FX76 Punkifier

This booger has two basic qualities. If you use the Punk knob as the dominant one, You gets a big ol' sloppy flat-out fuzz, not unlike a Dod Classic Fuzz with the knobs cranked.  If you chose to ignore the Punk knob, then you gets a nice, if slightly trebly, Overdrive in the style of an Ibanez Tube Screamer.  In this setting, you can use it as a clean boost, or make a nice grindy bluesy tone that'll cut through a mix.  Combined with my Jazzmaster & Twin, I can get a lot of sounds that closely resemble Sir Keef and his fine rhythm parts.  Not very "punk", eh? But if you wants to get interesting, try dialing in a little of that "punk" knob with the snazzy OD you've just made.  Lots of interesting sounds here, ranging from distant fuzz, to sounding like you're running the guitar through two different amps, one bluesy and one fuzzy.  Or you can crank the fuzz up all the way, and get a big ol' sloppy punk-distorto mess that'll make any amp sound like a gorilla practice amp about to explode.  Fool with it enuf, and you'll have big (and surprisingly useful) fun.

Two things to know about these DOD pedals.  One, they have a battery enclosure that you will lose in the first fifteen seconds of owning the thing if you're not careful, and Two, when the battery starts dying, wiht little red LED will stay On, even if you really don't want the thing on.  Get past these two annoyances, and you've got a fine pedal.  I've had mine since I bought it new in the mid-90's, and it still works fine, in spite of repeated use on the road in touring bands, often as an emegency backup or permanent replacement for some other pedal in my lineup that went dead in mid-tour.

Welp, this is one'a them DOD pedals that puts cutesy names where more helpful words are needed, but mine came with the owners manual, which helps unscramble things a great deal.  For those still in the dark, the knobs are:  Punk=Fuzz level, Slam=OD gain, Spike=Tone, and Menace=Overall Volume.  Without knowing this, it's REAL easy to gets into craptone land.

I dunno if you could talk to Digitech about these pedals, as Dod as a company isn't offically around anymore.  The one time I called them back in the 90's (for a question about another Dod pedal) they were very nice, and got back to me later that day.

This is one of those often maligned misfit pedals that'll give a  more curious person great rewards if they fool with it a bit.  As an overdrive/boost, it's a closet bargain.  As a fuzz, well...it IS distinctive!  I paid real money for mine way back when, and seeing that they often sell for diddley over squat these days almost makes me wanna grab another. Yes sir, I likes it.

ok, at the moment i'm running this into a very slightly crunchy channel on my marshall combo. If you turn the 'punk' down to zero you basicly have a very cool looking, nice raspy distortion pedal, that is totally different from my marshall's overdrive and that is why I bought in the first place. Now onto the 'Punk' control!! I found the easiest way of finding out the joys of this was to turn the distortion right down so it is almost clean, then adding the 'punk' to the clean sound. With the setting low it seems to be adding a strange almost 'radio' like fuzz in the background, that seems to increase as the sound dies away almost like a compressor but is kind of independent from your actual chord or note, cranking the punk up adds more of this and around 12'oclock it's kinda 50/50 with your regular signal and is a really wierd effect. anyway past half way your into lead guitar use only realy unless you want to just add a really nasty sound into a song for a short burst. I think that is the perfect use for this pedal. people would be "what the hell was that" or "how did you create that wierd sound in the middle of that solo" I think i'm gonna get another distortion and use this just to add 'punk' when i want a dash of something crazy in the middle of a song. p.s. it sounds totally wacked out with a crybaby. It reminds me of some of the sounds on Smashing pumpkins 'siemease dream' album, and would be great for adding another layer of filthy sound to a messy grungy solo.

I've never had a problem with dod!

It took me a while to understand what was going on with this pedal as I bought it second-hand without a manual, but an hour playing around i managed to figure it out and for me that's half the fun anyway!

dunno never needed to!!

I play a mixture of what most people would consider Punk, Rock, Alternative and Grunge. I also own a dod Icebox and a dod EQ. If it were lost or stolen i would track one down if i could find one, dunno about in the USA but here in England you don't see then too often. I love the fact that is sounds different from anything else. Everyone else I know uses Boss pedals, well if I wanted to sound the same as everyone else I would use them too, but I'd rather sound a bit more unique!! It seems at the moment the fashion is to have your guitar sounding like a warm classic vintage overdrive. If you fancy standing out try something wierd and wacky from dod!!