DOD 250 Vintage Distortion

It has 2 knobs, gain and drive. Hard...

I'm using the preamp to push my Marshall 2210 + one 4x12 cabinet. I place it directly after the guitar ( Ibanez RG-something with a Tone zone and an Air Norton )in front of a MXR Analog Delay and a Bad Horsie Wah. The preamp works great for heavy rock and metal. The distortion is fat and kind of aggressive and it reminds me of the sound Marty Friedman has on the solos on the track Hangar 18 (Megadeth Rust in Peace). Yngwie Malmsteen used to push his old Marshall amps with a couple of those on Marching Out. It's a bit hissy when gain and level is full though, but nothing that a good noisegate can't handle.

It's totally made of steel except the two knobs. A backup would be great but they're hard to find. It has no rubberknobs on the underside so it can be flying around on the floor if you're not careful.

Never had any contact with DOD

I play metal and the DOD suits me perfectly. It's originally a copy of an MXR Micro Amp, but DOD made some improvements ex) two knobs instead of one. If you play rock and you need something to wake up the balls of your amp this is the stompbox preamp to get.

Very easy to use! There is 2 knobs - level and gain, this is how all distortion pedals should be!

I am using this with a '66 Fender Jaguar and a Fender Bassman amp. I went through 3 different pedals to find out that the least expensive one - the DOD 250 overdrive/preamp was the one I was looking for. None of the others could drive my amp as perfectly as this one does, whether it be slightly overdriven sounds or a wall of distortion I need.

I feel you can depend on it, I recommend a backup with any pedal. I do like the old metal switch on this pedal better than the typical DOD switch.

DOD has been good to me, I lost my receipt once on a chorus pedal that needed repairs. The store, an authorized DOD service center would not do the warranty work. I called DOD and they told me to send it back to them and it was fixed within weeks.

I play alternative rock and it is good with my setup for this. I would buy this again, in fact I probably will for a backup. I love the sound and ease of use the most, it is the overdrive pedal I have been looking for. I compared it to a big muff, a tube works real tube, and a boss ds-1 distortion - with my particular setup the DOD wins hands down. Distortion is a highly subjective sound and one pedal works great in one person's setup and lousy in another's. My 250 is the reissue that DOD just re-released and you cannot beat the price.

hmmm...... lemme see....... 2 knobs..... level & gain...... you'd have to be a complete idiot to have any trouble =-)

I have to disagree with the other review of this device....... the one i bought myself has a VERY VERY fat distortion quality....... although i got that by diming the level and having the gain at about 3/4's...... but otherwise it's a very very nice overdrive =-)

Other than a seemingly faulty footswitch, which i or a good tech could change out, I would without hesitation depend on it for a jam session or a gig..... although having a backup might be a good idea just in case one doesn't have an AC adaptor cuz of having to unscrew the 4 screws from the bottom to get to the battery.... that can be a pain =-) But like other old style effects I would expect this to not be a battery sucker.

have never dealt with them so i can't tell you anything either way

I'm glad I made the trip down to Key Largo to see the store that i bought it in =-) Very very nice overdrive like i said earlier. I would buy it again at full price if I had to. Only other thing I wish it had though was true bypass..... had a look at the switch and it's not a true bypass switch..... but there's no signal degredation so I'm happy =-)

Super easy, 2 knobs (drive & level)

Very subtle. Not to noisy. Not too crunchy either. If you are overdriving an old marshall or fender, a tube screamer or Boss overdrive sound better in my opinion

I would not buy this again, I think this (vintage)pedal is highly overated. It sounds closer to an MXR Distortion + than anything else. There are better units to overdrive a tube amp. However, this unit is cheap and has a low output impedence which is good for driving other effects