DOD FX33 Buzz Box

4 knobs pretty easy. Just got to find out what the damn names are. Heavy ( 2 octave down and full efect and background ), Buzz ( Distortion amount ), Thrust ( Amount of all ), Saw ( Treble )

It's a good pedal. But it's pretty fucked up. I get a lot of Wes Borland sounds. ( Limp Bizkit ) If you are looking for a octave or a distortion pedal but looking for a messed up sound get this pedal. I use this for tapping strings and using it when I switch my toggle switch for that synth sound a lot of times though I use it with some natural harmonics. But like I said it's a messed up pedal. I also interacts well with other pedals on different settings. I use it with a Ibanez 7-string RG7620 with a 60.-10. gauge string and a Marshall practice amp and 4X12 cabs with a Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier for shows. The best setting I use for this is: Heavy 15%, Buzz 65%, Saw 5%, and Thrust 50% with this tuning: A one step down down.

It's pretty reliable most DOD's are.

Never dealt with them

This pedal is all right. If you are looking for a octave or distortion that is just hard-edged and clear do't get this. If you are looking for a sound something like Tom Morello or Wes Borland you should get this. I play in a band like Rage Against The Machine, KoRn, Limp Bizkit ( mostly them ), and White Zombie put together. So my band is pretty much aggro-rapcore. So for my heavy experimental sound I give this a 10.

there's probably no way to get a good sound out of this unit, but if you bought it in the first place you probably weren't expecting conventional "good" sounds... or were very clueless. it has 4 knobs, with those stupid names which you have to look up in the manual. the manual itself is almost insulting, it's like a bad guitar magazine.

i'm using it with a pretty standard setup (ie. strat into fuzzbox into processor into amp). the pedal is pretty hissy if you turn up the tone ("saw") knob all the way up, but i never do anyway since you shouldn't really need to go over 12 o'clock. the effect is _very_ noticeable. with the mix ("heavy") knob above 12 o'clock, all you get is noise, really. down from there you start getting some usable octave tones.

it seems pretty sturdy, except for the flimsy plastic battery cover..

haven't dealt with them. it's supposed to come with a warranty though, yet i still haven't been able to find it.

i play heavy-ish rock. the distortion itself is pretty normal, except for the unusable range of the gain ("buzz") knob. all the way down it sounds like, say, a maxed-out ibanez classic metal. up from there, it really doesn't make a difference. the octave is useful, yet it's not an everyday effect. i'd never buy this pedal again. i didn't compare it to anything... i just wanted to add something new to my rig since i was getting kinda bored.
don't waste your time with this pedal. it isn't worth it.

I push the pedal, and a fart comes out. Turn the dials, and you get a different sound. wooo......... It's too easy...

heheheh. When I first got this pedal it was like I just got a nuke. What am I going to do with it? I take the Heavy knob to the max and in the manual it says it makes a "demonic" sound. I think it sounds like a fart. This is the coolest piece of shit around. If you play really high on the neck on the high strings quickly, you get a really neato nintendo sound. You can also get synth drums out of it by flatpicking quickly the high e string open and on the 12th fret (loosely) with the heavy to the max. I love it.

There is nothing that could go wrong with this pedal. The only trouble is you can't really rip a nice solo with it. This is why: Our friends at DOD made it so that you can't fully turn down the heavy knob. This means that if you play at 250 db or higher, you, without a doubt, will hear the heavy slightly in the background. When turned all the way down, the guitar-to-heavy ratio is 14:1 so you can hear that annoying shit fart sound. Besides that, it's cool.

WTF?! why would I need customer support? It's reliable, and easy to use.

I've been playing for a couple years now, and this is a very cool pedal, but I'm not too interested in it anymore. If anyone wants to buy it from me for around 125 then go ahead and email me at LeBoneur@aol.com if you're into experimental rock and have an extra dist. pedal this is the pedal for you. It has so many quirks and stuff you won't know what to do with it. I am switching to Boss so I have to sell this pedal. It's a collector's item now as well......

If you play around long enough, you may find a setting that you can use (or maybe you will just fool yourself into thinking so). Very touchy controls.

This thing is the craziest effect I've ever heard! I can get a decent distorted octave sound, but all the other setting are useless (except for the novelty factor). I would think twice before actually using it in a real band situation. I got it just for fun, and out of morbid curiosity. I never did get any Melvin-like sounds (I only have three of their albums, so maybe I missed something). In most settings, it doesn't even sound like a guitar. More like a 747 farting after a chili cook-off! But I like it (in a perverse way). Destined to be a collectors item!

Seems well built, but I am positive I will lose the battery-lid soon. Surely the people at DOD know that removable battery lids are a dumb idea! Why don't they at least give us a roll of duct-tape with each pedal until they think of a better idea?

If you are a sick bastard, you will like this pedal. There are sounds in this pedal that just.....shouldn't be released! Hours of fun! BUT, I could never really see using it much except for an occasional lead. Like a Big Muff, it's not something you would want to use on every song.

it only took me like 3 min. to figure it out because at first i thought it was broken, its got a really wicked sound. controls are: Heavy (2 octave down control, background or full-on effect), Buzz (Amount of distortion), Saw (Trebel, output level), and Thrust (Overall amount).

this box is probably the crazyest box i own, satan lives inside it. the sound quality is great, very little noise and good feedback control. i play a Fender custom strat with EMG pickups and a Fender sunburst Telecaster through an old Marshall M-20 Lead amp. This box is great with beefy drop d riffs and low stuff and it adds another dimension to solos and sounds good with wha also. With the buzz box you can get a great Korn, Limp Biztkit, and almost a Tool sound and when you turn the Buzz down a little bit, you can get a nice Tom Morello sound. This is my current, everday setting for the buzz box: Heavy 10-15%, Buzz 65%, Saw 5%, Thrust 40-50% and try this setting with this tunning: CGCFAD

Well its DOD, this thing can stand a beating. I haven't had any problems with DOD except my Envelope Filter, but thats a whole different story...

I play thick, muddy, heavy rock and hardcore music and the buzz boz is a match made in hell! I also own a Digitech RP6 which is a piece of shit and i wouldnt mind setting it on fire.. I really love the 2 ocatave down along with a thick distortion. this pedal is in a class by itself. Oh and one more thing, i sure do like butts.. If you own a DOD FX33 Buzz Box, isnt it grand?

took me a while ta figure it out, but once ya get the hang of it, it's smooth sailin'.

I love this monstrosity. Never have I been so grateful to an FX company.(I'm still pissed at them, see below.)I also have to credit it's inventor, Buzz Osbourne. It sounds like a vacuum cleaner being mangled by howler monkeys. Yeah, it sounds gawd awful, which is why I've made it a pemanent addition to my growing array of noise pollutants.

I've had it for 3 months and the battery clip is broken. No warranty. Damn.

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Overall, I think it's a pretty nifty little chunk of gunk. I don't like the fact that the battery clip broke,and,DOD's webpage doesn't have any info on it. In fact, they don't even acknowledge it's existence. I've heard that there 9 volt adapters for both digital and analog boxes, but they don't give any indication as to what adapter I'm supposed to use.

I didn't get any instructions, but after a while, I found some REALLY cool distortiuon out of it. The names are a bit weird, but cool. I have mine set up like this: Heavy-3 Buzz-7 Saw-6 Thrust-as loud as I need it! I think that those are the control's names, It has been so long since I had looked at them.

If you are using this on a Heavy setting (Unfiltered Octaviser) at more than 5, you can only play one note at a time without a huge buzz sounding, but as long as you keep Heavy down, it is a really good distortion that rocks.

Works fine, you know DOD

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I would buy it again, but I think that this one was tampered with because the new Buzz Boxes are completely Buzz. With the one I have, I think that someone messed with it because it is more of a distortion, the new ones are like a weird effect.

The "Heavy" setting adds a note an octave or two lower even when it is turned down to 0. It also screeches a lot, but if you tweak it just right, you can get some great distortion.

If you like loud, annoying feedback and high screeching noises, this is perfect. You can also make it sound like a volcanic eruption.

I've never had any problems with mine shorting out, or any other DOD product.

If I were to go back and buy it again I would have bought the DOD Grunge Distortion pedal instead (FX 69). It has the same distortion without the high feedback and low grumbling heavy.

This is the first pedal that I actually needed to read the instructions. The first time I tried it I thought it was broken! It's actually easy to use just tricky to actually get a good sound out of. I don't really care for DOD's "cute" labeling of the controls. "Heavy"=Octive/Distortion mix, "Buzz"=Gain, "Saw"=Treble level & "Thrust"=Output level.

This is the NASTIEST fuzzbox I've ever heard. It's basicly a "Grunge" pedal with an octavizer that takes the distorted signal & drops it 2 octives down. You can't turn the "Heavy" control much past 1/3 on without sounding like a Dragster instead of a guitar! I couldn't resist for the price.

It's just a kooky pedal! Hours of fun in minutes! I don't think I'd use it very often, It's more of a "Special" effect, although with the octive level turned down it's useable just as a extreme distortion pedal. I'm not planing on retiring my Big Muff anytime soon though.