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 $$.

kind weird, you gotta tweak it out a bunch, i still havn't found my perfect envelope sound yet

Awsome. This is the best envelope filter there is. I HATE DOD witha passion, but they did good on this one. I have found so many rad envelopes and i still am experimenting with it. and it's clear and noise free

Again i say, I hate DOD. But it's built solid. I've owned three of them and none of them have ever given me problems.( i got rid of them because money was short)

Exelent pedal. Cool for wierd effects, and esspecially if you like funk. and it's even better for bass guitar, but i use it for my seven string. Best thing DOD has ever done

Really easy to use, plugged it straight in and it worked a treat. I play bass a lot and found it great for improvising, it really gives that funk groove that can be hard to find.
The manual's a bit brief (at least my one is) but its so easy you don't really need one.

I actually only have an 8 watt practise amp at home but when I go for practise I've used different (better) ones and sounds good with them all. The only problem I can think of is that its a bit quiet, when you turn the effects off the bass seems really loud but i got round this by just playing hard.
I got the sound of Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers (as he uses one sometimes) and Sir Psycho Sexy sounded really good with it as did Shallow be thy Game from One Hot Minute.

It seems to last, I bought it second hand and it's still great and works everytime for me.

Never dealt with them.

I got a Zoom 506 bass pedal and although I got some effects for other songs I couldn't quite get the funk sound that I wanted. When I saw Flea using it on his bass DVD I knew it was the sound I wanted so I bought thi one from Ebay.
It helps me create my own stuff because I love the sound. I really enjoy playing with this and, although you can't get a huge range of sounds from it, I'd say its worth getting if you want to play funk bass.

I found this easy to get sounds out of, you just gotta know the right settings...and with just two knobs (FX25) that doesn't take long

I tried this with a bass git, but I intend to use it for keys/synth/sampler. I found it not noisy at all, but you gotta make sure your input volume is right for a good sound. I tried it with a Boss distortion pedal BEFORE it, but it was a bit much...I think a cleaner overdrive would be better for it. I believe distortion should go before the filter so the filter has something to "bite" (all that noise). But whatever sounds right is right, right? :)
I also use a compressor at the end of the chain for this baby as the filter can really get loud if I hit a few notes at once. Don't buy this pedal if you want 70s envelope sound...it is different. I reckon it'll be great for rhythm guitar.

it's metal...I have no experience with DOD

I use this for all types of stuff (drums sound cool...a "whippy" sound like norman cook. I may buy it again if lost, or something similar..I'm not loyal to it. I have only owned this pedal one day, but it has entertained me. And I have faith in it.

Simple, 2 knobs- range n sensitivity

There appears to be much criticism with regard to this pedal. Now I must admit, I am not a DOD pedal fan by any means, yet this particular pedal intrigued me- envelope filters are difficult to obtain at such a low price. I was concerned that due to the low price, the sound quality would be poor. Indeed, this pedal is an aquired taste, it has none of the options available in much more expensive filters (ie. Lovetone's meatball), yet it retains a character of it's own. Many have criticised this pedal because it doesn't replicate sounds that they had heard this pedal was used for. Personally I like to create my own unique tone, not replicate, yet the fx25 does a good job at nailing flea's tones on the BSSM album. This pedal has a quirky, fun and indeed funky feel to it. It is very sensitive to picking stroke and guitar pickup, yet this only hads to its many varied uses. It is also analog, which is always an added bonus. The pedal works well with distortion effects placed after it. Personally, I enjoy the sound this pedal creates, and sometimes use it far more than a wah pedal as the range here is greatly increased. My only criticism would be in the large amount of 'treble' tone from this effect. Unlike the meatball for instance, which is great for bassy thick sounds, the fx25 tends to focus on the mid / upper range. Light picking enhances bass tones however, and this creates interesting textures and intensities of sound

Mines pretty old now and still running great. As has been said b4, Dod footswitchs are much more fragile than the stronger boss conunterpart, so just be careful :)
I've certainly had no problems :)

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For the price, this pedal is a wonderfully fun sounding gizmo with some cool sounds and interesting options. It is an aquired taste so try before you buy. The FX25 is much warmer sounding than its recent update (FX25B), so I would advice that you try both to see which you prefer. If not you could always save the money for something bigger and better. Many have compared this pedal to Boss's auto-wah. The two r very different. The boss attempts to replicate a wah pedal, whilst the DOD is a standard envelope filter (in the sense that it filters the sound through a greatly enhanced built in eq). All in all, a great little pedal for guitar, bass, studio drum machine, keys, vocals, u name it.

First off it took a long time to find it's sound.To understand what kind of feed it needed was the trick.I owned the pedal for 10 + yrs,fighting it all the while.The problem all the while was it's placement.I did have to change the pots feeling I wasn't getting the range I should have.

I play a Ibanez roadstar w/a dimarzio super 2 ,sds1 ,and the factory humbucker.The pick-ups set as close to the strings as possible.Envelopes need that hot signal.But what really made that pedal and me get along was my amp,peavey chorus 400.The amp has a pre-amp effects loop needing a stereo y cable ring/tip.By plugging the tip into the input patching to a dod pedal eq having the ring to eq's out.Now the envelope has a strong low-line signal that can be sculped w/ the eq.The sound is now great.I can get a sweet Jerry(Garcia) sound,fire mt.estimated,shakedown st.I am more than pleased

Never giged out w/ it,but I would w/ out back-up.It seems to have to warm up a bit and sound may change w/batt strenth

I live by the harmon group,when I stoped by to ask about the pots I needed to replace,they kindly gave me 2 new ones free of charge ,mighty fine of em

I like play'n grateful dead and such.I've been pick'n close to 20 yrs,If it were lost or missing ,I'd look for the two knobed green box but experiment with others.Moneys short so comparing it is moot.It's been helpful to my playing.I'm suprized not seeing more heads comenting on envelope filters

I have the old 2 knob version (Range/Sens). I really like the range it has. For a single pedal it gets more then 1 sound, which in my opinion means it's worth it. Does require some experimenting

Not using it currently, but it works great as a synth like texture, just add some distortion, phase, and delay (all post). If you've ever watched a bootleg of Tool playing Third Eye, you'll see Justin (bass player) smack the upper horn of his Wal with Dist. and Delay while holding a 4 string open D5 bass chord creating a massive BOOM. Add the filter to this and it starts at a very low pitch and slowly filters up (the delay really helps this effect). I found this pedal long before Wes Borland started using it. So I let my bass player start easing it instead. Plan to use it in the studio on some overdubs for noise tracks.

It's DOD so I am not thrilled with the idea of easing it live, but my fears have yet to be proven with this pedal. YET.

Never dealt with them.

For ambiant sounds this pedal rules. For pure wah, I haven't really felt the need to use it for. A "special sound" pedal is the best use for this in my book.

This effect is easy to use, but the problem is that even if you know how to use it IT SOUNDS LIKE CRAP!!!

This pedal is so horrible, the WORST envelope filter I have ever heard. The second you turn it on, the volume level goes down very low. The filter is very weak and muddy. Emphasis on MUDDY. Very ugly tone, and not in a good way.

DOD pedals are unreliable, every one i've owned has failed me at gigs.

They can't help me! When the pedal is in total working order is sounds like crap.

I play FUNK. I come from the P-Funk Bootsy Collins/Bernie Worrell school of funkadelia, and I need an envelope filter that will be my best friend. This pedal is like a bad blind date...
I've played strats and es-335's through this pedal into marshall stacks and Roland JC-120's. Nothing can make this pedal sound good. This was one of the few items I was glad to lose in a house fire. This pedal is a nightmare live, as it drops the volume so low that you completely get lost among the other instruments, so it's pointless to even use then. Live, the whimpiness of this pedal is bad too. You will have the engineer struggling to bring you out in the mix.
True, this is the lowest priced envelope pedal on the market, but youre throwing your money away if you buy this. Take some extra time and go for the newer Boss Auto-Wahs (the next up on the price bracket), or take some more time and save up for a Mu-Tron/Q-Tron. The point is, why buy a pedal so useless? You might as well just give me the money you would spend on this pedal, that way you won't drop completely out of the audience's ears upon turning this pedal on...
HOLD MY JAMMIE WHILE I GO P!-(George Clinton)
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Fairly simple but it does react much differently with various guitars/pickups. (Les Paul vs. Tele vs. Strat)

The quality of the filtering is decent enough. The only drawback is the non-selectable effect decay is not exactly what I expect sometimes but I'll live.

It's mounted in the ever changing pedalboard now so it'd better work for some time to come...like YEARS!
I have other DOD effects that I've been very happy with so I expect nothing less with the GFX-25.

I have the GFX-25 which is a much different (and IMHO better) beast than the FX-25 or FX-25B.
I returned the FX-25B that I bought 2 days earlier because the effected sound was just not 'happening' and there was a big decrease in output db from dry to effect, more so than a typical filter cause.
The GFX-25 is a very nice piece and I'm very happy with it. When compared to the Boss AW-3 (also a nice pedal) it holds it's own and is $50 less.

I have the FX25B it is a remake of the FX25 but with an added blend knob

It extremely easy to use, you can move the knobs around and come to the perfect sound in a matter of seconds, plus the manual gives you presets to start with.

My setup goes as followed Ibanez RG270DX, Fender PT-10 tuner,Morley ABY swithbox,(Line A)BOSS CS-3 Compresser Sustainer, Ibanez SM7 Smashbox, (Line B)DOD FX25B Envelope filter,DOD AC240 resistance mixer and a Crate G10 XL 30 watt amp.

It is very quiet compared to the origainal sound but the up side is it doesn't produce any noise,its sort of like a silencer. The effcts vary. It can sound like nothing a normal clean sound, but if you have the right setting for your instrument it sounds let the best,fullest sound in the world. IT doesn't really work with anything though it's more of a stand-alone pedal

It made of metal(besides the foot switch) an feels realy reliable.

Never had to deal with them.

I play nu-metal and this pedal does work as an erie sound if another guitar is playing behind it, or if its in the backround. Ie been playing only a year and also have a Fender PT-10 Tuner,Morley ABY switch box, BOSS CS-3 compresser sustainer, Ibanez SM7 smash box, BOSS ME-5 multi-effects,DOD AC240 resistances mixer and have ordered the Ibanex LF7 Lo Fi Filter and Arion DDM-1 Digital Dealay. If it were stolen i most likely would buy another won. I love the Digital wah sound it gives off but i hate how it doean't have a volume knob beacause it's so silent to the original sound. My favorite feature would have to be the added blend knob and if i could add something it would definently be a volume knob. It doesn't get in the way becuase I don't use any other effects on its line but probably would get in the way. Stand alone pedal sounds great the way it is.

Add-on to previous post.Those little boxes with yr choices fer the ratings were missing for some reason.I guess it was my computer,I don't know.But true to my words,however trashed I was when I reviewed this,I am now in a serious relationship with this thing,as my girlfriend was jealous of all the time me and the greenbox spent together.Did I mention that I got the gonkulator fer free with this?

two knobs..."range" and sensitivity." If you know what it's limitations are it's ez. If you're expecting a decent EV filter or Mutron III then you'll end up pulling your hair out and regretting it; it won't do that.

Depends on what you want it for....

A little iffy...when I first got it the switch was intermittant and the sound seemed to crap out on occasion. I did the "guy" thing and took it all apart and put it back together w/o really fixing anything, maybe just tightening a few things here and there. Works great now.

Their website has downloadable manuals which is very commendable but only for new products. Anything older than a year and you're outta luck...no info...no support..nothing.

So here's the scoop. I bought this box solely based on the fact that Doug Wimbish had one so I had to get one too. I know, I'm a chump. I tried my darndest to get it sounding good as a decent EV follower but I am sorry guys..this thing was a lemon. there are so many decent Mutron-esque boxes out there these days that this just even isn't worth considering. Way too trebly on one end then a violent speaker ripping sweep to the way too bassy other end. So I sold it. Then I read something I that immediately made me regret my decision. instead of trying to make it do something it wouldn't (sound like a wicked EV filter) what dub-reggae folks like Bill Laswell do is to set the filter so that it DOESN'T OPEN. What you end up with is a phenomenally sub-harmonic synth tone. I play a ton of jah Wobble/Laswell "free-dub" now so I went on Ebay and bought another (like I said..I'm a chump,ok?) I LOVE THIS BOX. It is so cool to kick in when playing some deep dub vibe...HUGE deep tone and if you dig in hard enough that little bit o' sweep can be very cool. It's all about working within your limitations I guess. this box has totally inspired me and helped our set tremendously. Laswell in a box.

well,from a personal standpoint,it's super easy to use.If this is yr 1st envelope filter,it mat take some getting used to as it's a pick-attack based effect.To clarify,this is the 2 nobber.I give it an 8.

I love this thing.Very synth-like.I don't know of anyone famous that uses these nor do I give a shit.I play an Epiphone SG and use a Peavey amp.My favorite pedals to use this with are the french toast octave-fuzz from danelectro,the DOD gonkulator,Boss pitch shifter delay and the tuna melt tremolo from danelectro.Oh yeah and the Big Muff.though I'm getting the MXR blue box in about 5 days and can't wait to hear this with that one.With the french toast,the green box is god!Also eager to hear this with the Grilled cheese I'm getting fer my birthday.I've heard the Qtron,the musitronics,the guyatone thingies and various filters.And really I like this one a little better because it sounds weirder.I also like to use this with my Bassballs-a trio of dynamic filters!WEE so the double-Fonzie a 10

shit yeah I can count on it! another 10

never spoke to beavis,don't know.Hey harmony central,I'm printing out the scores fer this thing because the category ratings are a little messed up-what gives???????????????

I make neat noise with a sense of songsmanshipin the tradition of noone.Highly exploratory,sometimes dynamicly huge and others sublo-fi.Been doin so fer 15 years.If lost or stolen,I'd get another one but the 2 knob version.I hate the 3 knobbed one.I'm still awaiting 265 extra$ to spend on the Big briar low-pass filter and the Robotalk Oberheim VCF clone but I'll always love this thing and would never abandone it.I like it better than my girlfriend.so a 10

There's only two knobs -- Range and Sensitivity, so that's no problem. In fact, the Range knob doesn't do too much. It controls how wide the sweep of the wah sound is, but I think it sounds best just about anywhere on the upper half of the knob travel. The sensitivty knob controls over what range of guitar "volume" the pedal is responsive. What I mean is, depending on how "hard" you play and what volume setting your guitar is on will determine the position of the sensitvity knob in order to get a uniform wah sound. The reason why I only rate this pedal 6 on ease is because it's hard to leave sensitivity knob in the same position throughout an entire passge. The response of your pickups varies with where on the guitar you are playing, and this can translate into a huge effect on the wah sound -- a very low and muffled sound if sensitivty drops too low, and an ear splitting trebly sound if sensitivty is too high. At the extremes, the auto wah doesnt wah at all and sounds like an EQ turned all the way towards treble or all the way towards bass.

If you can tweak the knobs just right, the sound out of this box is incredible. You have to modulate your playing a little bit in order to keep the wah response it range, but it's not hard to do. I'm a new guitarist with an American Series Tele plugged into my BXR 60 (this is my bass amp), and it sounds great. It's an auto wah, so it can be dangerous to play on a solo when your tone can just totally dip towards one extreme or the other, but if you learn the unit, that won't happen. You can get that great pedal wah sound of this unit, and if you put some overdrive on before the fx25, such as the dod 250, it can sound like Hendrix. I always thought that you should use overdrive after the wah, but it just sounds like total crap, try putting your distortion in front of the wah

It's made out of metal. You can't break it. The jacks are sturdy and the knobs are sturdy. Bring an extra battery because this unit sounds god awful on a low battery, but i'd gig without a backup, it's not gonna break.

No idea. If you lsoe the manual, you can download one from the website, but the manual's useless, so it doesnt matter. Just use your ears.

This pedal is awesome. They're all over used on ebay, so if you find one for $25 or $30, it's a great value. The sounds you get out of this unit, when adjusted right, can pass for a true pedal wah. Fool around with it, because it's a lot of fun to play with this thing. Great value, Rock solid pedal

There's 3 knobs, it doesn't get much easier than that. The manual is kind of useless, the only reason I give it a 9 instead of 10. It has 3 suggested configurations for the pedal and explains what each knob controls, good enough.

I use a Squire standard Strat into a Crate GX15 and a crybaby wah and a Boss Metal Zone and this thing gives me some crazy sounds that kick ass. I also use it with my Epiphone Explorer bass into a Peavy Deltabass head and Crate 2x15 cab with a Boss Bass Overdrive pedal. If you want funky bass lines, than get this pedal now. It also makes sort of a sweeping effect that doesnt sound like wah, but is damn cool. It replicates the beginning riff from Metallica's Outlaw Torn perfectly.

It's fucking metal for christ's sake. Ive used it in a few gigs, and nothing has gone wrong. It takes very few batteries for what it does. Maybe 3 batteries a month, a lot better than any Boss pedal I've had.

Never had to deal with them.

For what you pay (as opposed to other auto wah pedals) you get fuck-load of pedal. Take your time and tweak your settings to get the sound you like, don't expect a perfect sound out of the box. Once you get the right settings, I swear you will never turn it off.

There are two knobs on this Envelope Filter (or Auto Wah)Range and Sensitivity.Range decides which frequences are emphasized. With the range at its lowest the bassier side of the wah comes out-just right for funky bass lines or fuzzed up guitar lines. Sensitivity decides when the wah comes into action. With the sens.control at its lowest value only a Pete Townshend-esque gitar battering will bring out the effect enabling lead without wah but a cutting wah rythm - cool. I found that the sens. control needed to be set at its most for a good sound though. The manual is the bare bones with little info on the effect and no user settings. A tad dissapointing as I like some extra literature. My pedal is one of the mid ninties issue so the manual may have been reviewed and upgraded.

I normally use my Telecaster into my monster pedal board into two hundred watt Carlsboro amps through a Groove Tubes cabinet. The envelope filter sits near the start of my chain.I employ a Boss gate sometimes but for the Dod pedal its not nescesary this a very quiet pedal. The basic wah on a clean channel is brilliant for Nile Rogers (chic)impersonators. Goose up the gain (via a Fuzz Face)and you can coax a Jimi Hendrix at woodstock tone that will have you ripping out those psychodelic blues licks all night long. This is all with the DOD before the distortion section in my chain. Swap this around however and with a little gain yoo can recreate the much celebrated Paranoid Android outro courtesy of the mercurial Jonny Greenwood(RADIOHEAD),a must for effects wackos like myself.Turn all the knobs up full and add a tremelo pedal and you get a chopped up synth tone perfect for dance style cuts ,another top sound which is not dissimilar to the BOSS "SLICER" effect on their multi effects units. The sound quality on this product is top notch.

I must say that the sound is rather unpredictable so using it to recreate a wah solo done originally on a pedal wah eg.Sweet child o'mine,Voodoo Chile, is a questionable exercise but for freak outs its the ticket.The build quality is very good with metal casing and a secure battery pod. The jacks feel safe in the sockets and I am yet to experience adaptor fall out mid tune and I've had this pedal for months. I would gig without back up with a clear mind .

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As a collector of all things strange in the world of pedals this was a fine addition to my rig. The styles of music it can be applied to is endless and the tones are all useable. Okay its not as phat or flexible as a vintage MU-TRON III and the Q tron probably has the beating of it....just ,but for the cash it is essential. I would get one again if stolen or lost. I do wish there was a speed control for the envelpe or a direction switch but corners need to be cut some where. Overall it is very impressive.