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Went to a local reseller, tried a few pedals, Tonebone Classic, Fulltone FD2, Fulltone OCD, So here's a review

TBone Classic:

Did the saturated distortion very very very well. Very Eric Johnsonish sound. Maintained a very articulate tone, but had huge meat to the chords. One thing that was very nice was dynamics. This pedal didn't seem to squish the sound, but maintained a sense of control, so for those who want a big wall of sound but dont want to lose the ability to feel and wrestle with your notes, this pedal will definitly do that. Con: This pedal didnt sit between clean and overdrive very well, didnt seem to clean up with guitar volume either. So for an SRVesque vibe, I wouldnt go with this pedal.

Fulltone OCD:

Now while this pedal did grab alot of 60's esque tones well, I didn't hear tones outside of that genre in it. However if its a vintage amp sound your after, this pedal does that type of tone very well.

Fulltone FD2:

Now this pedal, this pedal, this pedal frigging rocked. It has a very warm, and versatile tone, responded great to playing dynamics, as well as guitar volume changes. The vintage setting yielded tones that I would venture to say that the Tubescreamer is trying for. Add on the boost pedal, it seems to venture almost into a marshall esque mid range type tone. The FD2 seems to get into saturated blues type tones *think Gary Moore* Of all the pedals I played today, I would definitly say that this was my favourite. I didn't venture to far into the other settings, only enough to know that the Flat Mid's setting yields a great squishy, bridge\middle or neck\middle tones. This pedal is almost preamp esque kind of like the DS-1. The only thing I can think of that would be a great function, would be having the three modes (compcut, fm, vintage) in footswitch pedal so you can change em on the fly.

Anyhoo, thats my two cents guy's . . . anybody else have experience with these pedals?

Ty

I'm a hardcore Fulltone advocate, and the Full-Drive 2/Fat Boost combo is a permanent part of my rig. Love 'em!!!!
As Doogz says, I have 'plush kit', but Fulltone pedals are the ones I keep going back to.


Originally Posted by GandLManTBone Classic:

Did the saturated distortion very very very well. Very Eric Johnsonish sound. Maintained a very articulate tone, but had huge meat to the chords. One thing that was very nice was dynamics. This pedal didn't seem to squish the sound, but maintained a sense of control, so for those who want a big wall of sound but dont want to lose the ability to feel and wrestle with your notes, this pedal will definitly do that. Con: This pedal didnt sit between clean and overdrive very well, didnt seem to clean up with guitar volume either. So for an SRVesque vibe, I wouldnt go with this pedal.

Ty

Just to comment on the Classic. Mine does clean up great when turning down the voume. Guess it depends on the pickups and the guitar.

And yes, it is a great sounding device.


Originally Posted by StringmachineJust to comment on the Classic. Mine does clean up great when turning down the voume. Guess it depends on the pickups and the guitar.

And yes, it is a great sounding device.

yah, that prolly was the case as my pickups have a lot hotter of an output, so they generally dont seem to clean up as well . . . that tube really does warm things up alot eh!


Originally Posted by GandLManyah, that prolly was the case as my pickups have a lot hotter of an output, so they generally dont seem to clean up as well . . . that tube really does warm things up alot eh!

Yeah, I really like mine. I just bought one, and I also have a Hot British as well. Both are doing exactly what I want them to.