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.

4 knobs, too easy.

wow...i am certainly impressed. ive already placed a review on this pedal, but that was only a couple days after i played it. its been nearly a year now...and lemme tell ya, i always gig with it...sadly enough, the switch broke! now it wont turn off! thank god! i would rather have it always on than off. the sound is very "green". very british. i put the gain up...to about 7 oclock. add more grit to my ds1. great stuff man...i cannot get a better tone. i use it with the distortion + as well...just as good. this is an all around great pedal. im going to buy another on ebay when i see one!

eh...switch broke, but not enough to make me not like it in any way!

great!

i play shred, metal, neo-classical, blues, hard rock...this is the overdrive to own. ive yet to be upset in anyway with this.

Just plug it in, it'll sound good no matter what you do to it.

I play a fender strat thrue dod fx100 - Boss dm-2 - Musicman HD130 and this pedal gives me exactly the kind of "Johnny Winter meets Angus" sound that I've been looking for since I first started to play.

It's a very fat sounding pedal that cleans up nicely if you beg for it. When pushing the gain knob up it totally agrees with you and goes from fat blues to straight on rock n roll. I've owned a bunch of od's, ts-8, maxon od-808, Boss sd-1, bd and many more.. this is the only one left in my pedal collection. Why? Because it kicks ass!

I'm a bit worried about the plastic switch but hopefully it won't break. Everything else seems to be ok.

I play heavy blues - rock n roll as it was done in the 70's and this pedal is everything I could ever ask out of a OD. I Love it.

They seem to be very hard to get and if it breaks I'll do anything to get a new one, anything!

Another good thing about this pedal is that it works great no matter what amp you're using. I've played it thrue Marshalls, Peavey's, even tryed it thrue some solid state's and it always sounds great.

4 knobs, real basic. the settings the manual gives are great. they work perfectly for me, especially the metal one. GREAT booster.

this is my setup right now, when im not gigging (i just got it,so m just noodling around with it right now til i have practices) . i use my us made bc rich warlock, or my custom gibson-strat>>modded mxr phase 90>>dod I.T.>>modded (analog man, thank you) boss ds-1>>rock amp studio lead>>crate 4x12. the sound quality is PERFECT! ive been playing for about 10 years, and i got john sykes sound (from whitesnake) NAILED! i use it as a booster, and boy am i happy i bought it. i cant wait til i have my next gig! the sound is full, sucks absolutely no tone, and can add tons of gain to a distortion pedal or amp. a great amount of sustain added, and it also doesnt have too much of everything. the sound on it is just perfect!

ive used dods since i found my dads old guitar. ive had one break down, but only cause i took it apart and thought i was a mechanic or something. but they are built like tanks, i wouldnt be suprised if it survied a nuclear attack.

havent dealt with them, never really had to

i play a mix of hard rock, blues, and a bit of 80s metal. this pedal does wonders for me. been playing almost 10 years, i own the two guitars i listed, a Crate Blue Voodoo stack, Rock Amps studio lead combo, Randall stack, and a couple Fender champs. a bunch of pedals (mxr dist. +, modded mxr phase 90, modded boss ds-1, danelectro echo, crybaby wah (the orignal, from 1973), dod eq, dod chorus, dod digital dist., dod tube driver (i hate it), and electro harmonix big muff pi.) if it were stolen, id cry for a while and then id look for another and buy it again. what else could i ask for? this pedal isa dream come true, ands the tone and amount of extra gain ive always wanted.ive found THE SOUND for myself. ive tried the ibanez tubescreamer, its good, but to me, this pedal just sounds...i dunno...better. to me though, although the tube screamer sounds good just by itself, i dont need an overdrive just by itself. i need it to boost the distortion. i recommend it to anyone and everyone who can get their hands on one.

Mount your pedals on the one of the five individual pre drilled mounting plates, run a cable from either the nine volt or 18 volt out put on the boards power supply to the effect pedal. Screw down the mounting plate, Press the rocker switch to on posirion, plug in your guitar and you are ready to play

I used it with a varity of 9 volt Boss and 9 and 18 volt DOD pedals

This pedal board is 20 +years old and still works like new

I talked with DOD and they were unaware of this pedal board. There is a effects pedal with the same Model number

It is great as far as it goes. Five pedals may be limiting to some players. The built in power supply with dual voltage and no Transformer/wall wart is a giant plus

Simple to use. Four knobs (Level, Lows, Highs, and Drive), two outputs (effect out, and speaker emulation out), and not a bad sound to be found. The manual suggests a couple of settings (nice plus) but do let these be a limiting factor. This pedal is full great sounds.

Pros:
- Flexible
* Sound like a Marshall with the drive cranked
* Sounds like a Hiwatt with the drive at noon (think David Gilmore)
* Sounds like a Vox with the drive at 10 o?clock and Highs at 3 o'clock.
- Warm, rich natural sound that is not too harsh or bright or dark.
- Unreal Crunch!
- Good for lead work
- Has great sustain, better than most other
- Very quiet and does not suck tone.

Cons:
- Okay low end but can be a little mushy - not the best pedal for a metal-head
- Not the best for bell-like, screaching lead tones

Worked well with the following distortion pedals:
- Peavey Hotfoot
- Fulltone ?69
- 70?s block logo MXR Distortion +
- Boss DS1

Did not work well with:
- Turbo Rat
- Little Big Muff Pi

With Strat, blackfaced Bassman 50, a 2x12? cab w/ Celestion Vintage 30?s and no other effects, personal sonic Nirvana found at:

Level = 2 o?clock
Lows = noon
Highs = 2 o?clock
Drive = 11 o?clock

A desert island pedal, period.

Made in USA, bulletproof, DOD quality which guarantees the battery cover will fall off in a few years.

DOD stands behind their products. After sending them a 2 line email requesting a price on replacement battery covers, they sent me 4 free of charge.

If you like old rock, the FX100 is definately worth looking into. It's tone is warm and crunchy. It compares very favorably to pedals costing 3 times as much. I prefer it to the Ibanez TS9 (modded to 808 specs, vintage JRD4558D) and the Sobbat DB2. My only complaint is that it's bass could be just a tad tighter... A great pedal made even better by the price...

I can hardly find a BAD sound it it. It's a great heavy blues, brit style pedal.

Four controls = Output, Lows, Highs, Drive.
Two outputs = To Amp and Speaker Out.

I've used it with a Strat into a class A Ampeg amp. I love the sound it makes. It like big old Marshalls, Humble Pie - Rocking the Fillmore Style. It isn't too noisy, loud as hell. I can set the Drive anywhere from 0 to full tilt and it all sounds great. The Lows and Highs do sound weakened when set to less than halfway settings, but sound great anything above half. A very versatile pedal, from mild overdrive to all balls out roaring. There is a speaker out for going to console and when going to the amp, it can add a little sweeter sonic texture. This thing has lots off Marshall overtones and harmonics, sounding like a Marshall dimed. For old style 60's heavy blues, this thing is it.

Dunno. I had one before that I bought used and it tanked while sitting around in storage. I plugged in one day and it did nothing but hum like it had a short across ground. This is my second one, but this one is NOS and I hope it will fare better.

It's new, warranty card and all, and I bought it from a DOD dealer, so I guess it's got a 3 year warranty.

I play dinosaur rock/blues/60's style.
I own many other pedals, many other guitars and amp. Been playing since 1969.
It's very musical sounding while still kicking tail. It reminds me of old Humble Pie sound, heavy blues...

Easy to get a good tube emulation sound and it's one of the best I've heard.

Playing a Fender Strat through a Peavey Ranger 120w tube amp and it is absolutely the best overdrive I've heard compared to Visual Sound,Tech 21,Carl Martin,Danelectro. A real diamond in the rough.Good for Clapton,SRV,Santana,Stones sound of the 60's and 70's.These pedals must not have goteen much exposure because they are the real deal.This and the fx101 which has a bit more sustain are a real bargain ,but the sound cannot be beat.I bought this out of curiosity and sold my other pedals because I had 'FOUND' what I was looking for.Many other pedals say they sound like a tube or an overdriven amp but this one really does emulate them with a nice big fat overdriven helping of amp in a box.Try one,you won't look back at all the booty wana-bees and act a likes,it's that good......been playing 35yrs

Would always have a backup on any pedal or electronic devise while playing.

With a company like DOD I would expect good customer service burt have never dealt with them

Play blues and rock for 35 yrs. and seriously folks,this is it.It's warm and transparent with good definition between treble and bass without any mud.Just enough sustain without running over itself.It's an inspirattion to play throughBig,like my German woman Hilda,it's BIG,FULL and FAT!..........you need one!

Easy to use but getting a good sound is nigh-on impossible. Perhaps I've just got a bad one but I don't seem to be able to get any warmth out of this.

Used with a Fender Fat Strat into a Laney LC15 I just couldn't find any warmth in the tone at all. Bass at 10, treble at zero and it still sounded crackly and harsh. I could hear that the IT thing could work i.e. it responded to pick attack well but the tone just wasn't there.

I don't use it anymore so I don't know

I did actually contact them they were ok

It doesn't give a good sound. I much prefer my Marshall Guv'nor. I might try it again sometime now I've got new pick ups, if it sounds any better I'll submit a new review

Pretty easy to use. Took me about 5 minutes to find the sound I like.

9 I PLAY A FENDER STRAT WITH A DIMARZIO SUPER DISTORTION IN THE BRIDGE GOING INTO A PEAVEY BANDIT 65 ( IT SUCKS EGGS )WITH THAT OUT OF THE WAY, I MUST SAY THAT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST SOUNDING SOLID STATE DISTORTION I HAVE EVER HEARD PERIOD. IT IS CRUNCHY, GRITTY THICK RAW TONE AND FULL OF SUSTAIN WHILE BEING JUST WARM ENOUGH TO SMOOTH EVERYTHING OUT. THE ONLY THING BAD ABOUT IT IS THAT IT DOES'NT PALM MUTE VERY WELL. bUT I HAVE HEARD WORSE. THIS IS DEFINATELY THE SOUND I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR. I WOULD RATE IT A 10, BUT I LIKE TO PALM MUT A LOT SO I GIVE IT A 9

IT LOOKS PRETTY TOUGH EXCEPT FOR THE FOOTSWITCH, WHICH MAKES FUNNY CLICKY NOISES SOMETIMES.

never dealt with them

If you can still find one of these floating around, it will be the best money you will ever spend.

Pretty easy

Sounds fabulous...a bit british...like some others have mention. Great pedal to put in front of a saturated tube amp. If you have a clean sounding fender..or one of those small 10w tube amps that lack preamp distortion...you will love this pedal.

I usually don't give out 10's....although this gets real close. Its got quite a unique sound.

It's a real shame that this pedal is no longer in production...one of the best sounding "non-boutique" distortion pedals. Overall for value...it would be sin to give it anything less than a 10.

If you can buy it used...don't pass up the chance...give it a try..you will be pleasantly surprised.

Easy to use, four knobs, also gives details of settings.

Using with Fender 68 re-issue with Custom shop Fat 50`s pups, run through Fender 112 deluxe plus amp. This pedal has some really nice tones in it. The big bonus with this pedal is it does not colour your guitars tone, so the character of your axe shines through. I have yet to find a sound that I don`t like from this pedal.

Don`t know about reliability But three years parts & labour from DOD must mean they have faith in the product.

Never contacted them don`t want to ,hope I don`t have to.

I play mainly blues and whatever I like the sound of. Also own a Crybaby wah, Mesa Boogie Bottle Rocket. I bought this pedal ,(and I would buy it again),because in Guitarist (U.K. Magazine) one of the columnists said it was a good pedal to buy as they were becoming hard to find and were not being made anymore and it gave some nice tones. So I thought I would buy it ,not use it ,and sell it later for a few quid more and make some money on it, (I know it sucks but I never have any money spare to buy things when I want them, so I thought this would be my cash fallback). However once I plugged it in and played with it , disaster, my plans for riches and gain went out the window. It`s for keeps . So be warned players don`t buy gear for monetary gain as you will never succeeed, because when you plug the thing in it steals your heart and thoughts of making money go out the window. Got to go now, is that an Ibanez 808 tubescreamer I see for sale, prehaps if I buy it keep it for a little while then se.....

Your average four knob pedal, stock settings given are decent, but this pedal can do much better. Pretty easy to find a good sounds, and there's several of them in there. Speaker out simulation is a cool bonus

Using Carvin and Ibanez electrics through a bunch of Crates and Peavey (Tube and solid state), the pedal performs well. Nice distortion reminiscent of a british stack (at least that what its supposed to be). In reality, it does a good job of delivering those goods. distortion is powerful, but can also clean up nicely. Great for most types rock (Good AC/DC tone), though It might not have enough output for metal.

Sold pedal, been gigged a few times, no problem.

Wouldn't know

I picked this pedal up on sale b/c DOD wasn't making it anymore. I have a small colletction of distortions and this one is the one I go to for harder rock and very edgy blues. I compared it to the FX101 when I bought it an preferred the I.T because the gain wasn't so powerful. The speaker output jack gets a big thumbs up, though it's nowhere close to the SM57 mic I mic my amps with. I don't think I would buy it again simply because they're hard to find now, but I'll take good care of the one I have.

very good pedal easy to use. manual is even easier

it makes for a great distorted sound when i play CHINA GROVE. if you turn the low (bass) all the way down or up just a little and turn the highs up all the way it is great for power chords. (for me anyway)

i am so hard on the pedal when i was done yesterday the pedal wrote a book called to hell and back so im here to tell about it

didnt even send in my warrenty card

i am a rock guy and play it thru a crate gx-212 it is great

I.T. Integrated Tube Distortion. If you love distortion, have good distortion units but get bored of them sometimes, this is the kind of thing for you. I've never heard this sound on any album. Its crunchy and grindy, midrangey presence, but not make-you-puke midrangey. If this was a man it would have a long beard.

One of my Fave DODs, and I own them all. I don't know what else to say about it that I didn't say in the first paragraph, if you think of somthing, feel free to e-mail me anytime.
-The Marshall

I was impressed from the time I plugged this pedal in. The four controls give the player control over output, lows, highs, and drive. The manual is concise and leaves the player to experiment in finding the 'right sound,' but provides some settings for popular tones (one called 'Ace' which is obviously a KISS reference and a Hagfish setting, too). DOD usually makes pedals that aren't too hard to handle.

I play an Epiphone Gallagher Supernova, Epiphone Les Paul Custom and my Fender Strat Plus through a Marshall VS100 and a Laney GC30 practice amp. The FX100 is a quiet amp that puts out a lot of sound, giving the player tones ranging from a warm blues to a great crunchy rhythm. It features what DOD calls 'Even Harmonics,' a technology designed to emulate a vacuum tube. I had it inline with my BOSS DD-5 Delay, DOD Grunge and DOD Phaser and it sounds fine alone or with the Delay & Phaser, but if you try to stack the Grunge distortion on top of the Overdrive, it is very noisy and muddy. I'm using this pedal to help dial up some Oasis-type sounds, as well as combining some effects for some U2-style stuff. I've found it to be very versatile. My only complaint is that if you start taking the highs out, it sounds a little 'electronic,' losing some of the ballsy tone.

DOD have never given me problems. I've had my phaser for over 2 years and it's still alive and kicking. With a 3 year warranty, they're fairly reliable. You just have to take care of them and make sure they don't get banged up and abused.

Never had to deal with them yet.

I play lots of styles, from blues to trippy rock to harder rock. This pedal is versatile in crossing over and adding effects to broaden my sound. I've been playing for 4 years, own a number of stomp boxes and a Zoom 3030 processor. If this were stolen, I wouldn't be crushed, but I'd have to pay a lot more for what this pedal provides. I tried a BOSS Turbo Overdrive in comparison and I was surprised that I liked the DOD better. It was warmer and easier to control. I wish it had a midrange control (like Danelectro) so you could fatten up the midtones. The FX100 helps me fill out rhythms or break into some fat lead sounds; I'm impressed. I bought it on closeout, because DOD is discontinuing it as of Summer 1998. It's a great stomp box to pick up, especially if you can get it discounted!