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Title: OCD
Post by: televisiondown on February 07, 2014, 10:32:44 AM
Pretty much a straight clone of the Fulltone OCD Version 3. Another build with waterslide problems. Nothing went right with the label. The ink faded, I lined up the text poorly and it attracted all kinds of dust and crap while the clear coat was drying. Now that it's done, it feels a little odd that I labeled it just like the original. Luckily I f'd it up. Apparently I don't have OCD. Yeah.

The sound of this pedal is incredible. I first tested it on bass and it was extremely dynamic. On guitar it's an excellent sounding overdrive! I tried it at 9, 12 and 18v. There's a very noticeable difference. It feels less compressed as the voltage goes up. I'm leaning toward leaving it on 12 volts.

I decided not to use the extra clipping options because it was one of the first 1590Bs I worked on and I wasn't sure of my space management. Plus, I have an extra board I could try that with.
Title: Re: OCD
Post by: televisiondown on February 07, 2014, 10:34:38 AM
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Title: Re: OCD
Post by: televisiondown on February 07, 2014, 10:35:37 AM
guts
Title: Re: OCD
Post by: Jabulani Jonny on February 07, 2014, 12:46:28 PM
Very nice. The label doesn't look bad at all. At least I can't see any issues.


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Title: Re: OCD
Post by: stevie1556 on February 07, 2014, 01:49:12 PM
I think it looks great. The wiring is so neat!

As above, the label looks good :)

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Title: Re: OCD
Post by: bcalla on February 07, 2014, 02:38:50 PM
Quote from: Jabulani Jonny on February 07, 2014, 12:46:28 PM
Very nice. The label doesn't look bad at all. At least I can't see any issues.

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Ditto!
Title: Re: OCD
Post by: selfdestroyer on February 07, 2014, 04:43:25 PM
Kris, we must be on the same wavelength since I just populated a Egodriver also.. I love it. I have yet to box mine up but yours came out great.
Title: Re: OCD
Post by: televisiondown on February 07, 2014, 05:21:19 PM
Thanks, guys. I just looked at the pedal again and I think I really got the angle and lighting right for the pictures. ;D Haha! Every time I play it, it sounds so good that I don't care what it looks like.
Title: Re: OCD
Post by: Bret608 on February 07, 2014, 07:01:51 PM
Totally with you guys on this! I have one in my small but growing "need to box" collection. I also really, really like it. Definitely the best IC-based OD I've played. Much like happened with my Cosmopolitan, this looks really good in the pictures, no matter what the goofs were with the decal and clearcoat!  :)

I think you would've had room for the extra clipping. I've also been worrying over how to fit that in a 1590b. I think I will lay mine out like yours and include the clipping. Although actually, I like the stock mosfet the best. The LED clipping is also really nice though, clear but crunchy.
Title: Re: OCD
Post by: hoodoo on February 07, 2014, 10:47:46 PM
Looks like a bought one mate  :), very tidy in and out.
Title: Re: OCD
Post by: rullywowr on February 07, 2014, 10:48:22 PM
I saw nothing wrong with the decal.  At first I thought it was a real OCD!  Nice job.
Title: Re: OCD
Post by: jimilee on February 08, 2014, 05:26:46 AM
Righteous! I have a series I call the lawsuit series cause the art is a direct copy! I just do them for myself and friends so likely nothing I'll ever come of it.
Title: Re: OCD
Post by: televisiondown on February 09, 2014, 05:17:18 PM
Quote from: jimilee on February 08, 2014, 05:26:46 AM
Righteous! I have a series I call the lawsuit series cause the art is a direct copy! I just do them for myself and friends so likely nothing I'll ever come of it.

That's really funny! I like the idea of direct copy clones, but actually doing it feels odd. I like your justification, though.
Title: Re: OCD
Post by: jimilee on February 09, 2014, 05:20:41 PM

Quote from: televisiondown on February 09, 2014, 05:17:18 PM
Quote from: jimilee on February 08, 2014, 05:26:46 AM
Righteous! I have a series I call the lawsuit series cause the art is a direct copy! I just do them for myself and friends so likely nothing I'll ever come of it.

That's really funny! I like the idea of direct copy clones, but actually doing it feels odd. I like your justification, though.
8-)
Title: Re: OCD
Post by: lazarlazarevic133 on February 13, 2014, 04:24:43 PM
You haven't tried clipping with LED? If you didn't, try it, TRUST ME! :) it sounds a lot better! :)
Title: Re: OCD
Post by: nothing on February 14, 2014, 06:17:21 AM
Hi Kris, question: which value pots did you use?

I built an OCD a year ago and I first used for Gain 1MA and Vol 500kA but I didn't like it, it had too much gain after 12 o'clock and the vol pot had too much volume. I tried out the mod in Egodriver version 5 (release date 09-26-11) using for Gain a 500kA and for Vol a 100kA and the result is awesome!

Did you try it out?
Title: Re: OCD
Post by: televisiondown on February 14, 2014, 07:32:22 PM
Quote from: lazarlazarevic133 on February 13, 2014, 04:24:43 PM
You haven't tried clipping with LED? If you didn't, try it, TRUST ME! :) it sounds a lot better! :)
I have another board, so I'll probably put the LED clipping switch on that with a different selection of pots. I'm not sure which pots I used on this build. I'll have to open up the pedal at some point.