DOD FX10 Bi-FET Preamp

Can't say it's the simplest pedal ever because it has two knobs, not just one...that said, this will not require endless hours of tweaks. Just "Tone" and "Level"

It is amazingly simple to get good tone out of it.

Kinda crazy - I've been through so many clean boosts, overdrives, etc - like Fulltone OCD, Radial Tonebone Plexitube, Keeley Modded SD-1, TS-9 Reissue, Zvex Box of Rock, Visual Sound Jekyll and Hyde, VS Route 66 - and others, and during that whole time let this thing sit on my shelf in a box.

I bought it in 1996 as a preamp for my acoustic. When I sold that, I forgot about this.

Then I read the HC review about the pedal and got inspired.

Here is my newly found simple set up -

Guitar (1991 Ibanez RG 770 or 2008 Les Paul Standard or 1996 Fender American Stratocaster with Lace Alumitones, or Epiphone Joe Perry Les Paul) ---> Morley Passive Volume --> Marshall JCM 800 2205 with Outlaw Chorus and the DOD FX10 in the effects loop.

This pedal in the effects loop gives the sound massive heft. I probably needed to go through all of the overdrive pedals to learn my lesson, and now I did. This this is outstanding.

It is quiet and provides no coloration to your tone - just up to a 20db boost of pure clean power.

I will not be using this to boost solos - I'm the rhythm guy in my band - so it will be on full time. I am expecting to not worry about the switch, although I can understand how people might.

The casing is die cast metal and sturdy - the internal components inside look find (but I'm no electronics guy). I do like the feel of the knobs - substantial - slow and heavy.

Never needed them

I'm done looking. Period.

Nothing could be easier.

I have to take exception to the review below. This unit does not alter your tone or add any sizzle UNLESS you are using very high output pickups, and this unit DOES have a buffered output. ALL fet switching pedals have a buffered output and convert your signal to low impedance from the lowly Arion to the over-hyped Klon. DUH!!

Furthmore what is a "class a" pedal? Class A is a type of circuit design. It is not a grade given by an audiophile magazine or something. It is just a buzz term that tells you nothing about the sound quality of a preamp.

I have owned many clean boost pedals even the Klon. This really is the best I have found.

Amazing pedal. The best DOD ever made.

Two self-explanatory knobs

It is an ok clean boost pedal but not a very good one.
It does color your tone a bit, it ads a bit of sizzle to the top end and takes away some of the punchiness leaving a bit spongy sounding.

I am a fanatic about my tone and nothing sounds as good as my Les Paul or strat plugged directly into my Marshall Super Lead amp.

As soon as you ad any pedal (true-bypass) or not it will remove some of the punch and tone.
Theoretically one way to get around this is to use a class A circuit buffer like the Radial BigShot PB1 or the ValvulatorI which converts your high impedance signal from non-active pickups to low impedance so it can travel through long chords and multiple stomp boxes without suffering tone sucking of punch and clarity.

Don't listen to the other reviews that say the sound of this pedal is a 10. These people obviously are not comparing it to class A circuit clean boost pedals. I have tried many and the best is the PB1, Valvulator because they also include a buffer but another good one is the clean boost on the Diamond J Drive pedal (very sweet clean boost).

So far still works

Never dealt with support

Read my notes in the sound section.

I am a professional musician who has gigged for years and has tried all kinds of equipment trying to get the classic sound I have been searching for.

I play, write and record blues, rock, alternative, metal, funk, classical and country music.

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Bought used.

Very simple + it has a Tone knob. Awesome for "dialing" that extra bass/treble tone.

Works great. Great clean boost. Can be used for many preamp applications.

Have been using the same pedal for over 2 yrs.

Gig 3x a week with no backup.

I use a Fender-SuperSonic amp and the FX-10 provides the solo boost I need.

Been playing 35 yrs.

This pedal is dis-continued so I have acquired another two just-in-case.

I used to use a MXR-MicroAmp, but the FX-10's tone knob helps me "dial" the bass/treble tone when needed.

this is the easiest pedal to use ever .

man oh man .this is the best and i mean the best clean boost you will ever buy .take it from someone who is been playing for almost 20 yrs now . look ... people who know me calls me the PEDAL WHORE .i have bought and tried every pedal that existed in this life time , from the most expensive to the cheapest . this pedal is no longer made ,but it is the best DOD ever made no loss in signal it is true to your guitar and amp any guitar any amp big big improvment , these are going up in price and are getting hard to find as people are discovering how amaazing they are ..

this pedal will last you for a long long time , be nice to it ,dont abuse it and it will last forever .

i have no idea never delt with them and most likly will never do .

after going thru many many boost pedals i found this one by cheer luck , this guy had an auction on e bay for a pearl octave pedal .but he had a picture of his entire pedal board that showed the pearl octave pedal and other pedals he use . i e mailed him asking him about the DOD pedal that he had on his pedal board as well . he told me this is the best clean transparant boost pedal . i usually dont believe everything people claim ,but ofcourse being the pedal whore i am i had to get one to hear for myself ,before i have tried fulltone fat boost ,keeley java boost and analogman beano boost ( just a few that come to mind )they all added color and altered my over all charactor of my guitar tone . i plugged this thing and i was floored , this pedal gave me a hard on and that is when i know i have something that is worth it , yes my dick is my indication if i hear something good LOL . this brought my guitar tone to the front .again without no conservation THIS IS THE BEST CLEAN BOOST PEDAL EVER .get one while you can . trust me .

It takes at least two brain cells to operate. If you can't work "tone" and "volume" you should probably find a different hobby.

I bought this pedal about 13 years ago as a pre-amp for my acoustic guitar. I use it now as part of a pedal board for clean boost on blues solos, or when the other guitarist just gets to loud. It does one thing, and does that very well. Totally clean boost with no tone coloration or loss.

I have gigged with it in all kinds of bars, spilt beer on it more times than I can remember, and it just keeps going.

The switch is a bit dinky, but I don't hit it fifty times a night like a lot of players, so I haven't seen any problems there yet. If it does break, I'll replace it with a big stomp box switch and keep playing.

Never called. Don't think I've ever even looked at their web site.

I play a stock 1997 PRS McCarty, and a Gibson ES-335 with the 57 re-issue pickups. We've got a local cover band and play everything from Garth Brooks to Nickleback to James Taylor to whatever we feel like. I'm very picky about pedals that color my tone, and am very happy with the fact that this one doesn't. Even after all the abuse it still sounds great.

2 knobs


Level and Tone - you know how it works already

I just got this a few days ago and I usually wont review something during the honeymoon phase so I wanted to get that out of the way.

Its a clean, pure transparent boost. It packs a hell of a punch as well - if anyone is expecting anymore from this you will be dissapointed, no modelling, no flange, no verb, etc....this is a simple boost and one of the cleanest ive came into contact with

No bass loss, nothing about the tone is different except the sweetness you get from running this into a hot amp and pushing the tubes further

Hope the footswitch holds up, other than that its a tank...

Overall I think its great. i was tired of overdrives loosing the low end or adding lower/upper mids and grit - this is pure transparent power.

Easy! I didnt have to read the manual of anything...just get right to it. Set the right tone and level and this pedal is ready to boost!.

It gets little noises when u turn the tone to the max...but thats hard ever the case, cuz setting the tone at around 2 o'clock will give to the right amount. other than that, this pedal is superb! Great boosting sound...and it really make ur guitar roar esp when it boosts a tube amp.

Dunno yet, just got it. But its made from metal, heavy....seems tough...the only thing is the battery cover is plastic...and seems very fragile..

havent dealt with them...dont need to

Great preamp pedal, bright, clear, and aggressive...if u want it to be. Perfect for boosting tube amps...

It's a louderator pedal. Though it has a tone control, the pedal is to make your signal louder. There's a volume control too. It controls how much the volume goes up when you step on the ON switch. I think the tone control is basically a high-cut. If there was no tone control, it would be easier to use, but only for somebody already very stupid. It's nice that there's a LED to indicate when it's activated.

It's not noisy at all. I don't think there's any coloration of the sound except if you turn down the tone control, and then the highs are less loud.

I lost the battery compartment cover. Silly me. Now I keep the battery in with black electrical tape. Works good. I've gigged with it a lot. I'll gig more with it.

Never tried to contact them. Maybe they would sell me a battery compartment cover.

Doesn't matter what style of music you play, what you plug into it, or what you plug it into. It's a nice clean boost. The only thing I don't like about it is that it apparently takes a nonstandard external power supply, 10 volts or something. But because it's a low-level FET device, the battery lasts practically forever.

I'm very happy with it.

very easy to use. 1 vol/ 1 tone/1 switch. you don't have to be rocket scientist to operate it.

Mexican strat/FX10/DAN O WAH/VISUAL SOUND JH1 OVERDRIVE/ Boss CH3/TR2/DD3/Marshall Valvestate VS100R.
Very transparent and very powerful. Ideal to boost your sound when it's soloing time in a loud band.

I had to remove it from my pedal board. The switch, that had already started to get temperamental a couple of months ago, is now totally out of order. The unit remains "on" whatever I do. It's a SHAME for a brand that claim to produce among the sturdiest stomp boxes on the market. If I can't get it fixed, I might go for a Nobels preamp/booster.

I don't expect any, as I live in Europe.

I bought this unit because there was no other booster/premp available in the shops at that time.I hate having my gear stolen (who doesn't), but should this happen, I'd have some kind of compassion for the poor jerk who'll endlessly be trying to turn it off...HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
PIty for that switch, really. Otherways a very good sounding, and helpful box.

ONLY VOLUMN & TONE, NO BRAIN OPERATION, YOU CAN'T FIND ANYTHING EASIER THAN FX10

THIS IS THE FIRST DOD PRODUCT WHICH I THINK IT IS GOOD. I PUT IT IN THE EFFECT LOOP FROM A REAL TUBE II PREAMP. IT DOES WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO DO, BOOSTS UP THE SIGNAL WITHOUT ADDING ANY COLOR. IT DOES MATTER TO WORK WITH CLEAN OR OVERDRIVE SOUND. I FEEL FX10 IS BETTER THAN MXR MIRCOAMP WHICH ADD SOME OVERDRIVE IN THE SIGNAL.

I JUST GOT IT

I HAVE NO IDEA

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS PEDAL, NO MATTER YOU ARE PLAYING JAZZ, COUNTRY, BLUES, ROCK ...... PUT FX10 AFTER YOU OVERDRIVE AND COMPRESSOR, STEP ON IT WHEN YOU SOLO, YOU WILL NEVER GO WRONG.

Two knobs. Simple to operate.

Unlike one or two of the other reviewers here, I haven't found it noisy. All in all, a pretty transparent effect.

It's been reliable so far, but it does suffer from that classic DOD problem of having a fragile switch. I'm not sure how much gigging this pedal would stand up to...

Haven't needed to contact them.

A great clean boost pedal. It really brings ordinary single-coil pickups to life (haven't tried it with humbuckers), and makes everything brighter, punchier and more chimey (think classic Edge). While it's a clean boost, it can be used to get a really subtle break-up. I find it works best at the very beginning of my chain.

How can you beat it. 2 knobs, one for volume, one for tone.

Set it up last in my effects loop after a Boss Compression/Sustain, Chorus & Delay for boosting leads. Works an absolute treat with both my Strats through a Fender Rock Pro combo.

Is sometimes noisy depending on the venues I'm playing at.

Up until recently would stake my life on it. But of late been having a lot of trouble with the switch. Have pulled it out & repaired myself a couple of times, but the switch is diffently on it's last legs. Not great for a pedal that's only 4 years old.

Certainly not as robost as my Boss pedals, one of which I've had for 15 years.

N/A

If not for a more robust switch, would be a 10. Why don't other manufacturers build one? Certainly beats using a graphic eq.

Easy. 3 knobs. not an issue..

I bought this pedal for 20 dollars at a pawn shop having absolutely NO idea what it would do or sound like.. I ADORE it. It does almost nothing, but make my guitar louder, shimmer, and increase the beauty of the guitar. I use a lot of pedals, and I use this one first to boost the signal through the pedals. I'll be experimenting different orders, but I think this is so important. I actually NEVER turn it off. It is on %100 percent of the time.

Don't want this review to be too gushy. #1, i hate the switch. DOD switches suck hard balls. They really devalue their gear with such shoddy work.. #2, I hate that '8 power jack. Why can't DOD just use the standard AC adapter port, like BOSS? You have to use those headphone-looking jacks to power this.. #3, the battery port always falls off on DOD's. I've lost mine many years ago..

For something so important to my sound, DOD doesn't make me confident that I can rely on this...
Anyway, the pedal works great, no problems, just would do with some more confident materials...
I'm giving this a lower rating..

probably sucks, or they'd have corrected that shoddy switch by now...

This is an excellent pedal to be used as a CLEAN BOOST.. It has a shimmering sound and has excellent mid/high end response, and the bass comes through with great punchy-ness and presence.. I would reccomend this to anyone looking for a boost.. peace.

About as easy as it comes, kids. Hate DOD switches though, but I just leave it on all the time. Still, minus-2 for the cheesy switch.

I swear by it. My acoustic / electric is just too weany coming off the guitar. This gives me what I need, whether I'm going to the main board or my Carvin tube amp. Even ran my Strat though it into to main board when I was too lazy to carry my guitar amp. Terrific gain without all the slop or killing the tone.

Except for the stupid switch, this dude will be here with the cockroaches after Saddam drops the big one on us.

Who knows?

If I were conniving creep, I'd tell you all it sucks so that I could hoard them for myself. Fact is, it's a keeper, one of a kind. I've been using a TS-10 to increase my signal for years, but this is better: Fatter sound without any noise or break-up. It's NOT an overdrive pedal, boys and girls. It's for good, clean gain and maybe some tweaks to your lead tone if you want it. Paid embarrassingly little for it considering how much I value it. Major keeper.

The hardest thing about this pedal is matching up the tone and volume knobs, but you have to do that with every pedal you get so it's not a problem. It provides a good, clean boost.

My setup goes as follows Wahsburn BT-3 (that's my guitar) to DOD fuzz, to Ibanez Power Lead, to Rocktron Rampage, to this pedal, to boss HR-2 harmonist. That's before the amp, starting with the send in the effects loop, I have a Morley Wah, to Dano reverb. This pedal does ad some noise to your setup, but nothing noticeable. I put it right after the distortions b/c it boost whatever you put before it and I don't want to boost my whole setup. I use it for if I do a clean solo and the bassist is drowning out my sound without distortion in it. That is just one of it's many uses. You can also use it to change your sound. The tone pot does a great job. It also makes good feedback if used properly. It also sounds good with distortion too, and I do use it with distortion. The sound that it makes is whatever you feed into it maybe higher or lower in tone, but it's pretty much what you feed into it. If you get it and it sounds like crap that's b/c what you are feeding into it sounds like crap.

It looks very reliable. There isn't much to go wrong, and I could pretty much fix it myself. The box and stomp switch seem alot stronger than DOD's current line up. To give you an idea of how simplistic it is, I don't understand why DOD even put circuit boards in the box.

This company sucks b/c they don't make this pedal or anything like this now. What is wrong with DOD this is probably the only pedal of it's kind and they discontinued it why?

I like to play like a blues metal, and I also like to make freakish sounds come out of my amp. This pedal fits perfectly into both of those categories. If it were stolen I would be so pissed off. I would then work on trying to recreate one in my "lab" (that means bedroom). If I ever find another one, I would buy it in a hearbeat b/c it would be cool to have two of these in the setup, one where mine is now, and one to be the last in the chain.

Easy, easy easy. This is the volume boost I've looked for for years. I use it in my effects loop to bring up my volume for solos both clean and distorted. Two controls: Tone and Level, so you can bring your volume up and attenuate the treble so it doesn't rip people's heads off. No manual, but this is really a simple unit to figure out for this purpose.

I use this on my pedalboard with my Mesa Mark III, Budda Superdrive 30, or Rivera Jake. Sounds great with them all. Not noisy in the loop, but in front of the amp it probably is. Never tried it there, though.

Would depend on it, but I also have a FatBoost on my pedal board set to raise the distorted channel volume, so I have a back up in my rig already. I use both because the clean and distorted channels seem to boost a little differently through the same setting (on either the Fulltone or the DOD), so I set each one up for a channel apiece.

Haven't dealt with DOD, but Digitech has done several repairs on some old pedals, and since they're more or less the same company I would hope they'd be okay. They take awhile to do repairs. These are cheap, though, so why not buy 2 or three, just in case?

A great match for anything you play. I'm looking for another one now to put in place of my FatBoost; I'd then either put the FB in front of my amp or sell it for a quick $100-150.00 profit. I won't say that it's as good as the Fulltone, or capable of doing the same things, but as a clean volume boost, set in an effects loop, for solos it's great.

Stick this pedal in the effects loop, and voila!! a kickass boost you've been looking for. It doesn't alter the sound, just makes it louder. No frickin' overdrive, no frickin' distortion pedal, just the sound of your amp, but louder.

I use a Marshall JCM2000 with a Les Paul Custom Deluxe. I use a Dunlop crybaby 535Q, and an old school Digitech TSR-12 rack unit in the effects loop..

I think this unit should be reliable. I've had it about three months and haven't had a problem.....It's a pretty simple design....not alot to go wrong...

I would replace this unit if lost or stolen....It is the holy grail that I have been looking for years...It simply boosts the sound of your amp.....

This thing is as about aas simple as it gets. Two knobs: TONE and GAIN.

It's very quiet, unlike some DOD pedals I;ve tried. In addition, it provides plenty of clean boost without altering the character of the sound you put into it. I use it last in a pedalboard, and it does a great job of boosting whatever preceded the pedal, without changing the sonic character of the sound. It's also capable of a LOT of gain. If you want a pedal that's capable of providing a lot of clean boost, this is a good choice. Really inexpensive, too.

Made of metal; a solidly built unit. Like most DOD pedals; the standard configuration. I gig with it; no problems. It gets stomped on for most leads, so it's used a lot.

Never dealt with them on this product. On another product, I called DOD/Digitech a couple of years ago; they were friendly and helpful.

I''d buy it again. As a matter of fact, I recommend it to anyone desiring clean boost, without alteration of the basic tonal character of your rig. It works well as the LAST pedal in a pedalboard, particularly in front of a good tube amp. You can use it to boost the basic clean guitar signal, punishing the amp''s input. You can also use it, say, to boost whatever you''re doing in the pedalboard; with a distortion pedal engaged at rhythm level, kickin