All user reviews for the DOD FX86B Death Metal Distortion

$35(what a waste) i was a newbie looking for a fun and cheap pedal but i got suckered into buying this crap, i went to guitar center and played on some strat(you know the story) power chords etc.. and i thought it sounded decent but i come to find it really isnt durable or good sounding, it sucks

i dont like much about it except the blood paint on the casing of it

its sounds like crap and everytime i turn it up on high it blows my amp out!

scrap metal, this things a peice of shet

This thing sucks, its terrible it sounds cheap it blows out my amp and it just all in all sucks, only buy digitech and zoom

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I got this pedal for $15 from a guy who said he didn't need it any more because he had a multi effects processer.I played it and thought it was sweet

It is a great pedal for punk,rock,hardcore type stuff. My amp's distortion comes no where close to this thing.

Not much that I don't like, besides the gorey names for the knob controls such as guts, pain ,scream, R.I.P.

Great quality. Small potable,durable.

It is a great pedal,would reccomend it to any guitarist who wants a heavy distortion sound.

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$50 US from Guitar Center

Excellent, you can produce many different tones from this pedal. I've gotten Metallica, Pantera, Rage, Offspring, etc. sounds out of this thing. Nice harmonics, thick, punchy bass, and good highs, too. The EQ knobs are way more useful than a drive knob. A distortion knob would be nice though... But who cares. This thing is built to rock!


Nothing

Built like a tank. I'm a little weary of the plastic footswitch, but then again I don't stomp the hell out of my pedals.


I definitely got my money's worth. Better value for the money than the Metal Zone, but that's just my opinion. If it were stolen, I'd beat the crap out of whoever took it and go buy another one.

I love this pedal. You just have to mess with the EQ to get the tone you want. One tip: Just set the level a tad louder than your amp. And just remember, this is only my opinion, you should always try lots of different pedals on many DIFFERENT SETTINGS before choosing.



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ditto all is said

UTILIZATION

It is really simple, of course read the manual knob on 4 parks the two effects for each, as explained in the manual that is simple if you understand English.

I immediately took the hand without reading the manual at home and in the store, however, actually now since I read the manual but equalization is really the same as before

the names of the four knob are very clear and respected in the spirit of death metal:
Volume = (RIP Beware the volume control feedback you can quickly see that the gain is always a background on DOD)
Low = Guts [guts] (If you increase the bass shakes the speaker which gives effect in the guttural sound)
Mid = Pain [pain] (by increasing mid you play on are in the presence of dod)
High = Scream [cree] (by increasing the treble is on the clock frequency of attack that reduces your game)

SOUND QUALITY

A unique sound quality is very much in its influence and our arsenal and a great character, big problem and are therefore breath noise gate with it.

However it is really made for the death metal [but all styles and some Death Metal and Grindcore as Thrash]

It may well be varied on the color band sound.
There are example of his given in the reference manual is a little from my point of depart in my control to me.
Can have being quite disgusting and runny or sound very clean and really this all depends on how the Mid set, of course did not abuse the treble in your setting will make it sound too synthetic medium and also give her the feel your amp sound out of old radio XD.
So for the treble between 11am to 1am, the medium between 11 am to 2 and from 11 am to 2 severe, depending on the style of death metal that I play.
And of course I set Consiel of saving the volume knob between 7am and 8am to 60% used more than a 100 watt amp.

often plays a Charvel with a SD Ch4 SH4 [soon TB6] and a Jackson Soloist XL with a 81/SA/SA kits EMG [EMG's are so cold with the distortion of the DOD distortion hight gain banditti 112] a banditti 112 is nice.
That pedal is more comfortable on a tube amp as a transistor and especially not played with a modeling amp the sound is even worse they can imagine.
and level of advice I minium baffle 1X12 "and if you have room in your home a 4X12" It makes great

OVERALL OPINION

I use this pedal for 3 years, I had bought a center effect in Pigalle
I look at the time as a novice in the past to a bright and large distortion in time I had a Peavey Vypyr 15 watt and I wanted a digitech death metal.

The seller advised me a metal box, metal core but I was not his for this pedal he fumbled in his stock to see if he remained in one, back with a nine DOD fx86b never used and was surprised at the 'I have even asked him, I spanked a test of a valve king and a ibanez on Di Marzio (I too have wanted to dive gear except ibanez XD) I loved it and bought it.

I do it again without hesitation that choice in my essential arsenal as a big fan of death metal
With my experience I learned that carcass, suffocation and yet another group had used in their arsenal in their beginning.
I've used other pedals like the Metal Zone, Metalcore, ultrametal it does not make the point against the dod [love is testing a digitech Metalmaster, Hardwire TL2] and it is really great pedal with a tube amp

Controls - "R.I.P." (master level); "Guts" (low EQ.); "Pain" (mid EQ.); and "Scream" (high EQ.)
Metal housing
Cheesy Crackle paint
Horrible plastic stomp switch
9v powered, or use external adapter
1/4 inch in and out

UTILIZATION

This. Pedal. Is. Awful.

If you're in a noise noise noise band, just trying to out-noise everyone else on the show's bill, this is the pedal for you. Otherwise, this is horrendous. This pedal sounds like someone put a microphone in a blender and turned it on "frappe". It is so noisy! It is easy to use - unplug it, and put it in a closet. That is how I like to "use" it - not plugged in to anything that makes music - because it sounds horrendous. The plastic switch is another awful anti-bonus that fully contributes to the amount of suck this pedal has to offer.

SOUND QUALITY

This, again, is the worst-sounding pedal of all time. If you have an enemy in a band, you could give this to them and tell them it's the best pedal ever, and see if they use it. If so, they'll lose all their fans, because I don't know how anyone could stand to be in the same room as the DOD Death Metal pedal's terrible crap tone. It doesn't even have a gain control! What self respecting distortion box has no way to control the amount of level?!? The labeling on the controls would be funny if the pedal didn't suck so much. The controls should be labeled "Crap", "Suck", "Terrible", and "Godawful Snake Hiss".

OVERALL OPINION

Do not buy this unless you are a masochist. This pedal is good for a paperweight, as a secret stash box, or as a throwable weapon (not that I endorse that kind of behavior). It is not suitable for use as a musical device. It is possibly the worst product that anyone has ever made. Ever. If someone asked me to buy this from them for 5 dollars, I still wouldn't. I wish all versions of this pedal would simultaneously spontaneously combust, and that the memory of this horrid stompbox was cleansed from the minds of all unfortunate witnesses to its supreme terribleness. I hate this stompbox.

Of extreme distortion pedals. Importantly, there is no SETTING THE Drive on the pedals. The Drive is always donf!

UTILIZATION

Easy to use. A knob for working mdiums, which is crucial for Metal pedals.

SOUND QUALITY

Good sound, good seed ... Drive always fawn background because of all must have been spitting style ...
We need a yes spit ... but even when, for use live or high volume, this can be teachers (risk of feedback iControl).

The rglage of mdiums is effective, but the memory for a Metal Zone possde SETTING THE mdium even more effective because paramtrique (you can select the range frequency drives m dium quel'on will increase or decrease).

OVERALL OPINION

I did not buy the pedals, but that boss a few times in a mag. guitar, I could well take my time to test a stockade of pedals!
If that is 100% dedicates Death. Versatility 0.
It's a good distortion, but I think even to that of Death, Power Metal, Trash mre ta ... The Metal Zone is better because you can better shape your sound thanks to mdiums parameter.
In addition if necessary, you can also lower your Drive to avoid the Feedback control.

... Finally, the ultimate weapon in distortion is not the pedals, the Distortion channel for an amp of good quality (not forcment lamps for extreme metal for that matter). .. but if you want a pedals is that you must have an amp a little cheap I guess!

Ben c dla mega distortion pedals in, drive still has merits, the knob disappeared! It is a robust pedal ... 3-band EQ for the medium-board thank you! Gnralement is what he really miss a pedal of this type ...
C'estune pedal you buy if you want a big distortion, if we want to do in the shade it will be difficult without other pedals, I have the last round, but the former is worse!

UTILIZATION

Well we can not say that it is complicated to use! ds that the industry is on and ready to tattered ... The medium is mega practical to have a little more presence, it crucially lacks the other! is one of the reasons why I chose it also ...

SOUND QUALITY

A good deal of gain, a 3-band EQ, I love the sound it out, I use to play the forcment not death, the EQ can make it happen in other styles (grunge rock or other, but that was well dla extreme distortion for the style anyway ...)
A priori it is not versatile at all, but I use it with a pedal can (LF7 Ibanez but all the settings to neutral) to lower the level of, and it gets super nice overdrive, j ' I have not had pleindre!
I think if you want a good distortion pedal with a lot of gain is the one that must be taken, the DOD pedals are with the characters, the boss did it not to my taste, c Eastern Standard is a great value, but it's not like we had an original pedal ...
I would not put a 10 because of the noise loud enough that it comes out, but surprisingly!!

OVERALL OPINION

I have since August 2004 for $ 50, it was a great investment, less than a boss, more characters, gain a background and a great surprise when we lower the output level of the scratch to have overdrive, the essential medium, a solid pedal, the background noise is true, but I would do the same choices as I can not afford to pay me a head lamp!

Bin wholesale cest are 4 inches complicate control (level, low, mid, high) (or if you prefer: rip - guts - pain - scream)

very simple

UTILIZATION

Bin basically just has to plug your feet a meter your foot dessu

turns the peak on the right to have a distortion that will scare the devil himself

SOUND QUALITY

Jle said my mother is currently saracher hair cest pa pedalle one for the faint hearted

I the User with a guitar on an amp nevada Rolan cube-15 and believe me it strip the wall

OVERALL OPINION

Buy this if you are still living with your parents will not be long PCQ sinonca quil will fuck you at the door

Four pots, one between output and power supply between a sector or a battery, short trs simple.
These boxes are manufactured DOD by recycling old pieces of the former USSR tank so it's heavy but I've never seen a case as strong so hat ...

UTILIZATION

The gain is always a background, this may come Gnant high volume so I dimin the volume knob with the RIP.
The PDAL is a doted gnrateur of feedback in some cases be useful, but less so in others during the blank must be reduced to the max volume of the guitar.
Note that the dynamics are better with a power supply sector.
The knobs are not as COD, if we want there will be low, same for the treble. And if we no longer wants to just turn the knobs to the left.

SOUND QUALITY

In its direct to the amp, the sound is rough and the grain is bizare. I did not say bad but I just trange.Donc t dcu.
Subsequently, I have do go out of my multi-effects DOD VGS 50 and ca cartone serious, he acts as an equalizer or a filter, and the gain is still standard but the grain chang . The palm mute trs expressifs.En rsum j'obtients are really something that this raproche a correction.

OVERALL OPINION

The gain is standard, that bigger still a Boss MT-2 and the icing is this dynamic which can not produce any pedals (and I test with a lot).
A good choice, I would like to test it against a 4x12 to see if it's still good.

Everything has been said below on this pedal

UTILIZATION

Not need a tray 10 to use this effect, the manual is simple and concise and gives you some examples of setting type on the four knobs.

SOUND QUALITY

The sound is typically metal. Not necessarily death metal but still metal type at large.
It is a violent distortion ruins the uncompromising conccurents in my opinion. bourrine it well in the low and it screams the high notes and harmonics if desired. Not necessarily the most versatile pedal (or rather, one may well shape the sound but it's still metal) but it is specialized in what it does

OVERALL OPINION

I have this pedal for many years. I had other effects before (multi purpose) and I've tried other (Boss) and there has never been a slap as the DOD.
Coupled with my Laney it sounds of thunder.
Metal construction is impeccable and access to the battery handy.
Once possessed, you can not switch to another pedal for me (for making the metal)!

Dod pedal ...
the switch is very nice

UTILIZATION

Nothing could be simpler
What manual?

SOUND QUALITY

It's a pedal bought my brother there is a little over a year
I know a lot because I played a lot
the sound is quite unique
is very, very saturated and we can do anything about it
it blows a lot of high volume and also, that feedback has merits, will provide a noise gate
the sound is a bit synthetic but has the advantage of not being hyper-compressed, crushed, like a metal zone
the grain is interesting
the equalization is very effective, but it is still very typical
is sharp and it is not a guitar to sing ...
I think good, but I think I would never have the utility of this pedal, it is very typical
off effect can be like ...

OVERALL OPINION

In short, it is a non-standard pedal (as many pedals dod), with its singular
lowering the volume of the guitar, the sound is pretty sucks, the pedal is made to play a background
as its base, it is not very usable
to play a blues or a bag that may be difficult
a book, so fans of metal pedals seeking their original owners and a noise gate

This pedal is a really thick, gainy distortion, perfectly appropriate for the titular genre if it weren't for the fact that it robs you of almost all volume. It also makes dynamics almost nonexistant. It's definitely a digital distortion pedal, and a cheap one at that. It's pretty cheap and it sounds it, too. Nothing in the way of midi or audio outs.

UTILIZATION

It's a pretty easy pedal to set up. Just a 9 volt or AC Adapter, and four knobs: Level, Low, Mid, and High. They are subtitled R.I.P., Guts, Pain, and Scream, respectively. This shows you just how much more of a novelty this pedal is as opposed to a legitimately good sounding pedal. There's not much need for a manual, everything is pretty self-explanatory. Trying to get a good sound out of it is difficult.

SOUND QUALITY

I bought this pedal because I went through a short death metal phase. It's a pretty awful sounding pedal. It feeds back a ridiculous amount and it robs you of almost all volume, in exchange for a punishingly brutal wall of noise. It's not a good noise either, like Sonic Youth or Liars tend to use. It's just mud. It doesn't even really sound that good for death metal, because it doesn't have enough punch.

OVERALL OPINION

I used it for about a year or two, when I was about 11 until I was about 13. At that point I realized that the Marshall I was using had a better distorted channel on the amp than I would ever get with this pedal. Even though I was young, it still boggles my mind that I could have been so impulsive as to buy this. I don't really like anything about it. I tried a few models in the same price range and didn't like those very much either. I guess that was the lesson I should have learned: Good Gear doesn't usually come cheap unless it's used and looks awful. It's not worth buying for $20, let alone the $80 I spent on it then. I can't even believe they still make it. Avoid at all costs.