4 Chinese Fulltone OCD Clones (Joyo Ultimate, Mooer Hustle, Caline Leon, Mosky Obsessive)
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- A thorough, in-depth comparison of four Chinese-made clones of the Fulltone OCD Obsessive Complusive Drive v1 - the Joyo Ultimate Drive, the Mooer Hustle Drive, the Caline Central Station Leon Drive, and the Mosky Obsessive Overdrive - and the original OCD itself, version 1.4.
Fulltone OCD Obsessive Complusive Drive v1 Series 4
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www.fulltone.c... (current version)
Joyo JF-02 Ultimate Drive
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Mooer Hustle Drive
www.mooeraudio....
Caline CP-50 'Central Station' Leon Drive
www.calinemusic...
Mosky Obsessive Overdrive
www.moskyaudio...
Gear:
Fender Classic Player Jazzmaster (both pickups)
EHX 720 Looper
Boss Katana 50w amp (Clean channel)
mic'd with a Sennheiser e609
into a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
Recorded in GarageBand, edited in Final Cut Pro X
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Still waiting! Best wishes from Germany!
@@ThePedalBoredstill waiting for your return from Italy too 😅
Canada waiting for you to return too lol
Sometimes I come back to rewatch because the loops slap so hard 😩
Thank you for the test!!! It seems that the tone controls on the clones are much more extreme then the OCD. This causes the sound to get really bad when they are set at the limits. It would be great if the tester set each pedal to the best sound he could get for the pedal at a given gain setting and then compare them.
Unfortunately ‘best sound’ is extremely subjective 🤷♂️
@@ThePedalBored Agreed, it is somewhat subjective. You could however, give it your best shot. I don't really care how a pedal sounds at its extreme settings...I care about the best should I can get from it...maybe at low gain and then again at higher gain. You could call it "My Favorite Settings Test"...subjective, yes, but I believe it would be a great value add.
Was eyeing the Mosky Obsessive OD for a while now but couldn't find a convincing review on youtube. Got a Mosky/Muslady Golden Horse instead. This made me reconsider the Obsessive. Nice review, as usual!
Thanks!
try the mosky ultimate drive (the one with yellow and red knobs) as it is an ocd copy as well.
@@bryanxenob5566 This one is nice ? do you have one ?
Good critical comparison. Thanks.
Would love to see new videos. Hope you’re well and jamming away somewhere 🫡
Hope all is well and that you'll be able to upload some videos soon. You have been missed!!
Gloveberg Thanks! Just waiting out the pandemic. With everyone working/learning from home it’s not the easiest time to make demos. :)
The Joyo is a great pedal !!!
nice job, mate!
Hope this channel isn't dead! Best pedal shootout channel on RUclips by far
Not dead! Just... on lockdown.
@@ThePedalBored I'm glad to hear it's not dead... I agree with OP: these are easily the best pedal shootouts on RUclips. Keep it up (when you're able!) Amazing work.
Thanks!
@@ThePedalBored I'm also glad you're still around playing music and such. Your videos have been highly enjoyable. Amazing style without sacrificing the substance.
After the short praise section, I will now attempt to steal a moment of your time. I have a question about the Katana amp that you're using for pedal demos. Any particular reason for this choice? It seems to take pedals really well. I'm asking because I'm currently running my board straight into the interface (using amp sims and listening back either on headphones or tiny studio monitors). I kinda want to unplug myself from the PC a bit since I'm already using it for work and some entertainment. I want to get an amp. I have a local builder who makes Champ/Princeton copies on the cheap, but 5W is still probably too loud for an apartment with thin walls. I would never be able to crank it so I'd have to rely on my King of Tone copy for drive sounds. Granted I'm already doing that with the amp sims so maybe that's not that big of an issue.
To cut it short, I played Katana in the shop and I liked it. It sounded good even when whisper-quiet (0.5W setting) especially because I play like 70% clean 25% indie-rock-y crunch (5% higher gain stuff). I'm not a tube snob by any means (I'm living in the amp sim world, nuff said), I like solid-state cleans, but there's something romantic and aesthetically appealing about the old world tech that is a tube amp. I don't expect you to make the decision for me but in summary:
TL;DR Can you tell me why do you use Katana for your demos, and do you recommend it?
Once again, thank you so much for your amazing videos!
@@ThePedalBored So good to hear! This was by far the best review and breakdown of pedals when I went down the rabbit hole with building my pedalboard.
Is this channel still going? I've noticed there's a few rip-off channels that have started in this mode, but nothing beats the OG.
It’s on pandemic hiatus :( Online schooling and everyone working from home not really compatible with hobby demo-video-making sadly. Point me towards these rip-off channels so I may praise them for their good taste!
@@ThePedalBored I totally get it. We look forward to having you back! And the one I immediately thought of was one called We As A Company that seems to borrow your shootout format and playing style.
@@SteveJamsEcono Ah yes! I’ve seen them. They acknowledge their debt ;)
@@ThePedalBored I just found this channel and came here to ask. I am glad to know you want to keep going after the pandemic!
The videos you do have up are super useful shootouts
Wow.....I clicked this video expecting another "clones won" but this time it's surprising how far from "the real thing" are the clones....maybe boutique is boutique for some reason sometimes
Yes, I was pretty surprised. Also Fulltone really do try and keep their prices low (for boutique pedals) to make them feel like something you could actually go for instead of these knockoffs.
Plus, if you want an OCD cheap, he has a video with the EHX glove which sounds pretty good.
@@mikusheep I have both an OD Glove and an OCD and while they are similar there is still a noticeable difference. I thought when I swapped them I'd use similar settings but I was wrong, they are different enough that I set them differently.
@@thesociophobe8425 keep in mind the glove is more similar to the v2 than the v1.4
@@mikusheep yeah, I have a V.2.
Hey dude, where you gone? No videos in over a year 😢
On pandemic-enforced home-schooling home-working hiatus.
@@ThePedalBored Ah that’s a shame, hope you’re keeping well. Look forward to new videos when you get chance. Definitely the best pedal demos on youtube, and your loops are low-key fire as well
@@ThePedalBored great news that you'll be back, your format is perfect!
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I miss your videos, you run the best pedal channel at YT.
@@moronsmorons8913 Thank you
Hey man. The reason many of these pedals sound slightly off is because you want them to sound the same with the dials set in the same position. This may seem logical but it's not guaranteed even between the same line of pedals.
Having components that vary even 5% can mean a different cut off before clipping which means that even if the pots happen to be exactly the same (not always the case) in actual value (not rated) it will still sound different. Even if we are talking about two original pedals.
And, the clones try to you know, not be exact clones so changing the value or type of a pot can help avoid legal problems.
See Jhs vlog for more details if you want...
That's not an actual defense for the clones or anything but it is an observation that should be noted in most tests.
81giorikas Sure, I'm aware of that, which is why you'll see most of the controls are not actually set the same. I'm trying to adjust them to get them to sound the same, and hopefully that reveals the significant differences between the pedals. I think sometimes people think 'I'd like an OCD but I can't afford it, and I’ve heard this is a good clone' so this video is hopefully to help inform them to make their own decision about whether that's true or not.
But in the end, if you really like the sound of a cheap pedal, it doesn't matter whether it sounds like the thing it's copying or not - I'm not going to tell you to get rid of it and buy something else more expensive.
I agree. You shouldn't switch so often from the OCD to the others. Just find the best sounding setting for each pedal... Thanks.
Some of these "comparison" vids are ridiculously shady. He intentionally made the joyo sound like shit and from how horrible it is, it sounds like the board was sabotaged. And knowing that it was one that had a faulty board with a ge diode installed backward before he made this(even those don't sound this comically bad) proves that this shit wasn't done to compare sound to the ocd. Then he claims innocence and then says he honestly made this video so he can help people make an informed decision....Alrighty...
@@akufan to be fair, I also loved the Ultimate Drive wich is why I bought one but, while it does a great job with the low-mid gain stuff, mine sounds like a fart when I cranck the gain up. It actually sounds exactly like the one on this video so maybe it's not this guy's fault. I've come to find these pedals sound great by their own but they can't stand a test like this one because they're not exactly the same. It's like TV's: you see one 4k 32" flat screen on it's own and it looks great and it looks big enough, but when you see it next to a 50" it looks like a pc monitor; it doesn't mean it's not a great tv but in comparison it no longer looks like you would've thought, right?
Still awaiting your triumphant return, my friend. Hope everything is well! Cheers.
Damn, I actually love my Joyo ultimate drive but this comparison makes it seem like shit lol
I've heard of these clones having issues across many brands, so it's possible he got a faulty unit, because I would describe my Joyo UD as anything but muddy (which is why i love it).
Get the original, man.
@@The_Fat_Turtle It was the second one I had and both sounded the same. Possible I got two from the same bad run, but unlikely...
I have the Harley Benton Ultimate Drive (the same as the Yoyo) ánd the original Fulltone OCD. There's little wrong with the Ultimate Drive.
With all due respect, I really think your tweaking should be more subtle. And putting the pots in the same position doesn't mean that these pedals will sound alike!
@@UCS0608 I'm no scientition, but me thinks you're right about that. However, I do think pedal bored is letting his ear guide the setting comparisons as well (per what I've seen in other vids).
Thank you for using a looper. Most comparison videos dont use one and are pretty much useless because of that.
The JOYO one is known for having a diode (or another component) placed backwards and inverted, and by doing a simple mod it becomes really cool, plus some other mods that are possible with this pedal
FandreiosAner Yup, this is noted in the video
Here's an idea for you. How about compare the drive models on your Katana with their real counterparts? For example the blues driver,DS1,etc
Volume on the OCD is in 3 o clock while the others are on 12 it makes a difference in the tone as well.
I guess anybody who liked this review doesn't understand the effects of the volume knob. It's not just for "Unity" folks.
...It should be
All electronic components have a tolerance in their values. Two identical pedals probably have different sounds on identical settings. 12 o clock on the other might correlate to 12:30 on the other or vice versa. On two different brands this is even more apparent.
So you would rather he test with them at completely different volumes?
I feel the tone control on the OCD behaves differently to a usual tone control and I think that accounts for the differences in your vid. The tone control on the OCD needs to be near 10 on most amps. The others tone controls are more standard and the mid position is the default.
Yep, that's probably what most of them get wrong. Fuller says the tone is actually a treble roll off. The tone needs to be all the way up to get just normal treble. The clones seem to set it at a more normal type control where12 o'clock is no effect and it either boosts or cuts, right or left.
I noticed that when I swapped out an OD Glove for an OCD, the Glove tone is set just under 12 but the OCD had to be at 2 to get a similar tone.
@@sugarkitty4777 much experience later and I have no problem running an OCD at 3 o'clock on the tone, it rolls off nicely. I wouldn't do that setting with most pedals but it works for an OCD.
@@sugarkitty4777 I find the OCD quite terrible to use. You can't play humbuckers with it, unless you also have an EQ pedal set to greatly boost treble. I play it into a very sparkly trebly amp, a fender blackface amp, but it's almost useless with humbuckers unless it's on very low gain.
It's fantastic with single coils though. You can play a strat or tele on the bridge pickups on those guitars, into the OCD, into a trebley amp, and get some really meaty power chords with it
But yeah I regret buying an OCD. I should have bought a clone instead, one that allows you to boost treble as well as being able to roll it off
Your reviews are absolutely great. Keep up the fantastic work you're doing!
Can't agree. The Hustle Drive sounds amazing in the clean channel of mi Katana Artist
And the moral of the story is... Klons can be cloned. Dammit... now I want an OCD. FFS... I totally didn't see that coming...
These videos are among the extreme top tier most useful on RUclips. Excellent thank you.
I have the Caline Crazy Cacti, the clon of the Fulldrive. Sounds really nice for the price. I can't afford a 200 euro pedal so... xD awesome review as always sir!
I had an OCD 1.4 on my board and then, for a lark, got a Hustle Drive. An hour later my OCD was for sale on Ebay. Since then, I've put the Hustle up against the following minis: Ibanez tube screamer, tone city sweet creme, tone city golden plexi, mooer blues mood, mooer blues crab, boss bd-2. The Hustle is still on my board and others joined OCD on Ebay. It's not perfect, but it's very, very nice.
I like the one my buddy made me for $40. It has a "Dumblish" mod.
He considered calling it the "Freekish Blues Alpha Drive" but apparently that's already been done....D
I've got an OCD new one V2.00 and a Hustle and an Obsessive. OCD is just plain dull. Obsessive is quite bright and a one trick pony. Hustle does it all - and more.
Все клоны дают "песочный" на верхах звук типо Boss MT2, а OCD ближе к TS9 (плотная середина и богатый низ)
It's a great obzor=)
This makes me want to slap some freaking hands!!
Dammit stop fiddling so much and just try to dial all of them to match the Fulltone!!
Sounds like I'm at a Woodstock Grateful Dead Revival event on bad Sid.
Did you just use the devils solid pedal couplers? 😂
That's how much he hated these clones. 😄
Ha! I did indeed. Hence my warning at the beginning of the video!
@@ThePedalBored I didn't see this until you said it 😂
I love how original ocd got a proper patch cable.
Many of the Joyos had a clipping diode installed backwards. Even just removing it improved it tons. With the diode in right it's a 1.4 OCD , without its a 1.3. BUT still different
The book choice has me rolling.
Well spotted! The only cloned books I could find...
@@ThePedalBored Love 'Bored of the Rings'. Read that in the 1970s or 1980s and still remember some of the lines in it!
Great video.
Come back!
I sold my OCD a couple years ago during a financially tight month. I got the Joyo Ultimate in 2019 and, though I couldn't do any direct comparisons, it seemed to do the same for my Strat in different amps as the Fulltone. Maybe I was lucky, or maybe my hearing memory is not what it once was! Nice video.
Yeah, what you typically find with the chinese clones is that there is sooo much variety. Some sound nearly identical to what they're cloning, others, sound totally off like the Ultimate Drive in the video, and some are somewhere in between. Honestly wouldn't be a terrible idea to order like 3 at a time and keep the best sounding one while returning the other two.
Interestingly, I did actually order one for this video, then sent it back fora replacement because it sounded so bad, and this is the replacement which sounds exactly the same as the first one. 🤷♂️
2:39 the Moor, 4:02 Caline Leon, 5:09 Obsessive drive!!
So basically no one makes a good OCD clone.
Ha!
@@ThePedalBored It's a shame because there are some great clones out there of other pedals. There is probably some schematic out there that is wrong that all these Chinese companies are using. With OCD prices the way they are right now, hopefully someone fills that void.
Just curious, but why do you prefer to use the boss katana instead of a tube amp to demo pedals?
OCD Rules‼️Thank you for this awesome comparison‼️
Thank you for this awesome comment!!
I must admit I have the Joyo on my bass board for a very mild OD and it works nice.
This is a really really honest review, great level of details
I sit on the floor and pick my nose and think of distorty things.
Of deviant drives that suck their tones
and fuzz that drubs my ding...
After I met Hustle, I found him superior to OCD. The gain and timbre are great.
same here
X3 and way cheaper, especially now that Fulltone is dead
Didn't like the Joyo. But I just got me a ENO Trouble overdrive (also one of the cheap clones) and have never been happier.
Dude, where’d you go? I miss your videos ☹️
Chris Cook Thanks! I’m still here. Just lockdown doesn’t lend itself to making videos, surprisingly. I’ll be back though! When the world is.
The Pedal Bored oh cool. I thought the ‘rona got you 😆 . Love your work!
original OCD best!
Which do you think is more versatile, the Proco RAT or the OCD? They seem kinda similar, but I dont know the differences.
OCD because it cleans up perfectly when you lower your volume / picking attack
@@antonr.2101 My Jam Pedals Rattler does that perfectly well as well. It has definition of an overdrive for arpeggios and everything but I still have to explore it better... I haven't been able to get “Oasis - Supersonic” intro sound as well as with the Tubescreamer... maybe it is possible... just that so far the arpeggios with definition still sound too thin.
Rat hands down. The ocd tone knob has always been a bother to me, as I can never get enough highs out of the sound as I want, and the high drive settings on the ocd sound kinda flat and flubby to me. If you can, buy a mooer black secret and get the best $30 2 in 1 rat money can buy. rat is amazing, does low gain bluesy sounds up to heavy metal without breaking a sweat and stacks amazingly with all other gain pedals too thanks to it's wide wide WIDE filter knob.
I prefer my Rat. It makes everything sound great, whatever you throw at it, and has more versatility, you can use it for crunch all the way up to fuzz. The OCD is incredibly muddy. As the other guy said its devoid of highs. To use the OCD you need to greatly reduce the bass and middle on your amp but that means when you switch to another pedal it'll he way to trebly. If you're only gonna use a single pedal, and never have it turned off, then the OCD is useful. But for me it's just a recording pedal. I couldn't use it for gigs because of the being so out of whack with everything else thing. It can sound amazing but yeah just be aware of the very bassy muddy nature of it, and the tone control that does absolutely nothing
Like maybe my OCD is just broken, but others are saying it too so I guess not.
Impossible to watch and understand this video
It’s ok I just rewatch all your videos again n again till the new one comes out. Because System of a down released a single. So I believe in you too.
Seems strange that this is the one pedal the cheap cloners can't clone. Maybe it's because of all the different versions?
All of them got very close tone depending on settings
So budget chinese manufacturers can clone the centaur but not the OCD ?
That's unexpected.
All the pedals are the same . but one has to know how to set them up i.e. a (sound man) thay do have pot defs. And chip Sets . but all can get you to home bass thanx for ur time .
more tweaking with all the pedals! Its party time! @ 6:45
Soy yo o el OCD original les pasa el trapo a los otros? Entra en el podio el último over.
I got the leon drive and to my ear sounds pretty close to OCD... I would like to see some fulltone fulldrive 2 clones in future :)
It's on my list!
I think you are not dialing them in for a proper comparison... it's sort of all over the place...
I have the Joyo UD and I swear it can sound dead on, like you say, particularly in a band context
I'm not sure I could have twiddled the knobs any more. Tried to get them to sound the same - couldn't!
Interesting and informative video. I just spent an hour jamming with the Leon Drive, which was great and inspiring in it's own right .... but none of these pedals actually captures the sound of the OCD.
Hmmm... For me Chinese second pedal sounds better then the original))
Then I think you know what you have to do... [clicks BUY]
@@ThePedalBored better I create it with my hands;)
@@DrMisanthrope Perfect!
@@DrMisanthrope (wait - are you a wizard?)
The Pedal Bored worse, I'm scientist...
love your content! maybe compare some dumble-style pedals (zendrive, euphoria, etc)?
It's going on the list!
Dont forget Lovepedal, those guys are amazing.
Caline makes very good pedals.
Why buy clone, OCD is one of the cheapest pedals out there,.
@GMG 85 I just steel them from guitar center. I have a Mad Professor Royal Blue OD. Brand new. You can have it if you want. Will mail it to you for free
@GMG 85 Dedalo pedals, from Argentina coast more than OCD in USA. Are they good, ?
So, the best is all 5 plugged together! 😂
что то тычит тычит, надо просто было выставить все в ноль и включить по очереди.. а так все испортил, я запутался.
I've owned all of this expect for the Leon drive. Where a buffer is placed makes a huge difference to these "transparent" pedals and order makes a huge difference, the OCD can be finicky in the setup. The OCD can sound fantastic in the right chain with the right buffer and downright awful in the wrong setup. That said, in my findings the Joyo Ultimate Drive was fantastic, sounded nothing like the one in this video, was very clear and crisp and had more gain on tap than my OCD 1.4 (Ive had 1.4, 1.5, 1.7, 2.0 versions of the OCD). The Hustle drive and obsessive were ok at best, sold off quickly. I've got a Marshall DSL40CR that I gig with and I found the OCD low to mid gain for crunch to be the best fit. If I needed a distortion pedal the Ultimate Drive would have stayed on there, but the Marshall provides my lead / distortion with the OCD fitting the needs of the low to mid gain situation best. The ultimate drive in this video sounded defective.
dnottis I thought it was defective too, so I sent it back to Amazon for a replacement, but that sounded identical.
I use the joyo to drive alaney vh100r for stoner rock and it sounds huge. It's dark, but if you use on a bright amp the results are great. Tried other ocd copies but still prefer the joyo, it has the best "impact" in my experience
Mosky and Caline sound good, the Caline Blue Sky is my goto OD at the moment, works well through every Amp I have put it in front of.
A Timmy clone apparently - it’s on my list for a shootout with the original once my life is back to normal :)
@@ThePedalBored I've got a collection of Amps and play mainly classic rock so don't use Pedals much, just crank the amp and attenuate them, but the Blue Sky was bought as a bit of fun and works on all my amps well, I even use it with a Joyo American, into my PA when too lazy to lug an Amp out, for the few bucks it costs it is very well made and sounds good.
Mosky supports 18v, enjoy!
Love your method of comparison! Most folks attempt to actually play the same lick over and over, which is virtually impossible due to picking dynamics, fingering, etc. Question regarding the Ultimate Drive...is it possible you got a bad one? I have this pedal and it’s definitely fat sounding, but mine gets pretty bright when the toggle is set to high and the tone is around 1 o’clock. Inconsistencies in quality are a risk when buying Chinese clones, but their price point is hard to ignore, especially for non-pro’s like myself. ✌🏻🤔
I was scare that u wouldn't post anymore, but I found one of ur comments. I was literally in shock because your videos are so great. I found no channel that could really compare to yours. Do u already know when there will be new videos? Until then I guess that I have to rewatch all of them lol and the blues driver video had my fav riff btw.
When my life and my wife and children's lives are back to normal :) Soon, hopefully!
the Mooer actually is pretty cool
5 stars for your excellent pedal comparisons. No unnecessary jabbering. Pedals do the talking and the added text is a nice and helpful touch. Subbed.
Why didn't you match joyo UD volume knob to the OCD? The comparison is not on pair, the UD is clearly sounding lower and less bright bc the volume is at noon while the OCD is to three
Level and volume not the sane in 1 and 2 pedal ... Look the volume of pedal 1 is Full volume and the second ia mid ...
The level control is not the same because I adjust them to sound the same volume
It sounds like a lost Keith Richards tape from 1975
Now THAT'S a compliment!
Helpful data from another mad scientist who loves OCDs...
NONE of the pedals in this video have an output buffer, so they may all be suffering from signal loss if our presenter's cable to the amp is long. The missing buffer is why people often have volume and/or brightness jumps in their chain with OCD. To solve this issue, just put a buffered pedal soon after the OCD in your chain - the next pedal's buffer will act just like an output buffer for your OCD (or clone). For me, it's my delay pedal.
I've tried and owned all these beasties. OCD is the best. The Mosky missed the mark on just where the tone is "centered" (aka how the pedal's eq'ed) and I found it a bit too bright and icy. Same thing with the Leon Drive.
The Joyo UD (most of them) have one of the clipping diodes reversed, so it overdrives asymmetrically. Otherwise it's a part for part knockoff of the OCD roughly version 1.2. It can run on 18volts, and sounds VERY close to my version 1.2 OCD (just a bit fizzier due to the unintentional asym clipping). Look to the forums if you want to reverse the diode and get your UD back in spec.
I kept the Trouble Drive for my fly-rig pedal board. It also is eq'ed a bit "brighter", but it's close enough for govt work (or Govt Mule?), and because it's a bit more crispy it actually cuts through a live mix better than the OCD.
For my backup fly-rig board, I just use a Timmy clone (Mosky's MM) or a BB Preamp clone (caline's) for crunch. Neither as good as an OCD, but they both will do in a crunch... so to speak.
Keep in mind, too, that all the versions of the OCD 1.1, 1.2, etc... 2.0 all sound different. I LOVE my version 1.2 (lows and low mids, warm and crunchy) but didn't care for the 1.4 (less lows and mids, brighter and crispier in comparison).
None of them are as good as the real thing, honestly. I'm a fan of the Blues Driver over the OCD, though, and you've got one of those built right into the Katana. I still think the EHX OD Glove is the best OCD pedal out there, though.
Ok so I'm not the only one! I had a OCD and loved it. Then I picked up a used Blues Driver and was impressed how similar it sounded in my rig setup to the OCD. So much so that I sold the OCD to free up some $.
If you watch my other OCD video, you'll see I agree with you!
@@ThePedalBored I did, and you liked that one as well! (The riff on your Blues Driver video was better than the OCD video riff, but they both slap).
The obsessive pedal is not amoon, it's mosky brand...
Ah yes, well spotted! It’s incorrect in the initial video caption but correct in the rest of the video and the video title
Great video, love my Hustle, and I had the Joyo, pure garbage, until you mod it, btw, love the book selection on the left
joyo was hot garbage
I liked the leon
Joyo Ultimate Drive is horrible = almost UnUsable? Sounds like Dull-bees in a tunafish can. Loving my OCD (2014) 1.7 - there is No substitute for The Real thing.
I have a OCD V2 and just bought a Harley Benton Ultimate Drive because it's cheap. I have to say my Ultimate Drive kinda sounds better than in this video, maybe they fixed ...something. Compared to my OCD V2 it has a little more gain and the Tone-Knob goes much darker when turned down. But i want to play with Tone anyways so i turn it up.
Thank you for the comparison but you do so much clicking so quickly that it's difficult to get a real feel for the differences-- just my opinion. Man, all this clicking...just not watchable.
You should check out z fx pedals! Very small brand from PA, he makes amazing drive clones (for much cheaper than the original) all hand made! You can find his stuff of reverb
come baaaack
Agree about the Joyo. IMHO a really poor sounding clone of OCD. In fairness none of these clones are equal to the task. Good job comparing
OCD's are some of the best OD of all time. The very early v1.1-1.3 might be the most original of their time(my 1.1 is still my #1), whereas 1.4 a slight improvement via added mids (if you prefer more mid) and later ones are great into a mid-scoop amp due to more mid hump. These knock-off child-labor chinese chopies cannot ever compare to the natural sound of high end components and top tier workmanship.
Yeah...ok. im just gettin a fulltone.lol i love that AC/DC kind of sound from it. But deeper and bassier??lol my buddy has 2 boost pedals in front of his and it fukin rocks like that. Just a lil level cracked on ea boost for like a cascading gain circuit. The OCD sounds even meaner! Thanx dude!!
I prefer using my Joyo Ultimate Drive for bass since it has a better low end response rather than for guitar. Whenever I try using it on guitar, I find that I have to EQ it somehow so it isn't as scooped and I can subtly add mids in when I need to.
Maybe I should invest in the Fulltone.
I'm impressed how you saved time and money by hating on all 4 of these pedals in just one video, and all this in under 8 minutes. You should do an actual comparison sometime!
Exactly. Look at the volume / level knobs of all four all at noon while the OCD was on 3 o clock the whole time
Very interesting. And to me I think the V2 OCD sounds better than any V1
(And to me the EHX OD Glove sounds better than either! Shhh. It's a secret.)
Clone pedals aren’t 100% accurate for sure. I have the Caline Leon Drive and the usable part of the tone knob in my experience has been after 1 o clock. But I am able to get a good tone out of it. I suppose just like any pedal or any piece of gear, it’s all subjective. To me, Mesa Boogie is the greatest amp company in the world. But I’ve seen others who can’t stand their sound.
I have heard so many people talk about about how great the JOYO UD is as a OCD clone but it sounds like crapola. Caline and Mosky were closer in resemblance, let the debates begin
PB I know you’re a family man and as a father of 2 myself I know how busy life gets. I sure hope you’ll return sometime even if it’s just a couple videos a year. You’re the most unbiased reviewer on all of RUclips and appreciate your approach very much. Cheers, sir.
Wow...these clones were actually kinda embarrassingly bad. Which is strange, they're usually almost spot on with very minor and sometimes imperceptible differences.
Thank you for the well executed comparison. What camera are you filming this with?
Thanks! Just an iPhone 7
@@ThePedalBored Perfect. Thank you!
This is the most accurate comparison video. Clones sound shitty compared to OCD,only thing that justifies purchase is price point.
Joyo is often hitting it out of the park lately... The new Tai-Chi (zendrive clone) is awesome. They also have a story for putting parts backwards, though. Like in the Voodoo where two capacitors are 180° wrong.
David RF .....and the story would be?
@@Gloveberg1 Presumably to avoid getting sued...? (Fulltone are very active in clamping down on clones. You can't sell the Mosky pedal on Reverb.com for example.)
@@ThePedalBored Ahhh, makes sense :)
My joyo ultimate drive sound way better that yours in your video, i have the original ocd v1.4 and v.1.7 and for low volume and home practice i prefer the joyo. The mosky should be nice too never tried it but i like a lot or their products.