i'd been jamming with a couple folks a few times with just my jag straight into my pro jr. sadly, these people are not as in love with IN YOUR FACE TOANZ as you and i are, so just diming (or more accurately, 12ing) the amp was an option. so before the last session, i walked to my neighborhood fucktard center and just asked the Expert behind the counter to give me a run down on the available overdrives. i had done literally no research, and was thinking of just picking up a ts-9 if they had one. . . which they did, but he mentioned the fulltone, so i said "why not? it's only $100." then he rings it up and i go to pay, and he says "that'll be $150." my bad for being at the wrong angle at the counter. the tag that looked like it was below the ocd was actually below some other overdrive. not wanting to be an idiot (and since i had no budget set for this at all), i just shrugged and paid for it.
so far i have played it in two jam sessions -- one with the people in PB w/ st jimmy, and once up in big bear a couple weeks ago. it seems to lack a little on the top end, but that could just be my very minimal setup (ocd, salt booster, strobo stomp, amp), though i think that actually reveals it's true colors. no biggie, i like it find. it can go from grit to gravel to gain city and all the lovely places in between. it does not sound like a cheap, mass produced circuit bender, and controls are super easy to read and understand. i haven't played much with the tone switch up top, but i suspect i will do so more later.
if you're into a strictly Overdrive type sound (think late sixties, early 70's hard rock), this is definitely one of the tones from that era. very natural and handles nicely when you lower the volume on your guitar to shape things even more. slightly on the spendy side, but not really.
