FX50 Super Overdrive

I have a good les paul copy and a 100w marshall... err and as a fan of DOD pedals, i have a few of them. I tend to get two of the ones i really like... so i have two of these, work it out sherlock. They are both identical, cosmetically, but soundwise one is 10/10 (nice n' fat tone) the other 7.5/10 (a bit thinner/trebly tone). I don't know why this is, i guess they were changing components all the time, plus components can age differently. I'm reviewing the second one here.

It's dependable so far.

Very easy to use, no prescence control or anyother tone knobs to fiddle with.

nope.

I think that there is a certain amount of interest in these because they are supposed to be the same circuit as a dod 250... but, it's a bit of a gamble between getting a 7.5/10 or a 10/10. I use this pedal when i don't want higher gain sounds, and when i want a more natural bluesy sound without too much grunge. I'd kinda say the 10/10 is prob identical to a fatter old grey 250 and the other one closer to what the regular yellow 250's sound like.

Man, I don't know if its a model to model issue or if most guitar players are retards.  You have got to be kidding me.  Push a nice tube amp with this sucker.  This is the best $30 you will ever spend on an overdrive unit, certainly for the price you will not find better (although I heard the Juice Box rocks).  I own the Gray 250 and have owned the Yellow reissue, this thing rocks.  I can ape the Gray 250 sounds pretty damn well, my Gray 250 seems to run a tad hotter than the FX50 so I just need to crank the knobs a little more on the FX50.  I got rid of the Yellow 250 reissue POS asap, that was horrible.  I have the 2 knob older FX50 so I'm assuming any bad ratings for this come from the later 3 knobber or something?!?!  I have also heard things like when it comes to the old Grey and Yellow 250s (not counting the Yellow POS reissues), no two sound exactly the same...maybe that is the same with this unit too?!?!  I got a gem then, almost as cool as my Gray 250 and about 10 to 15 times less in price...hows that for you? 

I would back it up with my Gray 250 Ha!

Very Easy, 2 knobs

Their new products suck, I dont buy their new stuff. Some of their old stuff is the best there ever was, however.  Try the orignal 201 phasor or the 600 line if you don't believe me.

I might have to sell my Gray 250 and buy about 10 more of these.  Thats how much I dig it.

i really haven't tried another one better..i own an old rat, an old tube screamer, a maxon real tube dist/od rod 881, an ancient ibanez wauwau fuzz, an dod fx56 american metal and i owned a lot of fu@ing pedals but this one is really cream...best OD ever and for only 15$!!! my setup is really complex : i use about 20 guits like gibson and orville les pauls, kramer alu neck, kramer baretta '84, kramer striker, bc rich stIII, music man van halen, fender strat dan smith, tokay and greco's tele and strat copies, ibanez strat copy ' 75, a tokay and a fernandes flying v, gibson sg '67, eko 335 style jazz guitar, eko les paul custom copy, etcc. trough a ernie ball volume pedal + boss cs1 +line6 filter modeler + ts9 or fx 50 + rat + mini qtron + maxon phaser tone + ibanez bc2 or sound city chorus + ibanez fl 301 dx + rockman stereo chorus/delay + morley split box that is goin' to a pod 2.0 and a yamaha dg stomp for some situations, otherwise i use an old soundcity 200 valve head or the marshall jubilee 50 combo that i own from 1989.

yes maybe i can depend but: 1 is the way you play not the gear 2 this pedal is really hard to destroy 3 i really don't know where to find another one..i'm from italy and this one is from NY and i'm really bored about ebay...i bought this one only because it was so cheap and i read good reviews here 4 i use respect with things i consider real instruments...for the rest i would like to meet the bosses of the big companies and use their "instruments" in the only possible way on them...

anyone can use this pedal...you need only your hear and taste

i really don't know anyway i think that is quite impossible to break but very easy to be repaired.

i play mostly rock and hard'n'blues in the classic way...but i'm open minded on every thing that sounds good to me (no fu@@ing rave music and things like that, please...)anyway this one is perfect for the creamy dynamic crunchy sound that match with my tastes and way of playing. i played 18 years of my 34 and i owned a lot of things, much of them are passed away, like high gain amps or heavy metal things. the only things that i always had are the boss cs2, the marshall, the rat and the bc rich but i'm pretty sure that this yellow brick will be the fifth element of my "eternity set up". the only thing that i don't understand is why dod make this pedals with this stupid battery cover that loose ore breaks immediately. in the end there's only one thing i would like to say to you all: DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY WITH THE BRANDS AND FASHIONS BECAUSE THE BEST MUSIC IS ALWAYS COMING FROM THE SOUL AND IS OFTEN MADE WITH POOR GEAR if you find one of this yellow pedals and you are in doubt in buying this or for example a ts 9, buy this one absolutely!! i will never buy the ts 9 again but i will buy another fx 50 for the price of a tubescreamer for sure!!!