DOD FX25 Envelope Filter

Real easy simple pedal. 2 knobs for range and sensitivity. Fiddle with them to get the sweet spot.

This pedal is great for funk and sound fx. All my axes sound great thru it, you just have to mess with the knobs to get the right setting for the output level of your pickups. Great for bass too. Re: Sir Psycho Sexy by the chili peppers.

Unlike many people on these user boards, I haven't had a problem out of DOD boxes. The switching is effortless - you don't need to press down hard at all. If the pots get scratchy, take off the battery cover (PS I still have all mine) and spray them with contact cleaner. Great idea for the location of the pots. The accessibility keeps you from having to disassemble the whole pedal. Made in USA!

Dod user since '89, before the 'net and ebay and used to call them for product brochures. They sent them free unlike many companies at the time that charged 5 bucks or so for literature.

I own LOTS of pedals from Boss, Ibanez, EH, DOD and many clones too. I bought this as an alternative to the overpriced and overrated DOD 440. It resides on my DOD FX-100 board along with 4 other USA DOD boxes. Glad these are still cheap. Great filter.

Two knobs is all this pedal has, but because they seem to interact with each other slightly unpredictably... there's still a hell of a lot of tweaking you can do before you get the kinda sound you want.

I'm a guitarist, i kinda got this pedal 'cause i like DOD's and i found it cheap on ebay... (i think this is the last lime green pedal, just before it went sparkle green). I dunno, i guess it has it's uses for me, but i must say i do see it as a bass pedal really. The sound is cool, i DEFINITELY notice a volume increase and not a drop, so the guy who says it's useless live because of that should get the version i have. But yeah, bass players will get the most from this, it doesn't do subtle really, so it can be hard to fit in to my playing style.

no probs here.

no

Well, i wish it could do subtle, but what it does do it does REALLY well, so it's worth having on my pedal board. It it were knicked i wouldn't seek out another one of these, id just get the EH Qtron or something.

Its way too easy!!!

Sound is great from this pedal however just like the other reviews it does take away from the volume! It will be in my chain for something Im sure, but its definitly better by its self!

So far!

None so far!

Like I said it sounds great by its self, maybe a boost would solve the volume problem other than that great pedal!!!

The DOD FX25 has a blend control, sensitivity control, and range control. This pedal is pretty easy to use but I found that it's hard to really get a board range of sounds out of the pedal. The only dial I mess with most is the sensitivity control.

This a pretty cool pedal. You can get a really cool funky tone out of it. It's almost like an atuo-wah, only it's an envelope filter. You can't really change it's sound too much, so you are stuck with you buy. But overall the sound is very useable. I will say the sensitivity is pretty neat with this pedal. You can get a really control what the filter does by hitting the notes harder or softer. Try messing with it on low notes palm muting.

These things are built like rocks.

Never dealt with them

I got this pedal for $30, and it's well worth the money. If you want something fun and wild out of your sound, turn this baby on.

two knobs, Not gonna require a degree in rocket science to operate. I find it works best at the beginning of your pedal setup.

I love this little pedal! It is cool for those funky, 70's porno wacka-wacka sounds. Also definitely fun for leads. It can even add a cool analog 70's synth sound with some tweaking. It is simply a fun little pedal. I think it sounds cool with either clean or way distorted tones. This resides on a pedal board with a DOD Phaser, Arion Octave, Ibanez Digital Delay, and a boss NS-2. I love combining this with the octave pedal for some crazy whacked out sounds.

I've never been much of a DOD fan but this pedal and my DOD phaser are going strong with no hiccups yet. The switches are notorious for failing, but I haven't had any problems yet.

Don't know, never dealt with them.

Love it! It is a fun little pedal for those who like to experiment with different sounds. I would definitely buy it again. It can get addicting to some, annoy others, what more do you want?

This is a pretty cool little E.Filter. 3 knobs: Blend, Sensetivity, and Range. By twisting knobs, experimenting, you can come up with good Filter sounds. Good for Bass or Guitar. They Manual is average; explains settings/what each knob does, but only by tweaking knobs can one begin to coax sounds to their liking. "Firmware revision #"? Huh? Mine is the Extreme Version. GFX25 "Extreme" Envelope Filter. Is that considered an "upgrade"? I like mine, all I know. Have used it on stage; can use it for wah sounds, scratch sounds conducive to rap, and it inspires creativity for me. :)...

Actually, sounds are pretty good, coming out of this lil' box. Somewhat noisy, especially when all 3 knobs are past the one o' clock settings. Hmm.....I use a solid state 120 watt amp. Not bad with my Metal Zone pedal. Tom Morello sounds, like what he does on "Bulls on Parade", can be achieved. Like it overall. Also, using with a Bass Guitar is great, too.

Metal Casing, so it'll hold up. Dependable. Gig ready, no worries.

Never tried them. I'm sure they are fine with assistance. But they make decent stuff, so....

Yes, overall, likes it. Very functional. Would replace it if it were stolen/lost. Recommended; go buy one. DO IT!!!!!!!!!!

It's pretty easy to use and get a good sound out of, as long as you know how envelope filters work. The blend knob is a nice feature to mix the dry signal and effected signal, but it was hard for me to tell the difference between subtle changes with that knob. i can tell the difference between 9:00 and 3:00, but outside of that, not really.

Ok, this thing certainly gets a different type of envelope sound than most others. It has its own character, which may not be what most people want. I love it, but the biggest problem i have with it is that the signal comes out very weak. i find myself having to use my volume pedal to boost the signal up every time i switch on the effect. also, the bypass on it is not impressive.

i'm not generally a fan of DOD pedals. it feels like it would break if dropped. and the switch on it is horrible! i have to hit it dead on in order for a consistent switch, which doesn't sound like it should be a big deal, but when youre switching effects on and off a lot, you may not have time to position yourself for a dead on switch.

i really like the envelope filtering of this pedal, it is very unique. but because of that, i put up with a lot of bad points. this pedal will definitely be thrown into my true bypass loop.

I guess I'm easily amused, and in general a newbie with envelope effects. But I found that just plugging in and monkeying with the knobs enabled me to get some funky sounds that I haven't otherwise gotten outa my guitar in years. In terms of those sounds being usable, that's where you have to spend time and dial in things. I like the new blend knob, it lets you dial in some dry signal which can be handy.

I've mainly had success using the FX25 after a Dyna Comp. I know that's not the idea with Envelope filters, because the sound depends on your picking attack and signal level, etc. and a compressor messes with all of that. But without the compresser I find the envelope closes too soon. With the compressor, I get a slow, sometimes interesting decay, even though the gate can slam shut at the very end. Oh well. But the point is the compressor makes the effect more controllable.

DOD makes decent little Chinese pedals. Why can't they spend another friggin 10 cents and spec this thing with a standard old school switch instead of that rediculous plastic joke-of-a-mechanism?

I'd probably get a mini Q-tron if I could do it over. But I still like the FX25.

There are only a couple of knobs to mess around with but its a very finicky operation nonetheless to actually settle on a decent sound.

I bought this pedal for using with my bass after reading some reviews and the one lesson I've learned from this is....dont always believe what you read! This is NOT a bass pedal..In a real world live and loud gigging situation the volume drop when you engage the pedal makes it totally useless as an effect,and I found it couldnt settle on the sound I had dialled in, instead it moved from ultra muffled sub crap to ultra tinny twee crap...Horrible!

This thing sucks batteries even with very minimal use, utterly un-reliable in my experience, letting me down in the middle of gigs.

Couldnt be bothered.

I play all kinds of music, mostly covers etc and the obvious application for an envelope filter would be on the funkier stuff...the FX25 is definately not a pedal for using with bass guitar when you want something to add to your signal, when you stand on it its like your bass has just been sucked down into a black hole with this tiny little Flea playing down at the very bottom through a 15w practice amp !

Two knobs, range and sensitivity. It's not too hard to use, though dialing in your sound, and placing it in your fx chain can be tricky. I have a johnson J station, and it's synth wah feature is much more versatile (you can set heel down position, heel up position, and sweep rate), but it tracks too much of the picking noise, so it's pretty useless.

A few extra knobs, or even internal trim pots, would be nice, but from what I've heard the newer 3 knob envelope filter doesn't sound as good.

TONS of different tonal possibilities! It all depends on where it goes in your effects chain: I put it before or after distortion, before or after chorus, and so on. Most people like it first in their fx chain, but Iike it after all the fx. Putting it after a flanger actually makes a poor man's ring mod sound. I play a sheraton with alan holdsworth pickups and a strat with texas specials, so I do have to tweak my effects all the time for the two pedals anyway. For two knobs, this thing is great.

I've only owned 1 other dod pedal, and the switch was kind of finicky. So I don't know how this will hold up. I put this somewhere between a dano mini and a boss in terms of reliability.

If you can find this pedal, pick it up. It's worth the $$.