DOD FX25 Envelope Filter

Well,First off let me say I bought this not knowing exactly what to expect..When I unwrapped it and plugged in I was expecting some cool wah effects,what I got was a "that's all" reaction..It was on sale for $50 I think. I actually liked the effect,but it's so one-dimensional I wouldn't pay $50..maybe if it was $20 I'd have kept it..You have to pluck your guitar string way too hard to get a strong wah sound,it'd be better for bass players

I used this with an Ibanez RG770DX and Peavey Bandit 112 through both the dirty and clean channels..DO NOT use this thing with Distortion,it does not work..I couldn't figure out how to use it with my effects processor either..like I stated before,you have to play the strings extremely hard to produce ANY effect..

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I play mostly heavy stuff,and was just looking for a new effect to possibly spice up some licks..that is not what I got..I returned this pedal the next day..

two knobs. easy as pie to get a good garcia sound out of guitar or a bootsy sound from a bass.

very good, quiet, and i think i prefered it to the boss T-Wah, which i also had for awhle.

DOD pedals never have that chepa plastic battery cover when you buy them used, so it was nothing i didn't expect. otherwise, a tank and a half, more boss than boss.

GOOD PEOPLE. I' ve dealt with them before.

i have the same effect built into a couple of my multi boxes, so i sold it, made 10 bucks and gave somebody a great deal on a great pedal. very dynamic and warm.

Tweak carefully.

Ok, I heard a lot about being thin, bla bla bla. You have to have good dynamics to use this pedal. It's all in how hard you play. It's not that this pedal is thin, or too expressive, you just have to watch how hard you play. If you have mastered the art of dynamics love to play funk, this is the pedal for you.

Great.

If you love funk, want to sound like the chilli peppers, want to have a pedal that is great for both bass and guitar (which I play both) have a strong hold on dynamics and how hard and soft you play.
This is the pedal for you.

It is moronically simple, there are only sensitivity and range controls.

The envelope sweep is very drastic (heavy WAH-low end) unless the range control is almost turned off. The sensitivity dial is really queer since the only way to get any wah sound is to have it almost cranked. Many guitars with low output pickups can't send enough signal to release the sensitivity setting which causes cutting out. The boss auto wah and the mutron III are the only auto filters that can produce dynamic wah tones with lower input. The boss auto wah is suck, though, because the wah is very trebley. The mutron is the best. The ibanez auto wah is the next best- it requires a medium level input to get an envelope sweep, but has great sound (especially for something that looks like a friggin plastic cheese ball). The bypass mode also sucks a little bit of tone from the fx25. The only useable sensitivity setting, which is high, causes the wah to sound really nasal and wimpy. If you have really hot pickups (humbuckers, double coils) this thing could work for you if you desire a drastic filter sweep. The ibanez is a better low cost, more sweet sounding pedal. If you want to spend 300-400$ then go for a vintage mutronIII. There is a mutron III+ reissue, but it is the same solid state crap that produces the flimsy wah sound in some of these other cheaper autowahs, but costs 350$. The fx25 may have it's place in your pedal setup if you need strong low end wahs and have a high output guitar.

The "green box" is metal and if you break it you're a boach.

At least they're still is business and a couple of their guys are probably still in the US.

Like I said, it may have some usefulness but if you use alot of dynamic filter effects go for the vintage mutron III and you won't be sorry. This thing seems more appropriate for a garage band of pimpley teens than a musician. If the input sensitivity issue could be resolved, it might be ok- but since the green box hasn't changed in many years I don't anticipate any useful changes being made to this thing in our lifetime. Also- DOD filter technology in the newer digitech RP multiprocessors addresses some of the input problems, but the wah is really pathetic. Go figure..

Two knobs. It's still not clear to me exactly which knob does what. Even more confusing is the fact that one seems to be labeled with the other's function and vice versa. Either way, it's not hard to find the sound you want.

While it's not the most subtle envelope filter I've heard, it gets the job done. A little more extreme than most, but it does it well. Actually reduces hum from my bass, probably because the filter cuts the treble.

Never had a problem.

Like I said, never had a problem.

While it's not the greatest envelope around, it's definitely worth the price. It's not expernsive, and it's quiet and reliable. While it's not as flexible as any of the Boss filters (AW-2, FT-2, TW-1, all of which I recommend by the way), it does its own thing. A trick for bass players: turn the left knob all the way up and the right knob all the way down, and you get that great, bassy Motown flatwound sound. This makes it almost worth the price. For those into weirdness for its own sake, this thing make some really WILD sounds when used with distortion boxes.

While it only has two knobs but it can take some time to get the right sound.

I found this effect to be really weak. It was cutting down the signal so much that it wasn't worth using. I thought it might work better in my amp's effects loop but it was only a bit better. It just sounds like a toy.. not a real usable effect. Bass players seem to like it but on my strat it's useless.

It's solid.. no problems there... the batteries seem to last a while.

Never dealt with DOD

I'm going to try to unload this pedal on someone else. maybe I'm missing something but I can't see why anyone would want this pedal. If you want the wah effect, buy a crybaby or something. The signal is very week and it takes all the life out of my guitar. Even on the weakest settings not enough signal is getting through to the amp.

GREAT TO USE. OLNY SENSITIVITY & RANGE CONTROLS, NOT TONS OF KNOBS!!

MAKES PLAYING WITH A BASS GREAT CAN PLAY WITH IT ON ALL THE TIME, JUST SLAP OR PLUCK HARD OR LIGHTLY (DEPENING ON THE SETTINGS YOU USE) TO GET A GREAT WAH SOUND

BEST PEDAL I HAVE EVER SEEN, I WAS TOLD BY THE SALESMAN IT IS DESIGNED FOR GUITAR BUT SOUNDS GREAT ON A BASS

uSE IT FOR A GREAT FUNK SOUND FLEA AND DAVE NAVARO FROM THE CHILI PEPPERS USE IT, AND PRETTY MUCH EVERY GUITARIST THAT PLAYED WITH THEM

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