DOD Hard Rock Distortion FX57
The FX57 offers a unique distortion circuit with a built-in delay of 7 to 40 milliseconds for a distinctive thickening of the distortion effect. Creates more sustain. Controls include DELAY, which adjusts the time delay of the distortion signal that is added to the effect, LEVEL, PRESENCE, which modifies the tone or sound of only the distortion signal, and DISTORTION, which adjusts the amount of distortion applied to the original signal.
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User Reviews of the DOD Hard Rock Distortion FX57
- Submitted by Phil from London (148 points) on Nov 17, 2010
- Kind of different, but not very exciting - basically a very short, metallic delay with a mid-rangy distortion in the same box. Useful for helping thinner circuit bent/synth tones cut through big blocks of noise, but other than that... nothing much to write home about. Delay knob has potential in a feedback loop and the pedal is apparently mod-able (see other posts...)
- Good Points: Cheap, different, two pedals in one.
- Bad Points: Does two things, but neither very well.
- Price Paid: US$18.00
- Purchased At: eBay
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- Submitted by grizzlor from Springfield, PA (736 points) on Aug 14, 2006
- inexpensive pedal, distortion is a little weak, but delay and presence knobs are indeed where it's at! all other knobs stay at 10, in the fbl the only truly decent sounds come from the delay knob...almost your the bionic man or somthinggingingingink
- Good Points: cheap, ok in a f.b.l.
- Bad Points: weaker distortion than most other dod's
- Price Paid: US$22.00
- Purchased At: ebay
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- Submitted by tapesss from Brooksville, FL (344 points) on Jul 15, 2006
- Distortion circuit with doubling effect. Not bad. The distortion is pretty throaty. Open it up and muck around with the trimpots, as stated below. You can get longer delays, but they become very sludgy and indistinct. Almost a bit-reduction effect. the presence control is a plus. Overall a decent, inexpensive pedal.
- Good Points: dod construction. ability to mess with the delay time. pretty good distortion. presence control is quite useful.
- Bad Points: could have more gain.
- Price Paid: US$0.00
- Purchased At: borrowed
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- Submitted by Samuel from Vancouver, WA (92 points) on Mar 22, 2006
- This one seems to have some glitches, artifacts when I put it in a chain with my other pedals, I don't know if this was a one time thing or not, when recording and viewing what these appear like in a wave file, they are some short bands of full amplitude
- Good Points: adds it's own coloration to your pedal chain. Has a delay knob which most DOD distortions do not. No silly names for knob functions. Seems to maybe have some unexpected noise glitches occasionally(?)
- Bad Points: Not for use as a source of extreme noise in a short pedal chain.
- Price Paid: US$45.00
- Purchased At: eBay
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- Submitted by tommy from Las Vegas, NV (48 points) on Dec 8, 2005
- note: if you adjust the internal trimpots you can create a delayed octave effects by maxing the delay knob and moving the (closest to bottom) trimpot untill you hear the lowest frequency of feedback and then (while imputing sound) move the middle trimpot untill you hear a pitch bent synth tone a couple seconds after each sound you put in. with this you can make crazy delayed sounds that can be 3 octave lower and sometimes completely reversed pitches.
- Good Points: - delayed random synth note generator - presence knob dials in HUGE low end. - high gain butt rock distotion - quick distorted slapback delays - cheap!
- Bad Points: -nothing i can think of, sometimes it can drowned out your sound with caotic swishing and mdulating distortian
- Price Paid: US$20.00
- Purchased At: from a friend
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- Submitted by Phil from Seattle, WA (78 points) on May 26, 2002
- ok, this CAN be a pretty fun pedal --with a simple adjustment. This pedal has a true analog delay in it via the MN3002(? been awhile since I've had mine open.) Anyway, open her up, find the 2 trim pots inside near the MN3002 chip, one is probably for delay length and the for regeneration I guess. Just adjust them until you get the the sound you want. I have mine set up to the max length delay sounds pretty crappy! and then at about a 3/4 turn of the "Delay" pot it breaks into self-oscillation, So now it makes a great sound source. If your slightly ambitious it would be cool to bring these trim pots out so you can easily tweak them. After doing this it becomes a pretty useful pedal for what it offers it a compact space... and it's dirt cheap so what the hell.
- Good Points: Easily modded to self oscillate for some analog delay madness. CHEAP, so you can crack it open and mod it with much worry.
- Bad Points: the distortion is pretty average/plain... hard to find bad points on such a cheap pedal.
- Price Paid: US$20.00
- Purchased At: used
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- Submitted by spit + smudge from Savannah, GA (214 points) on May 21, 2002
- It's an ok pedal, the delay and presence knobs are the only two i ever manipulate when its in my effects chain. the other two i just leave at 10. It adds some distortion to the signal, enough for me to keep it in the chain until i find something better.
- Good Points: Presence knob makes a difference in the audio signal that is fairly interesting when making noise.
- Bad Points: Not as gritty as i would like it to be, i wouldn't pay more than for it if you find one.
- Price Paid: US$25.00
- Purchased At: ebay
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- Submitted by josh from Las Vegas, NV (6 points) on Feb 17, 2002
- pretty lame distortion quite honestly. doesn't have much grit or punch to it and the level doesn't get very high. the delay feature makes it a bit more interesting, but not enough to make it worth any money. i got this for free and i'm definitely glad i didn't pay for it. not much else to say.
- Good Points: delay...thickens up the distortion a bit.
- Bad Points: weak distortion if you are looking for a loud harsh distortion.
- Price Paid: US$0.00
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