Ultimate Drive : good cheap version of OCD pedal

I bought this pedal convinced by various reviews on youtube. It is essentially a clone of the famous OCD overdrive pedal.

I cannot compare with the original OCD, as I have never tried it, but it does its job. It can provide a very neutral overdrive, useful if you want to drive a bit more your amp or another pedal after it, but by dialing the gain knob all the way up you can achieve some pretty heavy tones as well.

It's not the most sophisticated overdrive out there, so it might fit in some genres, as it might not in others. for me, I care more about the "push" that gives to my sound, than for the actual tone that it produces.

The switch between the two types of drive is quite nice, I always keep it up, as it gives the most aggressive tone.

The tone is a slightly dark, but the tone knob allows to adjust that to your needs.

It seems quite solid, I don't think it's going to break anytime soon.

PRO:

--great sound for the price, I have listened to horrible cheap pedals before (like digitech, some boss, behringer), but this can give you a really good sound

CONS:

---the AC connector is not really tight, and my cable was getting loose. A bit of tape solved that.