DOD FX22 VibroThang Vibrato

Bought on-line £49

See below

1. The effect sucks tone [how often do we hear that!]I lost a good deal of treble from my strat using this. With all the knobs set at 12.00 there is little change in the guitar tone - except that it gets muddier!
2. The tremolo effect is poor - not as good as the dano tuna melt even!
3. The phase/vibrato effects are very weak and get completely lost at distorted or high gain levels - compare this to an MXR phase 90 at high gain and you'll see the difference
4. The doppler effect - similar to a uni-vibe or chorus set at a high speed setting is similarly lacking in clarity and punch - especially at distorted settings - no Robin Trower here!

Knobs a bit wobbly - I'm not sure the pots have metal spindles.
On off pedal a bit vague too
Nice colour, and battery compartment in an interesting place.

I bought this in my search for tremolo/vibrato, but should have really tried it out first. Unfortunately, I read about this in a review of other pedals that included this as an ' you may also want to try......'
I have a boss pw10 v-wah which does the uni-vibe thing very well - but you can't switch it on or off with a footswitch without moving the pedal and thus changing the rate of tremolo. So I wanted something that did more than a basic tremolo effect, but was easily switched on or off for solos. This has the 'doppler' function which I thought might do it. It's a poor imitation of any of the more expensive pedals I'm afraid. Even the tremolo isn't convincing... Anyway I've said enough - its on its way back to the web site as I speak.

This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

# What are the effects or types of effects available?
Vibrato, tremolo, and phaser

# What technology is used? (Analog, digital, tube ...)
Analog.

# Are they edited? Via a Mac / PC editor?
Not.

# What is the connection? (Audio / MIDI)
Classic connection: input and output mono 6.35 and 9V.

# Is this a rack or rack MODEL?
Not.

Classical building in DOD: solid metal case and rugged appearance, potentiometers or too "soft" or too "hard" and not serrated. Switch plastic but solid. No "pop" to activate the effect, no buzz or hum.
Not true-bypass, the model I tends to boost the sound but not so bad at all.



UTILIZATION

# The general configuration is it simple?
Yes, this pedal is plugged like any other, in front or in the loop. Personally, I found the best sound with use in the loop.

# Editing sounds and effects is it easy?
Yes and no.
First, the names of the settings, such as on a lot of DOD pedals, sometimes quite imaged. In short, it gives:
Speed: Speed ​​control of vibrato and phasing
Depth: controls the depth of the vibrato
Doppler: control the amount of phasing
Image: regeneration control phasing

Note that in my model, the potentiometer "Doppler" is called "Intensity"!

As advised just the manual, you must first set the speed and depth with the potentiometers "Doppler" and "Image" to a minimum.
The latter two will add more "juice" in the sound.

Editing is easy but is difficult to get a 100% vibrato vibrato whatsoever without the extreme vibrato, or phaser phaser 100% without either the extreme phaser. Short, short of these extremes is always a little in between.

Add to that the action of potentiometers "Doppler" and "Image" is intimately linked. Limit should act simultaneously on both settings at the same time we play to grasp the importance and interdependence.

# The manual is clear and sufficient?
Very brief but adequate.
For those who want, I uploaded as an image in the "Media" page of the product FX22

In short, use level, it's pretty easy but it will look at the settings to grasp the principle.


SOUND QUALITY

# The effects are they effective, responsive and realistic enough?
Effective yes. This pedal, without vibrato or a phaser pronounced character, adds a very very nice color to the sound. A bit like icing on the cake is not necessary but gives a little taste and a nice touch.

Suitable: yes but its clear that more saturated. On an arpeggio, or picking plan, it can be very beneficial to your sound, round, give it a little "punch" and "dynamic" stéréospaciale (outright).
With distortion, it is more random and less sympathetic to my ear, but it is not bad. You can get some very nice textures on agreements we let it ring. Friends of the drone, this pedal can be made for you.

Realistic yes. The sound does not "cardboard" or "plastic". It's very organic, full of warmth and life.

# Which instruments do you use?
A LTD MH-400 LH, a preamp AMT SS-20.

# Which ones do you prefer, you hate?
I love to Doppler 3/4 and the Image 1/4 (phaser with a touch of vibrato) or the exact opposite (vibrato with a touch of phaser).

In short, a pedal that sounds warm, organic, which gives punch to your and "module" in a very special way.


OVERALL OPINION

# How long have you use it?
About 6 months.

# What is the particular feature you like best and least?
Plus:
- The effect on both the intangible, yet so
- The side of the organic
- Excellent report on the clear sounds

The least:
- Difficult to get a true phaser or a real vibrato
- He must love tweaking pedals to extract the very substance

# Have you tried many other models before buying it?
Since this type of effect is quite unique in its kind, I would say no!

# How would you rate the quality / price?
I got it for fifty euros, which seems a fair price for this pedal on the second hand market. I would not put more than 70 €.

# With experience, you do again this choice?
I bought it out of curiosity. I expected to get a good vibrato psycho to DOD. Finally, I have a good psycho DOD who can possibly remember vibrato but I'm not disappointed.

For those who want, I made a little video on Youtube:

Uh ... tremolo / phasing / leslie / vibrato not necessarily obvious to say that ...
It's a bit of everything but nothing "faithfully."
Analog technology course
standard input / output, led commissioning function of 9V battery box on the upper side standard DOD I really appreciate even if it's not really "road built" (battery and switch housing plastic), but y ' has a large rubber pad below to Po qu'ça slides.
Metallic red metal box that much more sexy in the picture.
4 knob:
RPMS: speed modulation trrrrrrrrès slow with a long range of up slow "enough" to handle fast in the last quarter of the race.
Drop: intesité the tremolo (the more one grows the more its going to be chopped drastically.
Intensity: intensity of the effect. again a very long range (three quarters) of its distinctive and very little more intensity in the last quarter.
Image: level "leslie" acting almost as a kind of phaser / detune very light and very mediums

UTILIZATION

Ultra simplistic general config, no memory of course. I did not have the manual with it is available Here (http://www.dod.com/supportpages/lit.htm). Nothing really transcendent in it up quite unnecessary preset.

No sounds too "fancy" as some effects of the same type that become amusicaux at will when they are pushed too much. Only regret too much stroke length when sober, apart from the color of the pedal, the settings do not vary the masses. it's between noon and "tock" sound as commenece really evolve.

SOUND QUALITY

Here begins the lyric sequence of the notice.

the qualities of this pedal is really where we do not wait!
No point of light and crystalline vibrato or leslie / phasing pest effects (except with "toutafond") are simple and unobtrusive. You almost think Uni-Vibe in the mind.
The tremolo is not really usable since it acts a little triangle with an attack so crescendo and decrescendo in a decay. both pretty "long". but it colors the sound nicely.
the vibrato is not one since it does not change the "height" of the note.
The phasing is not one, but a kind of color mediums and oscillating signal ...

this is not the effect to be pick in this pedal, but its color is. the knobs are fairly "soft" in any case the sound will always colored more or less strong.
and this color!
despite a small decrease in level that can be annoying depending on the settings (like 90% of what kind of pedals), this pedal brings the cream, milk and marshmallows to your sound. something soft, warm. much more enjoyable (for me) and a chorus ordinary cold or just a compression of some kind (I speak of the effects in this price range is).
a decrease in the aggressiveness of acute staining medium sweet, beautiful with sharp shelled agreements with such delay. to force the hand "ethereal and evanescent" a rhythmic oscillation with a little more or less phaserisée is beautiful. more significant for an amp a little cold or clear sound a bit steep for example ... found a little fender sound "vintage-izer" without the aggressive side.

It goes beautifully with a Start or a Telecaster which softens the tone quite generously. This is slightly less ca with "les-paul-like" a skyscraper with two humbuckers and a wooden "hot" (mahogany) because it stifles the sound a bit (especially on a marshall).
with my baritone (BEAD-Gb-B) is as nice as any side we find a surf sympatoche, although serious are not the range of frequencies where this pedal excels.

7 / 10 for sound quality because the effects are not "faithful" to what is expected. This pedal is really a enviseager as a "type" mixing effects, a color as a lambda Vibrato.

to try!
(-Before, especially when contemplating the purchase).

OVERALL OPINION

I have only a few hours, I edit may agree.

I have not tried other pedals of this type before since it is quite unique. I tried against by the chorus / vibrato of the Roland Jazz amp, various tremolo, some effects leslie / phaser each with his qualities but none of them offer this kind of color.

Prices paid 40Euros argus, not put more than I think. (Since it is found easily at that price)

I expect to have made a prolonged use and have been trying to Carl Martin Surf Trem-; Dunlop Uni-Vibe, Boss RT_20, Hughes & Kettner Rotosphere etc. .. etc. .. (And cascading please). to give my final opinion m'enfin seen the price of critters ... in my humble opinion which happens to be the notice of reference to which I am more inclined to store, if one appreciates the quality of the beast is a great buy for budget cut!