You must embrace your OCD

[The Interceptor]

To all the OCD owners out there:
- realise that you won't find a better low to mid gain OD
- stop trying to find alternatives, you know it will just return to your pedal board
- play through your OCD and remind yourself how good it is
- in short, love your OCD.

I had less than five minutes with mine tonight and it was magic. I've only had my OCD a year but it just continues to deliver.

 

[Dave]

Mine has been on my pedal board for about three years now. I use it as a low gain OD and for that I think it's one of the best. I wouldn't say I 'love' it, but I'm pleased with it.

 

[jazzfromhell]

Had a v3 for about a week but never got along with it unfortunately. I think I need to try the v4 someday.

 

[cram]

I'm easy to please.
I have not had this one yet.
Perhaps some day though.

 

[spayne99]

Thanks for the reminder! Lately I've been tempted by a Wampler Black '65 and got outbid on one on eBay in the final seconds. Luckily I still have an OCD to fall back on, haha. I wonder how close the OCD in low gain LP mode is to the Wampler. I don't really think of the OCD as blackface in character, but then again in low gain LP mode it does a nice transparent boost, giving my PRRI something 'extra'. Great pedal indeed.

 

[sick1982]

Had a v3 for about a week but never got along with it unfortunately. I think I need to try the v4 someday.

I had the V4 and didn't like it. I do like my Joyo though.

 

[zwieback-dude]

It was great until I tried to use it in front of my DMM.. then it sucked

 

[pedrozepelim]

Too much bass added to your tone (I had the v4)

 

[jackroylee]

I love my OCD v2,sounds great and very versatile

 

[McStrats]

How would an OCD compare tonally with a Boss OD3? any similarities?

 

[Guinness Lad]

My take -

Doesn't work well with other pedals
Typical Fulltone sludgy bass (overly fat)
many things better - I use a Jester

If i wanted that big low end thing I'd get a Dumkudo, those are nice. Otherwise for more gain a Suhr Riot.

 

[Dave]

In my experience the bass stays flat with the drive set below 11 o'clock. Once it gets past about noon it almost becomes a different pedal.

 

[dysorexia]

It's alright. A bit shrill.

 

[Painasusual]

Had one. It sucked royally. Scooped bassy fart machine that doesn't get along with other pedals.

 

[Pinelake]

I have the V.4. My Rivera V5 is high gain so I use the OCD as a low-gain, break up boost on the clean channel. I love the OCD touch sensitivity.

 

[john l]

My v4 was very picky about what amps it would work well with. Sounded killer through some but I didnt own those lol so I clucked it for a full driive that I still have. Having said that if you own an amp that the the OCD gets on with youd be hard pressed to find a better OD. Id really like to try a V1 sometime

 

[GTO]

take the OCD with 18 volts...... it will be a different pedal...

 

[dascher]

Who else runs their OCD first? I've been experimenting with the OCD in the LP mode before a TS9.

 

[jb1911]

I had a v1 and hated it. It was shrill and harsh, couldn't sell it fast enough. The only thing I can say that I liked about it was I sold it for more than I paid for it.

 

[ecm1117]

Hmmm . . . I had v4 and tried it in my rig, which goes through a Fender blackface type amp. While I agree that the pedal is a solid design, it didn't do it for me through that amp - too much bass and not enough mids. Not a good match for me. I imagine it would sound much better through a Tweed/Marshall circuit. I went with a Catalinbread DLS instead and that pedal hasn't left my board since.