The Fulltone OCD Germanium is a variant of the well-known world-famous white version; the Fulltone OCD. This Obsessive Compulsive Drive is a very transparent and open sounding Overdrive/Distortion that responds fantastically to the dynamics of your playing. A soft touch results in a mild drive, while a firm touch provides a delicious dose of overdrive. Exactly what you would expect from a good tube amp.
This OCD Germanium pedal is the only pedal that uses 2 x Mosfets configured as hard-clipping to 'Voltage reference" instead of the usual way: to ground." The earliest OCDs used 2 x Mosfets plus 1 x Germanium diode, but very quickly these diodes became harder and harder to find, and they became expensive.
Recently Fullltone stumbled across a reasonably large stash of the right kind of Germanium diodes so they ponied-up and bought all of them. So Fulltone decided to do a run of the ultimate OCD: a Custom Shop offering with a few circuit tweaks using 2 x Mosfets plus 2 x Germanium diodes, and one hell of a beautiful paint job... Metallic Teal with a chrome undercoat! This beauty morphs between blues and greens depending on the light and angle. And what would the ultimate OCD be without a Blue LED?
The sound? Great definition, more tube-like feel, a bit wider dynamic range, more sustain, and a more focused single-note tone. And as with all Fulltone pedals... 100% Built in the USA.
You can use the OCD Germanium with a standard 9V power supply, but also with 18V for more dynamics and headroom.
- Effect: Overdrive/Distortion
- Design: Analog
- Mono/Stereo: Mono In, Mono Out
- Knobs: Volume, Drive, Tone
- Switches: HP/LP
- Bypass Mode: True Bypass
- Power Supply: 9V , 18V DC, center negative (not included)
- Power Consumption: 8 mA
- Made in: USA
