DOD FX100

It's hard to get a bad sound from this pedal. I've owned it for nearly 10 years and it has never let me down. In fact, I'd say that this is easily one of the best straight forward overdrives I've owned. The manual is helpful and explains each bit of the pedal in great detail and provides some helpful presets.

Strat with a Dimarzio Dist. in the bridge and right into any good clean amp will give you solid results. Putting this in front of a more modern amp, like a 6505 or Rectifier will not leave you satisfied.

The switch stopped working, so the pedal won't turn off anymore. Which is NOT a big deal; running through a very clean amp with this on and all knobs (besides the drive) full up makes for a WONDERFUL "on the edge of explosion" tone that is very Punk/Garage/MC5.

The tone of the pedal is very british overdrive, like a marshall turned up pretty damn loud. Nothing remotely modern in terms of heavy distortion. This is a classic pedal that is nothing like a tube screamer, but more like a marshall blues breaker on 8.

The drive full up will be noisy, hissy, yes. But that's the case with everything. I could care less if any of my pedals were true bypassed, I'm going for an old school dirt tone.

With a fuzz face or big muff before, you've got a pretty gnarly distortion tone. If you're into anything out of the ordinary, you can certainly take alot from driving this pedal with a fuzz. Very Gilmour and Hendrix type of distortions happening. I told you, it's got a british tone to it!

Rolling back the guitar's volume knob does wonders. At louder volumes dynamics are drastically picked up.

Well, this kind of is my back up. I switch main rigs between this and other pedals with a clean amp and my Peavey 6505+/Marshall 1960a. This pedal is only used with the clean amp rig. I have used it for ten years, it'll be fine.

Forget it, I emailed them something like 3 years ago and never got a reply.

I play hard rock, heavy metal, punk and garage. No jazz, blues or funk. I'm a rock and roller. Been playing for nearly 12 years. I love this pedal. At some point I had 2, but that one simply did NOT sound as good. This pedal is certainly one to keep by my side forever. The paint job is lovely. I can't compare this to any other pedals, but certainly can put it along side a cranked Blues Breaker. I know-I have one. The only difference is volume-duh! Doesn't need a mid control, it pumps out enough without becoming honky. Makes for a very crunchy, creamy tone minus the sterility of most dirt boxes. Would love for this to be reissued!

gain, hi, low, level

This is a great dirt box. It gives you the sound a tube amp makes right before it melts down when you turn it to ten and run 40db booster into it at the same time. You know that sound that is not distortion or fuzz but can only be described as raw power?

If you are looking for a ts-808 sound this is not it. This is a distortion pedal in reality. It is best in front of a clean amp. Not really a "pro" sound in my opinion. Best suited to raunchy rock sounds. Garage, punk, grunge etc...

These are somewhat rare, but not as rare as many people try to make it out. I have 3 of them that I picked up for under $35 each so it can't really be that rare right? Maybe they just seem rare because people like me buy so many and hord them? Like the green big muff. Not rare at all in reality.

An incredible pedal. 4 knobs (level, bass, highs, drive) each one providing a real musical sound, no extremes. The manual is cool (nice african picture on top) but not very usefull. Just turn the knobs and listen ! I give it a 10 because it is impossible to get a bad sound out of it, wherever are the knobs.

The sounds coming out of this things are amazing. If i had to find a word for this pedal, I would say : cotton wool. Every sound coming out of this box is creamy, musical. I know mostly play blues and my fav sound is SRV (not so much overdrive, bright sound, very responsive to the attack). I use '89 lace sensor strat, and a peavey classic 50/410 all tubes at the other end. In between, some pedals (Jen wahs, overdrives/dist, ibanez DE7 always switched to 'echo', an incredible Maestro stage phaser, an aria stereo chorus ACH1 (at home only, because this pedal give its best in stereo) and a T-Rex tremster.
For overdrives, I used to play with a boss SD1, wich sounds good to me, plus a modified bad monkey to reinforce some sounds and have a greater sustain. And a boutique TS808 clone, which is great also and sounds different. But at the moment I put my feet on the FX100, I knew it would be my main overdrive. It sounds so good !! From blues to metal, everything is inside (for gothic/punk, it has probably not enough gain). Can get the same sounds as the SD1, plus so much.
Put the drive to 0 and you will have no overdrive at all (It is probably the only pedal providing this). Turn it to the max, and it's OK for metal. Bass / trebbles knob are not sounding like any other pedal. Their changes are very subtles, but efficient. Once you have the right amount of overdrive / distorsion, the guitar volume knob can be used to go from almost clean -> overdrived.
I give it a 10 because I'm in love with it !! So sweet, so creamy, just like a tube amp but at lower volume, and probably one of the lower noise I ever heard with high distortion. The only bad point if any : not a true bypass - the manual says "active switching for noiseless operation".

Don't know. Build like a boss, just a little larger.

What else to say ? Even the box painting is nice, nothing to deal with a standard boss. Regarding the price point, and the sounds coming out, I just can't understand why they discontinued it. This FX100 is now my main overdrive effect, better than the amp overdrive because the same sound and harmonics come at lower sound level (My neighbors will like it even more than I do !!). It is probably the ultimate pedal regarding my setup and style of music (SRV, Pink Floyd, Some AC/DC, and Clapton of course). A must !! If you are into blues/rock/hard rock and find one, give it a chance.

Four nobs and they make huge differences. But it aint rocket science.

Fender tweed-BM reissue with a heavily upgraded mim Tele, -Bardens, with a rack Digitech (good on ya there) 1900 Delay and a Hush IIxc, a Trex Room-mate and some other peds I use whenever I feel like it.

The sound is awesome, this is an underappreciated pedal for sure. They are not many of them and seem to be getting scarcer by the day - guess people are holding on to them.

I'm able to get a clean boost out of this but where it realy works in with grind. Its close to FUZZ without the muff-buzz when you max it. Its probably be best to call it a Distortion because it rocks so hard!

You can get a wayhuge amount of sounds out of this baby. I never had a pedal that was so different with such a little bit of tweakin.

Gets you 1980s Rocking and gets you 1990s grunge and really lets you get a unique sound once you play with the nobs.

I give it a 9 because nothing sounds like my dreams and also cause, well because. Its different sounding than the chandler Tube Driver, and its different than the Mesa Bottle rocket, and its different than a TS-9. It sounds like nothing but itself, like a warm tube amp pushed hard. There is some hum when really cranked . . . but I haven't had a distortion that didn't do that.

Solid, brick and heavy.

I dealt with them getting a battery cover for another pedal and it was friendly. But wasn't able to get the cover from them.

Rock and country-rock that goes into alt-shred-country rock if you can imagine that. 20 years of playin at least.

I've owned alot of gear over the years, but its always turning over, who can keep track?

I love this pedals unique warm tube like sound and the way it can rock hard! and the way it can boost. I think its kind of ugly grean with black swirlies but that aint much to hate.

This pedal helps me stand out from the other players in the band and their TS-boutique pedals. It has a fingerprint for sure!

I guess other reviewers have been modding thiers. I see no reason to, unless you want it to sound like a TS pedal. But if that's the case just go get another TS pedal to add to the sea of TS sounding players out their (sorry bandmates)

I'd be bummed if it were stolen

Very simple ... 4 knobs ... hard to get a genuinely crap sound from this thing ...

I only 'owned' this thing for about a year back in about 2001-2002 (I had borrowed it from a friend and 'forgotten' to return it until he gave a little hurry up one day, hehehe) ... back then I was basically playing through a stock Squier Affinity Strat and clean 20 watt practice amp. Now, I was pretty much just an intermediate player back then, but I could tell this thing was good. Really nice fat sounds, possible to get some really tasty fuzziness (not buzz, but fuzz) when cranking the gain. Always nice to have the extra tone knob for customising your sound, too.

Only problem was that the pedal had taken a beating, so occasionally there was some hiss; but tapping the edge of the footswitch near the jack always fixed this up in a second. Generally DOD things aren't super reliable, but apart from the aforementioned problem (due mainly to misuse and carelessness), there were no problems whatsoever; even the crappy battery cover held up perfectly. However, as I was using a severly second-hand (possibly third- or fourth-hand) model, I won't rate it.

At the time I had been playing for about 2 years, maybe less ... mostly a mix of punk/alternative rock back then ... this thing could do subtle tube overdrive to cranked 'overdrive-distortion' ... I remember once playing a gig with this thing between an Epiphone SG and a Marshall JMP stack; it just roared! I've been eyeing a DOD FX-51 'Juice Box' in my guitar tech's display case ... I would love to try that out in combination with the FX-100 ... but I haven't seen one since I was forced to return it to it's rightful owner ... *sigh* ... anyways, it's a really good pedal - if you do see one, try it out. I honestly can't understand why DOD discontinued good pedals like this one and the 'Juice Box' ...

very simple and basic. volume bass treble and gain.

well, i dont really remember it stock...but im pretty sure it was really good. ive since then changed the chips to RC4558P and silver face RC4558P, changed the first silicon diode to a germanium diode, and all caps to metal film...basically, i brought down the noise, gave it a nice fuzz overtone, and lots of bite. i changed the LED to purple...just for kicks...this mod aint for sale, but i do suggest the germanium diode and the metal film cap mods...yourself i mean...as i was saying!

the tone in this thing is awesome...ive gone through over 50 different overdrives...IM NOT KIDDING! and i always find myself going back to this 30 dollar dream...its insane...ive got a peavey JSX and its got AMAZING distortion...but i usually put the gain at about half on the amp, and put this one as follows...

volume:max
bass:4 oclock
treble:2 oclock
gain:7 oclock

and it colors my tone to the max...WHICH IS WHAT I LOVE!!!!!!!!!! it is byfar the best lead, rhythm, and beautiful tone on the planet...im going to buy and build a back up...but i swear, this is the BEST overdrive for a metal tone on the face of earth...harmonics SCREAM out at you, left and right. its NOT transparent, but im FUCKING GLAD! i cannot praise this enough.

ive been going back to this thing for over 6 years. after over 50 overdrive/distortion units...this thing is still king!

i wouldnt know...im sure the warranty is far beyond void!

im going to buy another as soon i as i get a chance. probably tonight or tomorrow. this is an INTEGRAL part of my rig...if it were stolen, i would quite honestly cry for a little while. luckily i have 3 more rc4558 chips...so i can still build another...it isnt like i dont plan on it! so...this thing is just too damn awesome for words...the tone is outstanding when overdriving a already overdriven tube amp...solid state freaks can do it too...it will majorly clean up solid state distortion tone...thank you fx100, you are the REAL love of my life!

It's easy to get a good sound, the highs are not brittle and when you add lows the sound does not get muddy as with so many other overdrive pedals. There is a FUZZ sound in this and depending how you tweak the tone knobs it will sound somewhat fuzzy, mostly when highs are up and lows down, add lows and roll of highs to get rid of FUZZ. The FUZZ is great as it's a tube quality about it and blends in with over tones. THERE IS NO TUBE INSIDE, IT USES A CHIP. There is a speaker emulator output and the manual covers everything well. It has not been upgraded.

THIS DOES NOT HAVE A TUBE INSIDE. I use guitars with humbuckers and have not tried single coils. I use tube amps. It is the only effect in the chain an adds no noise. When played with my Music Man Sub1 (Strat scale with stock medium output humbuckers) it can sound a bit grainy if the Drive and highs are all the way up but with the highs at 11 oclock or Noon position and the lows all the way up it gets a great full mid range sound, leaning towards a Marshall tonality (tonality not distortion). With a Les Paul with low to medium humbuckers there is a greater variety of tones to get and it sounds smooth with a singing quality about it. This pedal does NOT palm mute well (bass strings sound fuzzy not focused, as with some other overdrive pedals) and does not do crunch that well. It has a great sixties overdrive sound with some fuzz that blends in and has enough drive to sustain well and carry notes without having to add a second pedal in the chain. More output than Digitech Bad Monkey or Fulldrive II. Smoother than a Big Muff and no muddiness. It's a very usable overdrive all by itself.

It's as reliable as any DOD stomp box, built like a tank

Never dealt with DOD

I play blues and rock, Metal, Jazz. This is a good match for certain styles of blues and rock. I have been playing for 7 years and use mainly tube amps and their own overdrive or distortion. I have tried many pedals. Fulldrive II, Distortion Pro, Tonebone, Barber Electronics, Line 6, Digitech Screaming Blues and Bad Monkey. I always end up liking the amps tube overdrive or distortion and I am not satisfied with pedals, especially when there $150 on up. I found this pedal used for $30, tried it out and loved what it does.

This is a VINTAGE pedal which has been discontinued a long time ago. These are getting rarer by the day.
This pedal is easy to get good sound out of. It has 4 adjustment knobs which are: Output, low, high and Drive.

It has a TUBE inside. You can put this at the end of your chain and drive a tube sound / tone into your solid state amp or studio.
It can simulate anywhere from soft tube sound to RAGE. It could be put at the beginning of a chain, I suppose, to push the tube through the rest of your effects chain.

How many manufacturers are putting tubes in the pedals now...quite a few...wonder why. Can't simulate a tube effectively.

Rock solid piece of gear that fits in the palm of your hand.
These are vintage, and they are still out there working.
I would have to say Very Reliable.

The manual was readily avaailable..no charge.

Fantastic pedal. This little guy can pull up some unbelievable tones...well, that's not a shock, anytime you have Tube inside it's gonna sound at the least, good. But pro musicians know, you can't replace tube tone & sound with simulation...maybe close..but no cigar.

I own one.....no, I'm not selling it sorry. Manual is downloadable from DOD.

Easy Four Controls,Effects Out With a Kind of Marshall sound, and a very cool Speaker Emulator Out with a Soldano type, allowing you to play everywhere without need an amp.

Playing trough my amazing Squier 96(50th anniversary edition,Korean),with 3 Gold Lace Sensors into a Fender Frontman 25R,I can get all those Bluessy Clasic Rock sounds, some of them like the crunchy Strat sound of Eric Clapton, 24 Nights Concerts (a TONE to die for...). Doesn't sucks tone, the Tube emulation is almost perfect. FX 100 I.T. is perfect for a Solid state amp or a Tube amp that hasn't Overdrive. I can't understand why is discontinued, and you can't compare with the Ibanez Tube Screamers or Boss Blues Driver(different kind of sound), but with others is a winner(it's solid state, no need tube replacement.

In my country (CHILE, South America)the customer support is very poor but I think don't need an upgrade,and has a strong design.

Think the best Overdrive for 60's,70's clasic rock, blues. Can play Eric Clapton, some SRV and with others effects Jimi Hendrix, from Allman bros. to BTO,even Santana and so on.Highly recomended if you can get one.Personally I like the CRUNCH it has(with capitals).Can play The Inmortals:BB King, Freddie King, Otis Rush,Buddy Guy... fantastic.I'm a guitar player from 40 years ago,a Bluesman.

Very easy to dial in a variety of OD to distortion tones w/ the 4 controls. Not heavy metal but really good harmonic distortion.

As stated before, not heavy metal but good harmonic distortion, almost fuzz like. Chords remain articulate w/ every string being heard. Very quiet operation & seems to be true bypass. I've played it w/ various Marshall amps (JCM800, JCM2000, AVT), Roland JC120, FEnder 65 Deluxe Reverb & currently an Ibanez 100R 2x12 combo & it holds up well. Well suited for heavy rock.

3 years of constant gigging & no problems...& always use a backup kids.

Not needed.

Mostly heavy rock w/ this pedal. Can't really pin point any tone as an example being that this pedal is very original. I'd buy another if stolen.