FX10 Bi-FET Preamp

Kinda crazy - I've been through so many clean boosts, overdrives, etc - like Fulltone OCD, Radial Tonebone Plexitube, Keeley Modded SD-1, TS-9 Reissue, Zvex Box of Rock, Visual Sound Jekyll and Hyde, VS Route 66 - and others, and during that whole time let this thing sit on my shelf in a box. I bought it in 1996 as a preamp for my acoustic.  When I sold that, I forgot about this. Then I read the HC review about the pedal and got inspired. Here is my newly found simple set up - Guitar (1991 Ibanez RG 770 or 2008 Les Paul Standard or 1996 Fender American Stratocaster with Lace Alumitones, or Epiphone Joe Perry Les Paul) ---> Morley Passive Volume --> Marshall JCM 800 2205 with Outlaw Chorus and the DOD FX10 in the effects loop. This pedal in the effects loop gives the sound massive heft.  I probably needed to go through all of the overdrive pedals to learn my lesson, and now I did.  This this is outstanding. It is quiet and provides no coloration to your tone - just up to a 20db boost of pure clean power.

I will not be using this to boost solos - I'm the rhythm guy in my band - so it will be on full time.  I am expecting to not worry about the switch, although I can understand how people might. The casing is die cast metal and sturdy - the internal components inside look find (but I'm no electronics guy).  I do like the feel of the knobs - substantial - slow and heavy.

Can't say it's the simplest pedal ever because it has two knobs, not just one...that said, this will not require endless hours of tweaks.  Just "Tone" and "Level" It is amazingly simple to get good tone out of it.

Never needed them

I'm done looking.  Period.

It is an ok clean boost pedal but not a very good one. It does color your tone a bit, it ads a bit of sizzle to the top end and takes away some of the punchiness leaving a bit spongy sounding. I am a fanatic about my tone and nothing sounds as good as my Les Paul or strat plugged directly into my Marshall Super Lead amp.  As soon as you ad any pedal (true-bypass) or not it will remove some of the punch and tone.  Theoretically one way to get around this is to use a class A circuit buffer like the Radial BigShot PB1 or the ValvulatorI which converts your high impedance signal from non-active pickups to low impedance so it can travel through long chords and multiple stomp boxes without suffering tone sucking of punch and clarity. Don't listen to the other reviews that say the sound of this pedal is a 10.  These people obviously are not comparing it to class A circuit clean boost pedals.  I have tried many and the best is the PB1, Valvulator because they also include a buffer but another good one is the clean boost on the Diamond J Drive pedal (very sweet clean boost).

So far still works

Two self-explanatory knobs

Never dealt with support

Read my notes in the sound section. I am a professional musician who has gigged for years and has tried all kinds of equipment trying to get the classic sound I have been searching for. I play, write and record blues, rock, alternative, metal, funk, classical and country music. www.myspace.com/benperryprojects

man oh man .this is the best and i mean the best clean boost you will ever buy .take it from someone who is been playing for almost 20 yrs now . look ... people who know me calls me the PEDAL WHORE .i have bought and tried every pedal that existed in this life time , from the most expensive to the cheapest . this pedal is no longer made ,but it is the best DOD ever made no loss in signal it is true to your guitar and amp any guitar any amp big big improvment , these are going up in price and are getting hard to find as people are discovering how amaazing they are ..

this pedal will last you for a long long time , be nice to it ,dont abuse it and it will last forever .

this is the easiest pedal to use ever .

i have no idea never delt with them and most likly will never do .

after going thru many many boost pedals i found this one by cheer luck , this guy had an auction on e bay for a pearl octave pedal .but he had a picture of his entire pedal board that showed the pearl octave pedal and other pedals he use . i e mailed him asking him about the DOD pedal that he had on his pedal board as well . he told me this is the best clean transparant boost pedal . i usually dont believe everything people claim ,but ofcourse being the pedal whore i am i had to get one to hear for myself ,before i have tried fulltone fat boost ,keeley java boost and analogman beano boost ( just a few that come to mind )they all added color and altered my over all charactor of my guitar tone . i plugged this thing and i was floored , this pedal gave me a hard on and that is when i know i have something that is worth it , yes my dick is my indication if i hear something good LOL . this brought my guitar tone to the front .again without no conservation THIS IS THE BEST CLEAN BOOST PEDAL EVER .get one while you can . trust me .