Fulltone Custom Shop OCD Germanium

The Fulltone OCD Germanium is a variation on the well-known, world-famous white version: the Fulltone OCD. This Obsessive Compulsive Drive is a very transparent and open-sounding overdrive that responds fantastically to the dynamics of your playing. A soft touch produces a mild drive, while a firm touch delivers a delightful dose of overdrive. Exactly as you’d expect from a good tube amplifier. 

The OCD Germanium features two different voicing settings: LP (Low Peak) for an open, transparent, and dynamic sound with less compression and a more classic overdrive tone. And the HP (High Peak) setting, which provides more gain and compression for a heavier, more aggressive distortion sound.

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This OCD Germanium pedal is the only pedal that uses 2 x MOSFETs configured for hard clipping to a “voltage reference” rather than the usual method: to ground. The earliest OCDs used 2 x MOSFETs plus 1 x germanium diode, but these diodes soon became increasingly difficult to find and grew expensive.

Recently, Fulltone stumbled upon a fairly large stock of the correct type of germanium diodes. So Fulltone decided to create the ultimate OCD: a Custom Shop version with a few circuit tweaks featuring 2 x MOSFETs plus 2 x germanium diodes, and a damn beautiful finish... Metallic Teal with a chrome undercoat! This beauty shifts between blue and green depending on the light and the angle. And what would the ultimate OCD be without a blue LED?

The sound? Amazing definition, a more tube-like feel, a slightly wider dynamic range, more sustain, and a more focused single-note tone. And as with all Fulltone pedals… 100% made in the USA.
You can use the OCD Germanium with a standard 9V power supply, or with 18V for more dynamics and headroom.

Features:

• Effect: Overdrive / Distortion
• Design: Analog
• Mono/Stereo: Mono In, Mono Out
• Controls: Volume, Drive, Tone
• Switches: HP/LP
• Bypass Mode: True Bypass
• Power Supply: 9V, 18V DC, center negative (not included)
• Current Draw: 8 mA
• Made in: USA