What's The Difference? Fulltone OCD and Fulltone Plimsoul 

Well both the OCD and the Plim Soul have hard-clipping OpAmp-style distortion at their disposal; the difference is that the PlimSoul stage 1 distortion also adds TS-style soft-clipping. I can make my PlimSoul sound like my OCD by turning stage 1 down to about 7:00, and dialing up the hard clipping from stage 2. But I can’t make my OCD sound like my PlimSoul…

I’m tried out 20 overdrive pedals over 3 hours at volume. I was narrowing it down to OCD and tube screamer, then somebody brought out the Plimsoul. Oh yea !

Dude...as always a very truthful review. Agree OCD is a marshall and Plimsoul is a tube screamer. I always wanted to get a Plimsoul. After your review I'm sticking with my OCD and get a cheaper boost pedal probably. OCD is beautifully transparent. I have version 1.3 that I will not let go for the world. Great for a tele because of it's bass response.

The PlimSoul mkII has a 3 pos Bass EQ switch to cut bass before hard-clipping, so you can tame the bass at higher gain settings to avoid flubbing out.

This is the comparison I always wanted to hear, but with an OCD 1.7 or earlier, which has a huge mids presence. OCD 2.0 and forward is just an entirely different pedal.

Nice demo. I am an OCD (1.7) guy, but I do-like the new Plimsoul 2. oNe LovE from NYC

If you have a small combo that's dragging a##, or doesn't sound good at low volume, the OCD is a simple, all purpose, solution.EQ, compression, ( great with Blues Jrs and AC15's)- and I think it sounds better low gain/ clean boost than cranked.( Used to put one on the end of the chain, gain low)The versions DO matter, as does the voltage used ( built in buffers, etc). One of my first pedal purchases was a Plimsoul, knowing nothing about it, - but I kept it for years.I prefer TS 808 types( which took a decade to fully appreciate), and this is an expanded version.The voltage makes an even bigger difference. It's truly unfortunate that MF got himself mixed up in politics, as he made boutiques , - Fuzzes, especially, - when no one else was. TBH/ TBF, whatever your politics, almost all of his designs are superior.

I can get my v1 plimsoul to sound like my 1980 mxr distortion+ on an AC15. It's a worthy pedal. Crank those volumes knobs first and then gain.

This was a great video👍 I am a guitarplayer who lives in Sweden 🇸🇪 Looking forward to more great videos 😊 Have a nice day!

I use the OCD for lead solos. I think it works well for rhythm tracks too. It's really the what guitar and amp you use. My Plimsoul is much fuzzier (less focused). Both pedals where purchased early on. First versions. So, your mileage my vary.

The OCD is perfect for amps with their own mojo going on. I love to use mine to shove my Orange over the edge. It's great!

Great review! Greetings from Brazil

You have a great channel brother! Love your videos.

Muddy ass tone to start with . Bass drowning out this demo/

Awesome review man! I don’t own either of these but always been tempted. I’ve wanted to know the difference between these two so thank you for a sweet comparison

My rule with pedals is if you have a Marshall in a box pedal pair it with a Fender or Fender style amp. With a Tube Screamer style pedal, it can work well with ither style amp, but tends to work well when the amp itself has enough grit to work with. OCD makes great pedals.

I have a germanium OCD, which sounds fantastic with bridge pickups... not so much with neck pickups. Muffled and muddy unless the gain is at like 10:00. In the Plimsoul like that for leads or is it smoother with more clarity?

Trower uses both, so I want both.

It’s a high pass and low pass switch not a pick switch.

so i tried both and. i play pop punk and hard core types of music. both are used as a main drive and is pushed with a maxon od808 as a boost before it to give it a more creamy tone. in the OCD (1.7) i have i alway use itvon high pass as it sounded like it has more gain and clarity. PLIMSOUL hasxmore gain in my opinion

Hi Jason. There’s a guy here in SA who makes high quality pedals from PedalPCB kits. So far, I have a Simble (Dumble) OD and a Friedman Smallbox “Marshall” style distortion clone, but I’m getting more. The guy (Adam) sells them on eBay under the name ADLFX. Cheers.

Hi, thanks a lot for that comparison and some PJ tunes :) I have tried OCD and it records well with a GAIN knob set almost to zero :) Still I came here to listen to Plimsoul and it sounds really cool. I was wondering what is your signal chain as the tones recorded are pretty decent 👍 Cheers, Mike

Great idea to compare these two. Convinced me to keep my ole OCD and pass on the Plimsoul. Is the Plim sort of a light-middy type, where as the TS or Fulldrive are heavier mids? PS - try OCD all knobs around 11:00, HP on. After 16 yrs of playing the OCD, that's the sweet spot on my version(later versions may vary), and at this setting it works as always on, or stack it into another pedal/boost for leads. Really shines at high amp volumes.

Nice video. Well done. I have an OCD v2 and looking for an additional pedal for recording with high gain and nice sustain for solos. Trying to narrow down which high gain pedal to buy. BTW: I was also considering the Fulltone GT-500 pedal. Are you familiar with using that model? Phil NYC / Jersey Shore Area

hmm... never dialed OCD to peak brightness with tone all the way to the right and High peak on....

Is just me or is all of this way too dark? That's a Tele. Where's the twang? Even your clean sound sounds way yo dark to my ears. At least that's the way it's sounding through my stereo. Your voice sounds perfectly normal but all the guitar sounds are way too dark....to me.

Reminds me of a Robin trower overdrive.

One is white and one is purple

Have you done a demo for the fulldrive 1? im looking for a more current demo of it.

Plimsoul Fuzzy sound ?

Sir this comment is meant to help you not harm but have you noticed when you do single note vibrato, you pull the note sharp instead of vibrating around the note? Hope this helps. Thanks for the comparison.

The difference its that The plim soul sounds all tje way better

OCD Tighter !

is the tone completely off on the plimsoul??

are you playing with your guitar tone control cut back or something? neither pedal sounds good to me, too blubby, no treble. I own a PlimSoul and you have them sounding way to dark.

You are making a mistake. The volume of the ocd should not be below 9 o'clock. It's a peculiarity of the ocd, below 9 o'clock, it's muddy, less defined sounds.

You should set them exactly the same so we can hear the actual differences. This way your just showing what you prefer

Sounds muffled no high end but I know it’s not the pedal

You should set them exactly the same so we can hear the actual difference

You could have not done any worse of a review on these two pedals or missed so badly on what these two pedals do. Ffs 🤦‍♂️