FULLTONE PLIMSOUL MKII

Overdrive and distortion effects quite often offer two types of clipping/distortion character - asymmetrical soft clipping (Full-Drive 2 or TS style boxes) with cleaner low-to-medium gain overdrive and more compression, and symmetrical hard clipping (RAT, OCD) with more natural distortion of real tube machines. The Fulltone PLIMSOUL MKII pedal effect offers both types of clipping with separate controls, so you can play around with the setup and combine both types of clipping. The dual gain stage circuit thus replicates not only the sound but also the feel of real guitar amps with all the details.

What else to mention? The pedal's input impedance is increased from 500K to 700K+ ohms for better interaction with the guitar's Volume pot, hard clipping uses two germanium diodes instead of LEDs (a difference like night and day according to the manufacturer), and a two-band equalizer (Loss-less Bass switch is placed in front of the hard-clipping circuit) to firm up the bass or brighten the sound.

The box is wired as a true bypass. A 9V battery or 9-18V adapter is required for power (adapter not included).

The American brand Fulltone was one of the leading manufacturers of boutique pedal effects from the 1990s until the year of discontinuation (2022). Boxes such as the Full Drive or OCD are sure to be found in many pedalboards of well-known and respected musicians. But nothing lasts forever, and so the Fulltone brand returns in an exclusive partnership with pedal effects manufacturer Jackson Audio. The brand's founder, Mike Fuller, continues as production supervisor and designer of the new pedal effects.