Fulltone is Back: (Short Documentary Film) Feat. Mike Fuller & Brad Jackson

🎸 Fulltone returns! 🎉 Join Michael Fuller, the founder behind Fulltone Musical Products, and Brad Jackson (Jackson Audio) as they dive into the heart of Fulltone's legacy. For over 30 years, Fulltone has defined quality and tone in the guitar pedal industry. In this exclusive discussion, they explore the iconic original designs that made Fulltone and share exciting insights into the commitment to upholding this legacy in future releases.🔥 #FulltoneRevival #GuitarPedals #MusicGear #OCD #FullDrive
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Director - Chris Hershman
Director of Photography - Ryan Luciani
Assistant Editor - Alayna Peterson
Music Composer - Colin Sipos
Colorist - Alice Abrams

[@MotorCityGuitar]

We've been a Fulltone dealer since 1998 - in 25 years we might have sent one or maybe two pedals back for service - that's an impossible record to beat! Here's something we'd really like everyone to know - during the 2020 shutdowns when many small businesses including ours were closed and hobbling by online only, we received an order that we had placed earlier with Fulltone - and inside there were 5 extra OCD's. On the invoice where it listed the prices it said "stimulus package - $0" on that line. We thought there must be some mistake so we called Fulltone and they said it was their way of helping out during that tough time. I'm sure they were affected and uncertain what was going to happen just like everyone else was at that time, but they chose to perform an amazing random act of kindness and generosity and we will never forget it. We'll be happy and proud to offer these legendary pedals to our customers again, welcome back Fulltone!

[@RobertKeeleyTV]

That is a truly fantastic service record. Exceptionally great.

[@joesmith8398]

Fulltone is a great company and Mike Fuller is a great guy, but don't tell that to the virtue signaling woke a-holes who got triggered simply because Mike tells the truth and sees reality.

[@mike42356]

I don't see that as just an act of kindness, but a manifestation of Fuller's thoughtfulness, which is evident in everything he is doing.

[@Dr.Hosamtalhami]

That's very touching 👍

[@JHKNVY02]

Awesome story!

[@RobertNolan]

Will we be able to get our tape echo cartridges replaced?

[@scirasco1]

I worked 10 years for fulltone im glad to see it back ,i still have the pay raise stubs signed by mike,mike allways been fair to me ,there was some unfortunate dynamics that made the job harder then it needed to be ,but i can proudly say in 10 years i never missed a day of work unless i requested a day off ,with that said there are many pedals with my initials outthere made with love,and may this collaboration be fruitfull because one thing is for sure mike is what the american dream is about:)

[@drivers1959]

I'm so glad mike's and his staff of dedicated employees are back making pedals again ..i got my OCD ver 1.4 on order..also gonna order other Fulltone gear..thanks Fulltone

[@harpazohorizon]

Saw you at NAMM, good talk. Very happy to see this video. Good on Ya!❤

[@joetodaro5733]

Repairs? I still have all my Fulltone from late 90's and early aughts. They need some love!!

[@Dang...]

I've bought 9 Fulltone pedals and still have 8 of them. They're outstanding devices. Well designed, great sounds, and built like tanks. Wishing Fulltone ongoing success. They truly deserve it!

[@brianwood7237]

Wish I trusted my gut and bought the Clyde instead of the Dunlop Crybaby

[@mdpocoroba]

@@brianwood7237 I gave my crybaby away for free to a neighbor after getting the Clyde Deluxe.

[@hkguitar1984]

What a great guy Mike Fuller has proved to be. Years ago I had an issue with my OCD Pedal, I called the Fulltone telephone number listed in the literature (I had a hum issue from an external power supply). To my total surprise Mr. Fuller answered the phone and spent close to 10 minutes with me explaining the importance of a "Switching Power Supply". I mean, I'm just a guy, one of the millions of unknown players, and yet he gave me respect and took the time out of his day to assist and teach me. It was at that moment Fulltone became my favorite Pedal manufacturer.

[@JacksonAudio]

that is the sweetest thing. I love hear that. Mike is genuinely a kind person. - Brad Jackson

[@ramsilva]

Cool story, HK. Nice to see your comments out in the wild

[@ridgerover8347]

And I have 2 similar stories! Mike lives just outside the Nashville city limits I think. But where are the pedals made? When and how do I add to my collection?

[@deadlotCamper]

yes had a similar conversation with him regarding his custom made power supply that simply will not buzz. i told him my deja vibe was buzzing no matter what power supply i used, and if i should send it to him for repair. he asked if i was using HIS power supply and i said no, and being a little arrogant i said that really shouldnt matter, but he firmly stated that his power supply was better and "switching", which i never heard of....i bought one of his, plugged it in and it was 100% quiet....tried it on some of my vintage pedals that ALWAYS buzzed and.... low and behold, zero noise at all. f'n hero. he needs to make a pedal bank. also his pedals are not for the bedroom players - like so many other pedals that are suited better for low volume stuff, and sound marginal on stage. his stuff comes alive on tube amps and at high volume. such great news, i thought it was an end of an era...huge!!!

[@loulasher]

My Choralflange is the first pedal I owned where I said "that sound is beautiful". I haven't really said it since that I remember. I really was blown away by that pedal. I have 3 other Fulltone pedals and they are all really great.

[@chickenlickin3820]

I love my Fulltone MDV Customshop Deja Vibe it's killer x

[@ITheFight]

Still use the v1 wah to this day, my longest standing pedal and rightfully so.

[@sunburststrats]

are you gunna sell tape for the fulltone tape echos? please.

[@shanealan2995]

This is awesome!

[@ericburns6604]

This is great news. After going through a million drive pedals, I finally got a Fulltone Full Drive 2 and realized it was head and shoulders above anything I’d tried before. The range of sound, the beautiful harmonics and purity of tone. The build quality-US made, of course-is second to none. I was bummed to hear Mike was burnt out and was closing. This is a perfect marriage. Congrats. Thrilled Fulltone will be sticking around.

[@robertcallan2320]

I wonder if this announcement has Warm Audio nervous at all. Their recently -released ODD drive, intentionally meant to simulate OCDs in light of Fulltone shutting their doors, now feels precariously close to infringement. The trade dress of the two products are nearly identical.

[@StillLivinginthewoods]

The right thing for them to do would be to quietly cease production,.. or at least change the name and look of the pedal.

[@thickener]

sounds exactly like the BS you'd hear form Fuller, and a continue lack of understanding of trademark / copyright law. bullying and litigation threat would impact more than any standing on merit.

[@Sandstroem82]

Great news!

[@eskemeldgaardkrogh4145]

Way cool - new TERC anyone?

[@christopherdaniel8230]

@Jackson Audio Is the effect in the music for this video starting at the 33 second mark the MVD DejaVibe?

[@reecespecis8669]

Saw the guys at NAMM what a fantastic company , after chatting for while you can see the passion that drives these people to build what they do. So happy Fulltone is back in action teaming up with Jackson Audio omg can't wait to see what the future brings !!!!

[@anatomieshealthfitnesscent2257]

Heck yes! I've been a Fulltone user for couple of decades! Best of tomorrow for you both!

[@StarliteCampbell]

We have a pile of these and were just about to buy the valve tape delay before he shut the shop. Are you going to make these again? They are killer units. We own an original Echoplex but she’s an old girl now.

[@dgl1012]

Oh yeah !!

[@fender0942]

Yes!!!

[@KyleLaulo]

I would love to see an OCD dual pedal of some sort. I can't live without my OCD and it pairs nicely with lots of other drives. It would be great to see it in a dual pedal coupled with something else, or even just 2 OCD's in one pedal. I would buy it!

[@deemusiclv]

I picked up a Full Drive 3 that is almost the OCD with a boost option. I have them in separate boards.

[@keith.loves.lasagna]

Happy to hear this! FYI, my favorite overdrive pedal is easily the OCD 1.7. I've tried Klon klones, tube screamers, "transparent overdrives", etc. All great and have their purposes, but I keep coming back to stomp on that ol' white enclosure.

[@victoromarmunoztenorio3647]

My OCD 1.7 is my number 1 as well. It has dynamics, complexity of tone. Sounds awesome. I also love danelectro transparent overdrive v1 and it is awesome as well. Both stack very well

[@michaelgreen5206]

Love 1st generation Plimsoul overdrive pedal! Coupled with EL34 tube amps gets a heavenly guitar tone to die for!!!!

[@MinistryOfStrings]

Pedals come on and off of my board regularly but one thing that has never left my board, since i bought it, is the fulldrive 3. Happy to see fulltone coming back.

[@mdpocoroba]

I've pretty much replicated Robin Trower's Fulltone pedalboard (actually no board, they get taped down to the stage) and couldn't be happier, except I still can't fully work out using 3 different drive pedals (2 in the FullDrive, 1 in the RTO) but my rig sounds great! Welcome back!

[@danjack-son4871]

I'm on board.

[@troy_neilson]

What is happening with the TERC, TTE and SSTE..?

[@MrRsw1138]

Welcome BACK!!!!!!

[@scottpeters4401]

Please tell me the SSTE is coming back!!

[@C_Moore]

Fulltone pedals with MIDI control and Jackson Audio modes & modules!!! WHAT!?!?!

[@GiordinoSavignano]

Sounds like the perfect combo!

[@ludocipriani]

yeah, midi is so rock'n'roll... pure Fulltone style

[@davidpekarsky2977]

Will y’all be selling the tape cartridges for the TTE and the SSTE?

[@lukasfromspace]

Yess great

[@HahahaVille]

Unfortunately I had a very bad experience with Fulltone ...I bought the blue univibe pedal ( shown in the video) and I had problems with volume dropout.I contacted fulltone about warranty and have the pedal repaired. I contacted fulltone every other week for THREE MONTHS and never received a single reply! I hope that customer service will be a priority and not an after thought

[@roscius6204]

The 2B has been at the start of my signal since I got it

[@RJCruz-uw6vf]

Tube amps and Fulltone pedals and a TTE is all we need….great to hear that Fulltone is back!

[@thomasb3668]

Totally Stoked. Fulltone is/was always my favorite brand of pedals. So glad to hear this news!

[@danwatson2493]

The Plimsoul is my favorite overdrive

[@gregoryjones2733]

mine too!

[@MrGibsn1960]

There have been a number of his pedals that I’ve loved. I had a V1 ocd on my board for over 10 years.

[@terrypussypower]

I’ve always thought Fulltone were out back in the 60’s! They seem to have been around forever!!

[@weschilton]

This is great news... I have a v1 OCD that is a staple on my board.

[@bringit2ya122]

Wahooooooo!!!!!!! This is awesome! 😃😁🙃

[@vincemendoza28]

Great news

[@Luksguitar85]

👏👏👏

[@mheyl180]

What great news!!!! I love my Fulltone Pedals...

[@michaeldelara3115]

The sun is shining on the guitar world today.

[@user-om5rg3pd9b]

Very cool…looks like a great partnership. Wishing you both the best of luck. Guitar player in Georgia.

[@aghostofthenow7135]

Excellent news!

[@joserdiazalmodovar1898]

I have a White Clyde Standard Wah wich i bought New back like 2005 and is like new i dont use it much but its in my pedalboard and extremely well construction and feels so solid. Its kind of temperamental and the Sweep its not as wide it has a pot inside wich to this day dont know exactly what it does it has a line drawn with a magic marker so i try to Keep it close can anyone tell me what that little pot does?

[@user-xi5zd3pj5j]

Glad to see him still in the game........

[@danielhelderman5228]

New Mas Malo PLEASE!

[@pmarona3667]

Wow, what an awesome collaboration. I was sad when I heard Mike was retiring and the legacy of of his amazing contribution to guitar tone was coming to an end. This really makes me happy to know that his legacy will continue and evolve with new designs for us to enjoy and be inspired by. Congratulations and thank you both for your passion and dedication to creating amazing tone tools.

[@maxpeck4154]

Retiring? Well, that's one way to say it

[@headlessdan]

Now...re-release the big box 69 fuzz with nkt275 please!

[@robertfair1770]

Yes yes, yes,,, I have many Fulltone guitar pedals, love them to this very day! Never was a big Mike Fuller fan, he's way to stressed out and kinda rude to his customers, glad that he's got a new lease on life with a company that's gonna keep the product going.. Hey Mike,, "RELAX" Brad Jackson's got your back..

[@santacruz3600]

My big question is will the “New” Fulltone continue to support old Fulltone products such as Tube Tape Echo & Solid State Tape Echo cartridges?

[@MrDavemiley]

I want the new version of the custom shop Plimsoul !! My original Plimsoul is darn near wore out from over 12 years of steady gigging.

[@SuperdangerStudios]

Right on

[@scutoscuto]

Welcome back guys! Less bullshit more drive!

[@ScottyBrockway]

Yay, I hope the support and parts department is as good as it used to be. I always had a great experience obtaining things to fix broken Fulltone pedals for myself or other customers.

[@grandviewguitar]

Owned a Fulldrive 2 and an OCD. Plimsoul and Deja vibe have been on my wishlist. This is awesome news

[@leftylang3798]

Good on you Brad to bring Fulltone back and keeping Mike involved. This is great news for guitar players! I own over 20 Fulltone pedals...Love every one of them!

[@barrygarrett]

Great to see. Congratulations Brad!

[@danmist]

Bring back the Fulltone Ranger please!

[@Arcanoize3]

Welcome back ❤

[@Matthewtaylorn]

Still haven’t found anything I like as much as my ‘99 fulldrive 2. I’ve tried lots. Like… lots.

[@Headsign]

I have one of those, red encasement, and it's not going anywhere.

[@dt81819]

Glad to hear it! The OCD and Plimsoul are my go to pedals for sweet overdrive tones. Welcome back!

[@nuvaco5]

Great!!

[@aaronc675]

SOOOOO HAPPPYYYYY !!!! This is GREAT! Fulltone make some of the BEST pedals!

[@kylerowe3843]

Beautiful, my favourite company is back!!

[@kevinmalone8903]

Nice amp collection

[@ae3898]

Best guitar industry news of the year. Long live Fulltone! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@nickdevriese]

NICE!!!

[@waitingforguitar6991]

I'm so happy about this return!

[@glendoggett9670]

Nice to see among all the others but especially that the HiMu will be back in production, as one of the most recent and highly anticipated releases.

[@Big824John]

Ok. I recently went on Fulltone’s website to order three pedals: CS Mini Dejavibe Mark II, the Supa-Wah, and the Wah-Ful. All three are coming up as sold out. When will they be available again? WILL THEY be available again? Ready to buy now.

[@midnightblues717]

YEAH BABY! Welcome back Michael! Long-time user. I have five of is pedals and I love everyone of them.

[@gregdavis9376]

Awesome!!! Best of luck and we look forward to s great future!

[@frankf7563]

I'm really happy about this great news!

[@vandal_dk]

Bring back the Supa-wah!

[@BeachJazzMusic]

Mike has always been great to me. He was the first boutique pedal builder here in the USA. I still use them after all these years. So glad he's back.

[@Corporations8MyBaby]

Fulltone freed me from going without. I needed a good overdrive at critical moments during my rise to my first record contract. But I hated the way my guitar sounded w any dirt pedal OFF. I was also making my living at guitar at 20 & had a vintage Fender Deluxe Reverb and a good repair man (who was friends w/Mike) I ran a Thomas Organ WAH into it and it didn't work bypassed. So I got a Modern Fender for wah and played 2 amps. My main amp, always untouched by any effects other than the reverb inside. I had a TV appearance and used the 2nd amp to get the dirty sound. .. the mixing guy didn't catch it and my solo was all on my edge-clean amp. Not what I wanted: Being embarrassed just to avoid the tone-suck of a bypassed pedal. Right after that I learned of a "new overdrive" that didn't harm your sound when turned off. It was an IDEALIZED Tube Screamer/Super Overdrive. For the first time in my career, I could get my perfect cleaner tone, a "more" setting w the Fat Boost and a TS sound & a TS Plus sound but with all the lows in tact. I bought more Fulltone. I got a Distortion Pro, traded that for a first gen Plimsoul which I still have. Also had an OCD that I gave/sold to a teen student who was begging his clueless parents for one. The one I have now isn't as good but it's still great. I had a Deja Vibe. I had a Supa-Trem - I still dream of getting a Tape Echo... Mike Fuller is awesome. He's a fantastic player - treats his musicians w respect & love.. Mike was a really good boss to my friend... said he was the best boss/owner that he ever worked for. I can only imagine that 30 years of doing every little thing wears you out. This seems like a perfect marriage. Let Fuller be brilliant and free from the concerns of businessman-brain. Let Brad Jackson protect and grow the legacy. Great news.

[@DDPAV]

Bring back the tape delays.

[@MIKE-D158]

Glad to see Jackson Audio collaborating and moving forward with Mike’s Fulltone pedals. I am down to two Fulltone pedals atm, the mini deja vibe and the robin trower overdrive pedal. Wishing you both much success and I hope to hear of upcoming pedals and support for existing products.

[@vikingmike8139]

I love my Fulltone pedals, very unique tonal qualities. And built like a 'Sherman' tank! Cheers!

[@danstringer7610]

Cool! Still love my OCD - never get rid of it!

[@davezoradi]

Pumped to see this. I still have my V1.1 OCD (serial number 1785). It was my go-to for studio work and was on the road touring with me and on countless boards until 2012 when the DC jack finally gave up and takes power but doesn’t push the op amps. Wish someone could fix it but this was back in the epoxy the circuit board days and nobody will touch it. Maybe one day I’ll get another one to bring that sound back.

[@adeptgopnik]

Gotta admit, im kind of excited. When are we getting launches?

[@stoneyblues]

Welcome back.

[@Varone26]

This makes me extremely happy!

[@chrisruef9221]

Still have my OCD and it's not going anywhere. This is great news!

[@vminator]

Worked at Fulltone for years. Miss those people.

[@black-xg3gz]

They should hire you.

[@glendoggett9670]

Whatever happened to the legendary RICO?

[@mazukakai]

Please retain what, to me (the working player), was the best thing about Fulltone - making great sounding AFFORDABLE gear. Also work up a twin fat boost design, you said you used to use. I hope the best for this!

[@kevinmalone8903]

Always loved the enclosures

[@johngerson7335]

Right On! Totally stoked to learn this news! Go guys!

[@scott.johnson]

Looks like a great partnership! Be blessed fellas!

[@melchiando]

Why did they go away?

[@BopKitBill]

Glad to hear it! Love my Ranger, '69. and Supa-Trem II.

[@jonoftheford]

Maybe we’ll finally see that Choralflange 2…