DOD Overdrive Preamp 250 Guitar Pedal

dual op amp, back to back silicon diodes to ground... classic formula. More output and more of a rusty/raspy, grating metalicness to the clipping versus an MXR which is the same circuit subbing a pair of germanium diodes for earlier clipping, elss output and a skmoother sound.... castly prefer the OD250 for guitar. Synths? the mxr has the edge usually. this epdal is voiced very brightly. It seems like it could take your head off until you get on stage with it. Great for cutting the mix. Pure rockin'

I have a clone of the gray DOD 250, with added options: Germanium diode clipping (MXR Distortion+) and no clipping (MXR Micro amp). Sounds good on lower gain, gets a bit fizzy on higher settings. Not that great as a standalone-unit, but very good into another saturated gain stage.

Great pedal for booting a guitars signal for more bite. Gives a little more than a TS9/808 would but can add grit. Mine is an early 1990s RI that had the circuit matched to a 1978 Grey and the JRC4558 was replaced with the MC1458S chip. Softer curve to clipping, much lower end and bass, still has the hard diode clipping without the bright and brittle distortion the 250 normally has.

If youlike and "dirty" sound it is perfect! If you want to use it like an garage distortion, it works perfect as well.

mines a reissue of the old one i like the drive sound

It has a surprising amount of versatility, going from boost to slightly fizzy to fuzz to full on distortion. The sound is strikes me as "electric", certainly not your run of the mill wannabe-tube OD. My one gripe with it is that it can sound really dry, as if no matter how much you're playing your heart out, it feels like the 250 kind of sounds the same.

The Less I Know The Better. After got some inputs, I go to music store and try almost every overdrive pedals (on my budget) there. But, this yellow one really got me. I play with my Sire V7 (I bring it there) and no problemo. The seller even amazed with me using DOD 250 for bass and said no one before me bought that pedal for four strings. The seller and a bassist (who want to buy G&L 2000) said it a little bit sounds like Dark Glass Microtube. The other bassist said he'll buy DOD 250 too if looking for overdrive.

The distortion level of this pedal is very weak but if you mix it with crunch sound of full tube amp, the sound becomes more solid. I use it as a booster before my proco rat2 or maxon distortion pedal.

This pedal is pretty good when it comes to giving out major tone. The simple controls make it easy for the actual function of the pedal straightforward. Not too much bite, but just enough to make the tone very nice.

My main overdrive pedal. When you turn the gain all the way up, it gives you chaotic distortion. No treble knob, but who gives a damn when you have a sick OD at your feet?