DOD FX22 Vibro-Thang

Just a little more tweaking with the knob cause it's not a simple effect, but nothing impossible..the name are correct

First of all this is not a tremolo or a vibrato pedal...This is the incorrect name DOD gave to this pedal...vibrothang...Spending more time with this pedal infact i notice that the rate isn't so fast as usual in many tremolo pedals and that's why this pedal is a leslie simulator, alias rotary speaker simulator...In fact....have you ever seen a real leslie running so fast as the rate of a tremolo pedal!!!Maybe with a Ferrari engine inside...The simulation is beautiful, and of course you can use this pedal also as a good vibrato, but his first aim is to simulate at best rotary speaker...10 cause it's cheap (in front of pedals such as the rotosphere and univibe) and cause the simulation is really good!Your guitar will sound like a real '70 organ

Good...the only weak point seems to be the footswitch...but it works perfectly

I bought my old boss tremolo cause i was tired of the enormous drop of volume of that pedal, and i want to experiment new sound with this...i'm very happy now...i have a rotary speaker simulator and also a vibrato, depend on the setting you use it.

no problem here. some very interesting sounds with the doppler and image.

i'm using fender strats and tele's and an occasional les paul with 57 humbuckers thru either two fender deluxe reverbs or a 100 watt marshall. the problem with the vibrothang i got new, right out of the box is that there is a huge hiss level that is intolerable. i feel i got ripped off with this POS.

who cares i can not use this thing because of the noise and wish i would have checked harmony central before i purchased it. other DOD products i have work great.

i've been gigging for more than 30 years and have a closet frull of effects. here's another one i'll stash--since i wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. i can't believe DOD sells this thing with so much noise!!

It took me awhile to figure what does what and how to place in my chain of effects [even though the manual explains all this].

I'm using with a 2000 American Series Stratocaster and a 2000 Fender Princeton amplifier [1x12 combo amp].

I did manage to pull in a radio station using this and the DOD FX52 FUZZ pedal in combination. Creepy Christian station to boot!

It does suck some treble from the signal and will boost line distortion...still....not enough to cry home about.

I managed the Led Zepplin, No Quarter sound by setting the speed to 9 oclock, depth to 11 oclock and cranking the Doppler and Image all the way up. One might reduce the Doppler a hair but close enough.

There are at least 10 different sounds from this pedal. It really inspires me to write new songs. It would be great to use in a classic rock band. Hendrix, Zepplin, Creedence Clearwater, Creme, Lou Reed, Rolling Stones, etc all come to mind.

Has Vibrato, Phasing and Wha Wha sounds. I can see using this pedal for disco as it does sound a lot like a envelope filter at times. Just crank the Image up and the Speed up.

I have no idea how reliable this thing is but the plastic foot switch is just so even frikkin retarded. What the hell is wrong with DOD to keep using this seriosly flawed design?

I play blues, rock, grunge, heavy metal and anything like these.
I've been playing electric guitar since 1975.
If it was lost or stolen I'd buy another one.
I love the versatility of the pedal and the vintage and spacey sounds it produces. I love the sadness it brings to my tone.

I can compare the vibrato to the vibrato on my 1968 VibroChamp Fender amp. They sound identical.

Very easy. I bought it without a manual. After about 5 minutes of playing with the knobs, I had the sound I wanted. Later I downloaded the manual from DOD's website, but I didn't really need to. The manual just confirmed what I had figured out.

For an in-depth description of the controls, see the review from "jimmy" posted on 09/10/1999.

For rehearsals and gigs I play a Fender Strat through a Lab Series L7 amp (100w, 4x10). At home I use a silverface Fender Champ. This pedal sounds good with both setups. It's not noisy, except for a slight "thump" when I turn it off.

So far, I've managed to get 2 great sounds out of it. The first is a fast Leslie imitation (with the Speed just over 3/4, the Depth a little over 1/2, the Doppler on full, and the Image almost on full). This sounds full and thick. The mids get boosted a little, but that's okay with me. If I keep the Image down slightly, there's enough treble. I don't find it "muffled" as other people have, unless the Image knob is cranked. "Dark" is a better word to describe it. The other setting I like is with the Speed at 1/2, the Depth at 3/4 and the other 2 knobs all the way down. This provides a nice smooth tremolo. But since I already have a trem pedal, I don't use this setting much.

Some others have pointed out that this effect doesn't sound good with distortion. I think that depends on which distortion you use. I tried my Tube Works OD with this pedal, and it sounded muddy. But when I put my raspy Ibanez fuzz in front of it, I was very happy. I got some great 60's psychedelic sounds.

As I said above, it's a little darker than most rotary speaker sims. It won't make you sound like Stevie Ray Vaughn. But I like it a lot more than the rotary effect that was in my Digitech RP-100. The manual lists "No Quarter" by Led Zeppelin as an example of the Leslie effect, and I really think that's what this pedal was designed to sound like. It makes a guitar sound sort of like John Paul Jones' keyboard on that song.

I've had it for about a month now with no problems. It's survived band practice 3 times now (which is harder on my equipment than gigs). Sure, it's a DOD. So, the switch might break someday... But I'm planning to gig without a backup (plugging straight into the amp is my backup for everything).

N/A - Never dealt with them.

With my band, I play a mixture of Surf, Garage, and Punk. At home, I play everything from blues to progressive. I've been playing about 20 years. This pedal won't work for every style, but it's a good match for me. If it were lost or stolen, I'd immediately search Ebay and a few local music stores for another one. It seems you can find them at pretty low prices. For the $30 I paid, it's an excellent value. It will do until I win the lottery and can afford an H&K Tube Rotosphere.

This is very easy to get sounds out of, but there are only a couple of sounds in this pedal. For a single pedal it gets more then 1 sound, but has a personality of it's own as well.

I'm not using this in my setup currently, I'll get to why below.

This is a combo Tremolo/Phaser. Very thick sounding at all times (pumps out a lot of lows and low mids, very little highs). It seems that the best settings are with everything clocked, or backing a single control to anywhere between 12 o clock and 5 o clock, depending the texture you're going for. This is capable of mimicing a Jonny Greenwood-like sound (Lucky, Bones). Speed can go extremely slow to fast, but not the fastest trem by any standard.

This pedal has angered me quite a bit. Like other DODs I've had in the past (Supra Dist.)the footswitch has acted up a lot. It will work, and just as you remember what you liked about it's sound, it's sounds not working again. It has cut all sound when off, cut all sound when on, and started only working when you hold the speed control down with your foot. Very odd.
Another guitarist in my area, from the band The Beat Officers, had the footswitch replaced and he told me his works great now. He also had chaos with the original switch.

Never dealt with "DOD", but I've contacted "Digitech" before, and they answered the email by the NEXT DAY, with info that worked (a factory reset on the RP10).

I hope this will work with the mod once I get it fixed. I will write here again after I get the mod

RPMs and Drop are noticeable but image and intensity don't seem to do much, i find these two controls hard to play with!!! I didn't get a manual with this maybe that would have made it easier but it's still and awkward pedal in my books!!!

I play Strats through a Laney VC-30. My pedal board is Vox wah into TS-7, into TS-9 into Vibro-thang into Danelectro tuner.
I find this pedal decreases my volume and really effects your tone. When it's off it's OK but when on it's just really muffles your sound which i hate as i play blues/funk and tone is pretty much everything to me. I really don't like the sound it gets, it's a poor excuse for a rotating speaker effect!!!

It's never stuffed up on me, i use it at gigs and don't have a backup. It is strongish casing but the actual control pedal feels very flimsy but it's been good to me for about 8-10 months now so i'll give it a 7

Never used them sorry

DOn't buy it if you want a GOOD rotating speaker simulator. If you want that go for the Dunlop Uni Vibes (there are two models) They are more expensive but hey just save a little longer and be much more content!!! This pedal is very un versatile and sounds pretty terrible, i only bought it cos i wanted a cheap fix and CHEAP it is!!!! Spend more money and be satisfied!!!!!

4 knobs, rpm, and drop do what youd expect, (controlling speed and depth of the vibrato), although intesity and image dont seem to have that much effect on the sound, and are hard to use, althogu the manual give some example settings for this, which are decent, and i guess help you make your own sound, definetely not plug in and play

This is a very quiet effect box, not noisy at all. However, this efect sounds like shit when combined with almost any other effect, with distortion it will change the character of your distorted tone, (strong increse in lower mids yuk). The only way to use this pedal is through a clean amp, and it does a very good rotating speaker simulation. However, this is a very subtle effect, the phasing on it is extremely weak, and the only usable sound (to me), is with the rpm and drop all the way up, (really intense throbbing sound), otherwise, the only way to really tell that the effect is working is to hold a chord, and listen to the slow swirly sound. Wow. I guess this pedal, would be good for fans of the rotating speaker sound, who dont play with distortion, its a really mellow sound. If your looking for an extreme new sound that will make lots of cool noises, this isn't it. It is a very subtle effect.

Made out of metal seems reliable. My first pedal, was a dod classic fuzz, as a tennager, and it survived many a party that my band played at. This has the same metal housing.

Overall, i was dissapointed in this pedal, because i thoght you could get a really extreme trippy sound, but thats not the case. It is a very subtle effect. Good, for that rotating speaker stuff, but not what i was looking for.

This thing is fairly easy to use. It has got four buttons. The only thing on it that is hard to use is the speed control. The speed control is really hard to adjust from slow to fast and there is like no in between.

The sound quality is awesome. It gives a very nice sound once you get it set up. It is a very quiet pedal. It works great.

It seems reliable. Has a metal casing and all, but that plastic switch has got to go.

This is an awesome pedal for clean and dirty sounds. It really has a strong vibrato that you can also adjust for almost no vibrato. My only complaint with it is the plastic switch which makes noise when switching, and which is very cheap.
If it were lost or stolen I'd would try out something more along the lines of a Boss.
I would reccomend trying some other pedal to make sure that this is the one you really want before you buy it. It does have a good sound, but DOD does need to work out some of the glitches in their products. Although I guess DOD makes them the way they like them, and as long as they are selling they must be good in some peoples eyes

There are 4 knobs, cant be easier.

I usualy dont go for DOD, but I won this pedal and tried it out. I love the sound it gives out. Not noisy, but there is a slight volume increase which can be a little annoying.

Would not gig without backup. I had a DOD Death Metal and the stomp pad does not always work. Sometimes I have to press down 15 times to get it to go on or off!!!!!!!!!!! I hope this one doesent to that!!!

Dont know.

Everything is good except the fact the stomp pad might go bad at some point. That is all I am worried about realy.

As mentioned, this unit is quite easy and straight forward.

At first, I was quick to dismiss DOD pedals as being too noisy and clicking when they switch. However, ever since adding the recommended 9 volt adaptor all sound problems have been alleviated. Switching is silent, and there is no fuzz present. I use a standard American Strat with a Fender princeton chorus solid state amp--no problems. This effect does give a slight drop in volume, but that is expected from a vibrato effect. Interestingly enough, this effect does not give a bad phaser effect either.

All metal. Durable plastic stomp area.

Never dealt with.

I have played semi-professional for a number of years, as well as worked as a guitar tech. for a number of professional bands. I enjoy jazz and hard rock, and that's mostly what I play. This unit is capable of some rather neat Floydish vibrato effects. I, however, prefer to use the effect as more of a phaser--when I want vibrato all I have to do is turn up the doppler. The true key to getting the perfect sound from a DOD pedal is buying and using the 9 volt adaptor. You'll be surprised how much it cleans up the sound.