD Germanium simply for the fact that I LOVE the tone and hearing it Stacked, Wow! Thank you Both, Take care.♥️♥️♥️👍. Melbourne, Australia.
I totally changed my philosophy in that I used 2 channel amps for decades, one channel clean/ish the other for solos, the eg Boogie DC5,Blackstar & DSL Marshall’s, Fenders & Vox’s, the Boogie being the best. However now I have a V2 OCD for solos, a tube screamer for crunch in addition to reverb, delay & chorus and just the amp for clean & it’s opened up a whole new world. I can take my board everywhere and quickly achieve all the sounds I want, almost regardless of the amps used, I should add I use a stereo set up. Thanks to Dan & Mick for the inspiration/ knowledge👍👍👍
This explains so much to me. I had an OCD v2 that I never could bond with, it seemed to always have a harshness that I couldn't dial out. Pulled it off my board after a year of trying to love it. It was finally replaced with a D&M Drive that got me much closer to what I was hunting. Maybe an OCD v1.7 might be more of what I was hearing in my head
What a fun comparison! My 1st and only OCD so far is the V2, and I've wondered how it differs from the V1.7. Might be fun to pick up a 1.7 and/or a Ge version someday, but this confirmed for me that the V2 is closest to the sound that I wanted.
Cloak and poke? Love you guys. I had the first version of the OCD. Not long after buying that came Mike's second version. Sold a mate first version, bought second. Thought version one sounded better (by the slightest of margins - still haunts me). Then out came version three. Mike generously shipped parts to upgrade version two to version three. Box arrived. Opened box, looked blankly at contents inside. Closed box. Never opened box again. OCD. Beautiful - moved on. OCD OCD OCD Love you guys.
Me too. I love knowing the engineering is top quality and if Mike can't find a part, he'll have it made to the highest specs. All for reasonable prices.
I completely agree with some of the stacking comments like the soul food one. My OCD is really worth it's board space as its not only great on its own but it behaves really well when playing with other pedals (and with the guitar volume pot) Love the show as ever.
All those OCD pedals give that classic rock guitar sound so familiar to millions. I'm not a fan of those sounds cause I guess I've heard them too much in my life. But I DO THINK the two of you should start a macrame/knitting channel still. I think the both of you would be wonderful at it.
I own an OCD v1.7 thanks to you,I dont regret it, it's fantastic. I fact all the pedals I bought because of you are fantastics. Tanks you for this amazing show
I have an ocd v. 1.4 with one mythical germanium diode in it, D4, that I was running off of fulltone's "quiet" 9v power supply. I never was ecstatic with the way the fulltone power supply really introduced a ton of noise. I put the pedal on a voodoo labs dingbat tiny because it's so nice to travel with. It's powered by a truetone onespot pro with 9, 12 and 18v ports. Now I absolutely love the ocd v. 1.4 at 9 and 18volts. The ocd is dead silent and it does everything that we love the ocd for.
I’ve got the GE version and it’s awesome. On low gain, it’s chimney and trebly, yet thick. With more gain, it has an almost fuzz like quality, reminds me of the White Stripes early stuff. Easy to get that sound w this pedal.
One thing I love about the OCD is that it still sounds awesome at bedroom levels. Some pedals really require the amp to be working to be useful, but with the OCD you still get plenty of beefyness and dynamics with the amp turned down. It's an awesome bedroom overdrive
I'm really getting good at this now, my mentors.. ;-) I'm shouting at the screen my findings as I hear them before you both tell us.. My ears have been trained Ha Ha !!
I had you playing in the background while I was looking at Twitter, until at 42:40 when I thought "oh my goodness what's he doing, that sounds amazing". Great moment Mick. (Dan helped of course). Good show as always.
i was eating lunch at work with my headphones on, not looking at my phone, and when that started i had to put my lunch down and pick my phone up to see what was going on
My OCD was built in early 2007. Above the date is written, Rev.3, I think. The writing is hard to make out. But I ALWAYS feed the OCD 18 volts. It's better and more dynamic. Recently, I've put a Greer Amps Lightspeed Organic Overdrive after it. I find that pedal "tames" and warms the OCD.
I know this episode was filmed some time before the internet but I have to mention this: I'd hope to hear the really low drive settings too just to hear how the pedal sounds right on the verge of breakup. That's usually my overdrive pedal settings anyway. Otherwise, great stuff!
Got the Joyo Ultimate Drive for 35 euros, it's suposed to be a clon of the OCD, it sounds very very similar to my ears, just an economical option for those who don't want to spend a lot on another pedal..... greetings from Mallorca ;)
I leave the OCD V2 on my board with the buffer on. That way it takes care of my long leads, etc. Sounds great. The V2 is scooped, but that works great for me because I like the natural scoop in my blackface Fenders. I don't want to "correct" that with a mid hump. I wish every pedal gave you the option to choose buffering on or off the way the OCD does.
Another thing about the V2.0 with buffer on, is that it cured a horrendously loud pop when I first turn on my Big Muff Pi (Tone/Wicker). The OCD runs into the BMP, usually either one in use; very angry when both on! The popping from the BMP occured even with (Boss) buffered pedals either side. The o/p impedance of the V2.0 (10k) is higher than Boss (1k) so maybe that has something to do with it. I also like a scooped sound, I have a Boss GE-7 set to mild scoop, it lets the 6.4kz (Presence) shine through on a Strat. BTW I also have black face Fender.
I got an OCD thrown in when a bought an amp. Shortly afterwards the v2 came out and the shop let me swap it. After about a week I came back and retrieved the original (a v.1.7). To me the v2 removes all the lovely grittiness an OCD does so well, like it fills in all the frequencies or something. Almost like its a computer model of an OCD.
Excellent description. There's too much fizz / brightness in the V2. I'm holding onto my v1.4 for sure. You use the LP or HP setting more often? I've used the LP almost exclusively. Humbuckers and Single Coils
Loved this, and so timely! I just spent the last few months spinning in circles over which OCD I wanted to buy.... and I actually bought a v 1.1 just recently. It will arrive soon and I'm really excited. I'm thinking that because the 1.7 is so much cheaper I might buy one of those too and cork-sniff my way into deciding which one I like best... on Tuesdays!
Agreed on its sound across the gain sweep. I've always found the OCD to be a fine "swiss army knife" OD. Those that I've had have been adept at anything from a light push on the amp to searing smooth distortion. I could even get a little wooly fuzz from them. It would be my deserted island OD. There's a pedal that I like better than OCD for each gain range, but none I've found can score B+/A- for everything.
Great show guys (Germanium sniffers). Great sounds! I was always terrible at word scrambles. Thanks for triggering my elementary school insecurities 😜😜😉. Only took me 3 shows to figure out those shirts haha duhhhhh. Send the short bus.
Interesting to see Dan and Mick review all the different OCD’s in one overview and reflect. The OCD is a classic sound. When I first immersed myself in pedal world years ago (thanks in large part to TPS), set out to research and choose an Overdrive/Distortion and build my own pedalboard, I exhibited my own OCD by trying hundred’s of pedals. More than 300 of them actually. I recorded samples of all of them, put them into Logic so I could compare them. I definitely liked the OCD. However, I ended up choosing two others: Blackstone Appliances’ Mosfet Overdrive (BAMO), and the Hudson Broadcast. Of course I keep my hand in and listen to, try and record all of the new ones that come out, but I haven’t had any reason to reconsider.Yet...
@@ThatPedalShow Right! I almost bought an OCD because of Mick's rec and Andy Martin's and Nick's vids. Everyone should own a Hudson pedal - even the new version or the Sidecar. Killers!
You gotta try an OCD into a Blues Driver (Keeley Preferred) set for clean vol boost....been my go-to stack for past few years. They just work beautifully together
This video made me look at the OCD that I have been playing for the last 6 years. It's a v1.4 I picked it up on craigslist for dirt cheap. I play lots of Hendrix/SRV and this pedal sounds incredible through my marshall. Thanks for making this video.
Loved the episode. Learned a good bit. And Thanx to Dan, I'm now rather lite in wallet. Around the 38 minute mark, some Dan Chords were strummed using the Ge & D. Memory Man..... and it was a 'yeah baby' moment !!!🎸🎶🎧 Bought the new Limited Edition - OCD the next day !! Killer sound. Keep up the great work guys.
I got the OCD V2 after watching one of your past shows (I think you were comparing overdrives into popular amps) My favourite pedal for ‘fat’ rhythm tones and i hit the front with either a soul food or a mini tube screamer for solos. Yet it also cleans up like a dream if i want it to. Love it.
After Mike's gaff two weeks or so ago, people are dumping their OCDs. After watching this again, I'm happy I was able to pick up a V2 blue LED on the cheap. It's such a great low gain dirt box on LP, with lots of clarity and character. I'm running it buffered on my White Board in the loop of my Plethora X5 (set to true bypass).
Tone junkies channel has a great documentary on the ocd evolution. I have a 1.7 and it never leaves my board. Wanna get the GE. It’s supposedly more like the original ocd. Awesome video nevertheless today.
I have ver 1.2, which was 2nd incarnation of original. A little less aggressive than original, and with my 2009 VOS 59 Les Paul through a Fender HRD III with WGS ETA 65 speaker that replaced original...amazing. When you have achieved a 3D sound in your setup,,,with no ice picking....you're there. :)
Well now everyone knows about the Ge OCD, I expect that they will sell out and I can quit worrying about getting the money together for one of my own. 🤘
hoboroadie Sign up for emails from Fulltone. You’ll get offers for discounts on “blems”. I have several and honest to God, I can’t find a single flaw on any of them, but they were a lot cheaper. I don’t know if Mike Fuller is able to write off Blems or what, but they are all as good as anything he puts out. They have a deal right now on the Germanium OCD Blems. for about $60 off ($171 vs $229).
There you go, Matthew. I knew that, you knew that, now we all know, so only those of us who squandered our last shekels on old JBL drivers really have any excuse not to buy them all out.
Stacking the v1 and v2 at low gains give some pretty great tones. I perceive the v2 as having more bass and treble but maybe that's due to the "mid scoop". Haven't run them in parallel yet. That's next up in my journey. Great show gentleman, I've been waiting a long time for this one.
Thinking about getting the V2, it's easiest to come by and doesn't boost the mids like so many of my pedals do (TS9, Riot etc.). My quite Marshall-y Suhr Badger amp already has loads of mids. I can always step on the TS9 for a mids bump... Also the highs seem to tame nicely when needed with the pedal's tone pot. Cheers!
I used to own a v1.2 and thought it was great, spent a few years without an ocd and decided that this week I will get another. Been watching quite a few reviews and comparisons (including this one 3 times) and today decided to order the v2. I prefer it tonally but also on one review it was said it's close to the v1.2's marshally goodness which is handy for the danzig/ acdc side of my set list. Another good reason it it's not much more dosh for a brand new v2 than a used v1 model. I'm sure I will be happy with it. Great review as always guys! 👍🏻
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Enjoying this video from a few years back. Just took my OCD Ge off the shelf and put it back on my board- what a great pedal it is.
All of these years later, and I think this is one of the most versatile drives out there still... it can push and already overdriven amp and it can give you some pretty good distortion on a cleaner amp, good times!
LOVE that Black 59 Strat and LOVE 1.7v OCD over the 2.
I generally won’t watch a video that’s more that 10-15 minutes long, but you guys did such a great job tweaking tones, gains, volumes, buffers, and guitars it was very helpful and educational. I would have liked to hear more humbuckers since I’m mostly a Gibson guy. The bad news is that like all thing guitars, it boils down to personal preference, and now I’m in a quandary of which OCD pedal will be my first to buy. I can already tell that this is going to get expensive because I will want buy several versions. Please don’t tell my wife because she will just come after you when she’s done with me…Rock On!
Thanks Gents, just picked up the last OCD v1.7 for sale anywhere on Reverb (none on eBay). Can't wait 👍
I owned a OCD 2.0 just before this video came out. After watching this I purchased a 1.7 and have been in love ever since. I have gone through countless other gain pedals trying to find something that can out perform it to no avail. Nothing does what the 1.7 does.
I think 2.0 sounds screeching and a bit acid, 1.7 version sounds warmer and well balanced, definitely better..
I have both. If i had to choose one its undoubtedly the 1.7. It is my primary 'make the sound more thick and chewy without adding any gain' pedal. Makes the overdrive of any Marshall style amp sound better. Squish, bounce, chew and sponge forever. I have thr GE too and it has its plavce for fender clean headroom amps. Very natural on low gain and lets the fender sheen shine. It's the antithesis of the 1.7. The 2.0 sounds best in 18v.
Funny story, watch the video… Drove down to my local pawnshop and found a version one for $70. Sounds fantastic. Thanks guys!
Finally bought my first proper OCD. After all these years. I guess I overlooked it since it was so obvious and common. I'm loving it!
These gentlemen have definitely had their wheaties this morning they are sounding stellar in all phases of chord progressions...all listeners in agreement say aye..! 🎶
ErrmahGerrrd! I have the 1.7 AND Ge on my board right now! Buyer Affirmation Def Con 1! Thanks Dan & Mick!!
These guys are actually amazing guitarists....
This was a great watch. I preferred V2 actually. A bit brighter to my ears.
Mick it was my pleasure to meet you at the Matt Schofield gig in Guildford, you were a total gent. Thanks for the photo, I posted it to Instagram :-) I LOVE the black Strat!
Gary! Great to put a face to the name!
As one of 8,365 players that have been struggling to decide which to buy this month, I thank you
Please do an updated version of the D&M Drive that has Mick’s decal with reading glasses sitting on his forehead.
We love this!
Wearing Tweed and smoking a pipe. Trying to read a book called "SRV For Lads"
Could be tricky to fit all that into the decal but I reckon it'd be worth it.
@@ThatPedalShow dont even think about it...i cant afford to upgrade hahaha
Does that make it a more "focused" pedal?
Update Dan's with a longer beard too....
No idea if just a coincidence-I posted a comment just the other day on an older vid asking you guys about impedance and buffers, and here we are. Thanks!
This week I bought 2 katana 100 mkii’s. I’ve been using the stereo expand link option on them with an OCD and t-Rex moller 2 in front. Sold the helix LT and power cab and bought the whole lot for half of what I got. The sounds I’m getting are infinitely better with the twist of a knob. And I still have €700 left over for more pedals. 😀
GT1000?? $$
Get a GT1000??
I once had a 1.4 and this is making me want another OCD!
Today i fitted my board with a voodoo labs pedal power mondo and it is the best investment i have made in a long time, having fully isolated my pedals under you guys recommendation has made an absolute world of difference and has completely shown me the way, everything works better and sounds harmonious rather than fighting against eachother and it is truly eye opening. I have even started using my marshall again which i thought i truly hated but i had definitely over looked power for far too long because everything sounds ten times better so thank you so much!
I already have the V2 & GE & mini vibe...yeah 🤟🏼the week ends beautifully!
Who needs Germanium! The v1.7 rules in this video as does the Black Strat. 😊🎸
I prefer the v1.7. V2 sounds great still, but 1.7 has a thicker/richer midrange that I prefer. I opened up my OCD and low and behold it’s a 1.7. Cool to note the differences!
1.7 has a mid bump in the eq it doesn't work with every amp.
*You forgot the most important timestamp*
- Mick rocks his glasses into position: 22:00
Cheers chaps, nice crunchy episode there. Love a strat and an OCD for fat dynamic rhythm tones, reminds me of cream in coffee, disguises the flavour a bit but pleasantly luxurious. "We could do that all day with different guitars and more overdrive and all the rest of it" ......mmmm.....yes, yes you could. :)
Glad I purchased my OCD-GE b4 the company closed its doors. The price on all ocd's no matter which version are on the rise fast! Love my OCD!!!
Things you didn't want to know:
-The OCD started off as a Voodoo Lab Overdrive clone, which in turn is based off the distortion+. Not saying they all sound the same. The differences are there and they affect the sound, but the voodoo especially is very close. The use of mosfet as clipping diodes as in the OCD has a debatable influence on sound, but in most cases they are very close to a 4148 (I was testing this with a friend)
-The observation that using the same pot position isn't very indicative is very true Mick. The earlier OCD had a linear volume pot, so set the same way they would be MUCH louder. Some versions have a different value of the gain pot. Pot tolerances are large too.
-The changes between 1 and 1.3 are minor. 1.4 introduced the germanium diode in series with one of the mosfets, but many people disliked that version, so I guess they removed it somewhere before 1.7, since the new teal special edition proudly features it again?
-About the V2, most of the changes involve that jfet at the input. It's not a buffer but it's basically like one. That's the discrete class A 5457 input stage, that's the reason the input impedance is bigger (and how it affects the sound), that's the reason you can choose to have buffered bypass (is it trendy again?)
-"The OCD is the only pedal with clipping to a voltage reference instead of ground" from the germanium version page. This was an interesting one. the Voodoo overdrive did it too! Also, sound-wise it doesn't matter at all, it's just a different circuit design choice.
Still, there's something about this pedal that i like. I use my diy clone a lot.
I love my Voodoo Lab OD! Just punches notes out of the speakers!
@@jeffreyweber8006 sounds good i know
Great comment ! I was about to post on the Voodoo Lab OD filiation, but you beat me to it.
Also, IIRC Jeorge Tripps also used the clipping to voltage reference design in some Way huge and more recent MXR pedals.
And same here, I like my OCD clone a lot (v1.3 version is the one I used), sounds killer boosting my Marshall mini Plexi.
@@NicD5150 i have made the v3 too, i guess i can make the germanium switchable if I want. Only regret of v1.3 is that it uses a linear volume pot and 1m gain, but i know where my settings are.
Clipping to 4,5v when the signal is floating at 4,5 is the same as ac coupling the signal and clipping to ground, tested in ltspice. It just saves some parts since there's another op amp after it
The MXR Dist + was my very first pedal Fond memories indeed 😊
it may just be that i haven’t waded through all 200 comments, but i’m surprised to see a pretty unanimous preference to the 1.7, considering i REALLY heavily preferred the v2 in almost every instance in this video. I guess that just hammers home the point that different isnt better or worse, it’s just different.
Hooray for that comment! Thank you. And of course there’s the whole other variable of what people are listening on. Different headphones and monitors sound //radically// different after all. You own ears are the only judge. And preferably in the room. We want the whole world to realise and believe this!
I prefer v2 as well. I might feel differently if they had selected different amps, though, or different mics. There's always some variable that you can't account for.
I also preferred the v2 from what I heard here and I prefer the v2 with my rig. I've owned both and used them both until I found myself gravitating toward one over the other. I kept the v2. Also, I think there is a tendency to like the one you have if you haven't had a chance to test them on your rig! That may explain some of the comments here.
It seemed to me that v2 might have worked better with amps that aren't already mid-scooped. Aside from the V1.7 having a lower center frequency for its Tone control, I think you could get them to sound more or less the same with proper EQ going into one or both of them.
@@kochjb32 I'm finding the same. I bought a V2.0 first, loved it, but recognised that it has a LOT of low end (which cannot be removed by increasing the tone/high end). Then I bought a V1.4, thought that was great (less low end, brighter, more lively top end/harmonics). However, the V1.4 is not capable of providing the chunky fat low end of the V2.0, the V1.4 tends to be a little harsh. Concluded that the V2.0 suited me best, never harsh in any way and the low end controlled by nudging the bass down on amp a little (which I should have tried in the first place).
Thanks so much for the episode guys. I actually bought an OCD a while back based on some of your older vids, and wound up with a new V2. The entire time I played it I was thinking, "Man the is waaaay more scooped than on the videos. So much so i have been running a tube screamer into the front to get the mids. They are just not there otherwise. time to find an older one!
I really enjoyed this. I always hear this whole "this ones better than that one" and it was cool to see that it's not better but just different. Well done chaps.
Funny story, I bought the OCD after your first vid where you covered it a couple/few years ago. Got it home, played it, and said ‘what the hell Dan and Mick, this sounds nothing like you’re review!’ Then looked at the model number....v2. Personally, I love the v2 sound - pushes my amps a little harder, compresses the preamps a little more, but really liked this comparison and the differences. Now I understand I was really looking for a v1.7... CASE SOLVED! 😁
Ok you sold me.Just bought a v1.7 ...Will try it through my 65 bandmaster and my 73 vt-22....Good times!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm a happy OCD v1.7 owner, but of course I want to know what the v2 and Ge models offer. Perfect comparison video that lets me make an informed decision.
You guys have the best jobs in the world and your good at it too.
Just like to say thank you both for keeping the guitar exciting and helping me in finding great pedals and matching them up with others for a good tone....so yeah cheers guys....loving it...
Ah, that’s ace, cheers Jason :)
Thanks Jason. If only it was a job! Mick here. :0)
I’m just an at home hobby player on a budget, but I will say that of all the different overdrive pedals I’ve experimented with, my absolute favorite is my Joyo Ultimate Drive (OCD Clone). It definitely is THE most versatile drive I own! What else is cool is how it well cleans up with the guitar’s volume control. Thanks for sharing guys! ✌🏻🎸🎼
Hi Dan € Mick, Excellent Show 👍👍👍.
I have to say I have the V 1.7 OCD and it is Absolutely Brilliant, one Pedal that will Never Leave my Board!
I have ordered the OCD Germanium simply for the fact that I LOVE the tone and hearing it Stacked, Wow!
Thank you Both, Take care.♥️♥️♥️👍.
Melbourne, Australia.
I totally changed my philosophy in that I used 2 channel amps for decades, one channel clean/ish the other for solos, the eg Boogie DC5,Blackstar & DSL Marshall’s, Fenders & Vox’s, the Boogie being the best. However now I have a V2 OCD for solos, a tube screamer for crunch in addition to reverb, delay & chorus and just the amp for clean & it’s opened up a whole new world. I can take my board everywhere and quickly achieve all the sounds I want, almost regardless of the amps used, I should add I use a stereo set up. Thanks to Dan & Mick for the inspiration/ knowledge👍👍👍
Yep! Welcome to the team. That’s the way to do it!
I love Fridays cuz it means a new TPS video!
you saved my week like the save at 28:00 -- OCD FTW - I think I need all of them! :)
That black Strat sounded positively delicious!!
Thank you!
@@ThatPedalShow How does it compare to the '62?
Hear hear. Great purchase.
agreed
@@smwatson1512 Better than Blue, but still not in the same league.
Great demo I love my OCD v1.4( a part of Germanium on it) but I interesting in new authentic Germanium version
Instant like as soon as the black strat shows up. Now let's see the rest...
This explains so much to me. I had an OCD v2 that I never could bond with, it seemed to always have a harshness that I couldn't dial out. Pulled it off my board after a year of trying to love it. It was finally replaced with a D&M Drive that got me much closer to what I was hunting. Maybe an OCD v1.7 might be more of what I was hearing in my head
What a fun comparison! My 1st and only OCD so far is the V2, and I've wondered how it differs from the V1.7. Might be fun to pick up a 1.7 and/or a Ge version someday, but this confirmed for me that the V2 is closest to the sound that I wanted.
Cloak and poke? Love you guys. I had the first version of the OCD. Not long after buying that came Mike's second version. Sold a mate first version, bought second. Thought version one sounded better (by the slightest of margins - still haunts me). Then out came version three. Mike generously shipped parts to upgrade version two to version three. Box arrived. Opened box, looked blankly at contents inside. Closed box. Never opened box again. OCD. Beautiful - moved on. OCD OCD OCD Love you guys.
Been a devoted Fulldrive 2 user for almost 2 decades ... just got a Candy Apple Red OCD - I’ve been missing out 🎸🎶
Me too. I love knowing the engineering is top quality and if Mike can't find a part, he'll have it made to the highest specs. All for reasonable prices.
Very pleased I own a version 1.7
I completely agree with some of the stacking comments like the soul food one. My OCD is really worth it's board space as its not only great on its own but it behaves really well when playing with other pedals (and with the guitar volume pot)
Love the show as ever.
That black strat is gorgeous!
All those OCD pedals give that classic rock guitar sound so familiar to millions. I'm not a fan of those sounds cause I guess I've heard them too much in my life.
But I DO THINK the two of you should start a macrame/knitting channel still. I think the both of you would be wonderful at it.
Great job as always. Playing in the intro was a great kick off to the video.
I own an OCD v1.7 thanks to you,I dont regret it, it's fantastic. I fact all the pedals I bought because of you are fantastics. Tanks you for this amazing show
I have an ocd v. 1.4 with one mythical germanium diode in it, D4, that I was running off of fulltone's "quiet" 9v power supply. I never was ecstatic with the way the fulltone power supply really introduced a ton of noise. I put the pedal on a voodoo labs dingbat tiny because it's so nice to travel with. It's powered by a truetone onespot pro with 9, 12 and 18v ports. Now I absolutely love the ocd v. 1.4 at 9 and 18volts. The ocd is dead silent and it does everything that we love the ocd for.
I’ve got the GE version and it’s awesome. On low gain, it’s chimney and trebly, yet thick. With more gain, it has an almost fuzz like quality, reminds me of the White Stripes early stuff. Easy to get that sound w this pedal.
One thing I love about the OCD is that it still sounds awesome at bedroom levels. Some pedals really require the amp to be working to be useful, but with the OCD you still get plenty of beefyness and dynamics with the amp turned down. It's an awesome bedroom overdrive
I'm really getting good at this now, my mentors.. ;-) I'm shouting at the screen my findings as I hear them before you both tell us.. My ears have been trained Ha Ha !!
I had my eye on that strat! You snooze you lose I guess. Congrats, it sounds ace.
Ha! Sorry Will. If it’s any consolation, I really do like it. :0)
Love this episode... the geekier the better as far as I'm concerned. The OCD-CS-Ge has just become main drive on one of my boards - love it.
To my ears the OCD-Ge has the tone I like. Plus, the feel is very amp-like.
I had you playing in the background while I was looking at Twitter, until at 42:40 when I thought "oh my goodness what's he doing, that sounds amazing".
Great moment Mick. (Dan helped of course).
Good show as always.
Thank you Robert!
i was eating lunch at work with my headphones on, not looking at my phone, and when that started i had to put my lunch down and pick my phone up to see what was going on
That Ge OCD is something else....wow
thanks, Guys another in-depth comparison!
My OCD was built in early 2007. Above the date is written, Rev.3, I think. The writing is hard to make out.
But I ALWAYS feed the OCD 18 volts. It's better and more dynamic. Recently, I've put a Greer Amps Lightspeed Organic Overdrive after it. I find that pedal "tames" and warms the OCD.
I know this episode was filmed some time before the internet but I have to mention this: I'd hope to hear the really low drive settings too just to hear how the pedal sounds right on the verge of breakup. That's usually my overdrive pedal settings anyway. Otherwise, great stuff!
Got the Joyo Ultimate Drive for 35 euros, it's suposed to be a clon of the OCD, it sounds very very similar to my ears, just an economical option for those who don't want to spend a lot on another pedal..... greetings from Mallorca ;)
I leave the OCD V2 on my board with the buffer on. That way it takes care of my long leads, etc. Sounds great. The V2 is scooped, but that works great for me because I like the natural scoop in my blackface Fenders. I don't want to "correct" that with a mid hump. I wish every pedal gave you the option to choose buffering on or off the way the OCD does.
Another thing about the V2.0 with buffer on, is that it cured a horrendously loud pop when I first turn on my Big Muff Pi (Tone/Wicker). The OCD runs into the BMP, usually either one in use; very angry when both on! The popping from the BMP occured even with (Boss) buffered pedals either side. The o/p impedance of the V2.0 (10k) is higher than Boss (1k) so maybe that has something to do with it. I also like a scooped sound, I have a Boss GE-7 set to mild scoop, it lets the 6.4kz (Presence) shine through on a Strat. BTW I also have black face Fender.
@@SaxJockey Very cool. It seems Michael Fuller put a lot of thought into the V2 and how well it plays with other pedals and amps.
I got an OCD thrown in when a bought an amp. Shortly afterwards the v2 came out and the shop let me swap it. After about a week I came back and retrieved the original (a v.1.7). To me the v2 removes all the lovely grittiness an OCD does so well, like it fills in all the frequencies or something. Almost like its a computer model of an OCD.
Excellent description. There's too much fizz / brightness in the V2. I'm holding onto my v1.4 for sure. You use the LP or HP setting more often? I've used the LP almost exclusively. Humbuckers and Single Coils
Loved this, and so timely! I just spent the last few months spinning in circles over which OCD I wanted to buy.... and I actually bought a v 1.1 just recently. It will arrive soon and I'm really excited. I'm thinking that because the 1.7 is so much cheaper I might buy one of those too and cork-sniff my way into deciding which one I like best... on Tuesdays!
TPS: "They sound very different".
Me: (picks up phone) "Hello? Yes. I need to schedule an appointment with an ENT".
Agreed on its sound across the gain sweep. I've always found the OCD to be a fine "swiss army knife" OD. Those that I've had have been adept at anything from a light push on the amp to searing smooth distortion. I could even get a little wooly fuzz from them. It would be my deserted island OD. There's a pedal that I like better than OCD for each gain range, but none I've found can score B+/A- for everything.
Great show guys (Germanium sniffers). Great sounds! I was always terrible at word scrambles. Thanks for triggering my elementary school insecurities 😜😜😉. Only took me 3 shows to figure out those shirts haha duhhhhh. Send the short bus.
After today the Fulltone OCD sales = Existing sales + 1. Thanks guys!
Interesting to see Dan and Mick review all the different OCD’s in one overview and reflect. The OCD is a classic sound. When I first immersed myself in pedal world years ago (thanks in large part to TPS), set out to research and choose an Overdrive/Distortion and build my own pedalboard, I exhibited my own OCD by trying hundred’s of pedals. More than 300 of them actually. I recorded samples of all of them, put them into Logic so I could compare them. I definitely liked the OCD. However, I ended up choosing two others: Blackstone Appliances’ Mosfet Overdrive (BAMO), and the Hudson Broadcast. Of course I keep my hand in and listen to, try and record all of the new ones that come out, but I haven’t had any reason to reconsider.Yet...
We love those pedals too. Different tones for different jobs. Everyone on the planet should own a Broadcast.
@@ThatPedalShow Right! I almost bought an OCD because of Mick's rec and Andy Martin's and Nick's vids. Everyone should own a Hudson pedal - even the new version or the Sidecar. Killers!
Hopefully you got an amp and cab that's at least expensive enough vs your pedals haha
You gotta try an OCD into a Blues Driver (Keeley Preferred) set for clean vol boost....been my go-to stack for past few years. They just work beautifully together
Almost expected to see Jimi & Robin on the stools with some of the sounds you were getting. Cracking vid.
Wow! High praise indeed. Then again... Strat, Marshall, UniVibe. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm
Ocd is one of my all time favorite pedals
This video made me look at the OCD that I have been playing for the last 6 years. It's a v1.4 I picked it up on craigslist for dirt cheap. I play lots of Hendrix/SRV and this pedal sounds incredible through my marshall. Thanks for making this video.
Ohhhh nice!
Saw the number 12 looks like you a couple days ago and he was rocking a d&m drive! Cheers guys keep it up 👍🏻
Loved the episode. Learned a good bit. And Thanx to Dan, I'm now rather lite in wallet. Around the 38 minute mark, some Dan Chords were strummed using the Ge & D. Memory Man..... and it was a 'yeah baby' moment !!!🎸🎶🎧 Bought the new Limited Edition - OCD the next day !!
Killer sound. Keep up the great work guys.
I got the OCD V2 after watching one of your past shows (I think you were comparing overdrives into popular amps)
My favourite pedal for ‘fat’ rhythm tones and i hit the front with either a soul food or a mini tube screamer for solos. Yet it also cleans up like a dream if i want it to. Love it.
You are both fabulous guitar players.
Thank you Randy!
GREAT VIDEO!!! Too COOOOOL (and ironic...) My son and I were just comparing different versions of OCD pedals last night!!!
Awesome!
Couldn’t bond with the v2.0 either. Regret selling my v1.3 years ago just to try the Xotic line. Great video.
The new black strat sure sounds nice!!
After Mike's gaff two weeks or so ago, people are dumping their OCDs.
After watching this again, I'm happy I was able to pick up a V2 blue LED on the cheap. It's such a great low gain dirt box on LP, with lots of clarity and character. I'm running it buffered on my White Board in the loop of my Plethora X5 (set to true bypass).
Tone junkies channel has a great documentary on the ocd evolution. I have a 1.7 and it never leaves my board. Wanna get the GE. It’s supposedly more like the original ocd. Awesome video nevertheless today.
sure would like to see a lot more use of the plexi with pedal demos
Could you please make an episode about Sunn model T amps and derivated pedals ? That would be soooo nice
I have ver 1.2, which was 2nd incarnation of original. A little less aggressive than original, and with my 2009 VOS 59 Les Paul through a Fender HRD III with WGS ETA 65 speaker that replaced original...amazing. When you have achieved a 3D sound in your setup,,,with no ice picking....you're there. :)
Well now everyone knows about the Ge OCD, I expect that they will sell out and I can quit worrying about getting the money together for one of my own. 🤘
hoboroadie Sign up for emails from Fulltone. You’ll get offers for discounts on “blems”. I have several and honest to God, I can’t find a single flaw on any of them, but they were a lot cheaper. I don’t know if Mike Fuller is able to write off Blems or what, but they are all as good as anything he puts out. They have a deal right now on the Germanium OCD Blems. for about $60 off ($171 vs $229).
Same for the 1.7
There you go, Matthew. I knew that, you knew that, now we all know, so only those of us who squandered our last shekels on old JBL drivers really have any excuse not to buy them all out.
What a emotional touch Mick has got within his fingers!!!
Stacking the v1 and v2 at low gains give some pretty great tones. I perceive the v2 as having more bass and treble but maybe that's due to the "mid scoop". Haven't run them in parallel yet. That's next up in my journey. Great show gentleman, I've been waiting a long time for this one.
Great vid. Made me put my OCD back on my board
Thinking about getting the V2, it's easiest to come by and doesn't boost the mids like so many of my pedals do (TS9, Riot etc.). My quite Marshall-y Suhr Badger amp already has loads of mids. I can always step on the TS9 for a mids bump... Also the highs seem to tame nicely when needed with the pedal's tone pot. Cheers!
V2 sounded the best with my Vox amps.
The buffer on the wazza chorus really brightens the tone on my board but in a good way. Sometimes buffers really work four you.
Totally! If you’re not running a switcher and you have more than three or four pedals they’re borderline essential IMhO. Mick here.
I put a buffer after my Wah before Fuzz Face, then I have a boss delay near the end.
I used to own a v1.2 and thought it was great, spent a few years without an ocd and decided that this week I will get another. Been watching quite a few reviews and comparisons (including this one 3 times) and today decided to order the v2.
I prefer it tonally but also on one review it was said it's close to the v1.2's marshally goodness which is handy for the danzig/ acdc side of my set list.
Another good reason it it's not much more dosh for a brand new v2 than a used v1 model. I'm sure I will be happy with it.
Great review as always guys! 👍🏻
Friday, my favorite day of the week, a coffee and TPS.....
Please do more videos where you talk about your gear! I would love to hear more about your guitars and amps!
OCD, Best overdrive pedal ever made! Amazing tones and awesome playing. Top 5 videos from TPS for sure! Cheers
I like the smooth singey-ness of a 1.4
Quite chuffed to see the refinement in the studio. Marvy. HTT
You guys work well together.
I love that people don’t like the V2. Bought mine for 50 bucks used and has been my favorite pedal ever since. To each their own haha