dem00n Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 It's a DOD Distortion pedal, it has that very medicore distortion tone that Boss pedals are famous for, im to lazy to take a pic so just look at the one i found on the internet. Got it for five bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl00dsm0k3 Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 5 bucks aint bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 5 bucks aint bad Yeah and even if it didnt work, i could use the body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 . Damn, that's a great buy. Does this mean I've gotta start checkin' out freakin' yard sales? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 . Damn, that's a great buy. Does this mean I've gotta start checkin' out freakin' yard sales? Well lets see...ive bought a amp, a guitar, pedal and a bunch of picks just from yard sales so...yeah go for it! :D Before i started playing guitar i remeber seeing guitar's a lot, but thats when i didnt have an interest in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIANTRobOT42O Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Thats was the first pedal I ever bought. Got it from a pawn shop. Its not a bad little dirt box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinner 13 Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Well lets see...ive bought a amp, a guitar, pedal and a bunch of picks just from yard sales so...yeah go for it! :D Before i started playing guitar i remeber seeing guitar's a lot, but thats when i didnt have an interest in them. Keep Diggin' there are some where in the neighborhood of 1000 or so original 59' Les Paul's out there somewhere. Imagine stumbling across of of those? That's my next avenue of search for old gear, still looking for a old tone master amp, or some thing similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Well lets see...ive bought a amp, a guitar, pedal and a bunch of picks just from yard sales so...yeah go for it! :D .... Okay. But this is gonna play right into my wife's hand. B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stein Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 DOD made great sounding distortions, and I think they sound better than the BOSS distortions. The only drawback, is the DOD pedals are really noisy, especially the distortions. Sense you are building pedals, I wonder what a clone of that using quieter parts would sound like. I would bet truly killer. If you do, just don't tell people it is your own design by qualified engineers in your basement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl00dsm0k3 Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 there is a 40 house yard sale next week near my house i got to check that out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The RandyMan Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 I've been hitting garage sales ever since a guy I work with showed me pictures of the '60s SG he found at an estate sale for $50! Yeah, bargains like that are few and far between, but they are out there . . . The wife does more garage saleing than me ('specially while I'm at work), so I had a little class with her on what to look for, and when to call me when she finds something she thinks I might be interested in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaleb Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 I have a DOD FX65 chorus. Its not bad for the 30 dollars I got it for. Its a little bright and boosts volume. Dates from 1988-90. But I'm selling it, as well as my Digitech Rp1000 multi-fx and my Ibanez Airplane Flanger. Anybody want? I'm only selling because Im not into modulation fx anymore ( I don't care for chorus, flangers and phasers kinda get in the way, and I don't need a vibe or tremolo---they would just sit on the board and suck tone. Nowadays I like wah-tuner-od 1-od 2-delay. Nice n' simple ). And I don't like multi fx. Just tell me if ya want one and I'll give an asking price. Fred, ya might like the Dod. It goes crazy. Dod pedals were awesome. Maybe I should try and build a 250 clone. Dub should too. Gearmanndude does. Just screams Yngwie!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiz Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Nice find man. My first distortion pedal was a DOD. The old ones were even made in the US. They are noisy, but I always liked the tone I got with mine. I still use it from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Yo dem00n you should mod the **** out of that thing. Just blindly change stuff until it sounds ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted August 24, 2011 Author Share Posted August 24, 2011 Yo dem00n you should mod the **** out of that thing. Just blindly change stuff until it sounds ridiculous. Thats what im thinking, i should look for mods for it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I've read about some mods that you can do to a Boss DS-1 to make it sound good. Something about changing everything and removing a diode.. If you can mod a DS-1 to sound good, you can probably find something to make this thing rock. Of course crappy distortion is kinda cool in a way too IMO. I don't even know what this pedal sounds like though I've never played one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted August 24, 2011 Author Share Posted August 24, 2011 I've read about some mods that you can do to a Boss DS-1 to make it sound good. Something about changing everything and removing a diode.. If you can mod a DS-1 to sound good, you can probably find something to make this thing rock. Of course crappy distortion is kinda cool in a way too IMO. I don't even know what this pedal sounds like though I've never played one. I found a topic about modding it and i have no idea what the hell these guys are saying. Ah...its going to be a long night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Haha yeah man some of that technical talk just flies over my head. Maybe someday.. I looked it up on YouTube and one of the videos looked pretty promising. The description said it was circuit bent and the comments said stuff like "sounds like diharrea" so you could probly get your $5 worth with that mod right there. Unfortunately the video wouldn't play for me so I may never know haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted August 24, 2011 Author Share Posted August 24, 2011 Yeah, ill see what i can do. I'll try removing one diode, trying each one and seeing if i get a boost in tone. I should learn to read schamtics.... Edit: Mabye i should join that pedal forum of yours dub and ask around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stein Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I think if you find the source of the noise, you will really have something there, knowledge and wisdom for your head. It is a true story that nearly all DOD pedals from that era are noisy, so perhaps that might be a clue. I think for the most part, everyone liked the sound of those DOD's, but the noise was either a problem in itself, or it was the noise along with the effect that affected the sound. I think 2 things. 1) If you can eliminate the noise of this pedal, you will not only have a GREAT sounding pedal, but you will also be the man. You will be awesome. 2) As long as it is noisy, it will always have a certain suck factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Removing a diode would probably make it louder and cleaner. It might have a cool effect on it. I was messing around with a pedal I built.. I was missing a resistor when I started building it so I just threw a random one in there that was like 40x the ohms I needed and it sounded pretty *****in. I had no idea what I was doing but I kinda liked it better all ****ed up sounding like that than all generic and conventionally good sounding like it is now haha So just experiment with stuff like that you might find something really cool. And yeah you should totally join the DIY section has been really helpful to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted August 24, 2011 Author Share Posted August 24, 2011 Yeah ill try the whole taking apart **** tommrow. Whats ILF called? I forgot. :mellow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 ilovefuzz you should check out freestompboxes.org too. Even if you don't join or post or anything, they have a whole bunch of schematics and vero layouts and stuff for sweet pedals. I'm gonna build a DAM Meathead clone using their vero layout. Awwwwhhh yeeuhhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 They don't do yard sales in Spain, what a pain.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brundaddy Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Thats what im thinking, i should look for mods for it... Bent-circuit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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